UAE to get 16 New Indian Passport and Visa Centres in major expat services overhaul / Image: File More than four million Indians living in the UAE are set to see a major overhaul in passport, visa and consular services, after India awarded a massive outsourcing contract to Kerala-based Alhind Group, which will launch 16…
Rohit Sharma and Abhishek Nayar (Video grabs) NEW DELHI: Rohit Sharma may be enduring a stop-start IPL 2026 campaign, but the former Mumbai Indians skipper ensured there was no shortage of laughter at Eden Gardens on match eve.Ahead of Mumbai Indians’ league game against Kolkata Knight Riders, MI shared a fun training-ground video featuring Rohit…
Photos from Congo and Uganda as WHO declare health emergency over Ebola (Image credit: AP) The Ebola disease, which the World Health Organization calls a severe, often fatal illness affecting humans and other primates, has claimed 130 lives as of May 19, according to WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.The WHO chief on Tuesday expressed concern…
Debuting in the film industry, Michael Jackson stepped into the limelight with a highly acclaimed role. The ‘Billy Jean’ singer starred as Scarecrow, which he played alongside his close friend and mentor, Diana Ross, as Dorothy. Directed by Sidney Lumet, ‘The Wiz’ (1978) revolved around Dorothy, the school teacher who shies away from trying anything…
Lucknow Super Giants’ Aiden Markram (ANI Photo) Aiden Markram has left the Lucknow Super Giants camp midway through IPL 2026 and is set to miss the remainder of the tournament due to personal reasons, handing LSG a major setback ahead of their final two league matches.Markram has flown back to South Africa due to personal…
Parakeets fluttering in and out of people’s houses, gardens and urban parks are becoming a regular occurrence in many places. However, experts suggest that the bright green parakeets might actually provide information on climate change, biodiversity, urban ecology, habitat shifts and the state of the environment. In fact, according to the research done on ring-necked…
Disha Patani cheered on her best friends Mouni Roy and Jacqueline Fernandez as they made their presence felt at the Cannes Film Festival. While Jacqueline attended the Chopard event, Mouni shared stunning pictures from the festival. Disha has also been standing by Mouni following her separation from husband Suraj Nambiar. Disha Patani is cheering on…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed pleas seeking a recall of its earlier order on the relocation and sterilisation of stray dogs.A bench of Justices Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta and N V Anjaria also issued a slew of directions to states, union territories and other statutory bodies to augment infrastructure to deal with…
Stephen Fleming may have publicly backed Ruturaj Gaikwad as the future captain of Chennai Super Kings, but his comments after CSK’s defeat to Sunrisers Hyderabad also carried a clear message — the skipper’s batting has not been good enough in IPL 2026. CSK’s five-wicket defeat at Chepauk once again exposed the team’s biggest issue this…
The year 1883 saw one of the deadliest eruptions in the history of volcanoes, erupting from the Indonesian volcano Krakatoa (or sometimes referred to as Krakatau). The location was the Sunda Strait that lies between the islands of Java and Sumatra. The power of the eruption was so devastating that it caused enormous tsunamis, brought…