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“Against all odds, Johannesburg has a very special energy,” says Sumayya Vally, the founder of the architecture firm Counterspace. “The city’s legacies of segregation and exclusion mean that at every turn there’s work to do, but it’s also a vibrant world of inspiration.” Vally has shown her work at the Venice Biennale and directed the first Islamic Arts Biennale in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Her company’s projects include a community and wellness center at Kenya’s Kakuma Refugee Camp; a national memorial in Oslo; and the 2021 Serpentine Pavilion in London. Here, Vally shares her favorite places in Joburg, like hot spots…

How did the Income Tax Department complete the “mammoth” task of rationalising and simplifying the huge Income Tax Act 1961 in just about six months, and then implementing the Select Committee’s voluminous suggestions in just one month? By cramming in 75,000 man-hours of work in that time and even putting probationers on the job, that’s how. The result was the hugely condensed and significantly more user-friendly Income Tax Act 2025.“The announcement by the honourable Finance Minister was made on July 23, 2024 that within six months the entire process of simplification of the law, to make it more lucid, clear, and…

Prem Sagar, son of legendary filmmaker Ramanand Sagar and father of producer Shiv Sagar, passed away on Sunday morning at the age of 84. As the son of Ramanand Sagar, who created the iconic TV series Ramayan, Prem Sagar grew up surrounded by stories, cinema, and devotion. While his father became a household name, Prem Sagar chose to work quietly behind the scenes. Actor Arun Govil, who played Lord Ram in Ramayan, took to his Instagram account to pay his condolences, calling the news “deeply saddening.” The actor also prayed for strength for the family during this time of loss.…

In a society where appearance and confidence often go hand-in-hand, hair loss remains a deeply personal yet widely misunderstood concern. As Hair Loss Awareness Month, marked in August, shines a spotlight on this issue, it offers an opportunity to move beyond cosmetic anxieties and delve into the root causes, treatments, and lived experiences surrounding hair and scalp health. In India, where urban stressors, misinformation, and rising self-image pressures intersect, hair loss is no longer a condition confined to middle age; it increasingly affects young adults too. According to Aseem Sharma, director and chief dermatologist at Skin Saga Centre for Dermatology,…

NCP-SP MP Supriya Sule. File photo: Sansad TV via PTI Photo With Maratha quota protests intensifying, NCP (SP) leader Supriya Sule on Sunday (August 31, 2025) demanded that the Maharashtra Government convene a special session of the State Legislature and an all-party meeting to resolve the vexed issue.Ms. Sule visited Azad Maidan, where quota leader Manoj Jarange has been observing a hunger strike since Friday.While returning, Maratha protesters blocked Ms. Sule’s car and raised slogans against former Union minister Sharad Pawar.”Nobody is opposing the reservation for the Maratha community. The Cabinet should take a decision,” the NCP (SP) working president…

In 1885, royal Hawaiian siblings David Kawānanakoa, Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole and Edward Keliʻiahonui introduced surfing — then called “surfboard swimming” — to mainland U.S. when they took to the waves in Santa Cruz, Calif. Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History hide caption toggle caption Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History The mouth of the San Lorenzo river in Santa Cruz, Calif., isn’t a great place to surf. Rocks, pollution and swift currents make it precarious almost year-round. But before the construction of a harbor in the mid-1960s altered the surroundings, the spot was a surfer’s paradise, with easy,…

A passenger train derailed Saturday in western Egypt, killing at least three people and injuring 94 others, authorities said. It was the latest in a series of rail accidents in the country in recent years. The train derailed as it traveled to Cairo from the western Mediterranean province of Matrouh, on the country’s north coast, railway authorities said in a statement. Seven of its wagons went off the tracks, with two of them overturning. The Health Ministry released a separate statement detailing the casualty count, adding that 30 ambulances were dispatched to transfer the injured to hospitals.The railway authorities’ statement…

STRONG SERVICES sector activity helped GDP growth comfortably beat expectations for the second quarter in a row, rising to a five-quarter high of 7.8 per cent for April-June 2025, according to data released by the statistics ministry on Friday. It is more than the January-March 2025 growth rate of 7.4 per cent, and first quarter  2024-25 growth rate of 6.5 per cent.The rapid growth in the first quarter of the current financial year further consolidates India’s position as the world’s fastest growing large economy amid a particularly turbulent time that has seen the US tariff war buffet global economic prospects…

Vicky Kaushal is one of those blessed people who can eat whatever they want and barely gain weight. In conversation with Amitabh Bachchan during an episode of his reality television show Kaun Banega Crorepati, the Chhaava actor opened up about his unique metabolism and its perks and pitfalls.“Mujhe na ek bohot khoobsurat problem hai. Mera wazan nahi badhta sir. Mujhe wazan badhane ke liye mehnat karni padhti hai. Main, sir, burger pizze khaa ke wazan ghata sakta hoon,” he told the veteran actor. When Bachchan asked him what he does to increase his weight, Kaushal replied: “Phir sir bohot boring…

Peacekeepers of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) stand at a position formerly held Iran-backed Hezbollah in the Khraibeh Valley in el-Meri in south Lebanon on August 27, 2025. | Photo Credit: AFP The Israeli Army said it carried out a strike on a site run by Hezbollah in southern Lebanon on Sunday. “A short while ago, the IDF [Army] struck military infrastructure, including underground infrastructure, at a Hezbollah site in which military activity was identified, in the area of the Beaufort Ridge in southern Lebanon,” the military said in a statement. “The existence of the site and the activity…