Govt allows registration of flex-fuel vehicles running on 85% to 100% ethanol-blended petrol NEW DELHI: Government on Monday notified a change in Central Motor Vehicles Rules, allowing flex-fuel vehicles that can run on upto 100% ethanol blended petrol. This comes barely months before some of the car manufacturers are set to launch their E100 models.An…
Adam James, a 23-year-old autistic man from High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, has been offered a DJ set at Boomtown Fair in 2027 after attending the music festival alone and befriending a group of strangers. The aspiring drum and bass DJ met the group when they asked whether he had a mallet to help put up their…
Lalit Prabhakar reveals how watching a single YouTube video and studying two photographs helped him transform into Ajmal Kasab for Rajkummar Rao’s Prahaar (Image Credits Instagram) Lalit Prabhakar has opened up about preparing to play 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks convict Ajmal Kasab in ‘Prahaar: The Untold Story of Ujjwal Nikam’, headlined by Rajkummar Rao. The…
The officials expected to attend are Saudi defence minister Khalid bin Salman, Pakistan’s army chief general Asim Munir, and Turkish intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin, Iran’s semi-official Mehr news agency reported (Photo: Reuters). Senior Saudi, Pakistani and Turkish officials will visit Tehran on Monday for a joint meeting with Iranian officials, the first planned talk since…
Jaishree lost her job in February while awaiting a decision on her visa extension.(Photo: Facebook/Trinity College) An Indian woman who moved to Ireland for higher studies in 2022 is now reading her own deportation notice during stand-up comedy performances in Dublin. Jaishree Malik, 25, from Gurugram, had completed her studies at Trinity College Dublin and…
Geneva is set for Gukesh vs Javokhir Sindarov encounter NEW DELHI: A pressure cooker may seem like a less flamboyant invention these days, especially with Elon Musk’s “flying cars” making the rounds on the internet. Yet, it remains a fascinating feat of human-led engineering, built on a simple principle of physics. Seal the vessel, trap…
Suriya is gearing up for the upcoming film ‘Scene,’ directed by Malayalam filmmaker Jithu Madhavan, famous for ‘Romancham’ and ‘Aavesham,’ marking his Tamil debut. Ahead of the film’s release on November 6, the actor said he had hoped to work with Jithu because he admired his previous films, having “quietly manifested” it.Speaking at the film’s…
Sai Pallavi revealed the personal and spiritual approach she followed before taking on the role of Sita in the upcoming film ‘Ramayana’. The actress spoke about preparing for the character during an appearance on Amitabh Bachchan’s television show ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’. She joined co-stars Ranbir Kapoor and Ravie Dubey for the interaction, which offered a…
Filmmaker Sulagna Chatterjee recounts lights going off after Shilpa Rao’s set was stopped mid-song (Image Credits Instagram and IMDb) Filmmaker Sulagna Chatterjee has criticised the organisers of the Bollywood Music Project after singer Shilpa Rao’s performance was abruptly interrupted at the Mumbai festival on October 24. Recalling the incident in an interview with Mid-Day, Chatterjee…
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor welcomed Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s re-election as Brazil’s president in a recent post. Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has welcomed Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s re-election as Brazil’s president, highlighting his focus on social inclusion, economic justice and poverty alleviation. Tharoor said Lula’s return to power could renew attention to the…