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There’s a good chance a stack of yesterday’s newspapers is sitting somewhere in your home right now, waiting for its usual fate, wrapping fragile items, lining a shelf, or simply heading straight to the recycling pile. But that ordinary stack of newsprint is quietly one of the most versatile materials sitting around most Indian homes, useful well beyond the handful of jobs people typically reach for it. From the garden to the kitchen to genuinely surprising emergency fixes, here are ten things old newspaper can do that go far beyond wrapping.Streak-free glass and mirror cleaningThis remains one of newspaper’s best-known…

Pakistan’s Shaheen Shah Afridi, left. celebrates with teammate Babar Azam (AP Photo) Former Pakistan batter Basit Ali has claimed that a fallout between Babar Azam and Shaheen Shah Afridi over the captaincy played a major role in the national team’s decline.Basit’s comments came after Pakistan’s miserable showing in England, where they have already surrendered the three-match Test series 2-0 following a 194-run defeat at Lord’s. The visitors have faced widespread criticism for their performances, with the team struggling to show any fight in either of the opening two Tests.According to Basit, however, Pakistan’s problems go much deeper than the current…

Danny Ellerd’s life once appeared to be heading towards an early death. After years of addiction and homelessness, he was found beneath an I-40 overpass in Oklahoma City weighing just 92 pounds, according to recovery organisation Hope Is Alive. Officers initially planned to book him on outstanding warrants, but his physical condition was so severe that he was taken to hospital instead. Doctors worked to save his life and his hand, which had been badly affected by an infection linked to intravenous heroin use. What followed was a dramatic turnaround. Ellerd entered recovery, rebuilt his life and eventually returned to…

Dehradun schools, Anganwadi centres closed today amid heavy rain, lightning forecast Dehradun has declared a one-day holiday for all government, private and non-government schools from Classes 1 to 12 and Anganwadi centres on Tuesday, September 1, after an Orange alert was issued for heavy to very heavy rainfall, lightning and spells of extremely heavy rain in parts of the district.The decision was taken by the District Magistrate and Chairperson of the District Disaster Management Authority, Dehradun, as a precautionary measure.The order, issued on August 31, said the latest weather forecast and nowcast indicated the possibility of heavy to very heavy…

Harshita Gaur aka Dimpy Pandit opens up about Jitendra Kumar replacing Vikrant Massey in ‘Mirzapur: The Movie’: ‘Kabhi aisa feel nahi hua ki kuch miss lag raha hai’ The much-awaited ‘Mirzapur: The Movie’ has introduced a major casting change, with Jitendra Kumar taking over the role of Bablu Pandit from Vikrant Massey. While the change has naturally led fans to wonder whether Vikrant’s absence will be felt, Harshita Gaur, who plays Dimpy Pandit in the franchise, believes the new casting works seamlessly.In a conversation with Bollywood Bubble, Harshita spoke about Jitendra’s interpretation of the much-loved character and explained why audiences…

Some of the best inventions don’t come out of a lab. They come out of pure, everyday necessity. While most of us continue living with just ordinary problems, someone decides not to.That’s exactly what happened in a small village in Kerala’s Malappuram district, where a 14-year-old girl named Remya Jose looked at hours of hand-washed laundry piling up on her already exhausting school schedule and decided to ‘build’ a machine instead of accepting the chore!She had no electricity to depend on, no money for a store-bought washing machine, and no engineering background, but something that pushed her ahead was pure…

Hardik Pandya (AFP Photo) NEW DELHI: Hardik Pandya’s return to international cricket is poised to face another roadblock, as a late leg niggle derailed his plans at the BCCI Centre of Excellence (CoE) and puts the all-rounder on the back foot for the three-match T20I series against Afghanistan.TimesofIndia.com reliably learnt that he was ticking the right boxes but the late development could well make him unavailable for selection. The selectors are expected to meet this week to pick the squad for the T20Is starting September 13 in New Delhi and will be soon briefed on the fitness status of players…

“The verdict shouldn’t even take 17 minutes”: YouTuber Matt Walsh calls Lindsay Clancy jury delay a ‘total travesty’ as deliberations continue Matt Walsh has reacted strongly to the jury taking hours to reach a verdict in the Lindsay Clancy trial, calling the delay a “total travesty.” The jury had spent about 17 hours deliberating by Monday, August 31, without reaching a decision in the Massachusetts case. Clancy is accused of killing her three children, Cora, Dawson and Callan, in January 2023. She has admitted strangling the children but pleaded not guilty by reason of lack of criminal responsibility. Her defense…

IOB SO recruitment 2026 registration begins The Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) has released a recruitment notification for 291 Generalist and Specialist Officer posts in various scales. The recruitment includes posts such as Manager, Senior Manager and Assistant Manager in areas including branch management, Information Technology (IT), information security, credit, risk, database administration, network administration and cyber security.Eligible and interested candidates can apply online through the official IOB website at iob.bank.in. The application process started on August 29, 2026, and the last date to submit the application form and pay the required fee is September 15, 2026. Applications through any other…

Actor and former Lok Sabha MP Sumalatha extended her support for the Yash starrer ‘Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups’ amid the film receiving a mixed response from the audience. Praising the Rocking Star’s performance in the film, she urged him not to worry too much about the negative talk around the film.Sumalatha praises Yash’s performance in ‘Toxic’Sumalatha took to her Instagram handle where she wrote, “My dear Yash, Just watched Toxic and wanted to tell you this. I always knew you were fearless, and that you would choose to tread your own path rather than follow anyone else’s. But…