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The plane hasn’t fully stopped, the seatbelt sign is still on, and suddenly there’s movement in the aisle. Bags come down, shoulders turn sideways, and a handful of passengers start inching forward. If this scene feels familiar, you’ve likely encountered what travellers now call “aisle lice.”Travel has no shortage of small annoyances, and social media…
India’s PV Sindhu returns to Vietnam’s Nguyen Thuy Linh during the women’s singles round of 32 match at the India Open 2026 badminton tournament, in New Delhi. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: The Badminton Association of India (BAI) on Wednesday pushed back against criticism over playing conditions at the ongoing India Open 2026, with its general…
Nearly all political donations made by Yale professors in 2025 went to Democratic candidates and groups, according to an analysis of federal campaign finance data by the Yale Daily News.The newspaper reviewed more than 7,000 filings submitted to the Federal Election Commission in 2025 that listed Yale as the employer. Of 1,099 donations in which…
Bollywood often celebrates glamour, success, and box-office numbers, but behind the spotlight lie struggles that rarely make it into public conversations. In an exclusive interview with ETimes, Alexx O’Nell—an American-born actor and musician who has built a prolific, nearly two-decade-long career across Indian cinema in languages including Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, and Malayalam—speaks candidly about loneliness,…
Beetroot kanji is a traditional fermented drink which is especially enjoyed during winter. With its bright colour, tangy taste, and digestive health benefits, kanji is refreshing and healthy.This is the most common recipe of kanji. But also, there are quite a few variations you can attempt in order to suit varying tastes and health needs….
Aamir Khan will be seen in a cameo in ‘Happy Patel: Khatarnak Jasoos’. The film produced by him is directed by Vir Das and Kavi Shastri. The film also sees Vir in a lead role apart from actors like Mona Singh, Mithila Palkar. It will also have Imran Khan making his comeback in a cameo….
Tomorrow, single focus break—maybe due to delay, side task, or just fleeting thought—that will take you on a learning journey. What seemed, at first glance, a distraction gives either a new perspective or a fact you can use. One does not learn by imposition but across the back door. In a gentle reminder that some…
The widening of the Asharodi–Jhajhra road near Dehradun has brought into sharp focus a larger and more pressing question confronting Uttarakhand today: how should development proceed in an ecologically fragile Himalayan foothill region? On January 9 this year, the Uttarakhand high court, while deciding WPPIL No. 37 of 2025—a matter in which this writer has…
A Senate hearing on the safety and regulation of abortion pills turned tense on Wednesday when Senator Josh Hawley repeatedly pressed Indian-origin obstetrician-gynecologist Dr. Nisha Verma on whether men can become pregnant. The exchange during the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee session went viral on social media.The hearing was meant to focus on the…
A case has been registered after the Block Development Office (BDO) in Farakka, Murshidabad, was allegedly ransacked by a group of unidentified men on Monday afternoon, leaving a poll official injured. BJP MLA Gouri Sankar accused the ruling TMC Farakka MLA Manirul Islam of leading the vandalism caused at the government property.In a sharp attack,…
