Peter Van Geit recounts his six-year legal battle in an Instagram post. In June 2024, Belgian trekker and Chennai-based activist Peter Van Geit lost his 93-year-old mother, Irena Van Goethem. She died in Belgium, where Van Geit had wanted to be with her during her final years.Instead, he says, he was in India, after years…
Rob Lowe jokes that Will Smith’s infamous Oscars slap to Chris Rock briefly took the spotlight off his own decades-old Academy Awards controversy. Actor Rob Lowe has opened up about one of the most infamous moments in Oscars history, his bizarre 1989 Academy Awards performance, and admitted that he was actually relieved when Will Smith…
Scientists have engineered bacteria to produce a silk-based protein using a surprising ingredient: a protein fragment from mussels. The approach combines an artificially designed silk protein with mussel foot protein 5, or Mfp5, which the researchers found could improve the strength and toughness of the resulting fibres. According to the study published in Nature Communications,…
NEW DELHI: Parul Chaudhary broke her personal best on the way to a bronze medal in the women’s 3000m steeplechase at the Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya on Sunday, adding a second Asian Games medal to the event.The Indian clocked 9:08.67 to finish third on the podium, improving her personal best in a strong performance. Parul…
This allows toll to be charged without vehicles stopping, slowing down or remaining in a designated lane. (Image for representative purpose) A few years ago, India introduced FASTag to make toll collection across its highways and expressways digital and cashless. Now, it is looking to make the process barrier-free or toll plaza free. Imagine zipping…
We tend to trust emotional memories. “I remember it because it affected me so deeply”. The truth is strong emotions can make an experience feel important and memorable. But emotional intensity does not guarantee that every detail has been sorted accurately. Imagine that we are frightened, angry, embarrassed, or extremely excited. Our attention may become…
Vijay Deverakonda and Rashmika Mandanna are set to reunite in the upcoming period action drama ‘Ranabaali’. The film is scheduled to release in theatres on October 16, 2026, and the makers have now announced a four-part documentary series ahead of the release. ‘Ranabaali’ makers share update The makers recently shared an Instagram post, titled ‘Never…
A scientist turned an $80 motel room into a makeshift laboratory during follow-up fieldwork in North Carolina after first spotting two unusual microscopic cells on a family vacation. Julia Van Etten, an evolutionary biologist who joined the University of Maryland as an assistant professor in 2026, made the initial discovery in May 2021 while visiting…
India’s Ancy Sojan Edappilly during the women’s long jump final. (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: Ancy Sojan came agonisingly close to giving India its first athletics gold at the Asian Games 2026, but had to settle for silver after China’s Yingying Huang produced a decisive final jump in the women’s long jump in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, on…
New mobile recharge rules Prepaid mobile users will have more recharge options under a new consumer protection framework notified by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), with the changes covering both plan validity and voice-and-SMS-only services.The new rules provide for greater availability of voice-and-SMS-only Special Tariff Vouchers (STVs), including plans valid for 30 days…