In one of the busy malls in Tokyo, Ikuko, Japan’s oldest and most famous geisha dances for shoppers in an elegant black kimono with precise movements. Only, the 86-year-old isn’t really there; it’s her hologram, a 3D projection of her, displayed in a life-size white box. “Thank you very much,” she said to passers-by, before…
Bodhana Sivanandan and Shreyas Royal Indian-origin teenagers Bodhana Sivanandan and Shreyas Royal have made a major mark on British chess after winning the women’s and open titles at the 2026 British Chess Championships in Coventry.Bodhana, just 11, became the youngest-ever British women’s champion after beating 14-year-old Ireland-based talent Trisha Kanyamarala in a tense rapid-chess playoff.Her…
Quote of the day by Marcus Aurelius Some of life’s biggest turning points arrive disguised as problems.A rejected application can force someone to reconsider a career. An unexpected failure can expose a weakness that had gone unnoticed. A difficult responsibility can teach a person skills they would never have developed otherwise. The obstacle remains an…
Keely Hodgkinson (via Getty) Keely Hodgkinson is aiming to make history at the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham. The British Olympic champion is chasing a third consecutive European 800m gold medal. If she succeeds, she would become the first British woman to win the same individual event three times at the European Championships.Hodgkinson has already…
The observations were made with the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST), a powerful 4-metre class solar telescope operated by the US National Science Foundation. The Sun may appear to us on Earth as a glowing ball of plasma, but its surface is far more active and turbulent than it looks, which has been proven…
Mecca pact: Pakistan, Saudi Arabia & Turkey’s defence deal might end up being a big headache for China. Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey signed a Nato-style mutual defence agreement in Mecca on August 7, declaring that “any armed attack against any one of the three states shall be regarded as an attack against them all”.There…
Zineb, 25, had watched her father work in the shop throughout her childhood (Photo credit: Zineb Lazraq / SWNS) For 34 years, Rachid Lazraq ran his shoe shop in Shoreditch, East London, building a business around a loyal customer base. But as the neighbourhood changed, so did his customers. Rising rents, gentrification and the arrival…
NEW DELHI: Defence secretary RK Singh on Monday said leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi has been invited to the Independence Day celebrations at the Red Fort on August 15 and will be seated immediately after the Union Cabinet ministers.“Leader of opposition has been invited, and his seating would be as per the…
Indian student dies in a road crash in Ohio, US. Dileep Kumar Bhungaravula, an Indian student, died in Ohio on August 7 after he met a severe collision on I-480 in Macedonia. He was driving the vehicle that was hit by a pickup truck traveling in the opposite direction. According to Cleveland19, when police arrived…
Rakul Preet Singh in a Rs 75,000 Anarkali for an event (Image Credits Yogen Shah for Etimes) Rakul Preet Singh and Jackky Bhagnani were among the notable attendees at the grand celebration marking 15 years of IIMUN (India International Movement to Unite Nations). The event drew a star-studded guest list, including Boman Irani, P.T. Usha,…