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KOLKATA: Tabla player Mainak Biswas and photographer Kallab Ghosh, who accompanied Sarod player Shiraz Ali Khan for his December 19 concert at Chhayanaut in Bangladesh, found themselves in a precarious situation in Dhaka after the event was cancelled.Recounting 48 hours of intense anxiety they endured before finally managing to return home on December 22, Biswas…
Navi Mumbai airport opens today with 30 domestic flights (Picture credit: PTI) MUMBAI: Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA) opens to commercial operations on Thursday after years of missed deadlines, opening a second gateway for air travel in the Mumbai region. The day will see four airlines operating about 30 domestic flights at India’s newest greenfield…
Soldiers playing football in No-Man’s Land a year after the Christmas Truce in 1914 (Photo Credit: Universal History Archive/UIG/Getty Images) On Christmas morning in 1914, something happened that no military plan could have predicted and no weapon could have forced. In the middle of World War I, one of the bloodiest conflicts in human history,…
Vision loss is something most people associate with accidents. A sharp object. A chemical splash. A sudden injury. Very few people expect it to come from a habit they repeat almost every night without thinking. Yet one of the most common causes of serious eye infections starts quietly, usually just before sleep, when people decide…
Nine killed as government bus rams cars in Cuddalore CHENNAI: Nine people, including four women, were killed and at least 10 were injured in a road accident at Ezhuthur near Thittakudi in Cuddalore district on Wednesday.The incident occurred around 7.30 pm when an SETC bus heading to Chennai from Madurai lost control after one of…
Sachin Tendulkar and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (PTI Photos) NEW DELHI: India’s cricket world has found a new talking point, and his name is Vaibhav Sooryavanshi. At just 14 years old, the young batter continues to stun fans, experts, and former players with performances that feel almost unreal for his age. His latest heroics in domestic cricket…
The US State Department has quietly expanded its social media screening requirements for skilled-worker visas, a move that is now beginning to affect applicants on the ground. As of December 15, the enhanced vetting process applies to H-1B visa holders as well as their H-4 dependents, a shift that was not widely publicized but has…
NEW DELHI: India has recorded steep declines in malaria, tuberculosis, maternal and child deaths, signalling what the government calls a decisive, results-driven phase in the country’s public-health journey.Addressing the Advancing Public Health Outcomes Forum 2025 on Wednesday, Union health minister JP Nadda said the gains were based on sustained political commitment, strong scientific capacity and…
This photo released by the U.S. Department of Justice shows a desk with a drawer open and photographs, documented on July 6, 2019, during a search of Jeffrey Epstein’s home in New York. (U.S. Department of Justice via AP) When the Epstein files hit X, the blowback hit harder. Now, in an unusual damage-control move,…
The Kapoor family’s Christmas celebrations this year turned into an unexpectedly heartwarming moment online, thanks to Riddhima Kapoor Sahni’s daughter Samara Sahni, whose candid reactions and shy smiles won the internet. A close-knit Kapoor Christmas The intimate Christmas gathering was hosted at Soni Razdan’s Mumbai residence, with Ranbir Kapoor arriving alongside his mother Neetu Kapoor,…
