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Triathlete Sam Suresh Chandy was looking for trekking partners to Agasthyarkoodam, South India’s second-highest peak, located in Thiruvananthapuram, in 2020. Unable to find someone in his immediate circle, he spread word about it. Eventually, there were 40 people ready to join him on this difficult climb. This collective ultimately led to the formation of ITREK, a hiking community that now has 500 members, aged 18 to 75. The group includes civil servants, corporate heads, journalists, entrepreneurs, and students. Their motto: Explore outdoors, embrace community. It focusses on sustainable travel, environmental responsibility, and supporting forest-dwelling communities. “We are a facilitating engine…

For chef Samin Nosrat, the Bay Area and its restaurants represent key moments through the last 30 years of her life. “I was born and grew up in San Diego, and I moved to the Bay Area in 1997,” she says, “and that’s when my relationship to San Francisco as food place really began.” First, it was eating burritos in the Mission district, as a college student. Then, a couple years in, she began working at the apotheosis of California cuisine and definer of the genre, Chez Panisse in Berkeley, which took her interest in the city’s food scene to…

new video loaded: Young Protesters in Nepal Recover Looted Goods for ShopkeepersBy Shanta Nepali, Ang Li and Meg Felling•September 17, 2025After protests left behind a trail of destruction in Nepal, a group of small business owners are stepping in to salvage looted home appliances in an effort to restore order.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and his colleagues are expected to lower interest rates Wednesday, amid fears of a weakening job market. Kent Nishimura/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kent Nishimura/Getty Images The Federal Reserve is expected to cut interest rates by a quarter percentage point Wednesday in an effort to prop up the sagging U.S. job market. The move comes as Fed policymakers face mounting pressure from the White House. Investors are betting the central bank will lower its benchmark rate to a range of 4% to 4.25%. That would be the first such cut in nine months, amid…

(left) Ilaiyaraaja. Ajith Kumar from ‘Good Bad Ugly’. Tamil superstar Ajith Kumar’s blockbuster film, Good Bad Ugly, has been removed from the streaming platform Netflix in India. This comes just ten days after the Madras High Court restrained the film’s production house Mythri Movie Makers from using Ilaiyaraaja’s songs in the film.On September 17, 2025 (Wednesday), fans of the star took to social media to express their disappointment over not being able to access the movie on the streaming site.Good Bad Ugly, directed by Adhik Ravichandran, was releasd in theatres on April 10, 2025. The movie has three songs composed…

Published on: Sept 17, 2025 10:54 am IST Two Chinese flying cars collided in the air on Tuesday, September 16, during a rehearsal flight for an air show. Two Chinese flying cars collided in the air on Tuesday, September 16, during a rehearsal flight for an air show. Both the flying cars belonged to a unit of Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker Xpeng Inc. An image showing an eVOTL from Xpeng Aeroht (X/Xpeng Aeroht ) According to a Global Times report, Xpeng Aeroht confirmed on Tuesday that two of its electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vehicles “made contact” during…

Published on: Sept 17, 2025 03:20 pm IST Tesla CEO Elon Musk replied to the Indian businessman who received the delivery of his brand new Tesla in Mumbai on Tuesday. Tesla CEO Elon Musk replied to the Indian businessman who received the delivery of his brand new Tesla in Mumbai on Tuesday. Inox Group Executive Director Siddharth Jain became the first businessman to buy a Tesla in India after the electric automaker launched in the country in July this year. FILE PHOTO: Founder and CEO of Tesla Motors Elon Musk responded to an Indian Tesla buyer(REUTERS) Jain had taken to…

FILE PHOTO: Google has announced an open payments protocol for transactions on agentic payment systems. | Photo Credit: Reuters Google on Tuesday (September 17, 2025) announced an open payments protocol for transactions on agentic payment systems. Called Agent Payments Protocol (AP2), the system is supported by more than 60 companies including American Express, Mastercard, Revolut, Coinbase, Paypal, Etsy, Salesforce and Inuit. Using this protocol, AI agents will eventually be able to shop on behalf of customers while interacting with retail agents. “The agent can then interact with both airline and hotel agents, as well as online travel agencies and booking platforms, and…

An Indian-origin filmmaker and entrepreneur has issued a sharp response to the massive anti-immigration rally held in London earlier this week. In a video shared on Instagram, Shrimoyee Chakraborty, who has been living in the UK for 14 years, introduced herself as “a high tax-paying immigrant” and addressed those protesting against migration. “Message for all racist protesting in London! From a high tax-paying immigrant,” the text on her video read. In the video, the woman introduced herself as “a high tax-paying immigrant”.(Instagram/@shrimoyeec) In her video message, Chakraborty described the challenges of starting in the UK. She recalled paying far higher…

Police officers try to stop a British photographer as he takes pictures inside a car leaving a prison, carrying a suspect in the 2007 disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann, in Sehnde, Germany, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. Markus Schreiber/AP hide caption toggle caption Markus Schreiber/AP SEHNDE, Germany — A German national who is under investigation in the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann 18 years ago was released from prison Wednesday after serving his sentence in an unrelated case, police said. The man, who has been identified by media as Christian Brückner, had been serving a seven-year sentence that stemmed…