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US hits multiple Iranian tankers near Kharg Island; Iran threatens Gulf shipping The US targeted multiple Iranian oil tankers near Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf on Tuesday, two US officials told CNN, in the latest escalation between Washington and Tehran.One of the officials said the tankers were linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and were struck in response to attempted missile attacks on a US navy warship.The strikes come as the US intensifies its military and economic pressure on Iran, with Washington focusing its operations around the Strait of Hormuz. US forces have been escorting commercial vessels…

Danish Pandor, best known for playing Pakistani gangster Uzair Baloch in Aditya Dhar’s ‘Dhurandhar’ franchise, has reportedly joined the cast of Aamir Khan and Ashutosh Gowariker’s upcoming period sports drama ‘Lalkaara’.According to a report by Bollywood Hungama, Pandor has landed a key role in the film and will play one of Aamir’s friends. He joins Aamir and ‘Jubilee’ actor Sidhant Gupta in the ensemble cast.Danish Pandor to play one of Aamir Khan’s friendsPandor has reportedly been brought on board for an important role in ‘Lalkaara’. While details about his character are being kept under wraps, he is said to play…

Scroll through gardening content online lately, and there’s a decent chance you’ll spot someone dropping a handful of old wine corks into a plant pot or tucking a few underneath it like tiny stilts. It looks almost too simple to actually do anything useful, but this quietly viral trend has genuine science behind it, not just internet hype. Cork, it turns out, has a natural structure that makes it surprisingly well-suited to solving one of the most common problems in container gardening, poor drainage, and gardeners who’ve tried it are reporting healthier plants and fewer soggy, waterlogged roots as a…

India captain Shubman Gill (Image: IANS) Shubman Gill has already packed an impressive collection of records into his career, and the India captain has another milestone to celebrate as he turns 27 today.From rewriting ODI batting records to producing a historic Test series as captain, Gill has continued to make his mark across formats. His rise has been particularly striking in recent years, with the right-hander establishing himself as one of India’s key batters while taking on the leadership role in both Tests and ODIs.As Gill begins his 27th year, here are 10 standout records that underline his remarkable journey…

Iran launched another attack on US Navy ships Monday, WSJ reported Iran launched an attack targeting US navy ships on Monday, but the US military has not yet acknowledged the incident, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing US officials. The reported attack came after Iran fired ballistic missiles at a US aircraft carrier and a guided-missile destroyer over the weekend.No US navy ships were hit in the attacks, according to the officials.However, the repeated attempts to target American warships have raised concerns that Iran may be using more advanced weapons and could be receiving help from China or Russia.The attacks…

Becoming a father has changed the way Pete Davidson looks at the loss of his own dad. Pete’s dad Scott Matthew Davidson, was a New York City firefighter with Ladder Company 118 in Brooklyn Heights. On September 11, 2001, he was at the World Trade Center after the attacks and was killed while helping evacuate people from the Twin Towers. Pete was just seven years old at the time. As the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks approaches, the actor, comedian is confronting the tragedy from a perspective he could not have had as a seven-year-old boy — now…

Artist: B.K. Mitra. (via Twitter: Gita Press, Gorakhpur, India) Before religious images could be created digitally, artists relied on paper, paint and painstaking handwork to give visual form to stories from the Ramayana, Mahabharata and Hindu scriptures. Among those artists was B.K. Mitra, or Binay Kumar Mitra, whose paintings became closely associated with the religious books and publications of Gita Press.For decades, his images appeared in Gita Press books and magazines, giving readers familiar visual representations of Hindu gods and mythological episodes. Yet the name behind many of those paintings remains little known outside art and religious publishing circles.According to…

Mirra Andreeva, of Russia, left, helps Anastasia Potapova, of Austria. (AP Photo) NEW YORK CITY: Anastasia Potapova clutched her knee and crumpled to the court in the closing stages of a gruelling US Open fourth-round clash. After two hours and 25 minutes of pushing each other to their limits, the moment the 25-year-old went down, Mirra Andreeva, the No.5 seed, sprinted across the court to help her friend.In the end, Andreeva, the reigning Roland Garros champion, won the last game to seal a 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 victory, but it was her rush to Potapova’s aid that lingered long after the…

Representative Image (AI-generated) Antarctica has been losing mass for years as glaciers shed ice into the ocean, contributing to rising sea levels. But between 2021 and 2023, the continent experienced an unusual and temporary reversal. Instead of continuing to lose mass at its recent rate, Antarctica gained about 695 billion tonnes over 22 months, marking its largest 22-month mass gain in the past two decades. A study published in Nature found that the unusual increase was largely driven by exceptional snowfall in parts of East Antarctica. The researchers found that the continent’s average mass loss was about 140.5 billion tonnes…

Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone have given fans another glimpse into their growing family with a series of intimate black-and-white pictures featuring their daughter Dua Padukone Singh. This came as a huge surprise for fans on the occasion of Dua’s second birthday. As the couple is expecting their second baby and Deepika is in her third trimester, the actress is glowing as she flaunted her baby bump. The candid pictures capture the couple sharing playful moments with their little girl as they prepare to welcome their second child.Deepika can be seen proudly showing off her baby bump in the photographs,…