Manpreet Kaur in action during the Women’s Shot Put Final Indian shot putter Manpreet Kaur made history on Friday by winning the bronze medal in the women’s shot put final at the 2026 Asian Games in Nagoya.The 36-year-old became only the third Indian woman to win an Asian Games medal in women’s shot put.Manpreet secured…
(Image credit: Masato Hattori) More than three decades after a partial ankylosaur skull was first discovered in a Hokkaido riverbank deposit, researchers have formally named it as a new genus and species, Nipponopelta yezoensis, the first ankylosaur ever formally named from Japan. The study, ‘A new nodosaurid ankylosaur (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Upper Cretaceous Hikagenosawa…
Karthik Subbaraj’s ‘Dorothy’ has opened in Indian theatres on September 25, but the Tamil film’s international rollout has reportedly hit a roadblock in Malaysia. Reports from Tamil media claim that the film has been denied release in the country, allegedly over LGBTQ-related content. However, an official Malaysian censorship order has not been cited in the…
Police suspect militants crossed Myanmar border, killed four in Manipur Bodies of the four men, belonging to the Tangkhul Naga community who were allegedly killed by militants, were found in Manipur’s Kamjong district.The bodies of the four men, identified as Vareishim Jajo, Phami Jajo, Betterson Jajo and Ningthem Kashak, were found at an isolated spot…
A quarry in Florennes, Wallonia, is combining solar power with sheep farming in a 3.3-hectare agrivoltaic project. Calcaires Agri Énergie, in partnership with Ether Energy, developed the project, which places 3,240 photovoltaic panels above land used for sheep grazing. The panels have a total capacity of 2.27 MWc and are raised above the ground with…
Raghubir Yadav says playing godman Baapji accused of sexual abuse in Aneet Padda starrer ‘Hunkkaar’ felt like ‘fighting death every day because of pain’: ‘My heartbeat would rise’ Veteran actor Raghubir Yadav has opened up about the emotional and physical toll of playing a godman accused of sexual abuse in his latest series, ‘Hunkkaar: The…
During the Covid-19 lockdown in 2020, Backshall began developing a railway in the garden of his home in Willingdon, East Sussex (Image Credit: George Carden/BBC) A former railway engineer has transformed his garden in East Sussex into an unusual working railway, complete with full-size track, a vintage-style carriage and railway memorabilia. Railway Magazine, which featured…
‘Hanuman Ansh’ director Vishal Chaturvedi reveals Mushtaq Khan was set to star in his next film, mourns actor’s death: ‘What a legacy’ Veteran actor Mushtaq Khan, known for his memorable supporting and comic roles in films such as ‘Welcome’, ‘Hum Hain Rahi Pyaar Ke’ and ‘Gadar’, passed away in Mumbai on September 24 following a…
The stolen funds were used for a range of personal expenses, according to federal prosecutors. Some of the money financed Ream’s wedding, while additional funds went toward luxury international travel. For four years, a credit supervisor at a Long Island health care products company had access to a pool of money intended for customer refunds….
The seeds that NASA sent to space in 1984, returned to Earth six years later in 1990 and had to be distributed among students as plant kits. What lies behind this statement is a tale of space motion that many remain unaware of. The mission was to determine whether exposure to the space environment would…