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Adarsh Baal Vidyalaya actress Archana Puran Singh recalls being a teacher’s favorite (Image Credits YouTube and Instagram)Adarsh Baal Vidyalaya actress Archana Puran Singh recalls being a teacher’s favorite (Image Credits YouTube and Instagram)Adarsh Baal Vidyalaya actress Archana Puran Singh recalls being a teacher’s favorite (Image Credits YouTube and Instagram)Adarsh Baal Vidyalaya actress Archana Puran Singh recalls being a teacher’s favorite (Image Credits YouTube and Instagram)Adarsh Baal Vidyalaya actress Archana Puran Singh recalls being a teacher’s favorite (Image Credits YouTube and Instagram) Long before she became one of Hindi television’s most recognisable faces, Archana Puran Singh has looked back on an…
Your smartwatch is capable of much more than you might expect.For the past seven years, I have tracked consumer tech through constant shifts in hardware, platforms, and the way people actually use devices. Covering everything from budget gear to flagship hardware, I focus on what readers need to know, not on buzzwords or launch cycle hype. My expertise spans gaming laptops and chairs, high-performance PCs, gaming monitors, printers, smartwatches, earphones, headphones, Bluetooth speakers, tablets, and more, with a particular emphasis on how these products hold up in daily use. Reviews, explainers, buying guides, and news pieces all share the same…
Representative image (IANS photo) India’s corporate earnings season for the April-June quarter, underway since last week, gathers pace through July, with Reliance Industries reporting on Friday and HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank and Kotak Mahindra Bank following on Saturday.Results so far show a mixed pattern. Profits have grown consistently, but some companies have missed analyst estimates.Corporate revenue is estimated to grow 11-11.5% in Q1 FY27, according to Crisil, despite supply disruptions and higher input costs stemming from the West Asia conflict. Domestic demand held up, allowing companies to pass on the burden to consumers.Pricing, rather than volume, is behind much of…
Activist Anna Hazare’s 13-day fast in 2011 gave fresh momentum to an anti-corruption campaign that briefly captured the national imagination. Irom Sharmila, protesting against the draconian Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act in India’s north-east, refused food for 16 years, surviving only because authorities force-fed her through a nasal tube. Medha Patkar, a prominent social activist, has repeatedly undertaken prolonged hunger strikes to demand fair compensation and rehabilitation for people displaced by big dam projects.”Hunger strikes are a global form of protest, not uniquely Indian,” says Sayantan Saha Roy, an anthropologist at the University of Connecticut whose recent research explores the…
SpaceX’s mega rocket Starship stood ready but was aborted before liftoff, in Starbase, Texas, on July 16, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP SpaceX’s mega Starship rocket came within a second or so of blasting off on a test flight but some of the engines failed to start, triggering a launch abort.Elon Musk’s company said it will have to figure out what went wrong before making another attempt to send Starship on a space-skimming flight halfway around the world. It was supposed to be the 13th flight for Starship, which, at 407 feet (124 metres) tall with 33 main engines, is…
US President Donald Trump on Thursday declassified documents and reports accusing Beijing of meddling in the US elections and compromising voter data.While addressing the nation, Trump said that the data loss presented an unprecedented election security nightmare.Here are the top quotes from his addressNewly declassified documents show that over a period of years starting during the 2020 election cycle, the People’s Republic of China carried out what is believed to be the largest compromise of election data in history — resulting in China’s illicit acquisition of 220 million US voter files.That information includes names, addresses, phone numbers, political party preferences,…
Police have intensified the hunt for the alleged main accused, Bijendra Gupta Bhiwandi: The Special Investigation Team (SIT), probing the Maharashtra Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) 2026 paper leak, has claimed that the alleged mastermind, Bijendra Gupta, had lured two employees of an Agra-based printing press that printed the question papers by promising them a plot of land each.According to investigators, Gupta also allegedly gave Babulal Kushwaha and Naresh Kumar, the two arrested printing press staffers, Rs 8,000 each for a ‘liquor party’.Police claimed that Kushwaha and Kumar exploited loopholes in the security system at the printing press to smuggle out…
Designed for amateurs, these sessions offer a low-pressure space to sketch, paint and experiment without worrying about the outcome (Pic: @terribleartistsunion) Pick up a sheet of paper, dip your brush into watercolours and let instinct take over. Across the city, bad drawing parties are encouraging people to put perfectionism aside and embrace creativity. Designed for amateurs, these sessions offer a low-pressure space to sketch, paint and experiment without worrying about the outcome. Whether you’ve never picked up a paintbrush or have drifted away from art as an adult, the trend is helping Delhiites bring the colour back into their lives.Denise…
HC tightens bail terms for Israeli national in cocaine case Bengaluru: Karnataka high court Thursday directed the state govt to inform contractors, to be picked in the coming months, about petitions challenging the proposed 16km Twin Tunnel Road project, and added that “no equity” should be created.“We specify that any such contract will be subject to the outcome of the petitions to ensure no equities are created,” the court said, posting the case to Aug 20. The earlier order against the felling of trees in Lalbagh also was extended.A division bench, comprising Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice KS Hemalekha,…
Hyderabad: Authorities have indefinitely suspended the headmaster of a zero-enrollment govt school in Suryapet district, citing poor coordination with parents. Suspension orders were served on Thursday.MA Hakeem, headmaster (FAC) of ZPHS, Bandaramaram at Thungathurthy mandal, told TOI that he was being made a scapegoat for the school’s zero enrolment. He said the school lacks teachers, toilets, laboratories and other basic facilities, yet the blame for students not joining the school has been placed solely on him.“Hakeem failed to maintain proper administration, was negligent in his duties, and, based on complaints from villagers and local leaders, used abusive language and lacked…