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Former India cricketer Yuvraj Singh shared a special birthday message for his mentee Abhishek Sharma on Friday, wishing the India opener a year full of runs and centuries.Yuvraj has played a big role in Abhishek’s journey to international cricket. The youngster has gone on to become the No. 1 T20I batter and has made his mark in India’s T20 setup.Sharing a light-hearted video on Instagram, Yuvraj wrote a message for Abhishek, who turned 26.”Sir Abhishek, it’s your birthday. What an auspicious day. Love the person you have become – sharing and caring for those around you, and a leader! Always…
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said the fight of tribal students from Maharashtra is not just for education, employment, hostels, and food but it is also for their existence and Adivasi identity.The Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha shared on X a video of his interaction with tribal students on Wednesday during his visit to Nashik.In a post in Hindi on X accompanying the video, Gandhi said, “‘We are Adivasis; RSS-BJP want to turn us into Vanvasis’. The fight of tribal students from Nashik and Maharashtra is not just for education, employment, hostels, and food-it’s also…
Hyderabad: Swedish healthcare provider Medicover’s India business is on track to have all 25 hospitals in its network become profitable within 18 months, driven by rising occupancy and demand for specialised care, a top executive said on Wednesday.Earlier this month, global investment firm KKR signed a deal to buy Medicover’s India business for €1.2 billion ($1.40 billion), pending regulatory approvals.”Our debt position was increasing, and it was becoming difficult to sustain, which led us to talking to private equity and strategic partners (for funds),” Medicover India’s Executive Director Harikrishna P told Reuters in an interview.Of the 25 Medicover hospitals in…
New Zealand’s international education export earnings have surged past pre-COVID levels in 2019, delivering a boost to the country’s economy.Wellington: New Zealand’s international education export earnings have surged past pre-COVID levels in 2019, delivering a boost to the country’s economy, a senior official said.As one of New Zealand’s most valuable export sectors, international education generated nearly 5 billion NZ dollars ($2.95 billion) in export earnings in the year to June 2026, up from $4.3 billion NZ in the year to June 2025 and $3.5 billion NZ in the year to June 2024, Education Minister Erica Stanford said in a statement.The…
Picture Credit: Instagram ‘Married At First Sight’ star Rhi Disljenkovic has opened up about her shock split from Jeff Gobbels. The couple ended their two-year relationship in June, and Rhi has now revealed why she decided to walk away.Rhi Disljenkovic on her splitSpeaking to Life Uncut hosts Britt Hockley and Laura Byrne, the 36-year-old admitted, “I was really unhappy.” Rhi explained that she wanted her life to move forward and hoped to become a mother. However, she felt that she and Jeff were having the same conversations about their future without making any real progress.Rhi Disljenkovic wanted her life to…
The shutdown marks the end of a four-to-five-year run during which TAC scaled to more than ₹150 crore in annual gross merchandise value. Photo: X/@TheAyurvedaCo_ The Ayurveda Co (TAC), the Ayurveda-focused beauty and personal care brand, is being formally shut down after its operations were stopped in July 2025 and its assets subsequently liquidated, co-founder Param Bhargava said in a LinkedIn post.Co-founder Shreedha Singh Bhargava also confirmed the closure in a separate LinkedIn post, saying the brand had remained inactive since operations stopped and that the company is now being formally closed.“I’d rather say this out loud than let it…
A regional data-sharing mechanism is urgently needed to manage the escalating risks of glacial outbursts in the Himalayas, says Safi Ahsan Rizvi, an expert risk analyst, former adviser to the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), and a retired Indian Police Service (IPS) officer with extensive experience in disaster management and risk reduction. He argues that governments must treat such cooperation as a shared public good rather than a diplomatic favour.In an interview, Mr Rizvi said a rock-ice avalanche clearly triggered the recent devastating floods in Nepal, though the sheer volume of water involved remains a subject of scientific investigation. He…
Chang’e-7 lunar probe. File photo: Xinhua via AP China said on Sunday (August 23, 2026) it was postponing its planned ambitious Chang’e-7 lunar mission, which was set to carry out explorations including searching for water ice on the moon.The Chang’e-7 spacecraft was originally set to lift off in the coming days from the Wenchang Space Launch Site on China’s southern Hainan island.The mission does not meet the launch conditions, said the China Manned Space Agency in a brief statement, and “cannot take place during the planned window this year.”The decision was made following a “comprehensive assessment,” the agency added, and…
Sanjay Sah, 30, being rescued alive from a tunnel at the Trishuli 3A hydropower project 10 days after the Bhotekohi flash floods disaster, in Rasuwa district, Nepal A 30-year-old worker rescued from a tunnel at Nepal’s Trishuli 3A hydropower project after nine days said he kept chanting the ‘Hare Krishna’ mantra while trapped, hoping that he would eventually be saved.Sanjay Sah was among two workers rescued alive on Friday, coinciding with Krishna Janmashtami, the Hindu festival celebrating the birth of Lord Krishna.“I was chanting Hare Krishna mahamantra for the past nine days,” Sah told security personnel shortly after he was…
“This time last year Farage had the highest approval of the main party leaders,” says pollster Luke Tryl from the organisation More in Common. “Yet earlier this month he fell to his worst score since the general election.””What will worry Farage is not only that his negative approvals have risen, which may signal greater willingness to vote tactically against the Reform leader, but there are also fewer people expressing a positive view suggesting an erosion in his base,” Tryl says.More in Common’s research suggests around 80% of voters are aware of questions around Nigel Farage’s finances, but opinions on them…