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(L to R) Anish Gawande, Shobhaa De and Rajdeep Sardesai. Rajdeep Sardesai, journalist and author “I must confess to having spent a large part of 2024 immersed in writing my own book, 2024: The Election That Surprised India, so I had less time to read as many books as I would have liked. A book I enjoyed reading was ‘An…
The Virat Kohli vs Sam Konstas altercation on Day 1 of the 4th Test between India and Australia became a big talking point among fans and experts. While Kohli was reprimanded by the International Cricket Council (ICC) over his act and was handed a 20 percent fine on match fee, Australian media isn’t…
Photo used for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStock The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has fixed retail prices for 65 new drug formulations, and notified ceiling prices for 13 formulations. The authority has fixed the prices of drugs used to treat Type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol, bacterial infections, and painkillers, whereas drugs…
Divya Prabha in a scene from “All We Imagine As Light.” Payal Kapadia’s All We Imagine as Light is all set to kickstart its digital journey soon. The film, which recently bagged two nominations at the Golden Globe Awards 2025, will hit the streaming giant Disney+ Hotstar on January 3. Excited about the OTT release,…
Chicago: A dead body was found in the wheel well of a United Airlines jetliner after the aircraft landed in the Hawaiian island of Maui, the airline said on Wednesday. The body was discovered in the one of the compartments that houses the airplane’s landing gear when United Flight 202 from Chicago O’Hare International Airport…
Cecilia Sala, 29, who works for Il Foglio and Chora Media, was arrested in Tehran on December 19, authorities said. An Italian journalist has been arrested by police in Iran, according to Italy’s foreign ministry, and the government is making efforts to bring her home. Cecilia Sala, 29, was arrested by police in Tehran on…
Hepatitis test in the laboratory | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The superchlorination of water sources, including wells in the wards that had reported a spike in Hepatitis A cases in Kalamassery, has begun as part of the control measures taken to check the outbreak of the disease. The officials of the Health department and the…
Actor Ganesh. | Photo Credit: Anand Audio/YouTube Kannada actor Ganesh, basking in the success of Krishnam Pranaya Sakhi, has teamed up with popular production house People Media Factory. Tentatively titled PMF49, the movie will be directed by B Dhananjaya. People Media Factory has bankrolled well-known films such as Oh Baby (2019) and Goodachari (2018). It…
PRAYAGRAJ: Beside India’s holy rivers, a makeshift city is being built for a Hindu religious festival expected to be so vast it will be seen from space, the largest gathering in history. Line after line of pontoon bridges span the rivers at Prayagraj, as Indian authorities prepare for 400 million pilgrims — more than the…
Kyiv, Ukraine – Russian air defence officials could very possibly have struck an Azerbaijani passenger jet over Chechnya after panicking during a Ukrainian drone attack, analysts and experts from Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan have told Al Jazeera. Moscow might have also compounded what one expert described as a “crime” by not letting the damaged plane land…
