Lighting has played a critical role in the safety of underground coal and metal mining for several thousand years. Challenges in an underground mine environment include dust, confined spaces, surfaces ...

In a major tax reform, the GST Council on Wednesday agreed to cut GST slabs to two: 5% and 18%. The existing 12% and 28% will be eliminated, effectively reducing the prices of several items. In a late ...

Israeli archaeologists discovered rare preserved lamp wicks believed to be some 4,000 years old during excavations for a new neighborhood in Yehud, in central Israel, the Israel Antiquities Authority ...

Oil-lamp wicks dating back four millennia, making them among the oldest ever discovered, have been unearthed in an archaeological dig in central Israel, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced on ...

To say Stephen Sondheim was prolific would be an understatement. The award-winning composer/lyricist — who died four years ago at age 91 — created 16 musicals and wrote lyrics for four others. He also ...

The longer I live, the more I come to terms with Ragga Dee’s song, Balalu. The great philosopher, Ragga Dee had noted that every Ugandan was mentally ill. That it was impossible for Uganda to happen ...

Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], March 8 (ANI): "The women's self-help group became our lifeline," says Ramilaben Mukesh Joshi from Alvada, Banaskantha. In 2024, she began making cotton wicks for lamps, ...

The woman had six fingers on her left hand, a characteristic that in ancient cultures was often interpreted as a sign of distinction and spiritual authority.

CORRECTIONS: This story was updated on Dec. 4, 2012, to provide the correct unit of measure for the black carbon emissions: gigagrams, not gigatons. The story was updated on Nov. 30, 2012, to explain ...

Marking the auspicious Karthika Masam, the ‘Laksha Deepotsavam’ (lighting of one lakh oil wick lamps) programme, came to a grand close at VR College grounds here on Sunday. The three-day event was ...

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