Actress-model Banita Sandhu is set to star in G2, the sequel to the 2018 Telugu film Goodachari starring Adivi Sesh, the makers said on Monday. Sandhu, known for movies such as October and Sardar Udham, will star opposite Sesh in the upcoming action spy thriller to be directed by Vinay Kumar Sirigineedi. The actress said she is looking…
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi responded to a ‘Thank you’ note by the legendary rockstar Mick Jagger. After concluding his India trip, the British rock band The Rolling Stones lead vocalist shared a note written in Hindi on X. His note accompanied a video of him singing ‘Dreamy Skies’ from the…
AUSTRALIA won a record-extending sixth 50-overs World Cup title after opener Travis Head smashed a magnificent century to fashion their six-wicket victory in Sunday’s (19) final against the tournament’s in-form team India. Put into bat, India rode battling half-centuries by KL Rahul and Virat Kohli to post a below-par 240…
An evaluation of data from the National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (Notto) in India has revealed that a significant majority of organ donors in India are women. Between 1995 and 2021, among the 36,640 patients who underwent transplants, approximately four out of five living donors were women. Correspondingly, four…
According to a study published in The Lancet’s eClinicalMedicine journal, over 1.3 million lives are lost annually due to tobacco-induced cancers across seven countries, including India. The researchers observed that the collective contribution of India, China, the UK, Brazil, Russia, the US, and South Africa accounted for over half of…
RELIGIOUS Britons are “significantly happier” than atheists and non-religious people, new research has revealed. People for whom religion is an important part of their identity “are also more optimistic and more resilient than atheists and non-religious people,” the study commissioned by the research forum Institute for the Impact of Faith…
INDIA rode battling half-centuries by KL Rahul and Virat Kohli to post 240 all out in exactly 50 overs against Australia in the final of the World Cup at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Sunday (19). Pat Cummins’s decision to field, primarily to avoid operating with a dewy…
The official inquiry into the Covid-19 pandemic is anticipated to disclose compelling evidence this week, regarding the tensions and disputes among the then prime minister Boris Johnson, his ministers, and the country’s top scientific advisors. Sir Patrick Vallance, the government’s former chief scientific adviser, is set to provide evidence during…
INDIAN authorities were exploring five new plans to rescue workers trapped inside a collapsed tunnel in the Indian Himalayas after a week of failed attempts. Forty-one men, stuck in the highway tunnel in Uttarakhand state since November 12, are safe and being fed through a pipe, the authorities say. The…
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, on Sunday (19) said that tax cuts raising inflation would not be implemented. This statement comes shortly before his scheduled unveiling of a major budget update, widely anticipated to contain tax reductions. The Sunday Times reported that Hunt was considering cutting income tax…