Nana Patekar’s death has left the film industry mourning the loss of an actor known as much for his intense screen presence as for his unmistakable personality. The actor passed away on October 8 at the age of 75 after suffering a cardiac arrest. Photographer Atul Kasbekar remembered Nana in an emotional Instagram post, sharing…
Quote of the day by Michelle Obama Some quotes become popular for a few weeks and then quietly disappear. Others somehow stay around for years because people keep finding new situations where the words still fit. Michelle Obama’s famous line about “going high” feels like one of those quotes that refuses to fade away. Even…
MUMBAI: India’s formal retail credit penetration more than doubled over the past decade, with the share of consumers who accessed credit at least once rising from 35% in March 2017 to 74% in March 2026, even as the credit-eligible population expanded from 79 crore to 89 crore.The expansion was accompanied by a sharp rise in…
Representative Image of gray ratsnakes inhabiting an old shed surrounded by dense trees and natural vegetation (AI-generated image) In central Mississippi, researchers stumbled across an abandoned shed covered in old snakeskins, an odd enough sight that they decided to set up cameras rather than simply walk away. What they eventually documented became a detailed study…
Cristiano Ronaldo and Georgina’s secret wedding had just five guests after couple kept ceremony completely private Cristiano Ronaldo and Georgina Rodriguez chose to keep their wedding almost entirely away from the public eye, and the first details emerging from the ceremony suggest they succeeded. After nearly a decade together, the couple reportedly married in a…
Rajni Kumari with his father Dashrath Paswan and mother Sunita Devi. (Photo credit: Dainik Bhaskar) Every morning, long before sunrise, Dashrath Paswan would quietly leave his home in Bihar’s Jamui district and step onto the road with his handcart. Some days he found work. Some days he did not. Some days he returned home with…
A Slovak student has developed an affordable microscope system that can create 3D models of tiny objects without destroying samples. Filip Lajciak, from Secondary Technical High School Dubnica nad Vahom, developed the system as a stereo vision solution for microscopic samples. It uses a stereo camera integrated into an optical microscopic effector to capture views…
Late professor Jason Arday/Image: St Mary’s University The University of Cambridge has narrowed its inquiry into the hiring of professor Jason Arday following his death last month, with the review now focusing on whether he received adequate support from the university, NYT reported.Cambridge had announced a broader investigation earlier this summer into Arday’s appointment after…
Long before the stadium tours and record-breaking albums, Taylor Swift had a very different kind of workday. According to reports, the singer grew up on a Christmas tree farm in Pennsylvania, where one of her childhood jobs was to pick praying mantis egg cases off the trees so they would not hatch inside customers’ homes….
A 14-story building that once used to be the Presidential Hotel before falling into disrepair is all set to have a change of fate once again. For years, the cylindrical tower was seen as an eyesore by the travellers in one of the region’s busiest interstate intersections. Project estimates show that more than 426,700 vehicles…
A medical trial that Iain Ward joined in 2019 led to an unexpected discovery that changed his life. An MRI scan revealed a brain tumour, although doctors initially believed it was benign. Around six months later, further scans showed that the tumour was growing. Ward underwent brain surgery and was diagnosed with glioblastoma in 2020,…
In most cases, a name of a house becomes one of the first things that impresses visitors. Thus, if you want to choose a name that would reflect your values, personality, and goals, then a regal name inspired by Indian traditions is definitely an option worth considering. With such a name, you will be able…
