Indian powerlifter Keyaa Banerji has opened up about the sexism and online abuse she faced after her remarkable silver-medal performance at the 2026 IPF World Sub-Junior and Junior Classic Powerlifting Championships in Sun City, South Africa. Speaking to ANI, the 21-year-old said that while she was proud of lifting 140 kg in the deadlift in…
Actor Shilpa Shetty spoke about this balance on the occasion of Safer Internet Day in February this year For parents, giving a child a phone is rarely just about giving them a device. It also means giving them access to videos, games, social media, strangers, misinformation and content they may not yet know how to…
Long before she became known for her self-sustaining home, Janak Palta McGilligan’s journey toward environmentalism began with a personal health scare. As a teenager, she survived a near-death experience and underwent open-heart surgery at just 17 years old. That brush with mortality gave her a newfound respect for life, and she decided early on to…
An Essex gardener’s extraordinary pumpkin has become the centre of attention after reaching a staggering 1,200lb (544kg), with its grower claiming the giant vegetable once gained more than 40lb in a single night.Ben White, a 37-year-old heating designer from Maldon, Essex, has spent months nurturing the enormous pumpkin, which he has named Gladys. What began…
DIY: 5 clever ways to repurpose corn husks in under 10 minutes and give everyday items a creative makeover There’s a particular kind of quiet vindication in building a business out of exactly what people once mocked you for doing, and that’s precisely the story behind Mandeep Kaur Khaira’s journey in Moga, Punjab, as reported…
Children are often told that being talented is the key ingredient towards becoming a champion. However, children also need to be willing to invest time and effort to upgrade their talents and skills. It is for this reason that footballer Cristiano Ronaldo has often cited that talent without working hard is nothing.“Talent without working hard…
Some voices touch your heart, then there are some which directly reach your souls and stay forever in the heart. These voices probably were never trained in some prestigious music schools or shaped by years of classical riyaaz. These are the voices blessed by gods of voice themselves. Say hello to Suneel Lodhi, the voice…
White vinegar serves as an eco-friendly remedy for typical laundry issues, efficiently softening fabrics by breaking down detergent residue. Stiff towels, dingy whites that never quite look bright again, static-charged clothes clinging together straight out of the dryer, these are the kind of small laundry annoyances most people just accept as normal. A bottle of…
Photo: @creative_doc_adyasha/ Instagram Ganesh Chaturthi is just around the corner, and just like every year, devotees wait with bated breath to welcome their beloved lord to their homes, picking and choosing which idol looks best.But there is also a flipside to this: right before Chaturthi, every year, the same pictures flash across the news, showing…
Sachan started Gurukulam-Khushiyon Wala School in 2019. For Uddeshya Sachan, the memory of being asked to leave school because his family could not pay the fees never really faded. His father was a tailor and his mother a homemaker. Growing up in a modest household in Kanpur, Sachan had seen his father struggle to keep…