Photo: Dasha Takisho/ Instagram Some pictures don’t just test your eyesight—they gently expose what’s going on in your inner world. This optical illusion, shared by Dasha Takisho on social media recently, is one of those. At first glance, it’s a simple black-and-white image. But depending on how your mind is wired right now, you’ll either…
US stocks traded mixed on Tuesday as investors weighed uncertainty surrounding US-Iran talks alongside fresh developments in the artificial intelligence sector. The benchmark S&P 500 slipped 0.1%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 86 points, or 0.2%, touching a fresh intraday record high. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite fell 0.3%, dragged by weakness in some…
Amid a modernisation drive, the Army is borrowing from air‑force practices by converting T‑72 tanks into remotely operated vehicles using IP‑based interfaces. The aim is to deploy these tanks within a manned‑unmanned teaming (MUM‑T) framework, where crewed and uncrewed assets operate together to multiply combat power. The Army is seeking domestic partners to digitise the…
K Annamalai; CBSE Former Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai met BJP national president Nitin Nabin and the party’s national general secretary (organisation), BL Santhosh, in New Delhi and submitted a five-page resignation letter. Hours after the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) launched its much-anticipated verification and re-evaluation portal for Class 12 students, the…
Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) human rights activist Amjad Ayub Mirza on Tuesday appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to intervene on behalf of residents of PoK, alleging widespread rights violations and growing pressure on political activists in the region.Mirza claimed that political and civil rights campaigners in Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan (PoGB) were facing arrests, detentions and other…
Work stopped and the murmurs grew louder in the media tribune of Doha’s Lusail Stadium as Lionel Messi gingerly felt the back and side of his left leg. Argentina were leading 2-0 against Croatia, a World Cup final beckoned, but you didn’t need to know Spanish to understand the general line of inquiry, which was:…
Pune: D.Y. Patil World School (DYPWS), an integral part of D.Y. Patil Education & Research Foundation (DYPERF), successfully hosted TEDxDYPWS Youth 2026 under the inspiring theme ‘Voices of Tomorrow.‘Chief Guest Aaditi Pohankar graced the occasion and felicitated all the TEDx speakers for their valuable contributions in inspiring and empowering the audience through their ideas, experiences,…
Today, the Indian Premier League (IPL) stands among the most lucrative and widely followed sporting leagues in the world. However, when the tournament was still an idea taking shape in the mid-2000s, its creator Lalit Modi knew that cricket alone would not be enough to transform it into a mass entertainment phenomenon. IPL also attracted…
Serena Williams, a legendary player in the history of tennis, is making headlines once again for all the right reasons. The tennis star is trending after announcing a surprise return to competitive tennis at age 44, nearly four years after stepping away from the sport. She is all set to make her comeback at London’s…
The Centre has widened restrictions on silver imports by bringing grain and powder forms of the precious metal under the restricted category and requiring importers to obtain prior government authorisation, as it seeks to curb rising imports and ease pressure on the rupee. According to a government order issued on Tuesday, imports of silver in…
