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Team India (Pic credit: Hockey India) NEW DELHI: India’s Hockey World Cup campaign has reached a critical juncture, with arch-rivals Pakistan standing between Harmanpreet Singh’s side and a place in the second round. Following India’s 2-4 defeat to England, former captain PR Sreejesh believes the India-Pakistan rivalry no longer carries the same competitive edge it once did, with India’s improvements in fitness, strength and decision-making changing the equation.India had led England 2-1 at half-time in their second Pool D match on Monday, with Harmanpreet and Dilpreet Singh finding the net. England, however, produced a strong second-half comeback to score three…

The illusion of longingIt is an exceedingly common scenario encountered within the therapeutic space: a client laments the painful, lingering end of a past relationship, romantic or platonic, entirely convinced that their ongoing, obsessive grief is definitive proof of the other person’s irreplaceable nature. They endlessly dissect old text messages, replay decades-old memories like curated film loops, and experience a chronic, heavy sense of emotional yearning that impairs their current functioning. Yet, as the clinician begins to systematically unpack the actual history and structural dynamics of that relationship, a stark contradiction typically emerges. The bond was frequently volatile, emotionally unfulfilling,…

The cameras show brown bears waiting around Brooks Falls as sockeye salmon travel upstream. (Getty images) A livestream showing brown bears catching and eating salmon at a waterfall in Alaska has become an unexpected online hit this summer. The Brooks Falls bearcam at Katmai National Park has drawn millions of views as large numbers of bears gather around the rushing water.The livestream was watched 7.3 million times between June 22 and August 4, according to Explore, the wildlife network that runs the cameras. That was a 70% increase from the same period last year and more than twice the number…

COMEDK UGET round 3 seat allotment result: The Consortium of Medical, Engineering and Dental Colleges of Karnataka (COMEDK) has declared the COMEDK UGET 2026 Round 3 seat allotment result today, August 18. Candidates who participated in the third round of counselling can now check their allotted college and engineering branch through the official counselling portal.The third round is being conducted for General Merit (GM) candidates. The allotment has been made based on the candidates’ merit rank, choices entered during counselling and availability of seats.COMEDK UGET Round 3 allotment: What candidates need to doCandidates who have received a seat must carefully…

Niki Walia reveals she was first approached for Shefali Shah’s role in ‘Dil Dhadakne Do’: ‘Zoya Akhtar ne mujhe UK se khaas fly karke bulaya tha’ Niki Walia has revealed she was originally cast in Zoya Akhtar’s 2015 film ‘Dil Dhadakne Do’, in the role that eventually went to Shefali Shah. The actress opened up about how close she came to playing Neelam, the wife of Anil Kapoor’s character, before the project was suddenly taken away from her. Let’s take a look at what she has to say.Niki Walia says Shefali Shah replaced her in ‘Dil Dhadakne Do’In a conversation…

Christopher and Matthew Grimley in action on Day 1 of the BWF World Championships in New Delhi. (BAI) New Delhi: When you watch Christopher and Matthew Grimley play on court, there is little to tell them apart. The identical twins are almost the same height, with Chris at 177 cm and Matthew at 176 cm. They have the same hairstyle and wear the same kit. So much so that umpires sometimes end up warning the wrong player between points. When you listen to them speak, their Scottish accent does not make things any easier, either.Nicknamed the ‘Grimley Twins’, a tag…

We’ve all grown up learning that the Earth is a smooth blue marble floating in space.But if you might have caught your eye on NASA’s latest adaptation model of the blue planet, it looks more or less like a potato!Sounds bizarre, right?But the image isn’t a mistake, and it isn’t showing you what Earth actually looks like either. It’s is the geoid, a model of how Earth’s gravity would shape a global ocean if no tides, wind or currents got in the way. According to NASA, since gravity doesn’t pull with the same strength everywhere on the planet, that imaginary…

Newly wed British couple on honeymoon and their pilot killed in helicopter crash in Greece A British couple were killed alongside their pilot when their private helicopter crashed on the Greek island of Sifnos on Monday, just minutes before they were due to land at a heliport.Alexander Cromie and Marie Ebert were on their honeymoon when the helicopter went down in the Tholos area of Sifnos. Greek police said the couple and the pilot, 55-year-old Giorgos Raikos, died in the crash.The helicopter had flown from Markopoulo, a village southeast of Athens, to Sifnos and was scheduled to land at around…

The Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) has announced the fourth phase of its School Teacher Recruitment Examination, TRE-4.0. Through Advertisement No. 14/2026, the Commission has invited applications from eligible Indian citizens for 32,388 vacant teacher posts under the Bihar Education Department.Candidates who meet the prescribed eligibility requirements will be able to apply through the official BPSC website once the application window opens.BPSC TRE-4.0 2026 application process begins on September 1According to the recruitment notice, the online application process for BPSC TRE-4.0 will begin on September 1, 2026. The payment facility will also become available from the same date.Candidates must complete…

CINTAA row deepens as Upasana Singh accuses Poonam Dhillon and Padmini Kolhapure of ‘Dictatorship’: ‘Show-cause notices to those people who don’t say ‘yes, madam’ to them’ The controversy surrounding the Cine and TV Artistes Association (CINTAA) continues to escalate, with general secretary Upasana Singh and former treasurer Deepak Parashar now speaking out against president Poonam Dhillon and senior vice president Padmini Kolhapure. The two have accused the leadership of running the actors’ body without any regard for democratic norms, following a wave of resignations from the executive committee.Upasana Singh alleges ‘dictatorship’ at CINTAASeveral committee members, including Vindu Dara Singh and…