Devendra Pratap Singh

Tucked away in Uttar Pradesh, roughly 80 kilometres from Kanpur, sits a town most Indians have never heard of, yet it has quietly built a global reputation entirely around scent. This is Kannauj, officially and popularly celebrated across the country as the Perfume Capital of India. According to various industry estimates circulating in recent years, … Read more

Bermudian Dollar, Bermuda There is a particular kind of end-of-holiday ritual every traveller knows. You empty your pockets, find a boarding pass you forgot to throw away, a café receipt you definitely did not need to keep, and somewhere between them, a few notes of foreign currency. Before you rush to exchange them, look again. … Read more

A doctor attends to a victim of a locally brewed alcoholic concoction commonly known as “Monkey Tail” at a hospital in Odigbo southern Nigeria, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2026. Dapo Alley/AP Photo ABUJA, Nigeria—At least 48 people have died and around 100 others are receiving treatment in southern Nigeria after consuming a locally brewed alcoholic concoction … Read more

Not one, but two? Stanford University scientists find the brain is two separate organs For centuries, we’ve pictured the brain as one big, complicated control center: the place where everything from breathing and memory to creativity and consciousness gets wired together. But new research out of Stanford School of Medicine suggests the story is a … Read more

Morally grey anime characters are very interesting to watch. They blur the line between hero and villain and also make stories unpredictable. These characters make the weirdest mistakes, and you want to hate them too, but since they are written and presented in such a manner in a story, people end up becoming fans. If … Read more

The Tamgak open air uranium mine is seen at Areva’s Somair uranium mining facility in Arlit, September 25, 2013. Picture taken September 25, 2013. Joe Penney/Reuters DAKAR—The US government has approved up to $414 million in financing for a uranium project in Niger, according to the project’s developer, in what sources described as a win … Read more

​Photographer confronts crowd surrounding foreign female tourist at Taj Mahal; video sparks debate on “Civic Sense” A video showing a foreign tourist being surrounded by a group of men at the Taj Mahal has gone viral on Instagram, with a photographer present at the scene stepping in to confront the crowd. The clip shows the … Read more