Early on in “The Substance,” the body horror film starring Demi Moore that has been nominated for five Academy Awards, Dennis Quaid grotesquely consumes an endless amount of peel-and-eat shrimp while firing Ms. Moore’s character for the crime of turning 50. Shells fly and sweat collects on his upper lip while he gesticulates wildly with…
Diya Chitale with her coach Sachin Shetty NEW DELHI: It was 2023. Nearly two years had passed since India achieved its best-ever tally of seven medals at the Olympic Games in Tokyo. With new records being set and the nation’s standards in Olympic sports raised, Tokyo 2020 ignited a never-seen-before spark among aspiring athletes across…
File photo of Agni Chopra in domestic cricket. (Instagram) On 19th February, around 9pm Pacific Standard Time, Agni Chopra boarded his Air India flight from San Francisco to Mumbai. It was also the night for the privately held Major League Cricket (MLC) domestic draft to which Agni looked forward to with nervous anticipation. That nervous…
MI Cape Town (Sportzpics Photo) When Afghanistan stalwart Rashid Khan lifted the IPL 2022 trophy following the Gujarat Titans‘ (GT) stunning triumph in their maiden IPL season, he must have certainly experienced a wave of jubilation. Well, why wouldn’t he, having won his first-ever trophy while representing a team? While individual accolades had come his…
UPSC की डगर इतनी आसान नहीं होती है. उसके लिए कई त्याग करने पड़ते हैं. फिर वो आपकी नींद हो या शौक सब किनारे रखना पड़ता है. हम आपके लिए एक खास सीरीज ‘सक्सेस मंत्रा’ लेकर आए हैं, जिसमें आज हम बात कर रहे हैं IAS वंदना मीणा की. उनकी कहानी किसी के लिए भी प्रेरणा…
NEW DELHI: When PM Narendra Modi visits Marseille, the second largest city in France and home to a famous port, he will be connecting not just with the valour of Indian soldiers who fought on the side of the British in World War I but also an important episode in the life of nationalist and…
There is a slowdown in urban consumption as the middle class household budgets get stretched but that doesn’t necessarily mean all spends are down. There’s a consumption dichotomy at play – the segment is moving to smaller packs in fast-moving consumer goods because of price hikes but are availing flexible payment schemes and EMI plans…
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — During the Buffalo Bills’ playoff drought, ESPN anchor Kevin Connors used to have a running joke on air. Connors, a lifelong Bills fan from Long Island, would refer to the Bills as America’s Team. It would elicit a laugh from his co-anchor, one baked in sympathy for Connors and the other…
PORTLAND, Ore. — Rayan Rupert reaches into his Trail Blazers locker to fetch his “French” cellphone, the one he uses when he’s back in his homeland, and the one with pictures from his youth. He scrolls and finds a photo from 2015 when he was 11. In the photo, he is standing next to NBA…
If there’s one thing the past few years have underscored, it’s the undeniable rise of medical experts as household names. And among these emerging prominent figures, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya is one who has captured widespread attention in the US. This Stanford whiz and epidemiologist extraordinaire is now the President-elect Donald Trump’s eye-popping pick for Director…