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The education ministry, in association with the ministry of external affairs, successfully concluded the 2nd Biennial SCO Young Authors’ Conference on September 25–26 in New Delhi. Organised by the National Book Trust, India, the two-day event brought together young voices from across the SCO region to deliberate on the theme “Dynamics of Creative Spaces in the Digital Age”. The conference was inaugurated on September 25 by minister of state for external affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh, who emphasised that “SCO is not only a political and economic grouping, but also a very dynamic platform for cultural engagement.” At the valedictory session,…

A massive campaign rally by Tamil actor-turned-politician Vijay’s party, Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), turned tragic on Saturday evening, in Karur district. A sudden crowd surge during the event left at least 38 people dead and around 40 injured. TVK (Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam) chief and actor Vijay addresses gathering before stampede during a public event, in Karur several feared dead and injured, in Karur on Saturday(ANI) State health minister Ma Subramanian confirmed that the fatalities include at least 16 women, nine men, and six children. Officials have warned that the death toll could rise further. After returning to Chennai from Trichy,…

Actor Rajat Bedi, who recently reemerged into the spotlight after playing a pivotal role in Aryan Khan’s The Ba***ds of Bollywood, spoke about the struggles he faced in the last two decades, when he had stepped away from acting. Rajat is known for playing villains in several popular Bollywood films, but after his career failed to reach the next level in the mid-2000s, he decided to move to Canada and set up a real estate business. He experienced several setbacks in his business as well, and said in an interview with Digital Commentary that he was cheated by partners. But…

The first whiff of rain is a gentle reminder by nature that the monsoon has arrived. Accompanying the drizzles is an earthy scent that often makes us nostalgic. Known as ‘petrichor,’ the heady fragrance is produced when the tiny water droplets hit dry soil on a warm day. But did you know that this damp soil scent is actually the smell of a molecule (geosmin), produced by a bacterium called Streptomyces. As you smell it, you feel a serotonin rush in your body, changing your mood in an instant. According to experts, the smell of ‘petrichor’ has a calming effect…

The crowd at Vijay’s event in Karur on Saturday night was less a political assembly and more a sea of fans desperate to see their superstar from close quarters so they could have a glimpse, a selfie, a story to tell. In that frenzy, when some supporters who had climbed atop a tree branch fell on the people behind Vijay’s campaign van, panic rippled outward and turned a rally into a catastrophe.Thirty-eight people died, among them 16 women and six children, and more than 100 are admitted to hospitals across Karur and Trichy. Many are fighting for their lives. Dr…

Bouncing back from a heavy defeat against England a couple of days, India registered a solid win in Bengaluru on Saturday against New Zealand in the second warm-up match to get ready for the tournament opener against Sri Lanka in a couple of days time. Harleen Deol and Harmanpreet Kaur struck half-centuries, while Arundhati Reddy returned after an injury scare to send down 9 overs, as India beat New Zealand by four wickets under the DLS method in a rain-hit game at the BCCI Centre of Excellence Ground 1. In a 42-overs per-side contest which was marred by rain followed…

There’s no doubt about it: Traveling with a dietary restriction can be stressful. This is especially true when you don’t have much control over what’s being served, like on a cruise, at an all-inclusive resort, or on a safari.I should know. As an ulcerative colitis (UC) sufferer and an avid traveler, avoiding my triggers—gluten and certain nuts—is not always easy away from home. While I do my best to plan ahead, there have been moments when I’ve resorted to a bag of chips or a handful of rice crackers for dinner on a trip because I had no other options.This…

President Tayyip Erdogan told Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez that Turkey will continue efforts to stop Israeli attacks in Gaza and ensure the uninterrupted delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza, Erdogan’s office said on Saturday. “Our president expressed satisfaction with Prime Minister Sanchez’s sensitivity regarding the Sumud aid flotilla and said Turkey is closely monitoring the situation,” it said, referring to the international aid flotilla aiming to break an Israeli naval embargo on Gaza.

Holtec International has announced the shipment of the first set of specialised ‘spent fuel storage racks’ for deployment at state-owned NPCIL’s Kudankulam plant, built with Russian technical collaboration. Kudankulam is a six-unit VVER-1000 plant located in Tamil Nadu. The completed modules, co-produced by Holtec International and its Pune-based Indian subsidiary Holtec Asia, will be installed in ‘a freestanding configuration’ in a new wet storage facility being built at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KKNPP) site. The hexagonal cross section of the VVER-1000 fuel differentiates from Western Pressurised Water Reactors (PWRs), which are of square cross section, a company statement said.…

Tim Curry as Dr. Frank-N-Furter in a still from The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Behind him are Patricia Quinn as Magenta, left, and Richard O’Brien as Riff-Raff. Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Hulton Archive/Getty Images At midnight, they flock to an old art deco movie palace in the Detroit suburbs. A glow-in-the-dark dragon mural lights up one of the screening rooms at the State-Wayne Theater in Wayne, Mich. There, twice a month, the Michigan Rocky Horror Preservation Society holds court, its members arrayed in corsets, feather boas, ripped jeans and lovingly detailed costumes that evoke their favorite movie’s main…