September 26, 2026

Jasmine Sandlas: ‘Dhurandhar’ singer Jasmine Sandlas recalls mistaking her first periods for cancer : ‘Thought I was going to die, was scared, didn’t know how to tell my mom’ | Hindi Movie News

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Punjabi singer Jasmine Sandlas, how claimed to fame with the song ‘Jaye Sajana’ from Ranveer Singh, Akshaye Khanna, R Madhavan, Sanjay Dutt, Arjun Rampal starrer ‘Dhurandhar’ recently opened up about her first experience with menstruation. Speaking a podcast, she revealed that the lack of awareness around periods left her terrified as a young girl. The…

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RITES: Double-decker flyover undercuts Bengaluru Metro gains | Bengaluru News

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Engineering consultancy RITES has flagged issues with Bengaluru’s proposed double-decker flyover. BENGALURU: Chief minister DK Shivakumar’s plan to construct a 37km double-decker flyover along the proposed Orange Line Metro corridor has run into its strongest pushback yet with engineering consultancy and transport infrastructure company RITES Ltd raising red flags on several grounds.Expressing fears that the…

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A campaign eliminated billions of sparrows to protect crops in 1958; the birds’ disappearance accidentally triggered one of history’s most devastating locust plagues | World News

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A campaign intended to protect China’s food supply became one of history’s starkest examples of ecological miscalculation. In 1958, Mao Zedong’s government targeted sparrows under the nationwide Four Pests Campaign because the birds were believed to consume valuable grain. Millions of citizens were mobilised to destroy nests, break eggs and drive the birds from the…

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Isro needs stronger gravitational pull, not sealed doors, to address problem of staff attrition Attrition is not a new problem for Isro. In 2006, it lost 187 newly trained scientists. Mainly due to better pay in the private sector. Now, about 100 have quit in the past few months, TOI reported on Thursday. Can we shrug it…

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In 1980, Mount St Helens buried a river valley in volcanic sediment. Then 58 beavers helped turn the wasteland into a thriving wetland

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More than 40 years after the Mount St. Helens eruption buried a Washington river valley under volcanic sediment, 58 relocated beavers have helped restore the damaged landscape. (Representational AP photo) More than four decades after the 1980 eruption of Mount St Helens, one family in the US state of Washington has watched a damaged landscape…

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‘Modi thinks way in advance’: PM says Hormuz crisis didn’t affect Railways, draws parallel with 2014 | India News

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NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the rapid electrification of Indian Railways over the past 12 years has helped the country withstand global energy disruptions, claiming the rail network would have come to a “complete standstill” during the ongoing Middle East crisis if the same situation had arisen before 2014.Addressing a gathering…

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