Harshita Tomar and Shital Verma (Reuters Photo) India’s Harshita Tomar and Shital Verma initially finished fourth in the women’s skiff sailing event at the Asian Games on Thursday. But they still ended up with a bronze medal after the Chinese pair that finished third was disqualified.The Indian pair won the bronze at the Kaiyoh Yacht…
Indian man pleads guilty to faking a robbery to get a store clerk his U visa in South Carolina. A new U-visa incident has been reported as 47-year-old Birenkumar Rameshbhai Patel, an Indian-origin man in Columbia, pleaded guilty to conspiring to illegally obtain a U visa for a store clerk. The clerk has been deported…
Companies are cutting some mid-career and routine roles while continuing to hire specialist freshers. At a time when layoffs in the IT sector globally grab headlines every few weeks, what’s happening in Indian IT this year? The Indian IT jobs market is going through a shift that is increasingly more structural than cyclical – new…
Picture Credit: Instagram Shruti Haasan is set to join Ananya Panday in the second season of ‘Call Me Bae’. The actor recently opened up about entering the popular romance-comedy series, her admiration for Ananya Panday and the evolving relationship between theatrical films and streaming platforms. She also discussed her upcoming Telugu projects, including Dulquer Salmaan-starrer…
Nitesh Siwach (Image credit: X) India remained in eighth place in the Asian Games medal standings on Thursday after adding more medals across sailing, wrestling, squash and archery.India’s overall medal tally rose to 64 medals – 10 gold, 22 silver and 32 bronze.China continued to lead the standings by a huge margin with 288 medals…
A Chihuahua named Comando has become one of the most unusual members of Mexico’s National Guard. At 13 months old, the 7-kilogram dog is the smallest canine recruit in a force that has about 350 dogs, most of them much larger working breeds such as German Shepherds and Labradors. Comando has been fitted with miniature…
The day of Thursday 1 October 2026 will involve a busy astrological influence promoting communication and emotional expression. The Moon in Gemini will create a restless mind, leading to rapid exchanges of messages and ideas. Mercury’s transition into Scorpio will deepen conversations, encouraging people to reveal hidden thoughts and feelings. The Sun in Libra offers…
The technology used to produce premium-quality Waste Plastic Modified Bitumen was developed by IIT (BHU). (Image for representative purpose only) In a first for the road sector, the Nitin Gadkari-led Road Transport Ministry has used waste plastic in a wet mix with bitumen to construct a bituminous stretch of a national highway. The initiative could…
Picture Credit: Instagram Shruti Haasan recently opened up about how she entered the world of acting almost by accident. Speaking at the India Today South Conclave 2026 in Kochi on Wednesday, the actor revealed that she had initially wanted to work behind the camera and pursue writing rather than acting. Shruti Haasan reveals how she…
File photo: US President Donald Trump (Picture credit: Reuters) Americans are increasingly unhappy with President Donald Trump’s handling of the economy and rising prices, with a new poll showing a sharp drop in his economic approval and a majority blaming his policies for persistently high costs.Only 17% of US adults approve of Trump’s handling of…
