August 2026

A floating and rotating ‘garbage island’ of an estimated area of 1.6 million square kilometres lies between Hawaii and California, according to a scientific estimate published in 2018. The area of the island is said to be larger than Para and nearly three times the size of metropolitan France. What exists here is a plastic…

A Class 5 student allegedly mixed urine in water bottles for two female classmates (Representative image) GUNA: A Class 5 student at a government-run primary school in Madhya Pradesh’s Guna allegedly mixed urine in a water bottle and made two female classmates drink it, following which the girls complained to the school principal, an official…

File photo: Leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi NEW DELHI: The defence counsel for leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday opposed a plea seeking his voice sample in the defamation case filed by Satyaki Savarkar, grandson of Hindutva ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, in a Pune court.Gandhi’s lawyer…

Will Smith to join Allu Arjun, Atlee’s Raaka_ Hollywood star may shoot overseas. The ‘Bad Boys’ star Will Smith could soon be seen in an Indian movie, with reports suggesting that the Hollywood actor may join Allu Arjun and ‘Jawan’ director Atlee’s upcoming sci-fi action epic ‘Raaka’. If the reports are true, Will Smith is…

Zerodha founder Nithin Kamath Zerodha founder and CEO Nithin Kamath recently praised SEBI for proposing a fully digital onboarding process for NRIs, without needing them to be physically present in India. “Kudos to SEBI for this pragmatic move,” Kamath wrote in an X (formerly Twitter) post. He said that the move could remove a major…