This remote village in Russia wakes up to “Hare Krishna”; how Indian travellers can reach here

PC: Instagram/@indigotrekker23 Ever imagined incense smoke rising through icy chilled air and Sanskrit chants echoing in sub-zero temperatures? This is Okunevo for you. Far from the madding crowd, deep in the frozen wilderness of Siberia lies a small hamlet that looks completely different from traditional Russia in terms of culture and belief. In Okunevo, a…

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BTS member V says, “‘Stanford’s got the best pizza'” and sends fans rushing to their favourite restaurant in California

BTS is apparently a fan of Bay Area pizza. When the K-Pop supergroup performed at Stanford Stadium on Saturday, member V, whose full name is Kim Taehyung, praised the local pies from the stage.“Next time we’re at Stanford, we’ll eat that yummy pizza,” he told the audience, according to the San Francisco Chronicle and clips…

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BPCL Q4 profit flat, FY26 net soars 75%

NEW DELHI: State-owned Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) reported a flat net profit in Q4FY26 after taking an impairment loss of Rs 4,349 crore on its upstream assets. It’s net profit in Q4 was Rs 3,191.5 crore compared with Rs 3,214.1 crore in the year-ago period. For FY26, its net profit soared 75% YoY to Rs…

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What separated modern humans from their ancient cousins

PC: National History Museum For a long time, Neanderthals have intrigued both scientists and historians. They were not mere primitive cavemen walking around frozen territories, as many movies and old literature would depict. In truth, Neanderthals were highly intelligent relatives of humans, living in Europe and certain areas of Asia for thousands of years. Not…

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