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Campbell and Margaret moved to Canna in 1938 after spending three years living on Barra. John Lorne Campbell and Margaret Fay Shaw had already spent years recording Gaelic songs, stories and traditions when they made the remote Isle of Canna their home in 1938. The Scottish folklorists continued that work from the island for more...

​The firms are sharply increasing internship pay as they compete for a limited pool of engineers with strong mathematical, coding and problem-solving skills. High-frequency trading (HFT) firms in India are offering record compensation to interns as they compete for quantitative talent amid tighter derivatives regulations and slowing activity in the country’s equity markets.Gurgaon-based Quadeye is...

Mitchell Starc Mitchell Starc has become the No. 1 bowler in the ICC Test rankings for the first time in his career after his performance against Bangladesh in the second Test in Mackay.The Australian fast bowler took 10 wickets in the match, including 6/12 in the first innings and 4/39 in the second, helping Australia...

The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRM) has asked people living near river banks in Rasuwa, Nuwakot, Dhading, Chitwan and Gorkha to remain on high alert and take necessary safety measures until further notice. At least eight people were killed and several others are missing after a sudden cloudburst triggered a sharp rise...

Image credit: 2015 Hiroyuki K.M. Tanaka (via Ars Technica) GPS has become essential for navigation. But there is one major limitation: GPS signals cannot travel through water, rocks or deep underground spaces. To address the problem, scientists in Japan are now testing an alternative navigation system that uses particles from cosmic rays instead of satellites....

Hydrogen is being used because it is considered the cleanest fuel available today. India’s first hydrogen-powered train, flagged off last month by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is achieving new milestones every day. According to the latest information from Indian Railways, the hydrogen train, which is also the world’s most powerful, has clocked around 6,000 kilometers...

Chandigarh, Lucknow were among the cities that boosted the rise India’s house price growth slowed to 3.6 per cent year-on-year in the first quarter of FY27, from 4.5 per cent in the previous quarter, indicating a moderation in the pace of residential property price increases, according to Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data released this...

Gao was arrested while visiting family in China in August 2024, after travelling back from the US, where he and his family had immigrated. He has remained in custody for about two years since then. A family visit to China back in August 2024 ended with a three-year prison sentence for a US-based Chinese artist....

File photo: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke (right) with spokesperson Ashutosh Ranka NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) on Wednesday reiterated its plan to hold a march in Delhi on September 5, saying three of the four demands that led it to call off its protest on July 25 were still pending.In a...

The remarks came after a division bench of Justices JJ Munir and Indrajit Shukla dismissed the student’s petition challenging the school’s refusal to allow her to wear a scarf over her uniform. NEW DELHI: AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday criticised the Allahabad High Court’s dismissal of a minor student’s petition seeking permission to wear...