The question of older actors continuing to headline films as leading men has been debated in Bollywood for years. Sunny Deol, now 68, has no plans of stepping away from action-led roles and is set to headline the upcoming period drama ‘Batwara 1947’, where he will share the screen with his son Karan Deol. His…
Climate change and human activity are making extreme rainfall events and disasters in the Himalayan region, Centre at LS NEW DELHI: Climate change is making extreme rainfall events in the Himalayan region more frequent and intense, while human activity is also increasing the risk of disasters, the Centre told the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.Minister of…
TG Mohandas was taken into custody over objectionable comment on women protesters Kerala Health Minister K Muraleedharan on Tuesday said right-wing political commentator TG Mohandas secured bail due to a “loophole” after his arrest over alleged remarks on a student protest in New Delhi, while BJP MLA V Muraleedharan described the action against him as…
Representative Image of the recovery of Macquarie Island’s wildlife and seabird populations (AI-generated image) Macquarie Island, a windswept strip of land halfway between Australia and Antarctica, spent nearly two centuries under siege from animals that were never meant to be there. Sealers and whalers introduced cats, rats, rabbits and mice to the island in the…
Representative Image of three ancient Assyrian kings emerging from obscurity amid cuneiform tablets (AI-generated image) For nearly a century, historians have relied on the Assyrian King List as the authoritative record of who ruled the ancient Assyrian Empire, especially during its later centuries. Now, new research suggests that record was never as complete or impartial…
NEW DELHI: The Centre is likely to send the proposed Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA) Amendment Bill to a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) for detailed scrutiny, amid objections from Christian representatives and opposition parties, news agency ANI reported citing sources.The Bill, introduced in the Lok Sabha on March 25, seeks to amend the FCRA, 2010,…
Golden Emerald Cross From 16th‑Century Shipwreck, PC: Teddy Tucker In 1955, a Bermudian diver named Teddy Tucker pulled a gold cross studded with seven emeralds from the wreck of a sixteenth-century Spanish galleon resting in the reefs off Bermuda. It would go on to be called one of the most valuable single objects ever recovered…
Aviation minister reacts after turbulence-hit Air India flight pilot fails 2nd dope test(PTI image on left) NEW DELHI: Union civil aviation minister Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu on Tuesday said the ministry is taking the matter seriously and has sought an update from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on the existing regulations, after the…
Super Consumers Australia research has found that many Australians either don’t have a binding nomination or may have been inadequately informed about making one. Millions of Australians may believe their superannuation will automatically go to the people they name in their will when they die. But this is not necessarily so. A recent news report…
Tengku Puteri Ilyana Alia of Malaysia and her partner, Christopher Lionel Froggatt (Facebook photo) Tengku Puteri Raja Tengku Puteri Ilyana Alia, daughter of the Sultan of Pahang, married British racing driver Christopher Lionel Froggatt in Kuala Lumpur on Friday, August 7.Princess Ilyana, 29, is the daughter of Sultan Abdullah, the Sultan of Pahang who served…