Surayya Tyabji: The artist behind India’s final tricolour design. (Photo: Social Media) “Every thread that weaves a nation into being leaves behind a story.” Yet one of the most important threads in India’s history remained almost invisible for decades. When students learn about the Indian national flag, one name usually appears in textbooks: Pingali Venkayya,…
Saif Ali Khan spent Independence Day reflecting on the role of India’s armed forces and the growing concerns his children have about conflicts around the world. The actor spoke about conversations at home with his sons, Taimur and Jeh, who have started asking questions about war, safety and what could happen if global tensions escalate.Saif…
PISCES Weekly Horoscope – Intuition, Healing, and Divine Guidance Lead You Toward New Beginnings (AI Image) This week feels like a river that bends more than once, Pisces. It begins with promise. Early on, you may receive encouraging news through relationships, family channels, legal matters, or business contacts. There is movement around marriage proposals for…
Food safety officials inspected 26 Bengaluru hotels on Friday. Thirty teams collected 35 food samples for laboratory analysis NEW DELHI: The food regulator failed to impose Rs 5.60 crore in penalties on 2,430 food businesses that either did not file or delayed filing mandatory annual returns, a CAG audit has found, raising questions over enforcement…
India’s foreign exchange demand is no longer isolated in the country’s biggest cities, with smaller urban centres accounting for more than half of the total demand, according to Thomas Cook India’s Forex Report 2026.Tier-2 and tier-3 cities together made up 53% of forex demand during the period covered by the report. Tier-2 cities alone accounted…
Former Australia opener David Warner criticised Steve Smith for an unusual review during the first Test against Bangladesh on Saturday. Warner said he had no issue with Smith challenging the umpire’s decision, but questioned why the Australian batter signalled for a review before umpire Kumar Dharmasena had even raised his finger.The incident happened in the…
Babar Azam (left) and Shan Masood (right) Former Pakistan captain Azhar Ali has linked the country’s recent struggles in Test cricket to the decline of departmental cricket, which he believes played a major role in developing players.Azhar, who represented Pakistan in nine Tests and 31 ODIs, described departmental teams as a key “nursery” for the…
In September 1968, three months before Apollo 8 carried the first humans around the Moon, two Central Asian steppe tortoises had already made the same journey and returned home alive. According to Nasa, the tortoises launched aboard the Soviet Union’s Zond 5 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, travelling alongside wine flies, worms and plants as…
TGBIE has extended the deadline for Intermediate first-year admission registration for 2026-27 to August 31, giving junior colleges more time to complete enrolments. The board has reiterated reservation norms, including quotas for SC, ST, BC, EWS and other categories. Admissions will be based on qualifying marks and grades, with Aadhaar details and seat disclosure made…
Ram Gopal Varma shares his unfiltered opinion on the downfall of Telugu cinema(Image Credit: Facebook) Director Ram Gopal Varma has blamed the lack of accountability among directors as the reason Telugu cinema is struggling. He blames the Telugu film industry’s recurring financial crises on a severe lack of directorial accountability and poor cost control by…
