A short video showing a woman without a hijab burning a photograph of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, to light a cigarette has spread rapidly across social media, becoming one of the most striking protest images linked to the latest wave of unrest associated with Iran. The act brings together several taboos under the…
Rescue workers put out a fire at a residential building damaged by a Russian strike in Kyiv, Ukraine (Picture credit: AP) A Ukrainian drone strike triggered a fire at an oil depot in Russia’s southern Volgograd region on Saturday, regional authorities said, as both sides continued to target energy infrastructure amid intensified fighting. There were…
The Andhra Pradesh Cabinet has approved the Dagadarthi greenfield airport project in Nellore district, giving a major push to the state’s aviation and industrial infrastructure, PTI reported citing officials.With this approval, Dagadarthi will become Andhra Pradesh’s eighth airport, strengthening the state’s plans to build a multimodal logistics and industrial network, they added.Strategically located, the proposed…
The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced an increase in premium processing fees for several immigration benefits, including the widely used H-1B visa. The revised fees will take effect from March 1, and will apply to requests postmarked on or after that date. This is as per a press release by the US…
NEW DELHI: Wicket-keeper batter Rishabh Pant was briefly treated after being struck above his waist during net practice as India put the final touches to their preparations for the three-ODI series against New Zealand, starting Sunday at the Baroda Cricket Association Stadium. Pant was batting against Indian throwdown specialists when he copped the blow and…
NEW DELHI: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee condemned the Special Intensive Revision going on in the state, alleging the process that was expected to be constructive has already claimed 77 lives while leaving multiple others needing hospitalisation.In her letter to the Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, the CM wrote, “It is shocking that an exercise…
Kick streamer Konvy was reportedly shot while livestreaming in the Bronx, New York City, according to social media posts and video clips shared online. Meanwhile, Streamer Adin Ross, a close friend and roommate of Konvy, addressed the incident in a livestream and confirmed that it was real. “Yeah, I don’t know. We’re figuring it out…
With his promise of the “nice way or the difficult way,” Donald Trump appears to be reviving an old American ambition with a harder edge. A US plan to buy Greenland for $100 million in the 20th century never came to fruition, but Trump’s renewed interest has given the idea fresh urgency and made it…
PhonePe Payment Gateway on Saturday launched ‘PhonePe PG Bolt’ for Visa and Mastercard credit and debit card transactions, aiming to offer a faster and more secure in-app checkout experience for users and merchants, PTI reported.The solution uses device tokenisation to enable secure payments within apps for users on the PhonePe platform as well as merchant…
This waterfall is called ‘The Smoke That Thunders’ and the reason is wild Waterfalls have a way of announcing themselves before they come into view. You hear them first, then feel the air change, then see water rising instead of falling. Victoria Falls does all of this at once. Long before you reach the edge,…