I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?

There are 3 apples in the basket and you take away 2. How many apples do you have now?

My thunder comes before lightning.
My lightning comes before my rain.
My rain dries up all the land it touches.

Who am I?

A Detective reviewed the information they had on the case so far.

A lady named 'Caterina' was found shot and they already had a list of suspects - Ankit, Tarun, Harish, Manoj and Manish.
The killer is a fan of challenges him by leaving notes ad various places.
* The first was found in a toilet room.
* The second was found in an art room.
* The third was in a restroom.
* the fourth in an underwater room.
* The fifth at the no-smoking room.

All of the notes read the same thing, 'The clues are where you find the notes.' Yet, nothing was found at any place the notes were.
Detective the genius, immediately solved the case.
Who was the killer?

Can you find out what is missing?

1 3 5
2 4 ?

Hint: It's not six. Think out of the box.

Can you identify if it's a murder or a suicide ?

Sally lives in a place where six months of the year is mild summer and the temperature drops significantly the other six months. She owns a lake where there is a small island. She wants to build a house on the island and needs to get materials there. She doesn’t have a boat, plane, or anything to transport them to the island. How does Sally solve this problem?

What is the below Rebus indicate?

Why is a river so rich ?

If you drop me I’m sure to crack, but give me a smile and I’ll always smile back. What am I?