How the ‘disagreement question’ is reshaping US college applications. (AI Image) In the grand circus of elite college admissions, it appears that the ringmasters have discovered a new act. After years of coaxing applicants to wear their racial or socioeconomic identities like glittering badges of struggle, universities are now demanding a fresh proof of virtue:…
Delhi schools celebrate cultural vibrancy, but skill-building programs still struggle to find space in the timetable. In an age where degrees alone no longer guarantee employability, the latest PARAKH 2024 report on Delhi’s school education landscape reveals both progress and pause points. As India eyes a future driven by innovation, skills, and self-reliance, the National…
In the summer of 2006, Stone Cold Steve Austin, appearing as a special guest referee, celebrated Donald Trump’s victory over WWE Chairman Vince McMahon in the ‘Battle of the Billionaires’ in his traditional beer-chugging style. Then came his sneaky, legendary Stunner on Trump, setting the WrestleMania stage — and an entire generation — ablaze with…
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi (Image credits: ANI) NEW DELHI: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Saturday took a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, questioning the success of the ‘Make in India’ initiative and accused him of focusing on catchy slogans rather than delivering real solutions to India’s economic challenges.In a post on X, Gandhi said,…
Niede Guidon, a Brazilian archaeologist whose work called into question a longstanding theory of how the Americas were first populated by humans, and who almost single-handedly transformed a hardscrabble region of northeast Brazil into the Serra da Capivara National Park, died on Wednesday at her home near the park, in São Raimundo Nonato. She was…
Mysterious sphere found in Colombia (Photo: X) A strange metallic sphere has been discovered in Colombia, leaving scientists and sky-watchers divided over its origin.Some observers believe the object could be an alien spacecraft, others say it’s more likely a clever art installation.The sphere was seen flying over the town of Buga, Colombia, in March before…
En agosto de 2021, un misterioso paquete procedente de Sarasota, Florida, apareció en el buzón de Nicole Archer, en Manhattan. Archer subió apresuradamente a su apretado departamento de Chelsea con el grueso sobre en la mano y lo abrió en la mesa del comedor, revelando un documento legal que llevaba meses rondándole la cabeza. Sabía…
Chandelier bidding. Quiet phone banks. Executives wiping their brows. One of the most anticipated auctions of the season proved to be anticlimactic on Monday evening at Christie’s in New York, where many objects were pre-sold to guaranteed bids and there was little evidence of the enthusiastic buyers who defined the market’s peak in 2022. Experts…
In August 2021, a mysterious package from Sarasota, Fla., showed up in Nicole Archer’s mailbox in Manhattan. Dr. Archer hurried upstairs to her cramped Chelsea apartment with the thick envelope in hand and tore it open at her dining table, revealing a legal document she had wondered about for months. She knew that a beloved…
It was Paris in the late 1950s, and Jean-Claude Silbermann knew where the Surrealists met every evening from 5 to 6 p.m. He waited outside Le Musset, a cafe between the Palais Royal and the Louvre, until André Breton — the writer and poet who led the fluctuating, anarchic group — emerged with about 15…