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Happy National Girlfriends Day 2025: Every year, National Girlfriends Day is observed in the US on August 1. It marks the celebration of the special bond your share with the most important women in your life; it could be your partner, mother, BFF, sister, friends, or work colleague. It’s unclear who started the quasi-holiday or when it began, but per National Today, the day is intended to “honour your ‘ride or die’ crew of homegirls.” Happy National Girlfriend Day 2025: National Girlfriend Day is celebrated on August 1. (Freepik) If you are celebrating the speical women in your life today,…

The fisherwomen of Harnai | Photo Credit: Indrajit Khambe My first impression of the Harnai fish market is always chaos. The smell of fish, the sound of fisherwomen shouting and buffaloes lowing, and the sight of brightly coloured nauvari saris, chunky gold jewellery, and heaps of freshly-caught fish. I never know which of my senses to follow first.It’s also a chaos that I never tire of — ever since I first visited the town in Dapoli, in the south of Maharashtra, in 2012. Every visit is a discovery. But what I keep coming back to photograph are the fisherwomen, under whose strong leadership the…

Senior leader Annasaheb Dange’s return to the BJP after two decades has given the Maharashtra unit a big boost, with leaders saying he could guide the organisation.The 90-year-old, who had left the BJP in 2002 after complaining of being “sidelined” within the party, is part of an older generation of party leaders with a strong connection to the ground, having worked with the Jana Sangh and then built the party. His compatriots talk of him cycling several miles every day to reach out to people and recruit them. In the 80s, when the BJP was just growing, party ideologue Vasantrao…

Friendship Day 2025: Friends are the family we choose. They may not be related to us by blood, but they hold as much importance in our lives and shape who we are. Every year, International Day of Friendship is marked on July 30. However, in India, it is marked on a different day. If you and your gang are planning to mark this special occasion, here’s everything you need to know about it. Friendship Day 2025: Every year, in India, Friendship Day is marked on the first Sunday of August. (Canva) Also Read | Happy National Girlfriends Day 2025: 30+…

With anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth approaching in December, her fans are donning gowns and tailcoats at costume balls across Britain.

The government is working towards inviting financial bids for strategic stake sale in IDBI Bank by December with interested buyers having completed due diligence and data room norms, Arunish Chawla, Secretary, Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) said on Friday. The successful bidder will be announced by March 2026, he added.ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW VIDEO The long-pending stake sale process of IDBI Bank will be closely eyed as the government kickstarts the disinvestment process for the bank after being in the works for close to three years. “Due diligence and data room protocols have been completed for all the…

Among the first batch of freed prisoners were prominent rivals of former President Joko Widodo jailed during his term.Indonesia has begun releasing hundreds of inmates from prison, including people convicted of political offences, after parliament approved the first stage of President Prabowo Subianto’s wide-ranging clemency plan, reportedly aimed at building national solidarity.A first group of 1,178 inmates were to be released on Friday after House of Representatives Deputy Speaker Sufmi Dasco Ahmad and Law Minister Supratman Andi Agtas announced late on Thursday that Subianto had signed a Presidential Decree granting amnesties.Barely two months after he took office in October, Subianto –…

Trust in experts is down. In all kinds of institutions and professions – in government, in media, in medical science… and lately, economists are feeling the burn acutely. In fact, President Trump just fired the economist who ran the Bureau of Labor Statistics, accusing her – with no evidence – of faking a jobs report that showed fewer gains than expected. In decades past, economists whispered in the ears of presidents. Now, many politicians and voters are disenchanted with the field. On today’s show, we speak with economists about how distrust is messing with their minds and interfering with their…

As soon as he disturbed Harry Brook’s stumps via the inside edge on Friday evening, Mohammed Siraj took off on a celebratory run that culminated in a perfect Cristiano Ronaldo post-goal pirouette. The exuberance of the Hyderabadi, an unabashed fan of the Portuguese superstar, stemmed not from becoming the leading wicket-taker this series, but for stepping up to the plate again in Jasprit Bumrah’s absence to reignite India’s hopes of sharing honours. India’s Mohammed Siraj celebrates the dismissal of England’s Harry Brook during the second day of the fifth Test(AP) Within the team, he goes by jigra; his bag of…

Four months after President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariff hikes threw the global economy into chaos, we got a sequel — but there appears to be at least somewhat more of a method to Trump’s tariff madness this time around.Trump is using the threat of steep tariffs to try to force dozens of countries to agree to make more concessions in bilateral trade agreements — and, specifically, to get them to make somewhat hazy commitments to buy more US goods or products.If Trump likes your concessions, you get a deal in which you’d stomach a new tariff of 15 percent…