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South African women’s cricket captain Laura Wolvaardt during warm up session ahead of their ICC Women’s World Cup warm-up match against England in Guwahati on October 2, 2025. | Photo Credit: Ritu Raj Konwar Only Australia has won more women’s cricket World Cups than England. In 2017, England had emerged as the champion at home. In the last ODI World Cup, it had contested the final (no prize for guessing against whom).Yet, the Englishwomen aren’t the second favourite to win this World Cup. The Indians are. While India has been making steady progress, England has had a largely forgettable year so…

Venezuelan government calls on US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to cease ‘thrill-seeking and warmongering posture’.Published On 3 Oct 20253 Oct 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareVenezuela’s government has blasted an “illegal incursion” near its borders by United States warplanes and accused the US of “military harassment” and threatening the “security of the nation”.Venezuelan Defence Minister General Vladimir Padrino said on Thursday that at least five F-35 fighter jets had been detected, in what he describes as a threat that “US imperialism has dared to bring close to the Venezuelan coast”.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list“We’re watching them,…

A US-born Spanish woman, Maria Branyas Morer, died in August 2024 at age 117 years and 168 days, shortly after becoming the world’s oldest living person. In a September 24 paper published in the journal Cell Reports Medicine, researchers studied Branyas’ blood, saliva, urine, stool, and genome. Maria Branyas Morera lived to be 117 years old. (Wikipedia) Also Read | AIIMS-trained doctor shares ‘8 snacks to have instead of Coke and Pepsi to avoid liver damage’ While she never smoked, drank alcohol, worked until she could not, lived in the countryside, did moderate exercise, and had a Mediterranean-style diet that…

Karan Johar’s Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna was one of Bollywood’s most daring takes on modern relationships. Starring Shah Rukh Khan and Rani Mukerji, the film tackled infidelity head-on, portraying its lead characters in deeply flawed, morally grey shades, a bold move that was both ground-breaking and risky. While it sparked widespread debate, the film faced significant backlash upon release. Audiences and critics were divided, and commercially, it fell short of the expectations usually associated with a Shah Rukh Khan starrer. Now, nearly two decades later, Rani Mukerji, fresh off her first National Award win, has spoken candidly about the film…

WITH the Election Commission expected to announce Bihar Assembly poll dates any time now, the BJP may have a hard time sifting through its sitting MLAs as it pushes for more seats within the NDA.The BJP had finished just behind the RJD as the single-largest party in the 2020 elections, and its 80 MLAs, including 22 ministers, are going into the coming elections dragged down by the weight of anti-incumbency. Nitish Kumar, under whose leadership the NDA is contesting in Bihar, is seeking a fifth stint as CM. While the party is hoping that the series of schemes and programmes…

Published on: Oct 02, 2025 04:32 pm IST Beware if you are a night owl! Staying up late at night may damage your brain and make it age faster.  As you age, your cognitive functions also weaken. This ageing affects memory, focus and problem-solving skills. While this ageing happens naturally with your biological age, sometimes improper lifestyle habits make your brain age faster, raising serious concerns for brain health and the potential of developing dementia in the long run. Poor sleep makes your brain age faster. (Picture credit: Shutterstock) A study published in eBioMedicine, part of The Lancet Discovery Science,…

Riding the wave of productivity at work, seated for long hours, juggling back-to-back meetings, presentations, and deadlines, may make you feel like you are winning and really climbing up the ladder. While riding the wave of hustle, the sharks of health issues circle just below the surface, ready to strike at the height of your career. If you are glued to your seats for a long time, several health issues begin to show up. (Picture credit: Freepik) Sitting long hours at work leads to several health issues, bringing in conditions that were once common in middle age or later, much…

As Israel intercepted the aid ships, an airstrike also killed at least one aid worker in Gaza.

The Ministry of Electronics and IT Thursday released the draft rules for online gaming under which it proposes to set up the Online Gaming Authority of India as a regulator, draw up the process of obtaining registration for companies to legally operate in India and form a three-tiered grievance redressal system, among other things. The draft rules will operationalise the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act, 2025, which prohibits all forms of online money games such as poker and fantasy sports, while only allowing “online social games” and e-sports. The draft rules propose to make violations a non-bailable offence…

Dwayne Johnson plays MMA fighter Mark Kerr in The Smashing Machine. Eric Zachanowich/A24 hide caption toggle caption Eric Zachanowich/A24 Movie star Dwayne Johnson has a laundry list of injuries he’s sustained over the course of his career as a professional wrestler and a college football player. There was a ruptured Achilles tendon, a complete shoulder reconstruction and either four or five knee surgeries — he can’t remember how many. And then there was the match with John Cena which left him spitting up blood. “I landed in a way that really, for the moment, damaged my lungs and blood vessels,”…