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Bengali actor Basanti Chatterjee. | Photo Credit: PTI Veteran Bengali actor Basanti Chatterjee, who featured in over 100 films, breathed her last at her residence, family said.Chatterjee, 88, was suffering from cancer for a long time. She died on Tuesday (August 12, 2025) night.In a career spanning over five decades, she acted in more than 100 films, including critically acclaimed and popular movies such as Thagini, Manjari Opera, and Alo.Chatterjee also featured in popular TV serials such as Bhutu, Boron, Durga Durgeshari to name a few.Condoling her demise, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said in a post on X, “Her death…

If you have an upcoming trip to Mexico’s colorful, tourist-ready destinations of Cancún or Riviera Maya, don’t overlook Xcaret, a unique and fun natural water park. It’s nearly impossible to be bored here—beyond the water activities, Xcaret is also an amusement park and eco-archaeological park (one at which biologists and naturalists take their work seriously; visitors can learn about the Mexican Caribbean’s cultural, environmental, and historical landscape here). For that reason, it’s an especially great place for families and first-time travelers to Mexico who have an itch to run and play, while experiencing a pretty decent overview of the country’s…

A New Zealand woman and her six-year-old son have spent the past three weeks in a US immigration detention facility after being stopped at the Canada-US border, a situation her advocate describe as a “terrifying” and unnecessary ordeal. Sarah Shaw, 33, has lived in Washington state for just over three years, working at a maximum security juvenile facility while raising her three children. On 24 July, she drove her two eldest children to Vancouver airport so they could fly directly to New Zealand for a holiday with their grandparents. But when Shaw attempted to return to the US with her…

Representative image | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Indian government is tweaking its earlier plans for an Export Promotion Mission to make it more targeted towards specific sectors in the wake of the increased tariffs imposed by the U.S. on imports from India, The Hindu has learnt. This would entail reducing the cost of credit for medium, small and micro enterprise (MSME) borrowers in the worst-hit sectors, expediting clearances, and providing them with some sort of export incentives. It is a joint effort across several Ministries and involves detailed consultations with industry stakeholders.The sectors which will face the brunt of…

Veteran actor Kirron Kher has never shied away from sharing her opinions, and she has always been quite candid about them. During a recent interaction, Kirron shared how she would bluntly tell her husband, veteran actor Anupam Kher, if she didn’t like any of his films. She also spoke about the advice she gives her son, Sikandar, on not being as selective with his projects as she has been in her career. Speaking to CNN-News18, she said, “I am not one of those people who appreciates family members just like that. I am rather blunt about that. My husband feels…

Potatoes — both the wild species, and the domesticated ones we buy at the grocery store — evolved from a chance hybridization between two plants some nine million years ago. Natural History Museum, London hide caption toggle caption Natural History Museum, London The potato: Mash it, bake it, fry it … No matter how you slice it, the potato is the very manifestation of all that is ordinary. And yet the domesticated potato and all of its wild relatives have long harbored a genetic mystery. “We didn’t know where the whole potato lineage came from,” says Sandy Knapp, a botanist…

From speaking out in support of Maharashtra’s Qureshi community against self-styled cow vigilantes, to questioning moves by some municipalities to order meat shops shut on Independence Day, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has made visible efforts to project himself and his NCP – which is in power in the state in alliance with the BJP and Shiv Sena – as unwaveringly secular.This careful balancing act is important for Pawar, with the NCP – over its long association with the Congress – traditionally enjoying the support of minority communities. The vegetarianism identified with the BJP also runs contrary to the NCP’s…

Knotty Blush and Rise And Reign shone when the horses were exercised here on Wednesday morning (August 13).Inner sand:1400m: Rise And Reign (Darshan) 1-37, 1,200/1-20.5, 1,000/1-5.5, 600/40. A good display. Queen Of Kings (Prabhakaran) 1-38, 1,200/1-21.5, 1,000/1-6.5, 600/40.5. Strode out well.Outer sand:600m: Exceed (Shreyas) 46. Moved on the bit. Charismatic (Girish) 45.5. Easy. High Speed Dive (Rushal G), Greatness Awaits (P. Mani) 45.5. They finished together.1000m: Knotty Blush (R. Pradeep) 1-10, 600/40. Catch the eye.1200m: Sherlock (Shinde) 1-28.5, 1,000/1-13, 600/43. Strode out well. Published – August 13, 2025 06:53 pm IST

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In this photo, provided by the Philippine Coast Guard, United States Navy USS Higgins (DDG 76) conduct freedom of navigation operations (FONOP) at the South China Sea on August 13, 2025. Photo: Philippine Coast Guard via AP The United States deployed two warships on Wednesday (August 13, 2025) in a disputed South China Sea shoal, where two Chinese navy and coast guard ships collided two days ago while trying to drive away a smaller Philippine ship in a high-seas accident captured on video, alarming several Western and Asian countries.Both China and the Philippines claim Scarborough Shoal and other outcroppings in…