India has no shortage of street food, but every now and then, a dish comes along that makes you wonder how you didn’t discover it earlier. For industrialist Harsh Goenka, that dish appears to be Gujarat’s much-loved dabeli.Goenka recently took to social media to share his love for the snack, calling it Gujarat’s answer to…
Representative photo (Getty Images) NEW DELHI: A 31-year-old former national-level wrestler, who had been on the run for nearly three years after being declared a proclaimed offender in an alleged opium smuggling case, has been arrested by the Delhi Police, officials said.Amit Sheoran, a bronze medallist at the 2013 National Cadet Wrestling competition, was apprehended…
Harmanpreet Singh celebrates with teammate after scoring a goal against Pakistan. (Pic credit: Hockey India) NEW DELHI: India may have extended their decade-long winning run against Pakistan with a thrilling 5-3 victory at the FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup on Wednesday, but captain Harmanpreet Singh believes the defensive lapses that allowed their arch-rivals back into…
Saffron, often called kesar, is one of the world’s most expensive spices, which also makes it vulnerable to adulteration. The spice comes from the dried stigmas of Crocus sativus flowers, with only a small number of strands obtained from each flower. Because genuine saffron is costly, cheaper materials such as dyed maize filaments, coloured gelatin…
Pakistan opener Azan Awais was dismissed off the very first ball of the first Test against England at Headingley on Wednesday, becoming only the second Pakistani opener ever to suffer the unwanted fate.Ollie Robinson produced a superb delivery to trap Awais lbw with the opening ball of the three-match series. The right-arm seamer’s wobble-seam delivery…
Kristen Fischer (Instagram) A famous American content creator Kristen Fischer, who has been living in New Delhi, has struck an interesting conversation about the very different food worlds she experiences between India and the U.S. She shared a post on her Instagram profile, comparing the two very different food cultures side by side. In her…
USA’s Garret Tan, right, is congratulated by India’s Lakshya Sen after winning the men’s singles round of 32 badminton match during the BWF World Championships, at IGI Stadium, in New Delhi. (PTI Photo) New Delhi: On one side of Court 1 at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium was Lakshya Sen, on all fours, having made…
Suresh Oberoi opens up about his 2004 BJP stint, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, politics, protests and activism. Veteran actor Suresh Oberoi recently opened up about his brief association with politics, his admiration for RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat and his views on protests and activism. In a recent conversation with Nidhi Vasandani on her YouTube channel,…
At 60, He Started Running Without Proper Training. What Happened Next Turned Into a Decade-Long Fitness Journey (Image Credit: Shared by Sandeep Sharma) Sport had always been part of Sandeep Sharma’s life. He had played cricket at a high level in Delhi, while his father had been a Delhi state football captain. But after leaving…
Berkowski made this first solar eclipse photograph at the Royal Observatory in Königsberg, Prussia (now Kaliningrad, Russia). Image Credit: Johann Julius Friedrich Berkowski/Wikipedia A total solar eclipse is one of nature’s most dramatic sights, but 175 years ago it was also a difficult scientific problem to record. On July 28, 1851, a little-known photographer named…