Tiger Shroff is set to make his Durand Cup debut, having registered with Mumbay FC for the tournament’s 135th edition. The actor, who launched the club in 2024, has been training with the squad and could feature in their final group-stage match against Shillong Lajong FC, Nongkseh SS&CC, or Langsning FC. Tiger Shroff appears to…
Sarnath in now India’s 45th UNESCO World Heritage Site It’s a proud news for India, in fact a great one! For more than 2,500 years, pilgrims have travelled to Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh in search of peace, spirituality and wisdom. But today, one of Buddhism’s holiest destinations has received global recognition. The Ancient Buddhist Site of…
Herbivore species dynamics is key to grassland food web stability In 2005, scientists began reshaping a semi-arid grassland in Inner Mongolia by changing its mix of plants. Years later, when researchers checked how the local food chain held together, plant-eating insects emerged as its strongest biological buffer.The long-term study, published on 18 July in the…
In 2012, a Kolkata schoolteacher named Satarupa Majumder made a trip to the Sundarbans that would change the course of her life. What started as a small act of charity turned into a mission that has since brought quality, almost-free English-medium education to hundreds of children living on some of India’s most remote and cyclone-prone…
The NHAI’s wins major arbitration case NEW DELHI: NHAI, in a recent arbitration case, has got an arbitration order in its favour, rejecting the majority of claims – against the claim of Rs 3,177 crore by a contractor; the arbitral tribunal awarded only Rs 46 crore to settle the case.In an official statement, the highways…
Nitesh Tiwari on why he chose two part format for Ranbir Kapoor, Yash and Sai Pallavi’s ‘Ramayana’: ‘Something one can call cliffhanger’ Indian cinema has revisited the timeless tale of the ‘Ramayana’ for decades, with numerous filmmakers presenting their own interpretations of the epic. Yet, director Nitesh Tiwari believes his version offers something different by…
India’s Rs 100 crore income club is no longer as exclusive as it once was. More people are reporting nine-figure incomes in their tax returns, with the number rising to 576 in the 2025-26 assessment year, four times the count recorded five years ago, according to data shared by the government in Parliament on Monday.The…
Canadian TikToker Rebecca Luna. A Canadian social media influencer who documented her battle with early-onset Alzheimer’s has died through the country’s assisted dying programme after saying she could no longer cope with the effects of the disease.Rebecca Luna, 49, died on Saturday in British Columbia after accessing Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID), her eldest daughter…
The board also issued warning letters to the other employees involved in the case. HDFC Bank’s board has imposed a monetary penalty of Rs 1 lakh each on its three senior-most executives – Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Sashidhar Jagdishan, Chief Financial Officer Srinivasan Vaidyanathan and Group Head (Retail Assets) Arvind Vohra. The penalty…
Ram Gopal Varma sparks debate with tweets declaring education should be killed (Image Credits IMDb) Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma has stirred up a fresh debate online with a series of tweets arguing that traditional education has been rendered obsolete by artificial intelligence. In back-to-back posts, the director claimed degrees in medicine, law, engineering and other…
Gitanjali J Angmo, wife of educator and climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, calls out both BJP and Congress in a post on X NEW DELHI: Gitanjali J Angmo, wife of activist Sonam Wangchuk, on Monday criticised both the BJP and the Congress, saying political rivals used the same playbook to label those who disagreed with them.“When…
Image Credit: By Morhaf Kamal Aljanee For decades, pop-culture like Hollywood blockbusters and classical history books, has painted a harsh picture of the Great Pyramid’s construction. We often imagine thousands of slaves, oppressed by cruel supervisors, pulling massive stones in the cruel heat to build eternal monuments for their kings. However, modern archaeology has challenged…
Sonam Wangchuk, discharged from Medanta Hospital after his 26-day hunger strike, showcased his sustainable Ladakh “tribal house”—built with mud, passive solar heating, and waterless sanitation. His CJP-led protest, demanding exam reforms, led to Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation. Wangchuk, the inspiration behind ‘3 Idiots” Rancho, remains modest about the film connection. Sonam Wangchuk, the engineer, educator, and…
Quote of the Day by Pythagoras Almost everyone who went to school knows Pythagoras. His Pythagorean theorem, a mathematical principle is taught in schools all over the world. For centuries, students have been memorising the relationship between the sides of a right triangle, often unaware that the man behind the theorem was more than a…
A police constable in Siwan has been suspended after he fired an AK-47 rifle into the air without authorization SIWAN: Following political uproar and allegations in Parliament over alleged police excesses, the Siwan district administration in Bihar on Monday initiated action against the police personnel involved in the firing incident during recent student protests.Siwan district…
A unique collection of items linked to KFC founder Colonel Harland Sanders will be auctioned in Kentucky on July 28 Fans of Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) have a chance to own an extreemely significant part of the brand’s history. A large collection of items linked to the company’s founder, Colonel Harland Sanders, is set to…
Senior India wicketkeeper-batter Sanju Samson has said he decided even before the 2026 T20 World Cup that he would stop worrying about outside opinions and play cricket on his own terms. He added that he no longer wants to be part of the “rat race” and will continue to trust his own instincts.Samson, who scored…
Kangana Ranaut praised PM Modi’s handling of the education crisis after Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation, calling him “an inspiration for the whole world” for setting up a corruption-proof examination committee. She also took a dig at Rahul Gandhi over UPA-era education budgets, amid nationwide protests following the NEET-UG paper leak controversy. Actress-turned-politician Kangana Ranaut has praised…
Owning a safe home often means keeping it in good condition, but repair costs can be difficult for vulnerable households to meet. In Puducherry, the department of Sainik Welfare runs a welfare scheme that provides financial assistance for the re-thatching and repair of houses belonging to eligible ex-servicemen, widows of ex-servicemen and their dependants.Ex-servicemen and…
Donald Trump administration releases new asylum rules. The Donald Trump administration released a new asylum rule that will come into effect immediately and it will reduce the backlog in the asylum system. The department said that according to the existing procedure, both USCIS and the DOJ immigration judges adjudicate applications for asylum. While USCIS handles…
