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Veteran comedian Johnny Lever recently voiced his concern about the changing nature of comedy in films and stand-up routines today. With over 300 films to his credit in a career spanning more than four decades, Lever has long been regarded as a clean, family-friendly performer. But in a new interview, he shared his disappointment over how easily comedy now leans on vulgarity and double entendre. In a candid conversation with actress Kunickaa Sadanand on her YouTube channel, Lever said, “People are freely abusing today because of Hollywood films. In the West, it’s common to use foul language and make crass…

WHEN Union Home Minister Amit Shah unveils a new national cooperative policy Thursday, replacing one in place for the past 23 years, it will mark another milestone for the department whose role has been expanding under the Narendra Modi government.As per the statement issued by the Cooperation Ministry, the new policy is part of the Centre’s aim to strengthen cooperatives in the country, and “will prove to be a milestone in the cooperative movement of India for the next two decades from 2025-45″. The ministry said a new policy was needed because of globalisation and technological advancements in the past…

The Indian cricket board is all set to host the upcoming Asia Cup T20 tournament in the United Arab Emirates. | Photo Credit: AFP The Indian cricket board is all set to host the upcoming Asia Cup T20 tournament in the United Arab Emirates with the formal announcement expected in a few days’ time, sources in the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) said on Thursday (July 24, 2025). This was after an ACC meeting that all 25 member nations attended to discuss the venue for the event. BCCI was represented by its vice-president Rajeev Shukla virtually. “The BCCI will host the…

NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR), an Earth observation satellite, is scheduled to liftoff at 5:40 PM on July 30 from Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. Designed to provide high-resolution data of our planet’s surface, like land and ice, the satellite will showcase how Earth’s topography changes over time and help understand natural disasters like landslides and earthquakes. Jointly developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the satellite will be launched on the GSLV-F16 vehicle and has a price tag of  $1.5 billion, making it the most expensive Earth observation satellite to date. Ahead…

David Lotton is a European history buff, but he’d never set foot outside the United States until 2004, when he traveled to France for the 60th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy.Walking into the vast cemeteries commemorating the thousands of young soldiers who died storming the beaches during World War II, he felt a big knot in his stomach. “It was pretty overpowering,” said Mr. Lotton, an engineer originally from Kansas, who was 39 at the time and had spent six years as a paratrooper in the U.S. Army Reserve.The trip changed his life, and he began thinking about…

NewsFeedFamilies in Gaza have described the horror of watching babies and children starve as Israel’s blockade means they can’t find food and baby formula to keep them alive. The US says 90,000 children and women need urgent treatment for severe malnutrition.

India’s per capita income has increased to Rs 1,14,710 in the financial year 2024-25. As per a report tabled in the Lok Sabha by Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary, the per capita net national income (NNI) at constant prices was Rs 72,805 in 2014-15. This marks a rise of Rs 41,905 over the past decade. In a statement, Chaudhary said: “As per the provisional estimates of GDP released by National Statistical Office, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI), the per capita net national income (NNI) at constant prices for 2024-25 stands at ₹1,14,710. The per capita NNI…

A note from Wild Card host Rachel Martin: Aparna Nancherla seems to me like someone living between two impulses. One of them pulls her to stand on a stage and tell jokes and take up space and stand out. And the other pulls her in the opposite direction — inwards into her own head where anxiety is just waiting to regale her with all the worst case scenarios it’s drummed up while she’s been out being a famous comedian. Aparna has made her anxiety a big part of her comedy, which has landed her in a new documentary about the struggle that…

Good morning. You’re reading the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. Today’s top stories The Justice Department and the House Oversight Committee are seeking to interview Ghislane Maxwell, a convicted associate of Jeffrey Epstein. This inquiry comes as questions about the Epstein files continue to mount, as well as information about President Trump’s ties to Epstein, the financier and convicted sex offender who died by suicide while in prison five years ago. U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York…

England legend Geoffrey Boycott blamed Rishabh Pant himself for the plight he finds him in. “It is always sad when a player gets hurt and affects his ability to play a part in the game. Especially someone as talented as him. But he has only himself to blame,” he said in Telegraph’s podcast brief before the start of the second day’s play at Manchester. India were cruising at 213 for 3 and Pant batting untroubled when he tried to reverse sweep medium pacer Chris Woakes but to bottom edge the ball straight on to his boot. He was soon ferried…