Every classroom has one child who notices that the chart is slightly crooked, the instructions do not match the question, or two friends have stopped talking to each other. Quite often, that observant child is born in September.September-born children usually carry an interesting mix. They can be practical without being cold, sensitive without showing everything,…
Long before she became one of Indian cinema’s most respected filmmakers, Aparna Sen was a schoolgirl in Kolkata’s Ballygunge, quietly observing the elderly residents of a nearby old-age home during her daily walks to Modern High School for Girls. Those observations, combined with her closeness to the Anglo-Indian teachers at her school, would eventually shape…
Pacer Vidhwath Kaverappa picked a disciplined four-wicket haul to help South Zone bowl out North Zone for a modest 195 on the day one of their Duleep Trophy semi-final clash at the BCCI Centre of Excellence Ground 2 on Sunday. Opting to bat first after winning the toss, a strategy similar to their quarter-final victory…
An old episode of ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’ featuring Shah Rukh Khan is once again making the rounds online, drawing attention to a deeply personal story the actor shared about his connection to Kashmir. Speaking with host Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh opened up about his family’s roots in the region and the emotional reason he avoided…
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat in Toronto RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat said India became a “Vishwaguru” (world teacher) through its selfless service to humanity rather than by becoming a “Mahashakti” (superpower), highlighting the country’s civilisational tradition of friendship, refuge and respect for diversity.Addressing the “Hindu Vishwa Bandhu – Embrace the World in Friendship” gathering in Toronto,…
Nippon Life India Asset Management Company MD & CEO Sandeep Sikka Nippon Life India Asset Management Company MD & CEO Sundeep Sikka, who was re-elected AMFI president, was part of a 200-member business delegation that accompanied commerce & industry minister Piyush Goyal to Japan last week. In an interview, Sikka argues that there will be…
Pakistan captain Babar Azam and PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi (Agency Image) Former Pakistan captain Rashid Latif has launched a furious attack on the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and its chairman Mohsin Naqvi after the national side suffered another heavy defeat against England at Lord’s.Pakistan were beaten by 194 runs in the second Test, giving England…
chum salmon Representative image In the early 1990s, fewer than 1,000 threatened summer-run chum salmon made it back to the Big Quilcene River on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula each year. Decades of logging, road building and habitat degradation had left the river choked with sediment, its gravel spawning beds buried and its side channels disconnected. Today,…
Punjab PTI Teacher Recruitment 2026: Application deadline today, check eligibility and PET requirements Punjab PTI Recruitment 2026: The Education Recruitment Directorate (ERD), Punjab, will close the online application window for Physical Training Instructor (PTI) posts in the Primary Cadre today, August 31, 2026. The recruitment drive covers 2,000 vacancies under Advertisement Number E-888608/2026208471.The notification was…
Call it faith, call it luck, call it a miracle, but a group of 21 pilgrims from South India’s Tamil Nadu survived the deadly Nepal floods with the help of a saree. They all had travelled to the Himalayas in search of god to undertake a pilgrimage to Mount Kailash and Mansarovar. But soon they…
