Suchika Tariyal reacts after Singapore’s Hui Hoon Teo was awarded the semifinal win (left) and Suchika Tariyal takes a victory lap with the tricolour after securing a bronze medal Indian fighter Suchika Tariyal settled for a bronze medal in the women’s traditional 60kg Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) event at the Asian Games on Monday after…
NEW DELHI: Accelerated monetisation of highway assets has enabled the NHAI to prepay loans of over Rs 1.2 lakh crore and repay another Rs 31,300 crore since March 2022, reducing its overall debt to just under Rs 2 lakh crore, according to govt data.NHAI’s debt had touched an all-time high of Rs 3.5 lakh crore…
6-year-old Chinese girl breaks Rubic’s Cube world record (female). A six-year-old girl from China has stunned the speedcubing world after breaking the women’s 3×3 Rubik’s Cube average world record twice within three days, becoming the first female speedcuber to record an average time of less than 4.5 seconds.Lian Yunzhi, from Chengdu in China’s Sichuan province,…
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…
Farah Khan is known for speaking her mind, and she did exactly that on Bharti Singh’s podcast recently when she talked about her twin daughters who are turning 16. “My girls are not allowed to put makeup or wear revealing clothes,” she said simply. And just like that, the internet had opinions. Some parents nodded…
Stand at the edge of a river long enough and one thing becomes clear. The water does not slow down for you. It does not pause while you decide whether you are ready to drink. It does not hold its position while you gather your thoughts or wait for a better moment. It simply moves,…
The Aquaman of Jodhpur/Instagram An old man, almost in his 80s, sits by forgotten stepwells of Jodhpur. Someone throws a plastic bag and he immediately picks it up, throwing it in a dustbin far away from the stepwells. Most travellers arrive in Jodhpur, the Blue City of Rajasthan, with a bucket list. It generally includes…
At just 17, Dasia Taylor turned a science fair idea into a medical innovation with real-world promise. While studying at Iowa City West High School in Iowa, she began working on colour-changing surgical sutures that could signal infection before a wound became visibly worse. Her inspiration came from a practical problem: expensive “smart” sutures already…
‘Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-ups’ continued its theatrical run with another substantial collection on its fifth day. The Yash starrer has now moved past the Rs 200 crore mark in India net earnings.Toxic Movie ReviewAccording to Sacnilk, the movie collected Rs 23 crore net across India on Day 5. The figure came from 16,241…
Jason Arday/Image: St Mary’s University The University of Cambridge is reviewing the way it appoints senior academics after the resignation of Professor Jason Arday, whose career and academic record have come under intense scrutiny.Arday, who made history as Cambridge’s youngest Black professor when he was appointed in 2023, resigned from his position with immediate effect…
Pakistan captain Fatima Sana (Pic credit: ICC) Pakistan women’s captain Fatima Sana has been granted permission by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to miss the T20I leg of the upcoming tour of Sri Lanka in order to represent Birmingham Phoenix in The Hundred, marking a landmark moment in her career. According to Cricinfo, the PCB…
PMO official Shaktikanta Das NEW DELHI: Amid the global challenges, the Indian economy is demonstrating strength on the back of robust domestic demand, sustained industrial and services sector activity, and improving labour market conditions, principal secretary to PM Shaktikanta Das said Tuesday.”High-frequency indicators such as GST collections, electricity generation, rail freight movement, wholesale and retail…
