Family and friends honour famed Irish comedian Jimmy Cricket, who passed away at the age of 80. Many attend his funeral procession wearing bowties and his iconic costumes. (Instagram) Veteran comedian Jimmy Cricket, whose real name was James Joseph Mulgrew, passed away earlier this month at the age of 80. The comedian, whose career spanned…
Isharani Baruah made it to the quarterfinals of Syed Modi International (BAI) NEW DELHI: When Isharani Baruah looks at India’s badminton squad for the Asian Games, she doesn’t see a team overawed by Asia’s traditional powerhouses.The 22-year-old from Assam will make her Asian Games debut in Aichi-Nagoya, stepping into a squad that brings together the…
France’s Alex Lanier (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: The shuttlecock hung in the air for a heartbeat, just long enough for Alex Lanier to measure destiny.The 21-year-old Frenchman unleashed a venomous, angled smash that kissed the hardwood before his opponent Kodai Naraoka could even flinch. As the winner landed, the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium arena erupted…
This might be the closest humans have come to finding another planet that can support life. In a shocking discovery, astronomers have detected an atmosphere around an Earth-like, rocky planet about 48 light-years away.The planet, called LHS 1140 b, is orbiting in the habitable zone around its star meaning that it is at the right…
Akhil Akkineni starrer ‘Lenin‘ continues its run from the opening weekend into the weekdays at a decent pace at the box office. The action drama helmed by Murali Kishor Abburu has been able to hold the audience even with the usual Monday slump. The film is backed by strong performances, positive word-of-mouth, and an action-packed…
Harrison Ford’s 1983 home that he bought years after scoring his first breakthrough role in ‘Star Wars’. (YouTube) Over the years, Harrison Ford has become one of Hollywood’s most successful names in the film industry. From working as a carpenter to support his wife and children to later scoring the role of a lifetime with…
‘A horse knows the road, even if its rider does not’ A horse on the steppe remembers what maps forget: A proverb from Mongolia where survival once depended on animal instinct, weather sense, and inherited knowledge of the land.Among Mongolia’s vast grasslands, where landmarks can be scarce and weather changes without warning, traditional wisdom often…
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Rajat Patidar (captain), Virat Kohli, Tim David, Jacob Bethell, Romario Shepherd, Josh Hazlewood, Nuwan Thushara, Devdutt Padikkal, Jitesh Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Rasikh Dar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jordan Cox, Suyash Sharma, Venkatesh Iyer, Swapnil Singh, Jacob Duffy, Kanishk Chouhan, Abhinandan Singh, Mangesh Yadav, Phil Salt, Satvik Deswal, Vicky Ostwal, Vihaan Malhotra. Gujarat Titans: Sai…
Representative image (Photo: Canva) Scientists may have found the strongest hint yet that life could exist beyond Earth, and the focus is not Mars but a distant planet called K2-18b. The James Webb Space Telescope’s 2025 results point to gases linked on Earth to biological activity, but the discovery is still tentative and not confirmed…
Quote of the day by Bill Clinton (AI-generated image) In the spring of 1992, Bill Clinton’s presidential campaign was fighting for its life. Allegations about his personal conduct had dominated headlines for weeks, and political commentators openly speculated that his run was finished before the first primary votes were even counted. It was against that…