Cristiano Ronaldo and partner Georgina Rodrguez have lit up the internet after a recent Instagram post sparked rumours of their engagement. The couple have been together since 2016, and the model-actor shared a post on her social media showing a huge ring. The post was captioned, “Yes I do. In this and in all my…
Israel’s air and ground war has killed tens of thousands of people in Gaza, displaced most of the population, destroyed vast areas and pushed the territory toward famine. The timing of another major ground operation is unclear. It will likely require mobilising thousands of troops and forcibly evacuating civilians, almost certainly worsening Gaza’s humanitarian crisis….
On August 4, Chaitanya Raj Singh Bhati, King (Maharawal) of the erstwhile kingdom of Jaisalmer, raised a pointed objection to a historical map published in the new National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) Class 8 Social Science textbook. In a post shared on X, he drew attention to a map on page 71…
United States President Donald Trump praised White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt calling her the best secretary anybody ever had, along with some unusual compliments. During an interview with Newsmax, Trump offered unusually personal compliments in response to Leavitt’s claim that he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize for brokering multiple ceasefires since returning to office….
A new social media trend, “door-kick challenge”, is sweeping across the United States, leaving authorities and parents deeply concerned. The viral prank takes the old “ding-dong ditch” to a dangerous new level. Instead of simply ringing doorbells and running away, teens now violently kick random doors, often in the middle of the night, and sometimes…
France has halted evacuations from Gaza after a Palestinian student accused of sharing antisemitic posts entered the country. The government is reviewing its vetting process and re-screening all Gaza evacuees. France has suspended its humanitarian evacuation programme for Palestinians fleeing war-ravaged Gaza after a student accused of sharing antisemitic content online was found to have…
In view of a growing number of physical assaults against Indians in Ireland, the Embassy of India in Dublin on Friday issued an urgent safety advisory, urging all Indian citizens in the country to avoid going to deserted places and exercise heightened caution. The advisory follows cases of attacks by teen gangs on Indian-origin persons….
Prithviraj Chavan (left), and Pragya Thakur NEW DELHI: Former Maharashtra chief minister and senior Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan on Thursday said he does not support the use of the term “saffron terror.” He said saffron is the colour of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj’s flag, the Warkari sect, as well as Sant Tukaram and Sant Dnyaneshwar.Chavan was…
Fears of a devastating tsunami faded for the US and Japan after one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck off a sparsely populated Russian peninsula, but new alerts along South America’s Pacific coast forced evacuations and closed beaches. Warnings in the first hours after the 8.8 magnitude quake sent residents fleeing to rooftops in…
The man poised to become New York City’s next mayor, Zoran Mamdani, held a three-day, high-security wedding in Uganda. The 33-year-old married 27-year-old Syrian artist Rama Duwaji at his family’s estate on Buziga hill, overlooking Lake Victoria. The celebration featured over 20 special forces guards and cell phone jammers. However, the event has drawn criticism…