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October 9, 2024 14:33 IST

“Most of the time, I have precedents in mind: a beautifully designed interior from a magazine, or animal drawings in an old science book,” says Banerjee, an illustrator-cum-architect who captures the colourful chaos of India in jigsaw puzzles.

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World Tourism Day: Look up, down, forward, backward and diagonally to find 20 autumn and winter destinations hidden on our word search.

Mathematicians discover ‘soft cells’, a new shape class found in natureSubscriber Only

September 25, 2024 20:10 IST

Soft cells can determine something as small as a zebra's stripes, to the formation of river islands, all due to a lack of sharp corners. Might it inspire new decor or puzzle ideas?

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Our 81st news quiz has a twist. Sift through bogus claims to put together what really happened this week in politics, science and culture.

Alice was in Wonderland. Was maths with her?Subscriber Only

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Lewis Carroll's absurd universe may hold traces of his beliefs as a mathematics professor at Oxford. Marrying logic with imagination, he was also a prolific creator of puzzles.

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‘I turned Lichess into Google Drive’: 18yo shows how to store files, secret messages in a game of chessSubscriber Only

September 15, 2024 04:16 IST

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Onam Games | From snakeboats to Pulikali, uncover Kerala’s folk arts with jigsaw puzzlesSubscriber Only

September 14, 2024 07:53 IST

Onam is a time for feasting and togetherness in Kerala. Piece together its colours and stories with five jigsaw puzzles!

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Would you rather try the RBI’s Quiz, or one hosted by a Kali Mandir?Subscriber Only

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Defending champs IIT Delhi win National Crossword Contest for third year in a rowSubscriber Only

September 6, 2024 11:00 IST

Wordplay gurus Harshul Sagar and Arush Utkarsh continue to dominate at the National Inter-College Crossword Expedition (NICE), whose 2024 Grand Finale was held this Wednesday.

17-year-old puzzler Animikha Dutta Dhar sports her silver medal from the International Linguistics Olympiad 2024.

Indian teens decode rare languages, earn top honours in global linguistics challengeSubscriber Only

September 7, 2024 13:32 IST

Animikha Dutta Dhar, Shrilakshmi Venkatraman and Faraz Siddiqui relied on Sherlockian levels of deduction to bag one silver and two bronze medals at the International Linguistics Olympiad.

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August 31, 2024 04:20 IST

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Chequered legacies: Remembering Krishnaraja Wadiyar III, the ‘board gaming’ Maharaja of MysoreSubscriber Only

August 14, 2024 21:48 IST

A deposed king who found refuge in art, Wadiyar III’s passions once created India’s mightiest collection of traditional board games — a treasury he hoped to one day “broadcast” around the world.

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August 22, 2024 21:25 IST

78th Independence Day Quiz : If you score 8/8 on this game, tag @iepuzzles on Instagram for a shoutout!

The Navajo Code: How an ‘unbreakable’ Native American language helped the Allies win World War 2Subscriber Only

August 14, 2024 17:40 IST

[Codebreaking Game Inside] In the Navajo language, fighter planes flew as “hummingbirds”, tortoises became tanks, and submarines swam as “iron fish” — and their most important job was to stay lost in translation.

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Rubik’s Cube 50th anniversary: Meet the Indian collector with 400 cubes (and counting)Subscriber Only

August 10, 2024 15:47 IST

Having invented 100+ puzzles, Manish 'Manqube' Rathod feels that his main challenge was a non-engineering background. “I’ve had to learn things like the golden ratio and designing Platonic solids from scratch…”

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August 9, 2024 23:38 IST

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Tata Crucible Campus Quiz opens with 2.5 lakh prize, luxury holiday for winnerSubscriber Only

August 6, 2024 09:29 IST

Pradunma Choudhury from IIT Kanpur is the reigning champ, lifting the business quiz trophy in 2023. This year’s online quiz prelims are open till August 31.

Will go after other targets if no peace, says Trump as US strikes 3 nuclear sites in Iran

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President Donald Trump said that the United States military had struck three nuclear-related facilities in Iran, marking a dramatic escalation in the ongoing conflict and a direct American role in efforts to dismantle Tehran’s infrastructure. The strikes represent the most significant direct US military action against Iranian territory in years and come amid rising regional tensions.

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