For 22-year-old Snehal, being seen in public can sometimes mean dealing with stares, questions and cruel comments about her appearance. But behind the physical differences people notice first is a young woman with ambitions that she refuses to give up. Snehal, who shares her journey on Instagram through the account @swaggysnehal, has opened up about…
As much as wind turbines are important, once their blades are decommissioned, all that’s left for them is to live in landfills for years. Europe is on track for a record win year, with 8.8 GW of new capacity installed in the first half of 2026, a 30% jump year on year. That’s enough electricity…
Photo: dairyadventures/ Instagram In 2024, Narelle Zanker turned her 4,000-acre family dairy farm near Mannum into a living classroom where visitors could bottle-feed calves, watch milking in action and learn where their food really comes from. Two years later, her agritourism venture Dairy Adventures had welcomed more than 1,200 guests and earned her the 2026…
Over five decades have passed, but Thaduthuvila Chandapillai Yohannan, the genial octogenarian, recounts that day in Tehran with the enthusiasm of a five-year-old.It’s the 1974 Asian Games and the then 28-year-old long jumper’s left toe is swollen. He walks onto the runway, taking painkillers.Yohannan’s first attempt lands at 7.25m. The pain shoots up and he…
Director Santosh Davakhar has reacted to his Marathi thriller ‘Gondhal’ being selected as India’s official entry for the 2027 Academy Awards. The Film Federation of India (FFI) chose the film for the Best International Feature Film category from 33 submissions. Davakhar, who wrote and directed the film, said he and his team had believed in…
There’s a reason it never really goes out of style. Blend half a cup of rolled oats, one ripe banana, a cup of milk (dairy, almond, oat, whatever’s in your fridge), a teaspoon of honey, and a small pinch of cinnamon. Let the oats blend alone for a few seconds first so they break down…
The nearly $500,000 relocation and restoration effort has preserved the pre-Civil War structure, which is now being prepared as a new location for Bizarre Coffee (Image Credit: Facebook/ @Save Acworth History by Mark Turner) A house that survived for more than a century is getting a new life not as a museum, but as a…
Mamata Banerjee faces setback in Rejinagar as her candidate withdraws. NEW DELHI: Rabiul Alam Chowdhury, the Mamata Banerjee-led faction’s candidate for the Rejinagar Assembly bypoll, has decided to withdraw his candidature, dealing another setback to the faction a day after its Nandigram nominee also pulled out.Chowdhury said he was withdrawing because the faction’s newly allotted…
Sep 19, 2026, 12:59:29 IST Asian Games 2026 Opening Ceremony: Follow Updates Asian Games 2026 Opening Ceremony Live Updates: The wait is almost over as the 2026 Asian Games are set to officially begin on Saturday, with the opening ceremony scheduled to get underway at 2:30pm IST in Nagoya. While the ceremony will mark the…
Veteran actor Waheeda Rehman is set to make a rare return to the screen with Sudhir Mishra’s upcoming directorial venture, which is backed by Anubhav Sinha. According to reports, Rehman has joined the cast of the film and will portray Putlibai, the mother of Mahatma Gandhi. Manoj Bajpayee will play Gandhi in the historical drama,…
