For kids and adventurous souls dreaming up ways to spend next summer, there’s good news out of southern Indiana. Holiday World & Splashin’ Safari is building a water roller coaster that is set to break records as the tallest and fastest water ride in the United States when it debuts next year.On Wednesday, 1 July,…
Conspiracy theories have long been football’s favourite travelling companion. They usually begin as whispers on social media, grow louder with every controversial refereeing decision and, more often than not, fade away with time. The one surrounding Lionel Messi‘s Argentina, however, has refused to disappear. Refereeing pattern backs Egypt’s conspiracy claim It first gathered momentum during…
Albert Einstein (Image: Wikipedia) Albert Einstein wrote, “Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom.” The line is a straightforward claim about where genuinely original work actually comes from. Not from committees, not from rigid instruction, and not from people working under constant supervision, but from…
Just weeks after director Pravin Tarde revealed that Shah Rukh Khan had waived a Rs 42 lakh Digital Cinema Package (DCP) bill to help ‘Deool Band 2’ secure a theatrical release, the Marathi film has crossed the Rs 100 crore mark at the worldwide box office. While many applauded Shah Rukh’s generosity, others questioned why…
A travel reel is getting people talking for more than just its beautiful views. Shared by a British traveller, the video has gone viral for calling out a common perception about India before introducing viewers to a place that tells a very different story.Instead of busy cities or famous tourist spots, the reel takes people…
Markets regulator SEBI has replaced the existing US dollar-denominated registration fee for Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) with a rupee-based fee structure. To implement the change, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has amended the rules governing FPIs. The revised provisions will come into effect after six months, SEBI said in a notification dated…
Nato secretary general Mark Rutte on Wednesday defended the recent US military strikes on Iran Nato secretary general Mark Rutte on Wednesday defended the recent US military strikes on Iran, describing them as “absolutely necessary” and linking the action to Tehran’s alleged attack on three commercial vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz.Speaking ahead of the…
‘Don’t forgive TMC traitors’: Mamata Banerjee’s appeal to people after party rebellion NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday renewed her attack on the rival faction led by expelled MLA Ritabrata Banerjee, urging people not to forgive ‘traitors’ who had sided with the BJP amid the party’s ongoing split.Her remarks came after…
After months of repeatedly questioning Nato’s future and threatening to pull the United States out of the alliance, President Donald Trump on Wednesday reassured fellow leaders that he wanted to remain part of the bloc. His remarks came as Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte defended recent US military strikes on Iran, calling them ‘absolutely necessary’…
India’s growth is supported by strong momentum in private consumption and services activity. (AI image) The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday marginally lowered the growth projections for India to 6.4% from 6.5% earlier as part of its World Economic Outlook update for the current year. However, it raised the GDP growth projections for the…
