PM Modi virtually launches ‘Nasha Mukt Yuva’ campaign (File photo) NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday launched the ‘Nasha Mukt Yuva for Viksit Bharat Sankalp Abhiyan’, calling on the country’s youth to stay physically and mentally fit and remain away from drug abuse.He said achieving the goal of a developed India requires a...
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Jeff Bezos warns Mamdani on NYC taxes, Amazon founder hits slams wasteful spending
Zohran Mamdani Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has weighed in on New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s proposed pied-à-terre tax, which would levy an annual surcharge on non-primary residences valued at $5 million or more, according to a report by Fortune. Bezos, who himself owns a residence in the city, said that the proposed tax itself...
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‘If I do a cameo in Rajinikanth’s film, people won’t even notice me’: Vijay Sethupathi
3 min readHyderabadUpdated: Aug 2, 2026 12:02 PM IST Actor Vijay Sethupathi has confirmed that he is now following a strict no-cameo policy and intends to stick to it, with one exception: Rajinikanth’s Jailer 2. And even that, he said, came with a logic that had nothing to do with the film itself. “I’ve stopped...
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‘PM gave her jeevandaan’: Noida teen’s mother thanks Modi, wants him to ‘adopt her’
The mother of a Noida teenager thanked Prime Minister Modi for forgiving her daughter’s protest remarks. NEW DELHI: The mother of the Noida teenager booked for allegedly using abusive language against Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a protest at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar has thanked the PM for forgiving her daughter, saying his gesture had given...
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18 years after Saina Nehwal, Tanvi Sharma brings Taipei Open title back to India
Tanvi Sharma (Image credit: BAI) Indian badminton player Tanvi Sharma won the first BWF World Tour title of her career after beating Vietnam’s Thuy Linh Nguyen in the women’s singles final of the Taipei Open Super 300 on Sunday.The 17-year-old from Punjab defeated the sixth seed 21-16, 21-16 in just 36 minutes to lift her...
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2-hour audiobook, studied 16mm footage: How Madhavan prepped to play GD Naidu in biopic
4 min readHyderabadAug 2, 2026 11:10 AM IST Before R Madhavan stepped on set to play GD Naidu, he had already built the film in his head. The actor created a two-hour-forty-minute audiobook with every dialogue spoken, music layered in and effects added. He studied decades-old 16mm footage shot at 12 frames per second to...
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‘Very difficult to lose weight’: Kishwer Merchantt shares thyroid battle during pregnancy
4 min readNew DelhiAug 2, 2026 10:57 AM IST Actor Kishwer Merchantt recently opened up about her ongoing struggle with weight loss after developing thyroid issues during pregnancy. Speaking to Galatta India, she candidly shared, “I got thyroid when I got pregnant. It is very difficult to lose weight with thyroid. You don’t know this…...
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Burnt-out vehicles, heavy security: PoK votes in second phase amid unrest
The elections in Pakistan-occupied Jammu & Kashmir (PoK) have been overshadowed by violence, allegations of electoral rigging and reports of enforced disappearances Pakistan conducted the second phase of legislative assembly elections in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoK) on Sunday amid fresh unrest, with residents reporting burnt vehicles, rock-strewn roads and heavy security across parts of...
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‘Bit by bit, Pak eroded India’s faith’: Envoy Vinay Mohan Kwatra on IWT pause
India’s envoy to the US, Vinay Mohan Kwatra said Pakistan had eroded the foundation of the Indus Waters Treaty over the past five decades. He added that Islamabad had “dismantled” the goodwill and friendship that underpinned the 1960 agreement, and that New Delhi’s decision to keep the treaty in abeyance merely acknowledged that reality.As reported...
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Spider-Man: Brand New Day leaked on X, reaches 5.9M accounts before removal
5.9 million accounts saw the Spider-Man leak on X. Sony still had a record Friday. A high-quality bootleg of Spider-Man: Brand New Day sat in plain sight on X for most of Friday, reaching 5.9 million accounts before Sony managed to get it pulled. The post went up at 6:05 am PT from an account...
