The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, which spreads across a length of over 2,300 km, is home to about 3,000 coral reefs, 600 continental islands, 1,625 type of fish, 133 varieties of shark and rays and 600 types of soft and hard corals.

Lifestyle expert Philippe Lichtfus says mere eye contact is a perfectly acceptable greeting, and that handshakes, for all their ubiquity, don’t even have deep cultural and historical roots, having started only in the Middle Ages.

On March 5, the RBI imposed a cap of Rs 50,000 on withdrawals by Yes Bank depositors. A day later, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman assured depositors that their money was safe. In the days and weeks running up to the RBI decision to supersede the Yes…

While Punjab is the highest contributor of wheat and paddy to the national pool, it lags behind in cultivation of pulses.

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International Women's Day served as a rallying point for many movements including the labor movement and women marches against World War I. This year marks the 109th celebration of IWD.

Three senior royals were first reported to have been arrested: Prince Ahmed bin Abdulaziz, the younger brother of King Salman, Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, the former Crown Prince, and Prince Nawaf bin Nayef, a royal cousin.

A prominent feminist, Clara Zetkin is referred to as the “grandmother of German communism”.

The Jammu and Kashmir administration has renamed the Sher-i-Kashmir International Conference Centre as 'Kashmir International Conference Centre'.

Over 40% feel that men make better business executives and that men have more right to a job when jobs are scarce.

Last month, a petition was filed in the Kerala High Court against the film, alleging ‘distortion of history’ and demanding a stay on the release. The court declined.

There was a lone case in Hong Kong where a pet dog tested positive. Experts think the dog’s “weak positive” was actually a case of human-to-animal transmission, and say dogs should be kept away from those suffering from COVID-19.

Iran has criticised India on the Delhi riots. It had also reacted to the 1992 Babri Masjid demolition and the 2002 riots, but its strong words now have caught notice. A look at the bilateral history and global context

Do you know what’s in those nondescript spray bottle at gyms that you’re supposed to use to wipe down your machine, mat and equipment? If you’re not sure, ask staff members what’s in the bottle or take your own wipes to the gym.

The fall on Monday of 6.6 per cent in the afternoon trading hours has been the sharpest since the fall in the October 2008, when the global financial crisis unfolded and the Sensex fell by 11 per cent on October 24, 2008.

In proceedings in the Federal Court, the Australian Information Commissioner alleged Facebook repeatedly breached privacy laws by disclosing user information.

The structure is believed to be designed by Imhotep, described by some as the first architect of the world.

How did Yes Bank go from being one of the buzziest banks to among the most stressed? To which sectors was it lending? Why have the RBI’s decisions triggered concern among depositors and bond owners?

The mortality of the virus is a little over 3%, and for most patients the body’s own immune system succeeds in fighting the virus.

As per the data sourced from Punjab Horticulture Department, area under fruit cultivation was about 86,774 hectares in 2018-19. This is nearly 22 per cent of the total 3.81 lakh hectares under horticulture.

The researchers inferred that of the two subtypes, 70% of were of type L; the remaining were of type S.