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6 easy ways to keep them away from your garden and home If your garden’s leaves are suddenly looking like lace, riddled with small, ragged holes overnight, there’s a good chance caterpillars have moved in right on schedule. Late summer through early autumn marks peak breeding season for many caterpillar species, when moths lay eggs in large numbers and the resulting larvae spend their days doing exactly what caterpillars do best: eating through leaves at a genuinely alarming pace. A healthy, established plant can usually shrug off some caterpillar activity without lasting harm, but a serious infestation can strip foliage…

NEW DELHI: What would MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have looked like if they had played cricket in the 1980s? A viral AI trend on social media is giving fans an answer, transforming some of India’s biggest cricket stars into retro versions of themselves.The AI-generated pictures have given Dhoni, Kohli, Rohit and Shreyas Iyer vintage hairstyles, colourful outfits and classic 1980s settings.The trend has now spread across the cricket world, with IPL teams and several cricketers joining in and sharing their own 1980s avatars.Cricketers embrace the retro trendYuzvendra Chahal kept his caption short and simple with ‘Retro mode:…

The flight data shows that the aircraft was still travelling at 158 knots, or about 293 kmph, when its nose and right main landing gear touched down. The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released preliminary findings into the runway overrun involving a 21 Air Boeing 767 at Miami International Airport. It revealed that the cargo plane touched down at nearly 300 kmph, despite a pilot warning that it was travelling too fast. The investigation also found that the crew attempted a go-around after touchdown, while there was no indication that the aircraft’s speed brakes or thrust reversers were…

Parineeti Chopra is gearing up to resume full-time work with her upcoming series ‘Shaque’, her first project since the arrival of her baby boy last October. At the trailer launch event held in Mumbai on Thursday, the actor expressed gratitude towards the film industry and audiences for continuing to support actors as they navigate parenthood alongside their careers. The actress welcomed her first child with husband and politician Raghav Chadha in October. With ‘Shaque’, Parineeti not only returns to the screen but also makes her much-awaited OTT debut.Parineeti Chopra on resuming work post motherhoodOn resuming work post motherhood, Parineeti opened…

Why spend a fortune on the latest iPhone when a trip to the local repair shop can apparently give your old one a brand-new personality? Well, that’s not what we are saying but a bunch of smartphone users.The internet is having a field day after a video showed an iPhone 17 Pro being transformed to look like an iPhone 18 Pro – and, naturally, the first word that came to mind for many Indians was jugaad.The video, which has been doing the rounds on X, shows a repair shop worker giving the older iPhone a rather dramatic makeover. The phone…

Saim Ayub and Virender Sehwag (Image credit: Agencies) Former England captain Nasser Hussain has slammed Pakistan’s decision to bring Saim Ayub into the Test team straight from the Caribbean Premier League (CPL), saying the young batter “shouldn’t be here”.Ayub’s return to the Pakistan Test team ended in a nightmare as he was dismissed for a duck in both innings of the third Test against England at Edgbaston. The young opener faced only 11 balls across the two innings, with England pacer Ollie Robinson dismissing him on both occasions.Ayub had arrived in England after playing T20 cricket in the CPL. Hussain…

The Netherlands built one of the world’s most ambitious flood defences after the devastating North Sea flood of 1953. Completed in 1986, the 9-kilometre Eastern Scheldt Barrier was designed to protect hundreds of thousands of people while keeping the estuary open to tides and saltwater. But the engineering solution created an unexpected environmental consequence. By reducing tidal currents, the barrier disrupted the natural movement of sand across the Eastern Scheldt. Decades later, tidal flats and shoals are steadily shrinking in a process known as “sand hunger”.The Eastern Scheldt Barrier was built after the 1953 floodThe Eastern Scheldt Barrier was built…

Guru Dutt’s life to be explored in multi-part series (Image Credits Archives) The lives of Hindi cinema’s legendary stars continue to inspire screen adaptations, with another iconic name now set to be explored. Late actor-filmmaker Guru Dutt’s life and legacy are reportedly being developed as a multi-part series. According to Mid-Day, Manish Goswami’s production house Siddhant Cinevision has acquired the adaptation rights to ‘Bichde Sabhi Baari Baari’, novelist Bimal Mitra’s biography of the celebrated actor-director.Guru Dutt’s life to be explored in multi-part seriesGuru Dutt, regarded as one of Indian cinema’s most influential actor-filmmakers, is the latest legendary personality whose life…

Sameer alleges police hit his hands with a baton at the Libaspur police chowki. “Dil abhi tak ro raha hai sir… chaar din se kaam par nahi gaya hoon… ghar mein khane tak ko nahi hai.” These are the words of Mohd. Sameer, an e-rickshaw driver from Libaspur in Delhi’s Samaypur Badli area, who alleges that he was beaten by police after he caught a man he suspected of trying to steal his e-rickshaw and took him to the Libaspur police chowki.The incident came to light on social media after Sameer’s video of him crying while narrating the incident went…

Mohammed Shami (PTI Photo) Sourav Ganguly has rejected the suggestion that Mohammed Shami is being overlooked by India’s selectors, saying the veteran pacer has already achieved plenty and remains “an absolute champion”.Shami has not played for India since the Champions Trophy 2025, where he was an important part of the side that won the title. The 36-year-old has continued to feature in domestic cricket during his absence from the national team and on Thursday helped East Zone end a 13-year wait for the Duleep Trophy.Ganguly, speaking to reporters at the Eden Gardens, said Shami’s continued commitment to domestic cricket and…