People show their mobile phones during the nationwide test of the new ‘Cell Broadcast Alert System’, in Patna on Saturday Phones shrieked. Screens flashed. A commuter lunged for an emergency chain. Theatre audiences froze. Patients gripped chairs. With tensions in West Asia already on edge, many feared the worst as confusion swept cities — before…
Colombo: Pakistan’s Babar Azam (PTI Photo) Salman Ali Agha’s Pakistan endured a disappointing ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 campaign, failing to reach the semi-finals. But the struggles were not limited to performances on the field. Off it, tensions between current players and former cricketers came into sharp focus, with Shadab Khan at the centre…
NEW DELHI: Last Tuesday, a family of six had gone to attend a function in Madhya Pradesh’s Jabalpur. On Saturday morning, three of them, 39-year-old Marina Massey, her 62-year-old mother Madhur and four-year-old son Trishaan Kumar Verma, returned to west Delhi’s Khajan Basti in coffins.With the bodies came Marina’s distraught husband, Pradeep Kumar Verma, her…
NEW DELHI: Ahead of the first anniversary of May 7 Operation Sindoor, the Indian Army has released a list of seven Pakistan terror camps, which were attacked during the operation.The Army identified the terror locations and posted satellite images showing the damage caused during Op Sindoor at each of these seven terror sites in Pakistan…
File photo: US President Donald Trump US President Donald Trump on Saturday said he is reviewing a fresh proposal from Iran but expressed strong doubts over its acceptability, arguing Tehran has not “paid a big enough price” for its past actions.In a post on Truth Social, Trump said, “I will soon be reviewing the plan…
Nineteenth-century socialite Josephine Cochrane, frustrated by chipped dishes, invented the first practical automatic dishwasher. Rejecting scrubbing, she pioneered using water jets to clean, a revolutionary concept. Image Credit: via Wikimedia Commons Every time you fill up gleaming dishes to place inside your cabinets and hit the switch for cleaning them, you rely on a tradition…
NEW DELHI: In a reaction to Congress LOP in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi’s opposition to the Greater Nicobar project , former IAF chief Air Chief Marshal R K S Bhadauria (retd) has said that the project is “important for India’s military footprint” in the area.Several defence veterans who have also voiced their support in favour…
NEW DELHI: Aiming to bolster protected mobility in difficult and hilly terrains for soldiers, the Indian Army has started the process to procure 159 bullet-proof troop carriers (BPTCs) for Rashtriya Rifles battalions, sector and force headquarters in J&K and Ladakh.The Army has issued a Request for Information (RFI) with a view to identifying Indian vendors…
AHMEDABAD: In Ahmedabad, parents of a 16-year-old girl have hired four bouncers in two shifts to guard her 24×7, spending about Rs 65,000 a month. The teenager, according to doctors, had become severely addicted to her phone and social media and turned violent whenever her device was taken away.Psychiatrist Dr Mrugesh Vaishnav said the girl…
Coca-Cola began as a medicinal syrup in the 1880s. A pharmacist created it to be a nerve tonic. It was sold in pharmacies which were social hubs. Later, it was mixed with carbonated water. Image Credits: via Wikimedia Commons Should you somehow travel back in time to an active pharmacy in Atlanta from the mid-1880s,…