China has warned the US that it could retaliate if Washington significantly expands secondary sanctions on Chinese companies doing business with Iran China has warned that it could take retaliatory measures if the United States significantly expands secondary sanctions targeting Chinese companies doing business with Iran, according to reporting by the Financial Times.The warning came…
Anaya Bangar (Pic credit: Bangar’s Instagram post) NEW DELHI: Anaya Bangar has taken a major step towards returning to competitive cricket after Cricket Australia confirmed that she will be eligible to play elite women’s cricket in the country from March 2027.Bangar, who underwent gender-affirming surgery in March, received the confirmation under Cricket Australia’s Inclusion of…
A woman’s celebratory video of welcoming her parents to the US has gone viral. Videos of Indians using wheelchairs at international airports surface on social media from time to time. This time, a video of an Indian woman apparently welcoming her parents at Dallas-Fort Worth Airport in Texas went viral as the mother was seen…
Goblin shark, PC: University of La Laguna In May 2024, a group of recreational fishers off the coast of San Cristóbal, roughly 9.5 kilometres from Gran Canaria, hooked something none of them expected while fishing in 900 metres of water. What came up was a 2.5 metre goblin shark, a species so rarely seen alive…
Kuku Kohli, ‘Phool Aur Kaante’ director and Aruna Irani’s husband, passes away after suffering a cardiac arrest Veteran filmmaker Kuku Kohli, best known for launching Ajay Devgn’s career with Phool Aur Kaante, has passed away at the age of 77. He suffered a cardiac arrest on Tuesday evening. His wife, actress Aruna Irani’s spokesperson, has…
Four years after ‘KGF: Chapter 2,’ Yash is finally returning to theatres with Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups. Directed by Geetu Mohandas, the film has created strong buzz with its dark world, stylish visuals, and impressive star cast. Set to release worldwide on August 26, ‘Toxic’ is being presented as a major pan-India release….
Rahul, Kharge write to PM Modi over caste census NEW DELHI: Terming the methodology for caste count adopted in Census 2027 “misleading” as it will not give a headcount of OBCs, leaders of opposition in Parliament Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi have written to PM Narendra Modi demanding the Census questionnaire on caste notified recently…
PC :State Office for Heritage Management and Archaeology Saxony-Anhalt Archaeologists in Germany have uncovered a Stone Age pit near Alsleben, Saxony-Anhalt, containing the bones of at least twelve beavers, offering an unusually vivid window into how Europe’s earliest farmers exploited animal fur. The roughly 7,000-year-old feature was first unearthed in 2024 during surveys ahead of…
Yash’s ‘Toxic’ gets legal protection from Bengaluru court against circulation of false content ahead of August 26 release With ‘Toxic: A Fairytale For Grown-Ups’ set to hit theatres, its makers have taken a pre-emptive legal step to shield the film from misinformation. A day before release, the production secured an interim injunction from a Bengaluru…
A ferrocement structure welcomes visitors to the property and has been named the ‘Artichoke Portico’ by Boscarino (Pictures: Spaces Archives) When Ricky Boscarino came across a small 600-square-foot cabin in the woods in New Jersey in 1988, he saw more than just a place to live. A year later, he began transforming it into what…