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Photo: @sohiiniiiiiiii/ Instagram Every year, as Diwali comes closer, office desks across India start to fill up with gift boxes, sweets, and little surprises. Most of the time, these gifts stay limited to a company and its staff. But sometimes, videos celebrating these office Diwali gifts go viral.Info Edge, the parent company of Naukri.com, seems…

Photo: King of Pop and I/ Facebook/ @iamveronica777/ X Michael Jackson, the legendary pop icon, was one of the most photographed people in the world. His three children, Prince, Paris, and Bigi, grew up in the shadow of that fame.And even though his life was full of fame and glamour, his daughter Paris says one…

Start with a dwarf or compact variety, which stays manageable in a pot and is easier to protect from wind. Varieties such as Red Lady, Taiwan and Pusa Nanha are popular for small spaces, and your local nursery can suggest what suits your climate. Seeds from a ripe, healthy papaya will also germinate, but the…

A first date can feel like a casual conversation over coffee or dinner, but people are often paying attention to much more than what the other person is saying. Sometimes, without even planning to, they observe how their date reacts to small situations, handles a difference of opinion or responds when something doesn’t go according…

Picture this: you save up for months, pack your bags for a dream trip to Thailand, and then get a notification saying your flight is grounded… because two hundred thousand paper lanterns are taking over the night sky.Sounds like something straight out of a movie, right? But if you’re heading toward Chiang Mai anytime soon,…

A routine cylinder delivery in Bengaluru turned into a frightening few seconds on Tuesday, when a sudden burst of flame erupted just as the delivery worker set the cylinder down at a doorstep in Malleshwaram. CCTV footage of the incident: The video shared on the India Today X page has gone viral. The man narrowly…

Couples may have their own ways of expressing affection when they are out together, but some of their sweetest habits rarely make it beyond their four walls. Away from social media posts, romantic dinners and carefully planned date nights, relationships often have a completely different side. It could be an unusual nickname, an inside joke…

Come what may, a river is always in motion. It cuts through rocks, nourishes the land and finds a way forward, shaping the communities and civilisations that grow along its banks. From the ancient settlements of the Nile to the cities that flourished along the Ganga, rivers have been lifelines for people for thousands of…

Quote of the day by Oscar Wilde: “Anybody can sympathise with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathise with a friend’s success” Oscar Wilde was an Irish writer, poet, and playwright, popularly known for his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray and for his sharp wit.But apart from…

For nearly a decade, she has been helping them learn Malayalam, Hindi, English and mathematics using little more than sand and a stick. There are no notebooks, pencils or blackboards in Indira Amma’s classroom. Instead, an elderly woman spreads a layer of sand on the ground, smooths it with a small stick and begins writing…