The 72nd National Film Awards will not follow its usual New Delhi tradition this time, with the ceremony instead set for Gujarat on September 22. At Ekta Nagar, Kevadia, near the Statue of Unity, President Droupadi Murmu will present the awards. Indian cinema’s best from 2024 will be celebrated as 92 winners receive honours, alongside…
India’s PV Sindhu (ANI Photo) India’s women’s badminton team bowed out of the Asian Games after Japan secured a 3-1 victory in the quarterfinals on Tuesday, with the singles players unable to match the impact of the country’s World Championships bronze-winning doubles pair Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand.India were handed a difficult start when two-time…
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has backed the recently announced Merchant Discount Rate (MDR), saying that the mechanism will be imposed on operators and will not be passed on to customers. Addressing ongoing speculations around the charges, FM blamed the opposition for creating confusion and urged people to remain alert.Speaking to…
People may return to the same dish for different reasons, including familiarity, habit, convenience, reducing the effort of making a decision or simply knowing they will enjoy the meal.For some people, a familiar order can also create a sense of comfort, particularly when they do not want to spend time weighing several options. Past experience…
Brad Pitt returns as Cliff Booth in the upcoming ‘Once Upon A Time In Hollywood’ sequel. (Instagram) Brad Pitt is back again for yet another highly anticipated project, the spin-off for ‘Once Upon A Time In Hollywood.’ ‘The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth’ is the upcoming film from Pitt’s portfolio and has already generated quite…
Chetan Bhatt misses bronze after 1-1 draw, loses Kumite playoff to Chinese Taipei on Senshu (Reuters) India’s Chetan Bhatt suffered heartbreak at the Asian Games 2026 after losing the men’s Kumite 84kg bronze medal playoff to Chinese Taipei’s Meng-yu Chung on Tuesday.The bout at the Toyohashi Gymnasium ended 1-1 after regulation time, but Chung walked…
Indian benchmark indices ended the previous session in green, with Nifty 50 rising 67.90 points, or 0.29%, to 23,414.30, while BSE Sensex gained 564.03 points, or 0.76%, to close at 74,858.99. Easing crude oil prices, lower bond yields and hopes of diplomatic engagement supported investor sentiment. Geojit Investments’ head of research Vinod Nair said that…
Crispy fries do not necessarily require a deep fryer, air fryer or oven. A heavy-bottomed pan, a little oil and one simple trick can get you surprisingly close to that crisp, golden texture at home. The key is to remove excess starch and moisture from the potatoes before they hit the pan. The potatoes are…
Channing Tatum clarifies that he does not have a secret account. (Instagram) ALTOver the weekend, rumors started going around online that Channing Tatum, who is best known for his work in films like ‘Step Up,’ ‘21 Jump Street,’ ‘She’s The Man,’ and ‘Magic Mike,’ had a secret social media account. The rumors started after an…
Isabel Garcia. Image Credit: Davidson Institute Eighteen-year-old Isabel Garcia from Wilmington, North Carolina, has been awarded a $25,000 Davidson Fellows Scholarship for a research exploring whether bacteria taken from corals could help control the bacteria responsible for cholera. Her project examined 4 coral bacteria and found that 3 showed potential for inhibiting Vibrio cholerae, including…