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There are bad stoner movies, good stoner movies, and elite stoner movies. Harold and Kumar go to White Castle firmly falls in the third category, the first proper coming-of-age movies that shows that second-generation Asian-Americans are just as assimilated as other races and have the same American dream: getting high, meeting girls, and binging on...

MS Dhoni. (Photo/social media) The news did not arrive with drama. It did not wait for a farewell match, a final lap around the ground on the shoulders of fellow teammates, or a long speech explaining the moment. It arrived as a press release. No association was allowed to turn the moment into an event....

Bus drivers in Noida are navigating thick fog, risking their lives to transport commuters to destinations like Agra NOIDA: Driving an early morning bus from Noida to Agra at this time of the year is partly guesswork for Manish Kumar. “We usually leave the depot at 5 am and reach Agra by 9 am. There...

NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar will attend the funeral of Bangladesh’s former prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia in Dhaka tomorrow, the ministry if external affairs said on Tuesday.“The external affairs minister, Dr. S Jaishankar will represent the government and people of India at the funeral of Begum Khaleda Zia, former Prime Minister of...

NEW DELHI: The defence ministry on Tuesday inked contracts worth Rs 4,666 crore for procurement of over 4.25 lakh close-quarter battle carbines with two domestic firms and 48 heavyweight torpedoes for the Scorpene or Kalvari-class submarines with an Italian one.The Rs 2,770 crore deal for the CQB carbines, along with accessories, was inked with Bharat...

Gurjoat Siingh Khangura (Special arrangements) NEW DELHI: “Gurjoat ka matlab hai Guru ki Jyot, the light of God,” said Gurjoat Siingh Khangura, his voice still carrying the absolute warmth and undeniable pride of a newly crowned national champion.As he finished explaining his name’s literal meaning, a short pause and a quiet laugh followed. After all,...

Bangladesh has been in turmoil since the killing of youth leader Sharif Osman Hadi (File photo) Bajendra Biswas, a Hindu worker was killed on Monday after being shot while on duty at a garment factory in Bangladesh’s Mymensingh. The accused, fellow Ansar member Noman Mia, has been arrested, news agency ANI reported citing local media.The...

Economist Dean Baker calls Mark Zuckerberg losing $77 billion on Metaverse broader economic failure that … Economist Dean Baker has criticized Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg saying he threw “$77 billion … into the toilet” with his bet on Metaverse. The economist published a newsletter where he called Meta’s $77 billion investment into Meta’s virtual reality...

Google’s AI comeback, spearheaded by Gemini 3, has shaken OpenAI, forcing CEO Sam Altman to issue a ‘code red’. Following earlier stumbles, a dream team including Demis Hassabis and Sergey Brin revitalized the company. Gemini’s user base surged, surpassing ChatGPT in app store rankings and challenging OpenAI’s enterprise dominance, marking a significant shift in the...

The death of Khaleda Zia closes one of the most dominant and polarising chapters in Bangladesh’s political history, and throws the country’s approaching national elections into uncharted territory. For more than three decades, Zia was not merely a leader of the opposition or a former prime minister; she was an electoral force without precedent. From...