A home for sale in Houston on Jan. 13, 2021. Melissa Phillip/Houston Chronicle via AP The federal official who oversees Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac told the two mortgage companies on Thursday to allow every approved lender to use VantageScore, ending a limited first phase that he said already had 50 lenders delivering loans. Bill … Read more
Vande Bharat crossing Sambar Lake in Rajasthan (Instagram) There are train journeys that take you from one city to another, and then there is Vande Bharat speeding past one of the most gorgeous locations in the country, the Sambar Lake in Rajasthan. The striking video was captured by Jaipur-based photographer Yogesh Sevkani, known on Instagram … Read more
Avika Gor knows how to make a traditional look feel fresh, and her latest appearance is a good example of why. The actor recently shared a series of pictures on social media in a rich, festive couture ensemble by designer Sonali Jain, and the look has all the details you’d expect from a statement Indian … Read more
When people talk about beating the odds to achieve something extraordinary, Ansar Shaikh’s story almost always comes up. Ansar became the youngest IAS officer in India after clearing the UPSC Civil Services Examination in 2016, securing an All India Rank of 361, at just 21 years old, and on his very first attempt. Nearly a … Read more
Living a long life has fascinated humanity for generations, and turning 100 years old is rare enough on its own, but doing it while living independently, driving yourself to the grocery store, and jumping out of an airplane for fun is a blessing in itself. It is easy to assume that a long, active life … Read more
What we know as the classic push-up movement has a very long, involved history. The basic concept of pushing up from the floor with your arms from a face-down position harkens back thousands of years in the form of the Indian “dand” and Persian “zurkhaneh” movements, and very likely for thousands of years before that. … Read more
Actor Kwak Si-yang and Yoo Ji-ae, a former member of K-pop girl group Lovelyz, have surprised fans with news of their marriage.The couple announced their plans Thursday, revealing that they had quietly built a relationship away from the public eye. Their marriage news came as a surprise, since the two had never been publicly known … Read more
Living a long life has fascinated humanity for generations, and turning 100 years old is rare enough on its own, but doing it while living independently, driving yourself to the grocery store, and jumping out of an airplane for fun is a blessing in itself. It is easy to assume that a long, active life … Read more
Shopkeeper in Kedarnath (Instagram) Imagine you are on a difficult trek, exhausted and in search of water. Your mouth is almost parched, the sun is sweltering, and then you see bottles of cold water with a mountain seller. You walk to them, pick up a bottle and pay the usual 20 bucks only to be … Read more
What you can and cannot take from your hotel room Checkout time comes with its own little dilemma. You have packed your clothes, checked the bathroom twice, and somehow still end up looking around the room, thinking, “Can I take this home?”The answer is sometimes yes.Hotel rooms are filled with things meant for guests to … Read more