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Americans will recognize one of the quirkiest dates on the calendar: Groundhog Day, Sunday, Feb. 2, when the forecast for winter rests with a famous marmot. The lovable and much ballyhooed ...

This episode – A Woman Bathing in a Stream by Rembrandt. Show more Cathy FitzGerald invites you to discover new details in old masterpieces. Each episode of Moving Pictures is devoted to a ...

Bath prop Beno Obano has signed a new contract to stay with the Premiership club until the summer of 2027. The 30-year-old has made 157 appearances since his debut a decade ago in 2015. Obano, who ...

The humble bath mat is a small but, for many, essential item that prevents post-scrub puddles and you or anyone else from slipping on wet tile. Besides classic cotton mats, best for people like me ...

A moment of opportunistic brilliance from Finn Russell and Tom Carr-Smith saw Sale lose their unbeaten season’s run on home soil as Bath took a bonus-point win in the key Six Nations period of the ...

So, will this marmot prophet make yet another flawless forecast? Stay tuned to The Weather Network this Groundhog Day to find out! Regardless, Violet’s caretakers are quick to remind us that ...

In the following article, Mohammad Asim Siddiqui offers an evocative account of communal bathing across civilisations.) With millions of devotees taking a dip into the holy waters of Sangam in ...

GBS itself is not contagious and does not directly spread from person to person or through environmental exposure, such as bathing or drinking contaminated water. However, there are indirect links ...

Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Vaibhav Krishna said, “First of all, we have devised the zonal system, according to which those coming from the Arail side should take a bath at the Arail Ghat and those ...

From declaring the Maha Kumbh area in Prayagraj as no-vehicle and no-VIP zone to preparing a plan to avoid any security issue or a stampede-like situation, elaborate arrangements have been put in ...