India’s crude oil production fell for the third consecutive financial year in 2025/2026, the government said as it launches a push to boost offshore oil and gas exploration. India’s crude output fell by 3% in the 2025/2026 fiscal year ended March 31, 2026, Oil and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri told Parliament. “The domestic…
Sangeetha Sornalingam, the wife of Tamil actor and Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief Vijay, was born on November 7, 1974, into a Sri Lankan Tamil family. She was raised in London, United Kingdom, where she completed her education before marrying Vijay in 1999. Sangeetha holds a Bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Sciences from the University of…
Actor and BJP MP Kangana Ranaut grabbed headlines a few days ago for her comments on the Gen Z and the student protests that took place at Jantar Mantar. She labeled certain young protesters and women as “Generation Gutter,” accusing them of adopting westernized mindsets. On Friday, Kangana pivoted to praise the Gen Z as…
4 min readAug 7, 2026 05:06 PM IST First published on: Aug 7, 2026 at 05:06 PM IST Annam Brahma. In the Vedic vision, food is not mere sustenance. It is Brahman itself — the living substance that becomes body, mind and prana. What we place on the tongue shapes the quality of our thoughts,…
People in southern Lebanon question their government’s approach as Israel launches more attacks and displacement orders. As Israel resumes strikes and issues forced displacement orders in southern Lebanon, residents of the region are expressing anger and helplessness during ongoing talks between Lebanese and Israeli officials. For displaced families, the latest round of strikes on Thursday,…
A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V Mohana was hearing petitions challenging the amendment to Section 8(1)(j) of the RTI Act by which the public interest clause for disclosure of personal information was removed. The Court said the central constitutional issue before the Court was whether…
Indiana University physicists are working on the upgrade of the world’s largest and most powerful particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider, in Geneva, Switzerland. Hal Evans, IU professor of physics, is the deputy project manager overseeing the U.S. $300 million share of the upgrade. The Collider is operated by CERN, the European Center for Nuclear…
POCO is a fan-driven smartphone brand and every year it celebrates the community around its phones with the annual POCO Carnival. This fan festival is an opportunity for people to get together, to engage with the brand, to discuss innovations and to see what’s next. The theme this year is “From 8 to ∞” and…
Diagnoses for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have increased in many countries across all age groups, our latest review has found. We have also shown that prescriptions for ADHD treatments have seen similar increases across all age groups. Our latest review, published in the Journal of Psychopharmacology, drew together the recently published research on ADHD…
New Delhi: A total solar eclipse, a planetary alignment, a new moon and the annual Perseid meteor shower will coincide on 12 August, making it one of the busiest days on the 2026 astronomical calendar, according to NASA. The day will begin with a pre-dawn planetary alignment, often referred to as a “planetary parade,” followed…
