Nitesh Tiwari’s ‘Ramayana’ has taken the internet by storm, earning praise for its visuals, VFX and grand scale. The trailer has dominated social media trends since its release, with fans hailing it as one of the biggest cinematic events in Indian cinema. However, despite its phenomenal response, the epic has fallen short of one notable … Read more
NEW DELHI: Average rainfall in India during the second half of monsoon season (Aug-Sept) is most likely to be ‘below normal’, IMD said Friday, flagging the continuing risk of El Niño, which is associated with a weak monsoon.Last month, IMD had cited El Niño’s impact to forecast below normal rains in July. The month’s rainfall … Read more
‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ was off to a record-breaking start in India and around the globe. The film that has been rewriting box office record books ever since its debut on Thursday, July 30, has now set a new record at the US box office, even before its opening weekend.The Tom Holland, Zendaya and Sadie … Read more
NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha passed the Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Bill, 2026, without a debate and Rajya Sabha couldn’t transact any business Friday, amid sloganeering by opposition members over paper leaks, police crackdown of protesters and Ram temple “theft” issues.The bill was taken up for consideration and passage as soon as Lok Sabha … Read more
NEW DELHI: Petrol would have cost around Rs 125 a litre in the national capital when global crude prices touched $135 a barrel had oil companies not blended ethanol into the auto fuel, the petroleum ministry said on Friday, defending the programme against what it described as “misleading” claims about its costs, impact on food … Read more
Why Tom Brady still “hates” the 49ers 25 years after they passed on him six times Tom Brady has seven Super Bowl rings, the most passing yards in NFL history, and absolutely nothing left to prove. And yet, 25 years later, there’s still one wound that hasn’t closed: the San Francisco 49ers, his hometown team, … Read more
Neeraj Chopra won the silver medal, while Yashvir Singh pulled off a surprise bronze with his final throw as India had two athletes on the podium in the men’s javelin throw at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow on Friday.Neeraj, the 28-year-old Tokyo Olympic champion, was not at his best in difficult weather but still managed … Read more
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court which is already examining petitions challenging the practice of talaq-e-hasan, Friday sought the Centre’s view on a new PIL seeking a ban on polygamy among Muslims and securing the rights of women, aggrieved by marriage of Muslim husbands during subsistence of first marriage, over the matrimonial home and maintenance.A bench of … Read more
In less than a day after Google unveiled a new feature that allowed users to create AI-generated satellite images with the click of a button on its Google Earth platform, the company announced it was removing the tool. Google has rolled back the new feature that allowed Google Earth users to generate AI visualizations on … Read more
Taslima Nasrin arrives at Kolkata airport on Friday Kolkata: Bangladesh-born author Taslima Nasrin was overwhelmed by the response on her return to Kolkata after 19 years on Friday, saying she was thrilled to be back in the city which gives her a “sense of belonging”.“It is homecoming and I am elated to be here for … Read more