Mumbai: The world-class storytelling engines of The Walt Disney Company took center stage at the Honda Center during the Disney Entertainment Showcase at D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event presented by Visa®. Surprise celebrity appearances, new film and series titles, and major musical performances enthralled the audience of Disney fans from around the world, demonstrating … Read more
For many sports and food enthusiasts, the 2024 Paris Summer Olympic fervor is no less than a dream come true. There is nothing more exciting than good food, and a great game. Amidst the Olympic Village Chocolate muffin mania, revellers from all over the world are making a beeline to taste mouth-watering Indian chaats, chai, … Read more
Aman Sehrawat faced a hard challenge before his bronze medal play-off after losing in the semifinals on Thursday, August 8. The Indian wrestler weighed 61.5kg, 4.5 kg more than the permissible limit for the men’s 57kg category, and had only 10 hours to lose the extra weight. Having to lose significant weight suddenly is an … Read more
On August 8, Bangladeshi economist and Nobel Peace laureate Muhammad Yunus, globally known as the “banker to the poor” and discredited by former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, was sworn in as the head of the interim government as its “chief adviser”. How did this come about? On August 5, Hasina, daughter of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, … Read more
There is something very final about sport. Winners and losers. No matter what they tell you about playing the game, the end result is what is clocked and remembered. No record will say: “…and the other side which lost played the game very well in the spirit of sport”. And yet. Of course there has … Read more
Hyderabad: Controversy over the construction of a hospital on temple land came up for judicial scrutiny before the Telangana High Court. Justice K. Lakshman took on file a writ plea challenging the inaction of various civic and revenue authorities, including the commissioner of Greater Warangal Municipal Corporation, vice-chairman of Kakatiya Urban Development Authority, district collector, … Read more
The recent assassination of the political chief of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, ostensibly at a guest house in Tehran has once again reignited debates among scholars of public international law, humanitarian law and a host of other interconnected legal disciplines around the legality of targeted assassinations under international law. His death was widely described by the … Read more
Bozeman: Donald Trump traveled to Montana for a Friday night rally intended to drum up support for ousting the state’s Democratic senator, but the former president’s plane first had to divert to an airport on the other side of the Rocky Mountains because of a mechanical issue, according to airport staff. Trump’s plane was en … Read more
New Delhi: AAP leader Manish Sisodia on Saturday called upon party workers and people to fight against “tyranny” in the country and said if all opposition parties stand united against “dictatorship”, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will come out of prison within 24 hours. Addressing AAP workers at the party headquarters here a day after … Read more
Rajkot: BJP chief and Union minister J P Nadda on Saturday hit out at the Congress, calling its leaders “fake patriots” and accusing them of dividing society and caring for only one family. Addressing a gathering before flagging off the Bharatiya Janata Party’s ‘Tiranga Yatra’ at Rajkot in Gujarat, he targeted Rahul Gandhi without mentioning … Read more