Referee Omar Artan, center, of Somalia (AP Photo) Somalian referee Omar Artan received an emotional welcome on Wednesday after returning to Mogadishu, days after being denied entry into the United States despite being selected to officiate at the FIFA World Cup.Artan had been on course to make history as the first referee from Somalia to…
In July 2013, Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano found himself in a situation no astronaut ever wants to face. While performing a spacewalk outside the International Space Station, water began leaking into his helmet. What initially seemed like sweat soon turned into a life-threatening emergency as the water rose around his face, impairing his vision and…
Veteran singer-composer Suresh Wadkar has opened up about the contrasting personalities of two of Bollywood’s biggest superstars – Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan. He called SRK a calm, well-mannered individual, while Salman is a true ‘dabang’ at heart, according to the music veteran. Suresh Wadkar on Shah Rukh Khan During a candid conversation with…
PM Modi with Italian counterpart Meloni in Rome (File photo) NEW DELHI: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Wednesday congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi after he surpassed Jawaharlal Nehru‘s record to become India’s longest-serving elected Prime Minister.PM Modi completed 4,399 consecutive days in office, overtaking Nehru’s tenure as an elected prime minister. He has served…
Shubhi Gupta (Special Arrangements) NEW DELHI: Imagine it is your first international chess tournament on your own. Your parents have burned a hole in their pockets to take you to the scenic country of Uzbekistan. There, you are supposed to play the toughest of opponents from across the globe. You reach the venue, and you…
Roughly four kilometres below the surface of the central Pacific Ocean, scattered across a stretch of seafloor the size of the continental United States, lie hundreds of billions of apple-sized rocks. They are dark, lumpy, and almost impossibly slow-growing, a few millimetres every million years. Some of the ones sitting on the seabed today began…
The Tamil film industry is mourning the death of the legendary filmmaker Bharathiraja, who passed away at 84 on Wednesday. The towering figure who changed the face of the Tamil cinema with his unique storytelling was battling health issues for several months before his demise.According to a report by the Economic Times, Bharathiraja had been…
England’s Ben Stokes (AP Photo) England’s preparations for the second Test against New Zealand have been overshadowed by a fresh off-field controversy involving captain Ben Stokes and fast bowler Gus Atkinson. The pair are reported to have broken the team curfew after England’s 115-run victory in the opening Test at Lord’s and later become involved…
Joe Swash gets emotional lerning about his ancestry Joe Swash recently took part in the popular show ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’ , which helps people look back into their ancestry. While filming the episode, the actor ended up getting emotional with his results, which revealed a surprising detail about his ancestry. Joe Swash…
NEW DELHI: In another setback for Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee, party MP Sushmita Dev has resigned from the Rajya Sabha, PTI reported citing sources on Wednesday.Her resignation comes shortly after the TMC MP met Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, triggering speculation about her joining BJP.In her resignation letter, Sushmita wrote, “I do…