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Monday, February 23, 2026
TopicCharles Dickens

Topic: Charles Dickens

Untold story of Charles Dickens’ final hours: What you didn’t know about his death and burial

New evidence from libraries, archives and cathedral vaults prove that claims about Dickens' Westminster burial being the will of the people are false.

SC quotes Charles Dickens in Kashmir internet order — but it’s not the first time

Justice N.V. Ramana, who authored the verdict, quoted the famous opening lines from Charles Dickens’ novel ‘A Tale of Two Cities’ before reading out the judgment.

Did we sleep twice rather than once? And should we do it again?

Research shows segmented sleep, with two sleep periods, was the norm before it started disappearing in the late 17th century.

On Camera

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Suspected brake failure leads to Tejas accident after landing, airframe likely to be written off

The IAF, so far, remains mum on this accident which has led to grounding of the fleet for safety checks.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.