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Indian music has transcended boundaries and is loved by a majority of the population. The catchy beats can make anyone want to break into a dance. How do we know, you ask? Well, a video of a bunch of Korean students dancing to the popular song Ghagra has gone viral online. And, it is just […]
Amber Heard sat down for her first public interview since she lost the defamation trial against her former husband Johnny Depp. She revealed that she doesn’t “blame” the jury for siding with Depp but called the social media frenzy surrounding her case as it overwhelmingly appeared to favour Depp. In an interview with Today Show, […]
Microsoft is finally pulling the plug on the iconic Internet Explorer. The web browser was first released in 1995 as part of the add-on package Plus! for Windows 95 that year. Later versions were available as free downloads, or in-service packs, and included in the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) service releases of Windows 95 and […]
Nikhat Zareen won the World Boxing Championships in Turkey on May 19, becoming only the fifth Indian woman to be crowned world champion (flyweight). But her story to the podium is also about breaking free from the shackles of patriarchy, tradition, mindset and, most importantly, from inhibitions. She is now setting her sights on the […]
Kailia Posey, the 16-year-old star of “Toddlers & Tiaras,” died by suicide, her family said in a statement Wednesday. “Although she was an accomplished teenager with a bright future ahead of her, unfortunately in one impetuous moment, she made the rash decision to end her earthly life,” the family said in a statement posted on […]
A team of Chinese scientists has set up the world’s highest weather station on Mount Everest, or Qomolangma, at an altitude of 8,830 metres above sea level. The team successfully tested the automatic station by conducting a transmission to show that the system is working. According to CGTN, China now has seven such stations, including three on […]
Harshada was encouraged to take up weightlifting by her father and his maternal uncle, both of whom nurtured dreams of competing internationally but never could. HARSHADA GARUD recalls the buzz that day when as a 12-year-old, she casually walked up to a 50-kg rice sack, lifted it on her back and coolly set it down, […]
A new study has suggested that Hawaii is the best place on Earth to experience the wonder of rainbows. These multicolored meteorological phenomena are caused by reflection, refraction and dispersion of light in water droplets resulting in a spectrum of light appearing in the sky in a circular arc, and the study maintains that Hawaii […]
