xQc has called out Hasan Piker over his response to the ongoing controversy involving his dog Kaya. The streamer said Hasan should stop blaming what he sees as “coordinated smear campaigns” and instead be honest about what happened. xQc argued that admitting a mistake, apologizing, and showing that he had learned from it could have…
Former President Pratibha Patil (left) presenting the Padma Bhushan Award to Nagarajan Vittal. The IAS officer of the Gujarat cadre, 1960 batch. (Source: PTI/File) “Fortune favours the bold.” Few stories in India’s technology history illustrate this better than the remarkable journey that transformed a country struggling with red tape into one of the world’s largest…
Quote of the day by Kate Middleton (AP photo) Kate Middleton’s words touch on a genuinely difficult side of motherhood that rarely gets talked about openly, feeling genuinely lonely even while surrounded by people who love you. “It is lonely at times, and you do feel quite isolated,” she said. “But actually, so many other…
India’s Unnati Hooda (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Unnati Hooda began her BWF World Championships journey with a straight-game win on Tuesday, but the 18-year-old Indian shuttler’s biggest moment came when she spoke about the man who has sacrificed his own career to help shape hers — her father and coach, Upkar Hooda.Unnati defeated Myanmar’s Thet…
For every venomous species that grabs headlines and horror-movie cameos, there are dozens of snake species quietly going about their business without a single drop of dangerous venom to their name, roughly 85 percent of the world’s snakes fall into this harmless category. These non-venomous snakes still play a genuinely important ecological role, keeping rodent,…
In 1999, Al and Diane Johnson thought they had finally found the place where they could build a home and settle down. They had bought 828 acres on Texas’ Lamar Peninsula, a broad stretch of marsh, grassland and live oak woodland near Rockport. Then they noticed two very large birds walking across their newly acquired…
Delhi Police said CCTV footage showed Singh waiting for the professor before allegedly attacking him as he entered the building. NEW DELHI: Delhi University has suspended a PhD scholar and banned his entry into the university premises following an alleged assault on a professor at Umang Bhawan, officials said on Monday.According to news agency ANI,…
Students protested their Azamgarh college, citing excessive fees and teacher shortages. LUCKNOW: Students of a private inter college in Azamgarh skipped classes and staged a protest outside their school, alleging excessive fee collection, shortage of teachers and other irregularities in the institution.The protesting students questioned why they were being asked to pay an additional Rs…
Khel Ratna goes vacant; 17 athletes receive Arjuna Awards (Images: ANI) NEW DELHI: The Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna, India’s highest sporting honour, will have no recipient for 2025, with the government not recommending any sportsperson for the prestigious award. It is only the third time since the award was instituted in 1991-92 that no…
Jeanne Socrates (Image Credit: Wikipedia) In 2017, British sailor Jeanne Socrates was 75 when a fall from a ladder while working on her yacht left her with serious injuries and forced her to postpone another attempt to sail around the world. Instead of giving up, she returned to the challenge a year later. On October…