Dame Parveen Kumar, a renowned gastroenterologist, medical educator and advocate for women in healthcare, has been awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE), one of the United Kingdom’s highest royal honours, in King Charles III’s 2026 Birthday Honours list.The GBE is the highest rank within the Most Excellent Order of…
Virat Kohli and Karan Aujla have sent social media into overdrive after announcing they will come together for an event at Kohli’s restaurant, One8 Commune, in Delhi on June 21. The unexpected collaboration between the cricket superstar and the chart-topping musician has generated significant buzz online, with fans eagerly awaiting what many are calling one…
NEW DELHI: Trouble mounted for Trinamool Congree chief Mamata Banerjee as rebel MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar on Sunday claimed that two more parliamentarians were set to join the dissident group, which would take its strength in the Lok Sabha to 22. TMC is the third largest party with 28 MPs in Lok Sabha. If 22…
India’s Neeraj Chopra (PTI Photo) India’s athletics squad for the 2026 Commonwealth Games has been finalised, with the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) naming a 32-member contingent that blends established international stars with several emerging talents across track and field events.The squad, announced on Sunday, consists of 22 male athletes and 10 female athletes, filling…
Photo credit: Instagram/@cilliqnmurphy Cillian Murphy is gearing up to make another major return to one of his most memorable recent roles. The Academy-winner has officially come on board with the cast of A Quiet Place Part III, with production now underway on the highly anticipated sequel scheduled for release on July 30, 2027.The announcement has…
As the Uttarakhand government’s ‘Celebrate in Uttarakhand’ initiative seeks to promote wedding tourism, two lake towns in the Kumaon region, Nainital and Bhimtal, are increasingly attracting attention from couples planning destination weddings.Nainital has long been known as one of India’s most popular hill stations, but it is now being positioned as a wedding destination under…
For decades, much of what the world knew about human genetics was built from datasets that scarcely reflected the diversity of South Asia. Yet one of the most significant pieces of the human story may have been hiding in plain sight. Across India’s mainland and island communities lies an extraordinary genetic record stretching back tens…
The highly awaited release of the film ‘Dhruva Natchathiram’ is yet another movie that seems stuck despite being announced many years ago. The movie is a spy thriller directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon, starring Vikram. Fans have eagerly waited for updates on the project, and the latest legal development has once again brought the film…
NEW DELHI: SP chief Akhilesh Yadav has criticised the Uttar Pradesh government’s decision to order a Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe into allegations of embezzlement of donations at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, calling the development an “insult to the Sanatana Dharma”.Speaking in Agra on Sunday, the Samajwadi Party chief said, “It is very unfortunate…
Representative image (Ukrainian drones hit Russia) A Ukrainian drone attack killed one person and injured nine others in Russia’s southwestern Oryol region, Russian officials said on Sunday, while a separate strike targeted an oil facility deep inside Russian territory as Kyiv intensified attacks on military and energy infrastructure.Oryol Governor Andrei Klychkov said a Ukrainian drone…