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Pure as snow? Scientists say air carrying plastics to Arctic
Berlin, Aug 15 (AP/UNB) — Scientists say they've found an abundance of tiny plastic particles in Arctic snow, indicating that so-called microplastics are being sucked into the atmosphere and carried long distances to some of the remotest corners of the planet.
Not just Bali: Indonesia hopes to develop more tourism sites
Indonesia, Aug 13 (AP/UNB) — Hundreds of tourists, many of them young Westerners, sat on gray stone steps atop the world's largest Buddhist temple, occasionally checking cellphones or whispering to each other as they waited for daylight.
How to love a language: Urdu poet Gulzar Dehlvi spills his literary secrets
Dhaka, Aug 12 (UNB) - Pandit Anand Mohan Zutshi Gulzar Dehlvi walks into the living room of his home in Noida, wearing a white sherwani-churidar, Nehru topi and a pearl chain with two lockets — one of Krishna and one with aayats of the Quran on it. He is frail, he is over 90. But once he starts talking, the practised performer, who has mesmerised millions at mushairas and nashists (literary meets) for seven decades, takes over. The voice is strong and his memory, razor sharp, reports The Indian Express.
Eid al-Adha: Enjoy the special occasion with these delicious recipes
The week of festivities is all set to begin. But no festival is complete without some mouthwatering recipes that add to the celebrations. So get set to add some flavours to your day with these special recipes that we have curated just for you to choose from. From Yakhni Shorba to Pathar Kabab — which recipe would you like to try?
Interactive border wall mural tells stories of deported
Tijuana, Aug 10 (AP/UNB) — Lizbeth De La Cruz Santana returned Friday to the Mexican beach where her father entered the U.S. illegally before she was born, this time to put final touches on a mural of adults who came to the U.S. illegally as young children and were deported. Visitors who hold up their phones to the painted faces are taken to a website that voices first-person narratives.
All hands on duck!
Biddeford, Aug 10 (AP/UNB) — Dozens of ducklings have made a bid to create the world's cutest traffic jam in a Maine city.
Bear falls on Northern California patrol car
Hoopa, Aug 10 (AP/UNB) — They probably don't train people for this at the Sheriff's Academy.
SM Sultan’s 95th birth anniversary today
Dhaka, Aug 10 (UNB) – The 95th birth anniversary of renowned artist Sheikh Mohammed Sultan (SM Sultan) is being observed in a befitting manner on Saturday.
Foods to eat (and avoid) if you have dengue fever
Dhaka, Aug 9 (UNB) - Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne tropical disease caused by the dengue virus. Symptoms typically begin three to 14 days after the infection, and may include a high fever, headache, vomiting, muscle and joint pains, and a characteristic skin rash. When a mosquito bites a person infected with a dengue virus, the virus enters the mosquito. When the infected mosquito then bites another person, the virus enters that person’s bloodstream, reports The Indian Express.
Drinking three cups of coffee a day may increase migraine risk, says study
Dhaka, Aug 9 (UNB) - Drinking three or more cups of coffee daily may be associated with a higher risk of migraine, according to a study published Thursday, reports The Indian Express.