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During hot summer days, you are likely to see several roadside vendors selling fresh coconut water to beat the heat. Coconut water is a summer essential. It is light, cool, and incredibly refreshing. That is exactly why so many people prefer to keep it stocked. But once you open that bottle or tetra pack, how long does coconut water remain safe to drink? It may look harmless, but it can change in taste and texture quite quickly once opened. So, how fast is too fast? And what causes it to spoil sooner? If you are someone who always has coconut water in your fridge, this guide is for you. Here is how long coconut water lasts after opening – and everything else worth knowing about this naturally hydrating drink.

Once opened, coconut water should ideally be consumed within 1 to 2 days, and it must be refrigerated immediately. Exposure to air accelerates nutrient loss and fermentation. If you leave an open bottle in warm weather, the fermentation process can begin in just 2 to 4 hours.

You might notice a slight fizziness or a sour taste. These are tell-tale signs that it is time to throw it out. To extend its shelf life, seal the bottle tightly, store it in the fridge, and consider dividing it into smaller containers to avoid repeatedly exposing the full bottle to air. That way, every sip stays fresh and enjoyable.

During hot summer days, you are likely to see several roadside vendors selling fresh coconut water to beat the heat. Coconut water is a summer essential. It is light, cool, and incredibly refreshing. That is exactly why so many people prefer to keep it stocked. But once you open that bottle or tetra pack, how long does coconut water remain safe to drink? It may look harmless, but it can change in taste and texture quite quickly once opened. So, how fast is too fast? And what causes it to spoil sooner? If you are someone who always has coconut water in your fridge, this guide is for you. Here is how long coconut water lasts after opening – and everything else worth knowing about this naturally hydrating drink.

Once opened, coconut water should ideally be consumed within 1 to 2 days, and it must be refrigerated immediately. Exposure to air accelerates nutrient loss and fermentation. If you leave an open bottle in warm weather, the fermentation process can begin in just 2 to 4 hours.
You might notice a slight fizziness or a sour taste. These are tell-tale signs that it is time to throw it out. To extend its shelf life, seal the bottle tightly, store it in the fridge, and consider dividing it into smaller containers to avoid repeatedly exposing the full bottle to air. That way, every sip stays fresh and enjoyable.

Australia’s talismanic batter Steve Smith has come out in defence of batting coach Michael Di Venuto following backlash from former Test wicketkeeper Ian Healy, who claimed the Baggy Greens top-order has “regressed” in recent years during his “friend’s” reign. Smith linked up with the Australian team ahead of the second Test against the West Indies in Grenada after missing out on the series opener due to a compound dislocation to his small finger he sustained in the World Test Championship final at Lord’s.

In the opening Test, Kensington Oval’s strip, which played all sorts of tricks on the batters, Australia missed Smith’s presence in the middle order. The WTC 2025 finalists were dwindling at 22/3 in the first innings and 65/4 in the second.

“Australian cricket’s batting head coach and every state batting coach [should be under pressure] because there’s not enough runs being scored around the nation,” Healy said on SEN Radio, as quoted from the Sydney Morning Herald.

“Michael Di Venuto – a friend of mine who is a good coach and a good man – has held the job since mid-2021. In this time, our national team batting has regressed in performance at Test level. That’s all that’s important to me, the performance. I don’t care how you do it or what will make it easier for you – just get it done,” he added.

Smith refuted Healy’s remark about Di Venuto and feels the batting coach has done a “wonderful” job since taking over the position in 2021. For Smith it isn’t Di Venuto who goes out on the field to bat, it is up to the players to deliver on the pitch.

“Any criticism of ‘Diva’, [I am] completely against it. He works as hard as anyone. He knows batting inside out. He’s seen cricket all around the world. He’s done a wonderful job for a long time now, and the boys are really enjoying working with him,” Smith said, as quoted from the Sydney Morning Herald.

“He’s not the one out there actually doing the batting. Guys have to be able to figure it out themselves in the middle, and sometimes you can’t have someone holding your hand out there,” he added.

