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Peter Van Geit recounts his six-year legal battle in an Instagram post. In June 2024, Belgian trekker and Chennai-based activist Peter Van Geit lost his 93-year-old mother, Irena Van Goethem. She died in Belgium, where Van Geit had wanted to be with her during her final years.Instead, he says, he was in India, after years…
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The week begins with a very clear shift in energy.We enter Krishna Paksha of Ashwin month, as per the Purnimanta Panchang, beginning with Pratipada and gradually moving through the declining lunar phase towards Ashtami. Unlike the previous week, when the Moon was growing towards Purnima, this week the Moon begins to reduce.That itself changes the…
Vancouver workers expecting to find boxes of T-shirts inside a shipping container instead discovered 14 duffle bags containing 328.55 kg of cocaine worth an estimated C$5.8 million, according to police. The seizure is the largest cocaine seizure in the history of the Vancouver Police Department.The drugs were discovered by employees at a legitimate Vancouver-based company…
France’s baguette gets a fuel shock France’s beloved baguette is getting harder to make for bakers. And the problem isn’t finding the right magic to keep its signature crust intact, it starts even before the recipe does!Bakers are facing an unlikely financial and fuel squeeze, having to spend more just to keep their ovens burning…
Mobile retailers warn of higher costs, call October 2 protest (representative image) Mobile phone retailers across India plan to observe October 2 as a “No UPI Day”, protesting the proposed 0.4% Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) on specified UPI merchant transactions above Rs 2,000.The protest has been called by the All India Mobile Retailers Association (AIMRA),…
ENG VS SL LIVE SCORE: England have won the toss and elected to bat first. The hosts have made three changes to their playing XI from the previous game, with Jordan Cox replacing the injured Jos Buttler, while Liam Dawson and Sonny Baker have come in for Rehan Ahmed and Josh Tongue. Sri Lanka, meanwhile,…
For more than two centuries, native oysters were absent from Dublin Bay. That changed with a restoration project that is now placing thousands of the shellfish back into the harbour at Dún Laoghaire. As reported by Irish Times, in November 2025, more than 18,000 native Irish oysters were introduced in floating baskets along the middle…
Nani and Srikanth Odela reunited for their latest release ‘The Paradise’ after their successful 2023 film ‘Dasara’. During an event hosted by the makers recently, the director talked about his close relationship with Nani and addressed reports about disagreements between them during the making of the film.During an event hosted by the makers of ‘The…
And then there are the payments that don’t feel like “banking” until something goes wrong.Rent, school fees, domestic help, subscriptions, utility bills and payments to local service providers often sit in different parts of a family’s monthly routine. If any of these depend on a cheque, cash or a particular bank transaction, check them now.The…
