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Can a Turkish Evil Eye Really Protect You from Nazar? The Truth Might Surprise You

You’ve probably seen it hanging somewhere — on a car mirror, a bracelet, a doorway, or even stitched onto baby clothes. A deep blue circle with a white and black centre staring right back at you. The Turkish evil eye, often called nazar boncuğu, has quietly travelled across cultures, continents…

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5 Ritual Differences Between North and South Indian Temples

“आकाशात् पतितं तोयं यथा गच्छति सागरम्। सर्वदेवनमस्कारः केशवं प्रतिगच्छति॥” Every prayer, no matter where it is offered, ultimately rises toward the same divine source. Yet if you travel from a temple in Varanasi to one in Madurai, you will immediately sense that something feels different. The chants, the movement, the…

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Why Hanuman Is Worshipped So Differently in Every Indian State

“मनोजवं मारुततुल्यवेगं जितेन्द्रियं बुद्धिमतां वरिष्ठम्। वातात्मजं वानरयूथमुख्यंश्रीरामदूतं शरणं प्रपद्ये॥” Fast as the mind, strong as the wind, disciplined in the senses, supreme in wisdom. This ancient verse describes Hanuman in four lines, yet across India, those four qualities unfold in remarkably different ways. Travel from Varanasi to Madurai, from Hampi…

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The $5 Tool That’s Breaking and Ruining Raised Beds Across the South

Raised beds don’t collapse on their own. Something causes the wood to bow, the soil to sour, and the tomatoes to stall out midseason. And in gardens across the South, that culprit often costs less than a fast-food lunch.

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South Central 63: TNM turns 12 and here is how we got this far

The News Minute turns 12 on February 21, and to commemorate, in this week’s South Central, hosts Dhanya Rajendran and Pooja Prasanna bring together the old and new team of TNM. The group goes over how TNM started – a one-room venture with an intern and one reporter, and traces…

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The Soil Additive That’s Quietly Killing Seedlings in Southern States

A bag of soil can decide whether a seedling thrives or collapses before it ever stretches toward the sun. Across Southern states, gardeners nurture trays of tomatoes, peppers, zinnias, and herbs with care, only to watch them stall, yellow, and fold over without warning. The culprit often hides in plain…

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How Jesse Jackson used the South to reshape Democratic politics

"He was a child of the South, and he understood the extraordinary power wielded by the state," Stacey Abrams said.

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20 Best Southern Cities With High Salaries and Low Cost of Living

Nine Texas towns make this top-20 list.

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Top 4 Miraculous Lord Shiva Temples in South India

Lord Shiva is also known as Maha Dev, the greatest God, and Bholenath, one of the kindest Gods in Hinduism. In fact, the architecture of many of the temples dedicated to Bhagwan Neelakanta in South India reflects this majestic and divine nature of the deity. A number of dynasties such…

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If Ravana Was Evil, Why Is He Worshipped in Some Places?

“रामो विग्रहवान् धर्मः” Rama is the embodiment of dharma. This declaration from the Valmiki Ramayana sets the tone for how generations have understood the epic. Rama represents righteousness. Ravana represents adharma. Every year on Dussehra, his effigy is burned to symbolize the destruction of evil. Yet here is a question…

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Cattle Rallies to Start the Week

Live cattle futures posted gains of $2.30 to $3.47. Cash trade was slow to get kicked off this week, as things settled in at 245-246 in the North and up to $248-249 in the South. Feeder cattle futures closed out the Tuesday trade with contracts up $4.35 to $4.85. The...

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Cattle Rallying on Tuesday

Live cattle futures are in rally mode on Tuesday, with contracts up $2.20 to $3.52. Cash trade was slow to get kicked off this week, as things settled in at 245-246 in the North and up to $248-249 in the South. Feeder cattle futures are showing $4. To $4.50 gains...

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Jesse Jackson dead at 84: Inside his family life, net worth, career and controversies – all you need to know

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, a towering figure of the American civil rights movement and two-time presidential candidate, has died aged 84. Rising from the segregated South to national politics, he spent decades campaigning for racial and economic justice. Admired and controversial in equal measure, Jackson’s legacy spans activism, electoral politics…

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Jesse Jackson Death: Why civil rights activist wanted to cut off Barack Obama's...

To understand why Jackson reacted so viscerally to Obama, one must first understand who he was. Long before Obama’s rise, Jesse Jackson was the closest thing America had to a national Black political candidate. Born in segregated South Carolina, he came of age in the crucible of the civil rights…

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The Air Here Can Kill, Welcome to the World’s Most Polluted Place

What Does “Most Polluted” Even Mean? It’s not like one place wins a forever trophy for being the worst, air quality rankings aren’t set in stone. Reports from groups like IQ Air track PM2.5 levels (fine particulate matter) over months or a year, comparing how often cities exceed safe limits…

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India stakes its claim in the AI race with first global South summit - but can it compete?

Stuti Mishra reports from Delhi, where a global AI summit is being hosted by a developing country for the first time – and attracting big names from the world of tech

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Pet Owners in the South Are Reporting Seizures Linked to This Garden Plant

A single leaf can trigger a medical emergency. That is not a horror-movie exaggeration. It is the reality of oleander, a flowering shrub that lines driveways, brightens front yards, and decorates countless Southern landscapes.

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Severe storm triggers tornado warnings across the South

The most intense storms were reported near Lake Charles, Louisiana

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House renames press gallery after Frederick Douglass in bipartisan recognition of Black history

The press gallery overlooking the U.S. House chamber has been renamed after the prominent abolitionist Frederick Douglass

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South Korean officials raid spy agencies to find out who is sending drones into North Korea

Joint military and police task force says it searched 18 locations, including country’s main intelligence agencies

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20 Best Southern Cities To Live on a $150K Salary

GOBankingRates reveals the best Southern cities for $150K earners, highlighting livability, affordable housing and low cost -- see the Florida‑dominant picks.

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Giant snails and tiny insects threaten the South's rice and crawfish farms

Farmers in Louisiana are going toe-to-toe with some nasty enemies: apple snails that clog crawfish traps while laying millions of bubblegum-colored eggs and tiny bugs called delphacids that can wipe out half a rice field while spreading plant disease

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Why India needs Ambedkar’s federal blueprint for the delimitation deadlock

In 1976, at the height of the Emergency, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi froze delimitation – the redrawing of parliamentary and assembly constituencies – effectively locking India’s political map in place. The freeze, meant to last until 2001, outlived her government. But decades later, the Narendra Modi government seems determined to…

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The Supreme Court may soon diminish Black political power, undoing generations of gains

Back in 2013, the Supreme Court tossed out a key provision of the Voting Rights Act regarding federal oversight of elections. It appears poised to abolish another pillar of the law.

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Trump administration cuts number of sites for testing the 2030 census, focusing on the South

The Trump administration is eliminating four out of six planned locations for a 2030 census practice test

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