Lakshya Sen and PV Sindhu NEW DELHI: Fresh from a memorable double triumph at the Hylo Open, India’s badminton stars Lakshya Sen and PV Sindhu will be missing from the Korea Open, leaving the responsibility of leading the Indian challenge to experienced HS Prannoy and emerging youngster Tanvi Sharma at the USD 500,000 Super 500…
Discarded racing tyres that once belonged to Goodyear have found a second life as a towering public artwork in Akron, Ohio, a city known for its long association with the rubber industry. Internationally acclaimed sculptor Chakaia Booker unveiled her 17-foot-tall sculpture, titled ‘Transit’, at Lock 3 park on October 29, 2026, turning recycled automotive material…
Actor Dia Mirza has reacted to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) removing a video featuring her appeal to citizens to celebrate Diwali responsibly and avoid air pollution. The civic body’s decision came hours after BJP Mumbai chief Ameet Satam publicly objected to her participation in its anti-firecracker campaign on X (formerly Twitter). Dia has now…
Solar leases offer farmers decades of reliable income, helping secure family finances and keep agricultural operations running. For generations, the Cargil family has made a living from the wide, dry farmland surrounding Uvalde in southwest Texas. But farming has never offered much certainty. Weather can erase months of work in a single night, while drought,…
The letter was mailed in Southampton before the Titanic left England A letter written by a Canadian businessman shortly before the Titanic began its first voyage offers a glimpse into the final days of a passenger who never returned home.George Graham, a first-class passenger travelling from Southampton, England, to New York, wrote to a business…
Hoskin watched the films at his local Regal Cinema in York Haven, Pennsylvania, between April 2024 and April 2025. For most people, watching three films in a day would be a long movie marathon. For Glenwood Hoskin Jr., it became part of his daily routine for an entire year. The 60-year-old American from Pennsylvania watched…
US District Judge sentenced Sanchez and ordered him to forfeit more than $8.2 million (AI image) A 30-year-old California accountant who persuaded people to invest millions of dollars in plans to build small homes on residential properties has been sentenced to 63 months in federal prison after admitting that he used their money for risky…
Amitabh Bachchan recently shared an amusing anecdote about his early years of marriage to Jaya Bachchan, revealing that his late father, poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan, once asked his wife to stop calling him ‘Lambu ji’. The nickname, which Jaya had used affectionately for years, apparently prompted an intervention from her father-in-law, who suggested she address…
‘Jawan’ director Atlee wished Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan on his 61st birthday and shared a heartfelt message on social media. The filmmaker thanked the actor for being his mentor and inspiration while showing excitement about SRK’s upcoming film ‘King’.Taking to his X handle, Atlee praised Shah Rukh Khan’s latest song, ‘Tu Mil Jaaye’, and…
Few musicians, let alone children, would attempt to play dozens of classical ragas in one sitting. Angshuman Sarkar from Nadia, West Bengal, has done it on the santoor, a hammered string instrument of Indian classical music. According to India Book of Records, he set the record for “Maximum Gats of Indian Classical Ragas Played on…
