In 1995, a routine day at a funeral home in southern China took an extraordinary turn when a worker noticed that a young woman who had already been declared dead was still alive. Without any identification, no family beside her and barely any signs of life after collapsing days earlier, she had been mistaken for…
Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ made its rounds online when an anonymous account posted a high-quality pirated version of the film online. After garnering millions of views in a matter of hours, the post was quickly taken down by the platform. (Instagram) Over the weekend, a high-quality pirated version of Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ made its…
Jaishankar and Rubio in Manila External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday met US secretary of state Marco Rubio in Manila, with the two leaders holding wide-ranging discussions on trade, tariffs, energy, defence, critical minerals, artificial intelligence and regional security.The meeting took place on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) foreign…
For much of the 20th century, the jaguar disappeared from large parts of Argentina’s landscape. Hunting pressure and the steady loss of natural habitats pushed the country’s biggest predator out of places where it once played a key role in the ecosystem. In the Iberá wetlands of northeastern Argentina, that absence lasted around 70 years….
Explosion after Russia struck Ukraine’s Orikhove town in Zaporizhzhia region with an FAB-3000 bomb on Monday Russia released footage of a three-ton glide bomb causing massive destruction in Ukraine’s Orikhove town of Zaporizhzhia region on Monday, amid escalated tensions between the nations.The bomb was identified as FAB-3000, a heavy guided bomb deployed from a Russian…
RBI introduced the special USD-INR forex swap facility on June 8, 2026 MUMBAI: RBI has decided to close the special FCNR(B) scheme a month early on Aug 31 after banks mopped up $52.3 billion in deposits by Aug 13. The central bank’s decision follows a strong response to the facility, which was designed to bring…
NEW DELHI: Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal Monday said European carmakers would prefer to manufacture in India, as producing vehicles there would be uncompetitive due to the region’s regulations.“Finally India is going to become the global hub for car manufacturing. Everybody is going to come and manufacture in India and with Europe having such…
Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani buys one of the most expensive real estates in Europe One of Europe’s most famous private estates has entered a new chapter after being bought by one of Qatar’s wealthiest royal figures. Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani, the billionaire former Prime Minister of Qatar,…
Global gold demand remained largely unchanged in the April-June quarter as softer prices moderated investment demand after the record rally earlier this year, according to the World Gold Council (WGC).Total gold demand stood at 1,269 tonnes in the second quarter of 2026, almost unchanged from 1,268.6 tonnes a year earlier, the WGC said in its…
Raza Murad reveals how ‘Noorie’ made Poonam Dhillon an overnight sensation: ‘Her innocence and raw beauty became instrumental for the huge success’ Veteran actor Raza Murad recently looked back at one of Hindi cinema’s most memorable success stories as he reminisced about Poonam Dhillon‘s breakthrough with the 1979 classic ‘Noorie’. Calling her one of the…
