Swiss tourist Luzian Andrin Zgraggen. (AP Photo) A Swiss tourist has been sentenced to one year in prison in Bali for mocking the Hindu festival Nyepi, also known as the Day of Silence, after posting videos on Instagram showing himself violating restrictions during the sacred observance.Luzian Andrin Zgraggen, 26, was found guilty by the Denpasar…
Rapper KR$NA opens up about his song ‘Boom Shaka’ becoming anthem of student protests Rapper KR$NA has opened up about his track ‘Boom Shaka’ unexpectedly becoming the anthem for student protests held across India in June and July. The rapper revealed he had no idea the song would take on this new identity, calling the…
Theodore Roosevelt’s famous “man in the arena” passage remains one of his most enduring reflections on courage, effort and failure. In his 1910 speech “Citizenship in a Republic”, delivered at the Sorbonne in Paris, Roosevelt said: “The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and…
Since the mid-1990s, Mini Mathur has remained a recognizable figure in the public sphere. Her career took off as a television host before she found major fame as an MTV VJ, a role she took on after marrying filmmaker Kabir Khan, who was then focused on documentary work. In a recent conversation, Mini opened up…
Azan Awais (Image credit: X) Pakistan’s struggle to produce a strong opening partnership in England has now lasted 16 years. They have not had a 50-plus opening stand in their last 27 Test innings in England. Their last opening partnership of 50 or more came in 2010.The same problem returned in the first Test against…
New swing bridge installed as major milestone reached for Wichelstowe canal An English town has installed a six-metre swing bridge whose deck contains the equivalent of 140 recycled plastic bottles per square metre and can be manually opened for passing boats. The new structure, officially named Bushey Fox Bridge, was lifted into position by crane…
Despite ‘Batwara 1947’ box office failure, Sunny Deol and Rajkumar Santoshi set to reunite for fifth film; is ‘Ghatak 2’ in the works? Sunny Deol and Rajkumar Santoshi are set to reunite for a project after their recent collaboration on ‘Batwara 1947’. Even though their latest release didn’t work at the box office, the actor-director…
Satwik-Chirag out of BWF World Championships (ANI Image) India’s hopes of securing another medal at the BWF World Championships suffered a blow as Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty crashed out in the quarter-finals after losing to China’s Liang Wei Keng and Wang Chang in straight games.The Indian pair went down 18-21, 9-21 in a one-sided…
PC: Long overdue: a new, widespread, species of Pristimantis (Anura, Strabomantidae) from the Chocó region and the synonymy of Pristimantis subsigillatus For more than a century, a frog living across the forests of western Ecuador and southern Colombia carried the wrong scientific name. It was not hidden in some unexplored corner of the rainforest, either….
UPPSC GIC Lecturer admit card 2026 out The Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) has released the admit card for the Government Inter College Lecturer (Male/Female) Main Examination 2025. Candidates appearing for the examination can download their admit cards from the official website, uppsc.up.nic.in.The UPPSC GIC Lecturer Main Examination 2025 will be conducted on August…