World Health Organization NEW DELHI: The breast cancer survival rate has steadily improved in India over the years, yet only about two of three women diagnosed with the disease survive for at least five years, according to World Health Organization‘s first country-wise survival estimates, underscoring the need for earlier diagnosis and timely treatment.India’s estimated five-year…
Most people quietly fear failure more than almost anything else, enough that it stops them from ever actually trying. Michael Jordan drew a sharper line than that. “I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying,” he wrote. It is one of his most quoted lines, and it carries weight…
When you have money, you develop hobbies and preferences that are different from the layman. While a millionaire could have a thing for collecting watches, a billionaire could be into buying up yachts. When it comes to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, he has a propensity for large compounds. The billionaire tech giant with a net…
A mother raccoon broke through an apartment wall in San Francisco (Representational photo-AP) For nearly two months, two roommates living in a San Francisco apartment could not understand why strange scratching sounds kept coming from inside their walls. The noises became louder over time and regularly woke them up at night.The mystery finally ended when…
William Arnold travelled 1,700 miles to a remote island to save one of the United Kingdom’s most remote phone boxes. He drove all the way from the hamlet of Einacleit on the Isle of Lewis to phone a string of contacts from the kiosk.The aim of his strange trip was to make enough calls to…
Akshay Kumar jumped at playing a flop hero in Welcome to the Jungle (Image Credits IMDb and Archives) ‘Welcome to the Jungle’ may have crossed the Rs 186 crore worldwide mark, but the film’s reception has courted criticism for a sluggish, overcrowded second half that draws obvious parallels to Ben Stiller’s ‘Tropic Thunder’. In an…
Returns From ECBs, Foreign Currency Bonds On Wait & Watch Due To Longer Durations MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: Bankers expect India to draw $80-85 billion of foreign capital through the RBI’s swap-backed push spanning FCNR(B) deposits, external commercial borrowings and overseas foreign currency bonds issued by banks, though the timing of inflows is likely to be uneven…
Representative image (File photo) MUMBAI: RBI has barred defaulting borrowers from buying back properties acquired by lenders to satisfy a defaulter’s debt, tightening norms for resolution of stressed accounts under its new directions effective Oct 1, 2026.Defaulters and their related parties, as defined under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, cannot repurchase such assets from…
Jason Kelce (Getty Images) Jason Kelce’s real estate journey in Pennsylvania began with a relatively modest purchase. Today, the retired Philadelphia Eagles star has assembled a sprawling property compound worth nearly $6 million in combined purchase costs. What started as a four-bedroom home gradually became a much bigger family project, with neighbouring properties joining the…
NEW DELHI: India’s ancient Buddhist site of Sarnath in Uttar Pradesh was inscribed on the Unesco World Heritage List Saturday, becoming India’s 45th site to receive this recognition. India ranks sixth globally and second in Asia Pacific Region for the most number of ‘World Heritage Sites’.Sarnath was included in the tentative list in 1998. The…
