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India’s gem exports rise 3.14% in August as studded gold jewellery shipments surge India’s gem and jewellery exports rose 3.14% year-on-year to $2.30 billion (Rs 21,945.87 crore) in August, as a sharp increase in shipments of studded gold jewellery and higher diamond export volumes supported the overall performance, the Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council … Read more
Technician tied (Instagram) In a recent update, a mobile network complaint in Uttar Pradesh’s Fatehpur took an unusual turn when villagers in Hardauli allegedly detained a telecom technician and tied him to a mobile tower. Local police described the incident as a dispute over poor network connectivity. The incident came to police attention after a … Read more
Former Sri Lankan cricketer Chaminda Vaas (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Former India left-arm pacer Chaminda Vaas is set to join Delhi Capitals as bowling coach for the upcoming season. The franchise has been in talks with a couple of former India bowlers but things didn’t materialise.TOI understands that the franchise had approached Zaheer Khan and … Read more
Ganesha’s single tusk is in his prayers before it is in his idols. The Ganapati Atharvashirsha, a short Upanishadic text recited in temples every day, carries the Ganesha Gayatri, which begins “ekadantaya vidmahe”, roughly, “let us know the one-tusked one.” Ekadanta, the one with a single tusk, is how devotees address him.So the missing tusk … Read more
“The Office” actor Amy Ryan is set to feature alongside Emilia Jones in the series “The Retrievals”.The series is created by Molly Smith Metzler and is an adaptation of the New York Times and Serial Productions podcast hosted by Susan Burton, according to the entertainment news outlet Deadline.It follows an unlikely community of IVF patients … Read more
Osama bin Laden (File photo) Three years before the 9/11 attacks shocked the United States, then-President Bill Clinton was warned by the CIA that Osama bin Laden intended to carry out attacks in India, Pakistan, Uganda and possibly Nigeria.A newly declassified CIA warning dated August 28, 1998, said Bin Laden had survived US missile strikes … Read more
Brad Pitt and Ines De Ramon attend the US Open Final Women’s match over the weekend in style. (Instagram) Brad Pitt and Ines De Ramon attended the US Open women’s final in style along with many other celebrities. (Instagram) Brad Pitt and Ines De Ramon attend the US Open Final Women’s match over the weekend … Read more
Photo: kimkardashian/ Instagram Kim Kardashian’s minimal home has been a talking point recently for its minimalism and a space that feels more like a showroom than a house. Her abode initially went viral for her invisible sinks with no basins, all-white walls and a breezy walkway courtyard with arched corridors that speak only of artsy … Read more
The Danube does not arrive at the Black Sea as it once did. For thousands of years, the river carried enormous quantities of sediment towards its delta, steadily building and reshaping the low-lying landscape where river channels meet lagoons and the sea. That process changed after large-scale engineering works altered the river upstream. Following the … Read more
Sipping on piping hot coffee or tea? Drinking very hot drinks may raise oesophageal cancer risk: Here’s what the safe temperature is Do you struggle with frequent headaches? Then it is not just your work or stress, but what you drink throughout the day can also affect your health and may lead to headaches. Yes, … Read more