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97 years ago today: How sliced bread came into being, and onto your plate

July 07, 2025 1:33 pm

The first packet of sliced bread was sold in Chillicothe, Missouri, on July 7, 1928. The machine for slicing it was invented by Otto Frederick Rohwedder. Here's a brief history of both.

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What is the controversy around Vim Black, the 'dishwashing liquid for men'

December 12, 2022 7:31 am

Has Vim really brought out a dishwashing liquid exclusively for men? What is the controversy about, and how has the brand responded to it? We explain.

Why do women find it difficult to leave toxic relationships?

December 01, 2022 9:24 pm

That’s the question many are asking as details emerge of Shraddha Walkar trauma in her toxic relationship with Aaftab Poonawala. The answer is complex — often it may appear to a woman that the cost of leaving may be even worse than that of continuing to suffer abuse.

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Supreme Court says abortion rights not limited to 'cis-gender women': What this term means

October 05, 2022 8:09 am

The SC verdict is a step in the direction of officially recognising that it is not just cisgender women who can give birth – transgender and genderqueer people also give birth.

The importance of September 2, Tibetan Democracy Day, for Tibetans in exile around the world

September 18, 2022 12:18 pm

The day marks the inception of the Tibetan democratic system in exile. At the heart of the Tibetan democratic system, which governs over 1 lakh refugees across the world, stands the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), the Tibetan government-in-exile in Dharamshala

Explained: How gender equal is India as per the 2022 Global Gender Gap Index?

July 14, 2022 9:03 am

India has approximately 662 million (or 66.2 crore) women and in 2022, its overall score improved slightly from 2021.

Explained: Who are the Tamils of Moreh in Manipur?

July 12, 2022 7:42 am

The community is represented by a body called the Tamil Sangam, and it dominates a grid of lanes and timber, cement houses in the heart of Moreh.

Udaipur killers and Da’wat-e-Islami: the group, its ideology and its growth

July 01, 2022 10:13 pm

The Rajasthan police have linked one of the two who killed a tailor in Udaipur to the Da’wat-e-Islami. The group in India, based in Mumbai, is a breakaway Sunni group and has no links to the DeI Pakistan.