Eight-year-old Zoyal Ghale was at school in Nepal’s Rasuwa district when a devastating torrent of water, mud and debris tore through the area. With the flood sweeping through his surroundings, the young boy ran towards a forest with a friend and climbed trees to escape the rising waters. He survived. But for his mother, the…
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (Screengrab) Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has added another record to his rapidly growing list of achievements, becoming the youngest batter in Duleep Trophy history to score a half-century.The 15-year-old achieved the feat during East Zone’s Duleep Trophy 2026 semi-final against Central Zone in Bengaluru, reaching his fifty in just 42 balls with a six.Sooryavanshi eventually…
Novak Djokovic, of Serbia, gestures to the crowd after he lost to Mariano Navone, of Argentina, during the first round of the U.S. Open tennis championships Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II) Novak Djokovic’s first-round defeat at the 2026 US Open may have ended his campaign earlier than expected, but…
Long before Sundar Pichai became the CEO of Google and Alphabet, he was a boy in Chennai waiting years for something as basic as a telephone. In a candid conversation on the Lex Fridman Podcast, Pichai looked back at his early life in India and how daily struggles, from water shortages to a single rotary…
An old episode of ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’ featuring Shah Rukh Khan is once again making the rounds online, drawing attention to a deeply personal story the actor shared about his connection to Kashmir. Speaking with host Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh opened up about his family’s roots in the region and the emotional reason he avoided…
Lauren Martinez and Morgan Sykes Jaybush, creative director of the architectural firm Omgivning, at Martinez’s relocated home. Image Credit: Gary Leonard/ Omgivning A California family has found a unique way to rebuild after losing its Altadena home in the devastating Eaton fire. Instead of constructing a new house, it bought a nearly 100-years-old historic home…
When Karan Johar once asked Jaya Bachchan why she walked away from acting at the peak of her career, her answer was far from simple. She shared that Amitabh Bachchan had once told her he didn’t want a wife who worked fixed office hours. As his own career grew busier, Jaya felt someone needed to…
Give two people the same task. The person born on September 1 may first correct the instructions, then quietly take charge of the entire project.September 1 combines the leadership of number 1 with the drive of September, the ninth month.September 1 Birthday PersonalityPeople born on this date generally have an independent mind. They listen to…
What’s the one thing you would carry to a remote island with you? If honesty is the way forward, most would say their phone. While there was a time someone would have said an answer like a weapon or maybe their loved one, now, it is truly a mobile phone that lives rent-free with a…
Heartbreaking visuals from Nepal prompted netizens to draw parallels with Grave of the Fireflies. There are some images that stay with you long after you have scrolled past them. A video emerging from flood-hit Nepal shows one such moment: a little boy, carrying his younger sister in his arms, walking through the devastation as he…
Josey Dorsey, is following in his late mother, Naya Rivera‘s footsteps and has landed his first acting job. Naya Rivera’s son lands acting role Josey, who turns 11 on September 17, has reportedly bagged a role in the upcoming film ‘The Burning Valley’, in which he will appears alongside his father, actor Ryan Dorsey. As…
Call it faith, call it luck, call it a miracle, but a group of 21 pilgrims from South India’s Tamil Nadu survived the deadly Nepal floods with the help of a saree. They all had travelled to the Himalayas in search of god to undertake a pilgrimage to Mount Kailash and Mansarovar. But soon they…
