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Most people give up on old dreams once life gets busy with jobs, families and daily struggles. But a 45-year-old woman from Jammu has shown that it is never too late to go back and finish what was left incomplete. Renu Hans, a Kashmiri Pandit woman who cannot hear or speak, has cleared her Class 10 examination with a good percentage, more than two decades after she first attempted it and how her son played a pivotal role throughout her journey is inspiring.Meet Renu Hans: the 45-year-old Kashmiri Pandit woman who cleared class 10 examinations over 20 years laterWhile most…

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Sanju Samson (Agency Image) Sanju Samson has offered a candid take on the outside noise and his competition with Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s omission from India’s playing XI against Afghanistan, insisting that competition between players cannot come at the expense of the team’s larger objective.Samson and Abhishek Sharma opened in India’s first two T20Is against Afghanistan, leaving Sooryavanshi on the bench despite the teenager having been named Player of the Series in Zimbabwe.While Samson managed only 10 off eight balls in the series opener, he responded emphatically in the second game, smashing 57 off just 22 deliveries as India…

Across one of Saudi Arabia’s largest protected desert landscapes, a conservation experiment that began in the 1990s is still visible two decades later. A total of 313 captive-bred Arabian and sand gazelles were released into Uruq Bani Ma’arid, where their movements were first followed with radio tracking. When researchers returned in 2015–2016, a large camera-trap survey showed that both species had established populations, although they used different parts of the reserve. Sand gazelles also shifted their range with the seasons, while Arabian gazelles changed their activity as temperatures rose, spending more time active at night and around dawn and dusk.Saudi…

New Order keyboardist Gillian Gilbert shares that she has been living with cancer. (Instagram) Gillian Gilbert, who is best known as the talented keyboardist from the band New Order, recently opened up about a major health update in her life. The musician shared a statement online, revealing that she has been living with cancer for some time now.Gillian Gilbert reveals that she has cancerTaking to her Instagram account, the 65-year-old shared that she had been dealing with some health issues for a while now. She added that she appreciated her family’s support; however, she clarified that the health issue was…

Chintakindi Mallesham invented the Laxmi Asu machine for Pochampally saree weavers It all started when Chintakindi Mallesham’s mother said “I can’t weave anymore. My hands have worn out.” A saree may take pride of place in a wardrobe, but for the woman who helps make it, the beauty of the finished six-yard fabric can come after hours of repetitive, physically exhausting work. “For one saree, a 12km thread is wound nearly 9000 times.”For Chintakindi Mallesham, that reality was impossible to ignore. He had grown up in a family of handloom weavers in Sharjipet, Telangana, watching his mother Laxmi work on…

KOLKATA: With the Indian men’s hockey team preparing to defend its Asian Games title, former captain and goalkeeper PR Sreejesh believes the next two years will be crucial not just for winning in Asia but for building a team capable of challenging the world’s best at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.Sreejesh said the period following the Asian Games would present the ideal opportunity to make changes to the squad and gradually integrate younger players into the senior setup. “If you want to make any changes, this is the right time,” Sreejesh told TOI in an exclusive interview.“Next year we play…

FBI director Kash Patel declined to rule out sending agents to polling places on Election Day, telling senators he wasn’t certain the bureau is legally barred from doing so. “I don’t know that we can’t legally do it,” Patel told the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday. He said the FBI plans to station agents and intelligence analysts in field offices to handle election-security issues.Senator Richard Blumenthal repeatedly pressed Patel for an unequivocal commitment that agents wouldn’t be deployed to polling sites. Patel said, “The FBI will follow the law. If there’s a reason to go there, because there’s been a violation…

Katrina Kaif’s recent appearance at a star-studded Ganpati celebration in Mumbai city has sparked a discussion on social media, with some users commenting on the actress’ appearance and postpartum body.Katrina Kaif’s rare public appearance sparks debateThe actress, who welcomed her first child, baby Vihaan Kaushal, with husband Vicky Kaushal, in November 2025, largely kept her personal life private since embracing motherhood. Her rare public appearance at the starry event, went viral on social media, prompting a range of reactions to her appearance.While some netizens resorted to trolling the actress, comparing her postpartum look to her appearances in special dance numbers,…

Christy Turlington was the face Sabyasachi Mukherjee chose to open his much-awaited return to New York Fashion Week. And it wasn’t just any runway appearance. The supermodel walked out in a striking denim look, wearing pieces from Sabyasachi’s new fine jewellery collaboration with The Metropolitan Museum of Art.The show, titled ‘Bengal Byzantine Broadway’, took place on September 15 and marked Sabyasachi’s return to New York Fashion Week nearly 18 years after his last show there in 2009.For Turlington, it was also a return to the Sabyasachi runway. She had previously closed the designer’s 25th-anniversary retrospective in Mumbai, while Deepika Padukone…

England skipper Harry Brook Ben Stokes has heaped praise on Harry Brook after the England white-ball captain produced another breathtaking T20I innings against Sri Lanka, even suggesting that the young batter’s talent surpasses that of Kevin Pietersen.Brook smashed an unbeaten 114 off just 49 balls in the first T20I in Southampton, striking 10 fours and six sixes at a remarkable strike rate of 232.65. His assault helped England post 254/4 before they bowled Sri Lanka out for 135 in 19 overs to win by 119 runs.Stokes, who has played alongside Brook for England, took to X to express his admiration…