Nitesh Siwach (Image credit: X) India remained in eighth place in the Asian Games medal standings on Thursday after adding more medals across sailing, wrestling, squash and archery.India’s overall medal tally rose to 64 medals – 10 gold, 22 silver and 32 bronze.China continued to lead the standings by a huge margin with 288 medals…
Indian-American Congressman Shri Thanedar warns against ICE’s electric shock gloves Indian-American Congressman Shri Thanedar and two other senior Democratic lawmakers have urged the US government to immediately halt Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) plan to procure gloves capable of delivering electric shocks to officers and agents.In a letter to homeland security secretary Markwayne Mullin on…
A Tibetan man set himself on fire outside UN HQ in Manhattan (Screengrab from video on X) A man carrying a Tibetan flag set himself on fire outside the United Nations headquarters in Manhattan, New York City, on Thursday evening in an apparent act of protest, according to officials and local media reports.The protester was…
Actor-politician Kangana Ranaut has shared her candid views on love, marriage and modern relationships, arguing that social media has created unrealistic expectations that often do more harm than good.Speaking in a recent interview with Fever FM, Kangana said that relationships are deeply personal and cannot be measured against the picture-perfect romances often seen online. ‘My…
Vinayan questions Sukumari’s death; asks, ‘Was the news that she died after her clothes caught fire. Veteran Malayalam filmmaker Vinayan remembered the late actress Sukumari in a recent social media post. The director recalled her contribution to his 1998 movie ‘Aakasha Ganga’.Sukumari was among the most recognisable performers in Malayalam cinema. She died on March…
Christopher Nolan‘s blockbuster epic film ‘The Odyssey’ has broken another record in its epic box office run.The film has officially become the highest-grossing R-rated film of all time with a worldwide collection of USD 1.352 billion, as reportedly by Variety. With this, it has overtaken the benchmark set by 2024’s ‘Deadpool & Wolverine,’ starring Ryan…
China, meanwhile, has rejected widespread accusations of abuses against Uyghurs. Starbucks is facing criticism in the United States after opening its first two outlets in China’s Xinjiang region, with a US lawmaker urging the company to shut them down over alleged repression of Uyghurs.John Moolenaar, chairman of the House of Representatives’ Select Committee on China,…
The Shenzhen Natural History Museum was finally opened to the public on 28 July 2026, which makes it the first large-scale institution of its kind in southern China, dedicated to natural history. Located in the Pingshan District, this world-class facility is part of the ‘Ten Cultural Facilities of the New Era’ initiative, representing a total…
Scotland has become the first nation in the UK to legally require bird-friendly nesting spaces in new buildings, marking a significant step for urban wildlife conservation. The new measure centres on “swift bricks” – specially designed cavities built into walls that provide nesting sites for birds such as swifts, sparrows and starlings. Conservationists have long…
Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo share incredible World Cup coincidence in once-in-a-lifetime moment that may never come again Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have spent two decades chasing, matching and surpassing one another across football’s biggest stages. Now, after another week of World Cup history, the sport’s defining rivals have arrived at one of the…