The fire started around 3:15 am. (File Photo) NEW DELHI: A fire broke out at a helipad terminal in Katra, the base camp for pilgrims visiting the Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine in Jammu and Kashmir‘s Reasi district, early Sunday, officials said.The fire started around 3:15 am, apparently due to a short circuit, and was brought…
Shubman Gill (Image credit: Sri Lanka Cricket) NEW DELHI: India captain Shubman Gill on Thursday ruled out any injury concern for Mohammed Siraj after the pacer appeared to be below his best during the drawn second Test against Sri Lanka in Colombo.Siraj bowled at a reduced pace and often used a shorter run-up during the…
Kartik Aaryan’s fantasy comedy ‘Naagzilla’ has wrapped shooting, with the final Mumbai schedule completed on July 26. Ravi Kishan, Mrighdeep Singh Lamba and team celebrated with a cake, coinciding with Lamba’s birthday. Aaryan had finished earlier. Produced by Dharma Productions and Mahaveer Jain Films, ‘Naagzilla’ releases in cinemas on February 12, 2027. Kartik Aaryan‘s much-anticipated…
El Niño is forecast to intensify (AP) World Meteorological Organisation (WHO), in a press release on Friday, warned that El Niño has officially developed in the tropical Pacific and is expected to strengthen rapidly over the next few months.According to United Nations’ weather and climate agency, El Niño will intensify into a strong event between…
Pic credit: Oscar Whitfield Oscar Whitfield was on a family game drive in Zimbabwe when he saw a dung beetle struggling up a patch of sand. The beetle was pushing a ball of dung uphill, with a line of flies following behind. This moment caught Whitfield’s eye. He was only 14 at the time. He…
Mary Rivera, who is best known for her work in ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home,’ has passed away at the age of 82. She appeared in the hit 2021 MCU film as Ned’s grandmother and won hearts after hilariously asking Andrew Garfield’s Spider-Man to clean the cobwebs off the roof in one of the scenes. (YouTube)…
A major property deal that began more than a century ago with a grieving widow turned a huge private wilderness in North Carolina into one of the most important public conservation achievements in American history. In May 1914, Edith Vanderbilt agreed to sell 86,700 acres of valuable mountain forest from the private Biltmore Estate to…
The NEET-UG examination, originally held on May 3, was cancelled after allegations of a paper leak surfaced. NEW DELHI: Top officials from the educatin ministry and the National Testing Agency (NTA) will brief a Parliamentary panel this week on the lessons learnt from the NEET-UG re-examination and the reforms being undertaken to strengthen the country’s…
US visa wait times in India have been updated in September. Indian applicants seeking US visitor visas continue to face lengthy waits, with the latest US State Department data showing next available B-1/B-2 interview appointments stretching to 12 months in Hyderabad, 11.5 months in Mumbai and 10 months in New Delhi.The State Department updated its…
The Expenditure Finance Committee (EFC) under the Finance Ministry has cleared a proposal for a Rs 1.25 lakh crore outlay under India Semiconductor Mission (ISM) 2.0, marking a major step in the country’s efforts to strengthen domestic chip manufacturing and build a comprehensive semiconductor ecosystem, sources told PTI. The Expenditure Finance Committee (EFC) under the…