After cruising to an emphatic 159-run triumph with consummate ease in the opening Test to go 1-0 ahead, Australia will look to take an unassailable lead in the three-match series with the second contest set to kick off on Thursday.

Australia’s talismanic batter Steve Smith has come out in defence of batting coach Michael Di Venuto following backlash from former Test wicketkeeper Ian Healy, who claimed the Baggy Greens top-order has “regressed” in recent years during his “friend’s” reign. Smith linked up with the Australian team ahead of the second Test against the West Indies in Grenada after missing out on the series opener due to a compound dislocation to his small finger he sustained in the World Test Championship final at Lord’s.

In the opening Test, Kensington Oval’s strip, which played all sorts of tricks on the batters, Australia missed Smith’s presence in the middle order. The WTC 2025 finalists were dwindling at 22/3 in the first innings and 65/4 in the second.

“Australian cricket’s batting head coach and every state batting coach [should be under pressure] because there’s not enough runs being scored around the nation,” Healy said on SEN Radio, as quoted from the Sydney Morning Herald.

“Michael Di Venuto – a friend of mine who is a good coach and a good man – has held the job since mid-2021. In this time, our national team batting has regressed in performance at Test level. That’s all that’s important to me, the performance. I don’t care how you do it or what will make it easier for you – just get it done,” he added.

Smith refuted Healy’s remark about Di Venuto and feels the batting coach has done a “wonderful” job since taking over the position in 2021. For Smith it isn’t Di Venuto who goes out on the field to bat, it is up to the players to deliver on the pitch.

“Any criticism of ‘Diva’, [I am] completely against it. He works as hard as anyone. He knows batting inside out. He’s seen cricket all around the world. He’s done a wonderful job for a long time now, and the boys are really enjoying working with him,” Smith said, as quoted from the Sydney Morning Herald.

“He’s not the one out there actually doing the batting. Guys have to be able to figure it out themselves in the middle, and sometimes you can’t have someone holding your hand out there,” he added.

After cruising to an emphatic 159-run triumph with consummate ease in the opening Test to go 1-0 ahead, Australia will look to take an unassailable lead in the three-match series with the second contest set to kick off on Thursday.

A motorcycle fell into a ditch formed after a road caved in Chandigarh on Monday, prompting the fire department to launch operations to salvage it.

The road caved in at the intersection point of Sector 47 and 48, due to which a biker fell into the ditch along with his bike.

While the fire department pulled out the bike, the biker underwent treatment for minor injuries.

A similar incident occurred in Noida last week, when a road collapse and formed a five-foot-deep and 10-foot-wide pothole at a busy intersection.

The cave-in was reported near Noida’s Sector 50 at a location close to a sewage treatment plant. At the time the road collapsed, a passer-by was saved from falling into the pothole by those around.

A motorcycle fell into a ditch formed after a road caved in Chandigarh on Monday, prompting the fire department to launch operations to salvage it.

The road caved in at the intersection point of Sector 47 and 48, due to which a biker fell into the ditch along with his bike.

While the fire department pulled out the bike, the biker underwent treatment for minor injuries.

A similar incident occurred in Noida last week, when a road collapse and formed a five-foot-deep and 10-foot-wide pothole at a busy intersection.

The cave-in was reported near Noida’s Sector 50 at a location close to a sewage treatment plant. At the time the road collapsed, a passer-by was saved from falling into the pothole by those around.

Imagine driving on a wide, newly built road with zero potholes and trees lined up on both sides. As you speed through the smooth road, the fresh breeze and landscape make for a scenic and pleasant driving experience. But what if these trees shift to the middle of the road? It turns into a real-life biking game where you either evade hurdles or lose a lifeline. And, this has come true in Bihar’s Jehanabad, 50km away from the capital Patna, where a Rs 100 crore road widening project went terribly wrong.

In Jehanabad, on the Patna-Gaya main road, trees stand tall in the middle of the 7.48 km long road, making the commuters prone to accidents. These trees didn’t grow overnight. Then what happened?

