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India’s passport ranking slips NEW DELHI: India has slipped to 125th in the Global Passport Index 2026, remaining outside the top 100 despite a marginal improvement last year. After climbing to 124th in 2025 from 127th between 2021 and 2023, the country has once again lost ground and now offers visa-free access to just 26...

Kylian Mbappe celebrates France’s victory as Paraguay goalkeeper Orlando Gill holds the ball (AP Photo/Matt Slocum) Kylian Mbappe helped France reach the FIFA World Cup quarter-finals with a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Paraguay, but the match ended with ugly scenes after the final whistle.France, considered one of the favourites to win the tournament, were forced...

Bryan Johnson Anti-aging influencer and millionaire Bryan Johnson has recently disclosed that he is battling an autoimmune disease called autoimmune gastritis (AIG). For those unaware, it is a hidden condition in which the immune system attacks the stomach lining. In a post shared on social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter), Johnson wrote: “I...

India’s Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (ANI Photo) Vaibhav Sooryavanshi etched his name into the history books on Saturday after becoming the second-youngest cricketer to debut in international cricket among Full Member nations when India handed the 15-year-old his maiden cap in the second T20I against England at Old Trafford.At 15 years and 99 days, Sooryavanshi surpassed Sachin...

Paraguay’s Matias Galarza (23) talks with France’s Kylian Mbappe (10) (AP Photo/Martin Meissner) France booked their place in the World Cup quarter-finals with a hard-fought 1-0 win over Paraguay, but much of the attention after the match focused on Paraguay’s behaviour rather than the result.After impressing fans by eliminating Germany on penalties in the previous...

British Grand Prix 2026 (Image: AI Generated) Formula 1 has arrived at the iconic British Grand Prix at Silverstone, but this time, neither of the home heroes Lewis Hamilton nor Lando Norris, will start from pole position. Instead, the pole for Sunday’s race belongs to Mercedes rookie Kimi Antonelli.Silverstone has always been more than just...

The grandfather of Ketan Agarwal, the Pune realtor whose death at Lohagad Fort is being investigated as an alleged murder, has died weeks after the incident. PUNE: The grandfather of Ketan Agarwal, the Pune realtor whose death at Lohagad Fort is being investigated as an alleged murder, has died weeks after the incident, the family...

LUCKNOW: As the Ram temple trust holds its emergency meeting on Monday to discuss the theft of donations at the temple and decide the fate of trust general secretary Champat Rai and member Anil Mishra, here is a recap of what we know so far, based on information shared by reliable sources in Ayodhya and...

Donald Trump seeks more time for $5 million sexual abuse payout to E Jean Carroll US President Donald Trump has sought more time to pay the $5 million civil judgment awarded to writer E Jean Carroll for sexual abuse and defamation, a move Carroll’s legal team has described as a move which “appears to be...

Trump said that he’ll deliver the speech despite the rain and storm (File photo) US President Donald Trump on Saturday (local time) insisted that he’ll go ahead with his fourth of July speech even after storm and rain prompted National Mall evacuation.“Storms bring luck to whatever the occasion. They also make events a little bit...