Sweet on the tastebuds, easy on the palate… and mouthwatering too.
Bored at home, but want something simple to munch on? Try your hand at this basic pound cake. It’s easy to whip up and delish to nosh down.
Follow these steps, and you are good to go.
It’s been a happening week in India. Get up to date with it by clicking here and reading about it.
A lot has been happening in India, from drought in some place and flooding in others, to youngsters bringing medals for our country.
Find out more by clicking on the hotspots on the interactive map. Read about what is happening in different parts of our country.
There were plenty of records that were broken in the 2019 Cricket World Cup. This quiz tests your knowledge about them, how closely did you watch the tournament?
The World Cup is one of the show-piece events that cricket has to offer and it didn’t disappoint this time either. What with breathtaking batting, brilliant fielding and phenomenal bowling displays, one-and-a-half months just flew by.
If you miss the sporting spectacle, this quiz will test how well you know cricketing records. Here are three questions which you should be able to answer easily if you had been watching the tournament…
Photos: AP, REUTERS
The final match of the 12th ICC Cricket World Cup tournament is round the corner – July 14, to be exact. To commemorate the occasion, here’s a video on some World Cup facts.
50 years ago, three men successfully landed Apollo 11 and walked on the moon. Here’s a small trivia on the anniversary of one of the biggest achievements by NASA. Guess the right answers to know find out more…
‘Reach for the stars’ was just a saying fifty years ago. However, 50 years ago, three men actually lived this phrase as they walked on the Moon.
On July 16, 1968, the first spaceflight with humans on-board was launched. Apollo Lunar Module Eagle landed on the Moon on July 20, 1969, at 20:17 UTC. It’s been so long, but the achievement is still laudable. On the 50th anniversary of this achievement by NASA, let’s test your knowledge about Apollo 11 by playing a small trivia.
July 18 is Mandela Day. It is a celebration of a campaign for collective power to make a positive impact on the world.
“To be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.”
Nelson Mandela
South African leader and statesman Nelson Mandela believed that every individual, irrespective of his/her age, could make a difference in the world and leave it a better place. His influence across the world is such that the United Nations designated July 18, his birth anniversary, as Mandela Day. While the tag line is “Take Action. Inspire Change. Make Every Day A Mandela Day”, the theme this year is “Action Against Poverty.”
Cover Illustration by: Preeti Shibu Ninan
While only the winning team gets to take home the ICC Cricket World Cup, you can bring one home too. Follow these simple steps to make your own trophy.
The winner of the World Cup finals walks away with the ICC Cricket World Cup Trophy. Different trophies were made every year until 1999, when the current trophy was created as the first permanent prize.
Photo: AFP
It was designed by Paul Marsden of Garrard & Co. in London, the company that designed the English Premier League trophy and the Royal Ascot Gold Cup. According to Sportstar, it is one of the biggest trophies awarded for a world event with a net weight of 11 kg and a height of 65 cm. In comparison, the FIFA World Cup weighs just six kg and is 37 cm tall.
The winner of each edition of the World Cup is awarded a replica, and the actual trophy is taken to the ICC headquarters in the UAE.
Would you like to take home the cup? Follow these steps to make your own trophy with everyday objects.
A Black Moon, a full moon and a couple of eclipses thrown in. Watch the theatre in the sky. Go through the timeline and mark your calendars.
Meteors to constellations and a total solar eclipse…it’s all here this month. Space gazers rejoice!
On July 2, the new moon brought in a total solar eclipse. Thanks to the new moon, faint objects such as galaxies and star clusters could be sighted. Though visible only in the southern Pacific Ocean, central Chile and central Argentina, the moon completely blocked the sun, revealing its beautiful outer atmosphere known as the corona.
What more can we expect? Look at this timeline, and mark your calendar.
Everyone says, ‘have more vitamins’, but no one tells you what to eat. Well, we will help you discover your vitamins with this drag and drop game.
Do your parents keep telling you to ‘take more vitamins’? Because if they do, then I am here to tell you that they are not wrong.
Vitamins are really important to carry out your bodily functions such as better metabolism, immunity and digestion. While there are different types of metabolisms, today let’s concentrate on Vitamin A and Vitamin C.
You can find Vitamin A in many natural foods. It is important as it helps you improve and maintain your vision, immune system, and reproduction. It also helps in keeping your organs such as heart, lungs and kidney in a good condition.
Does it take a long time to heal your wounds? If yes, then you might a deficiency of vitamin C. This vitamin is water-soluble and our body does not store it, which means we have to maintain our daily in-take of vitamin C. You can fulfil your daily in-take of vitamin C by making sure you eat fruits and vegetables that are rich in vitamin c.
Let’s play a small game and learn which food is rich in which vitamin. Choose the food, and drag and drop it under the right label to see if you’re right.
Mime is a form of silent art that involves acting or communicating using only movements, gestures, and facial expressions.
Mime is all about physical movement and exaggerating your expressions. Mimes (people who practice mime) must use their actions to send a message or tell a story. They are not allowed to speak directly to the audience.
Mime originated in Rome and Greece. Some people also believe that cavemen used mime to communicate as they could not talk.
Mime is a type of acting that does not use words or speech.
