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Filmmaker Shonali Bose with her friend Chika Kapadia in a sequence from the documentary ‘A Fly on the Wall’. An infectious energy pervades the screen every time Chika Kapadia appears on it with his share of wit and wisdom. It is hardly believable that this man, so full of life, is just a few days away from his death, on a day of his choosing. Nilesh Maniyar and Shonali Bose’s documentary ‘A Fly on the Wall’, being screened in the Long Documentary category at the 17th International Documentary and Short Film Festival (IDSFFK) captures the last days of this man…

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Former cricketer Sunil Gavaskar poses with his statue during the inauguration of the MCA Sharad Pawar Cricket Museum at Wankhede Stadium, in Mumbai on August 23, 2025 | Photo Credit: PTI He played for the Dadar Union Sports Club, one of the iconic cricket clubs in the home of Indian cricket. It was befitting then that Sunil Gavaskar, the former India captain who in 1987 became the first man on the planet to score 10,000 runs in Test cricket, has donated his Dadar Union cap along with his memorabilia to the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) for its unique museum.“Dadar Union…

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Both on view through August 31.Neue GalerieNext up at the Neue? German Masterworks from the Neue Galerie, which will pull from the museum’s vast stores of German art from the period 1890 to 1940. As Austria enjoyed the Expressionist movement, Germany during this time saw major developments in color and form from the Brücke (Bridge) and Blaue Reiter (Blue Rider) groups. Expect unexpected colors from Vasily Kandinsky, August Macke, and more. There’s also Sacred Spring: Modern Viennese Graphics, 1897-1918 with 75 pieces of ephemera from that period on view through September 22.German Masterworks from the Neue Galerie on view through…

Strikes are latest by the Nigerian military as it battles resurgence of attacks by armed groups in country’s northeast.The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says it has killed at least 35 armed fighters in air strikes near the country’s border with Cameroon, following intelligence that an attack on ground troops was being planned.The strikes were launched on Saturday on four targets in the Kumshe area in Borno State, near the Nigeria-Cameroon border, said NAF spokesperson Ehimen Ejodame.“Following the operation, communication was re-established with ground troops, who confirmed that the situation around their location had been stabilised,” he said.The strikes are the…

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman chairs a meeting of Group of Ministers (GoMs) constituted by the GST Council on Compensation Cess, Health and Life Insurance, and Rate Rationalisation at Vigyan Bhawan, in New Delhi. File. Photo: X/@FinMinIndia via PTI The story so far: The Group of Ministers (GoM) appointed by the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council to look into the rationalisation of rates in GST says it has accepted the Union government’s proposals on how to go about the process. The GST Council said it will hold its next meeting on September 3-4 and discuss the proposals. The Union government…

Updated on: Aug 22, 2025 06:33 pm IST Millie Bobbie Brown announced that she and husband, Jake Bongiovi, have adopted a daughter. The two secretly wed in May 2024. Stranger Things star Millie Bobby Brown has embraced motherhood. The actress, 21, and her husband Jake Bongiovi, 23, announced through a joint post on Instagram that they have adopted a daughter. A day after the announcement, Millie and Jake were seen in the Hamptons in New York, where the actor was spotted wearing a ‘Mother’ sweatshirt while Jake pushed a stroller. Millie Bobby Brown and her husband, Jake Bongiovi, have taken…

Actor Austin Butler revealed that he experienced temporary blindness for a few minutes before filming the movie The Bikeriders directed by Jeff Nichols, reported Deadline. Austin Butler revealed that he experienced temporary blindness during the shooting of The Bikeriders Austin details about his ordealThe Oscar nominee revealed that he experienced temporary blindness for a few minutes after he was awakened by a terrible migraine on a flight to film The Bikeriders, just as he was landing in Cincinnati, Ohio, to begin production on the Jeff Nichols film. “It felt like life was being sucked from my body. I suddenly felt…

Jharkhand skipper Kumar Kushagra Skipper Kumar Kushagra brought up his century (103) as Jharkhand posted 283 against Hyderabad on day two of the second-round match in the All India Buchi Babu invitational cricket tournament at the Guru Nanak college ground in Chennai on Saturday (August 23, 2025).In response, Hyderabad reached 223 for four, courtesy of opener P. Nitish Reddy’s breezy 106. Nitish and left-hander Rahul Radesh (61 batting) added 124 runs for the second-wicket partnership. Left-hander Soham Patwardhan, too, struck a ton to help Madhya Pradesh to 230 for nine versus Punjab at the MRF-Pachaiyappa’s ground. A 158-run second-wicket stand between Qamran…