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Salman Agha and Suryakumar Yadav (Image credit: Agencies) NEW DELHI: The stakes could not be higher as the mother of all cricket clashes is set to unfold on Sunday at the iconic R. Premadasa Stadium. When these two arch-rivals lock horns, the cricketing world is expected to come to a standstill. Tickets have long been sold out, anticipation has reached fever pitch, and fans are counting down the hours to what promises to be a blockbuster evening in Colombo. The atmosphere is primed for high drama — roaring stands, frayed tempers, and moments of brilliance under lights.Yet, amid all the…
Los Angeles – James Van Der Beek, the soft-eyed actor whose boyish good looks and earnestness landed him the leading role in ’90s teen drama “ Dawson’s Creek” and catapulted him to stardom, has died. He was 48.The actor died Wednesday, according to a statement posted to his verified Instagram.“He met his final days with courage, faith, and grace,” the statement said. “There is much to share regarding his wishes, love for humanity and the sacredness of time. Those days will come. For now we ask for peaceful privacy as we grieve our loving husband, father, son, brother, and friend.”His representative Whitney Tancred…
Jathi Ratnalu director KV Anudeep’s latest film, Funky, is set in a bubble—the Telugu film industry, a world the filmmaker has immediate access to. The premise itself—where an emerging director falls for the daughter of an eminent producer—is a fictional take on the love story of industry couple, director Nag Ashwin and producer Priyanka Dutt (who are often referenced in the film).The meta-backdrop provides the storyteller with a convenient excuse to drop truth bombs about the industry in the trademark sardonic humour he’s known for. Every second sequence in Funky is either populated by cameos—from producers Dil Raju to Naga…
Greece visa centres restart services in India with 15-day standard processing timeGood news for Indian travelers! Greece visa application centers across India have reopened as of February 12, 2026, following a temporary closure due to a cyber incident. All services, including appointment booking and document submission for short-stay visas, are now operational. Standard processing takes 15 days, with limited priority slots available. Source link
New Delhi: Nearly one in two people with cataract blindness worldwide still cannot access a simple surgery that restores sight, according to a study published in The Lancet Global Health journal.Cataract surgery — a simple 15-minute procedure — is among the most cost-effective medical procedures, providing immediate and a lasting restoration of sight.Researchers, including experts from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and members of the Effective Cataract Surgical Coverage (eCSC) study group, analysed population-based surveys — called ‘Rapid Assessment of Avoidable Blindness’ (RAAB) — from 68 countries, including a nationally representative survey from India.”We used 130 studies…
Few additional official details were immediately available, including whether anyone who perpetrated the shooting was still at large.Two people were killed and one other was wounded in a shooting on Thursday night at a dormitory of South Carolina State University, an historically Black college, prompting a campus lockdown, school officials said in a statement. The shooting was reported at about 9:15 p.m. local time in an apartment at the Hugine Suites student residential complex, according to the statement, posted on the university’s Facebook page.Few additional official details were immediately available, including whether anyone who perpetrated the shooting was still at…
WASHINGTON: The United States has gone cold on global warming after putting climate safeguards on ice. In a sweeping move, President Donald Trump on Thursday revoked the 2009 “endangerment finding” issued under Barack Obama, which had declared that greenhouse gases threaten public health and welfare. The ruling empowered the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate carbon dioxide, methane and other climate pollutants under the Clean Air Act. Without it, the legal backbone of American climate policy collapses.Calling the repeal “the single largest deregulatory action in American history,” Trump stood beside EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin and framed the decision as…
Bollywood’s leading ladies, Kareena Kapoor Khan and Alia Bhatt, were spotted relishing a traditional Maharashtrian dish of pithla bhakri at the home of popular nutritionist Rujuta Diwekar. Kareena Kapoor Khan and Alia Bhatt turned a simple afternoon in Mumbai into a moment that fans could not stop sharing. A photo from celebrity nutritionist Rujuta Diwekar showed the trio seated together on a couch after enjoying a traditional Maharashtrian meal, their relaxed smiles gave the gathering an easy, personal feel.Kareena Kapoor Khan and Alia Bhatt at Rujuta Diwekar’s homeAs Money Control reported, Diwekar uploaded the picture on her Instagram Stories. She…
The administration of US President Donald Trump has added several major Chinese companies, including Alibaba and Baidu, to a Pentagon list of firms allegedly supporting China’s military, increasing pressure on Beijing ahead of an expected meeting between leaders of the two countries, according to a Reuters report.The Pentagon’s 1260H list does not directly impose sanctions on the companies. However, under a new US law, the Department of Defense will be barred in the coming years from contracting with or procuring from companies included on the list.Other companies added on Friday include automaker BYD, biotech firm WuXi AppTec and AI-driven robotics…
Last Updated:February 01, 2026, 11:34 ISTMacOS users have been issued a new security warning by the Indian government which affects multiple apps on their system.The new security warning from the Indian government relates to two appsThe Indian government has warned macOS users about a new security risk that can leave their system exposed and allow hackers to steal data. People using the latest and older MacBook, iMac and Mac Mini models are the major targets here and will be rightly worried about the new alert from the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In). The security warning comes with a medium severity…