When the district administration undertook a Rs 100 crore road widening project, they approached the forest department, seeking permission to remove trees. But their demand was rejected. In return, the forest department demanded compensation for 14 hectares of forest land. However, the district administration could not fulfil the request, and they made a bizarre move – they created a road around the trees.

The trees aren’t planted in a straight line, which a driver could avoid. One must criss-cross their way through them. It appears to be an Rs 100 crore invitation to death.

Many accidents have already happened due to trees being in the middle of the road, a passerby said. The district administration, however, does not seem to be taking any concrete initiative to remove the trees.

Who will be held responsible if a major accident occurs and someone dies? It is a question that remains unanswered, like the problem at hand.

Kim Jong Un called the incident a “criminal act caused by absolute carelessness” and state media reported the arrest of four officials in connection with the botched launch.

A North Korean naval destroyer damaged in a botched launch last month has been relaunched.

A North Korean naval destroyer damaged in a botched launch last month has been relaunched, with leader Kim Jong Un presiding over the ceremony, South Korean news agency Yonhap reported early Friday, citing the North’s state media.

The ceremony for the ship baptized the Kang Kon was held on Thursday at the Rajin shipyard, Yonhap reported — up the coast from where the botched launch occurred.

Last month, Pyongyang had said “a serious accident” happened in a May 21 attempt to launch the 5,000-ton destroyer in the northeastern port city of Chongjin, with the mishap crushing sections of the bottom of the newly built ship.

Kim called the incident a “criminal act caused by absolute carelessness” and state media reported the arrest of four officials in connection with the botched launch.

The South Korean military estimated that based on its size and scale, the new warship is similarly equipped to the 5,000-ton destroyer-class vessel Choe Hyon, which North Korea unveiled in late April. 

Kim has approved a plan to build two more destroyer-class vessels next year, Yonhap quoted KCNA as saying.

His story sparked intense online debate, with some labelling him as “tang ping,” or “lying flat,” meaning he’s doing the bare minimum. Others praised him as a “true philosopher” for rejecting societal norms, despite having only a basic education.

“This is life in heaven”, one user said.

However, some people questioned the authenticity of his secluded lifestyle, pointing out that he still engages in live-streaming and gives interviews, which seems contradictory to his claims of living in isolation.Israel attacked multiple Iranian nuclear and military sites on Friday as tensions reached new heights over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program.

Israeli leaders said the attack was necessary to head off what they claimed was an imminent threat that Iran would build nuclear bombs. Iran long has insisted its program is peaceful and U.S. intelligence agencies have assessed that Tehran was not actively pursuing the bomb.

The attack came one day after the International Atomic Energy Agency’s Board of Governors censured Iran for the first time in 20 years for not working with its inspectors. Iran immediately announced it would establish a third enrichment site in the country and swap out some centrifuges for more-advanced ones.

The U.S. and Iran had been in talks that could have resulted in the U.S. lifting some of its crushing economic sanctions on Iran in exchange for Tehran drastically limiting or ending its enrichment of uranium.Here’s a look at some major Iranian sites and their importance in Tehran’s program.

Natanz Enrichment Facility

Iran’s nuclear facility at Natanz, located some 220 kilometers (135 miles) southeast of Tehran, is the country’s main enrichment site.

Part of the facility on Iran’s Central Plateau is underground to defend against potential airstrikes. It operates multiple cascades, or groups of centrifuges working together to more quickly enrich uranium.

Iran also is burrowing into the Kuh-e Kolang Gaz La, or Pickax Mountain, which is just beyond Natanz’s southern fencing. Natanz has been targeted by the Stuxnet virus, believed to be an Israeli and American creation, which destroyed Iranian centrifuges. Two separate sabotage attacks, attributed to Israel, also have struck the facility.All You Need To Know About Iran’s Nuclear Sites That Israel Targeted

Israeli leaders said the attack was necessary to head off what they claimed was an imminent threat that Iran would build nuclear bomb

Israel attacked multiple Iranian nuclear and military sites on Friday as tensions reached new heights over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program.

