Indian-origin taxi driver Gurvinder Singh. An Indian immigrant taxi driver who reportedly gave hundreds of free rides to New Yorkers for 40 days after the September 11 attacks has gone viral online as the US marks the 25th anniversary of 9/11.Shabbos Kestenbaum shared the story on X, saying his taxi driver, Gurvinder Singh, told him…
Wildlife biologists tracking lions and spotted hyenas in Southern Africa have found evidence that challenges a long-held belief about how the two predators interact. Instead of hyenas mainly following lions to find leftover food, the study found that male lions often actively move towards spotted hyenas, while the hyenas try to get away. The study,…
Build denser, live better? Delhi’s high-rise gamble under MPD-2047 By 2047, Delhi could be home to nearly 32 million people, need around 1,600 million gallons of potable water every day, generate nearly 26,000 tonnes of solid waste daily and require roughly 40 lakh additional homes.Those numbers tell a bigger story than population growth. They point…
Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan (PTI Photo) Former Pakistan chief selector and head coach Haroon Rasheed believes the decline of Pakistan cricket can be traced back to the sweeping domestic-structure changes introduced during Imran Khan’s tenure as Prime Minister, claiming the former Pakistan captain rejected a proposed hybrid model in favour of drastically reducing the…
Photo: https://actionfornature.org At 13, Neha Blunt is using code, creativity and community action to tackle one of the world’s most urgent environmental challenges. The New Jersey student created Water Saver, a web application that turns everyday conservation into an interactive challenge, helping households track their water use and make practical changes. Her wider campaign has…
For residents of Jackson, Mississippi, the question is simple yet difficult to answer: can people expect the water flowing from their taps to be safe to drink? A federal appeals court has now delivered a striking legal answer: not as a constitutional right. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the US Constitution does…
‘Maybe should not have been made at all’: Shobhaa De says she ‘fell asleep for something like 15 minutes’ in her scathing review of Pankaj Tripathi and Ravi Kishan starrer ‘Mirzapur: The Movie’ While ‘Mirzapur: The Movie’ continues to draw strong numbers at the box office following its September 4, 2026 release, the film has…
Indian career coach says H-1B will be officially dead if the 60-day grace period is eliminated. Indian career coach in the US, Anushk Sharma, reacted to the DHS proposal to end the 60-day grace period for several visa categories, including H-1Bs, and said that if this proposal becomes a rule, the H-1B visa program is…
Hollywood actors who did their own stunts: Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Angelina Jolie, Tom Cruise and more An action scene feels different when you know the actor on screen is actually taking the hit, jumping from the car or hanging off the side of something very high. Hollywood productions still rely heavily on professional stunt performers,…
Putin was addressing the Brics Business Forum in Delhi. NEW DELHI: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday took a swipe at the Group of Seven (G7), contrasting its economic contribution with that of Brics and saying the latter now accounts for more than 40% of global GDP.Speaking at the Brics Business Forum, Putin said the…