Israeli leaders said the attack was necessary to head off what they claimed was an imminent threat that Iran would build nuclear bombs. Iran long has insisted its program is peaceful and U.S. intelligence agencies have assessed that Tehran was not actively pursuing the bomb.

The attack came one day after the International Atomic Energy Agency’s Board of Governors censured Iran for the first time in 20 years for not working with its inspectors. Iran immediately announced it would establish a third enrichment site in the country and swap out some centrifuges for more-advanced ones.

The U.S. and Iran had been in talks that could have resulted in the U.S. lifting some of its crushing economic sanctions on Iran in exchange for Tehran drastically limiting or ending its enrichment of uranium.

Here’s a look at some major Iranian sites and their importance in Tehran’s program.

Natanz Enrichment Facility

Iran’s nuclear facility at Natanz, located some 220 kilometers (135 miles) southeast of Tehran, is the country’s main enrichment site.

Part of the facility on Iran’s Central Plateau is underground to defend against potential airstrikes. It operates multiple cascades, or groups of centrifuges working together to more quickly enrich uranium.

Iran also is burrowing into the Kuh-e Kolang Gaz La, or Pickax Mountain, which is just beyond Natanz’s southern fencing. Natanz has been targeted by the Stuxnet virus, believed to be an Israeli and American creation, which destroyed Iranian centrifuges. Two separate sabotage attacks, attributed to Israel, also have struck the facility.

Fordo Enrichment Facility

Iran’s nuclear facility at Fordo is located some 100 kilometers (60 miles) southwest of Tehran. It also hosts centrifuge cascades, but isn’t as big a facility as Natanz.

Buried under a mountain and protected by anti-aircraft batteries, Fordo appears designed to withstand airstrikes.

Its construction began at least in 2007, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency, although Iran only informed the U.N. nuclear watchdog about the facility in 2009 after the U.S. and allied Western intelligence agencies became aware of its existence.

Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant

Iran’s only commercial nuclear power plant is in Bushehr on the Persian Gulf, some 750 kilometers (465 miles) south of Tehran. Construction on the plant began under Iran’s Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi in the mid-1970s. After the 1979 Islamic Revolution, the plant was repeatedly targeted in the Iran-Iraq war. Russia later completed construction of the facility.

Iran is building two other reactors like it at the site. Bushehr is fueled by uranium produced in Russia, not Iran, and is mo

in Hengcai, a 35-year-old man from China’s Sichuan province, has opted for a life of solitude in a cave, deeming work and marriage meaningless. After working as a ride-hailing driver for 10 hours a day to repay family debts, he found his job unfulfilling. In 2021, he abandoned his $1,400-per-month job to live in seclusion, away from the pressures of city life, Soutrh China Morning Post reported. 

Notably, Mr Hengcai owes $42,000 to banks but has given up trying to repay it, feeling disappointed after his relatives sold his properties. He traded his land for a smaller plot with a 50-square-meter cave and invested $6,000 to turn it into his simple home.

He follows a simple routine, waking up at 8am to read, walk, and tend to his land, before sleeping at 10 pm. He sustains himself on homegrown vegetables and only spends on essentials. He refers to his cave as a “black hole” to remind himself of his insignificance. However, he shares his life on social media, where he’s gained 40,000 followers and potential earnings through live-streaming. Mr Hengcai said that he had longed for this simple life while working in the city. He also dismissed marriage, calling it “a waste of time and money,” believing the odds of finding true love are too low to pursue.The probability of finding true love is very low. Why would I want to work hard for something so rare?” he told Sichuan Television.

His story sparked intense online debate, with some labelling him as “tang ping,” or “lying flat,” meaning he’s doing the bare minimum. Others praised him as a “true philosopher” for rejecting societal norms, despite having only a basic education.

“This is life in heaven”, one user said.

However, some people questioned the authenticity of his secluded lifestyle, pointing out that he still engages in live-streaming and gives interviews, which seems contradictory to his claims of living in isolation.