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Former world champion PV Sindhu and Asian Games gold medallists Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will lead India’s challenge at the 2026 BWF World Championships, which begin at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in New Delhi on Monday.India have won at least one medal at every edition of the BWF World Championships since 2011, and the home contingent will look to continue that run this year. Lakshya Sen and Ayush Shetty will also be among the Indian players hoping to make an impact in the men’s singles event.The World Championships are returning to India after 17 years. With the tournament…

If you’ve scrolled past a video of someone lining their kitchen drawer with a neat sheet of aluminium foil and wondered whether it’s actually doing anything useful, you’re not alone. This quiet little hack has been spreading steadily across social media and home-organisation circles recently. Unlike many viral kitchen tricks that fizzle out once someone tries them, this one keeps sticking around because the reasoning is genuinely sound, not just aesthetically pleasing. Here’s what the foil is actually doing in there, what it can’t do despite some of the wilder claims floating around online, and how to set it up…

Cuban responded to one of Herres’ posts on LinkedIn Payton Herres was 11 when she received a donated heart in 2012. Fifteen years later, at 26, she was fighting to access the anti-rejection medicine that helps keep her donor heart working, with her case eventually reaching billionaire Mark Cuban.Herres, now 26, was born with Ebstein’s anomaly, a rare congenital heart condition affecting the tricuspid valve on the right side of the heart. According to The Independednt, the condition can cause blood to leak backwards into the right atrium and can eventually lead to heart failure.After years of health problems, Herres…

Odisha has removed the six-attempt ceiling for candidates appearing for the Odisha Civil Services examination. Under the revised rules, eligible unreserved-category aspirants can now take the exam repeatedly until they reach the upper age limit of 42 years. The state has also expanded free textbooks to Classes IX and X and announced plans to strengthen school education. The Odisha government has scrapped the six-attempt limit for candidates appearing for the Odisha Civil Services (OCS) examination, opening the door for unreserved-category aspirants to make repeated attempts until they reach the prescribed upper age limit of 42 years.Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi…

Tamil superstar Suriya’s latest release ‘Vishwanth and Sons’ directed by Venky Atluri and also starring Mamitha Baiju is enjoying a huge success at the box office. After a stellar box office run during its first weekend, the film crossed the Rs 100 crore mark. Now, as it progresses into its first weekdays, the film is experiencing a decent run at the box office.Vishwanath And Sons Movie Review‘Vishwanth and Sons’ live numbersAccording to Sacnilk, live numbers of ‘Vishwanath And Sons’ shows that the film has collected Rs 1.17 crore crore net in India so far on Day 4. The film is…

Bangladesh players celebrate after defeating Australia on day four of the first test in Darwin, Australia (left), Shubman Gill and Gautam Gambhir (r) Bangladesh pulled off a nine-wicket win over Australia in Darwin on Sunday, giving them one of the biggest wins in Test cricket and leaving Australia’s 20-Test schedule over the next 12 months off to a difficult start.Cameron Green’s maiden Test century at home delayed the result, but Bangladesh had already taken control of the match after three-and-a-half days of cricket on a Marrara Stadium pitch that offered a good contest between bat and ball.The result was unexpected…

There is something about a grandparent telling a child a story that feels almost old-fashioned now. It could be the story of how a parent behaved as a child, the family’s first home, a difficult time the grandparents lived through, a funny mistake someone made decades ago or simply, “When I was your age…”At the time, these may sound like amusing tales, but according to science, these tales do much more than fill an evening. Here are three things research supports.28 Jul 2026 | 16:22How do you teach children about money and financial responsibility?File Photo: CanvaFamily stories can help children…

An 18-year-old Belgian student working a summer construction job made an extraordinary discovery while helping excavate a sewer at a former brewery site in Sint-Gillis-Dendermonde, about 30km north-west of Brussels. What initially looked like ordinary €1 coins turned out to be part of a hidden gold hoard estimated at around €9 million. The stash included gold bars, coins and nuggets that had been concealed in a bag behind a bricked-up section of a cellar wall beneath a historic villa. The student, identified only as Kobe, and his colleagues immediately alerted police and the organisation overseeing the renovation. The treasure has…

A Bengaluru engineer has developed a technology-driven system that uses AI, dashcam footage, GPS and vehicle sensors to detect potholes and identify the contractors responsible for damaged roads. A sudden jolt on a Bengaluru road is usually enough to tell a motorist that another pothole has entered the journey. But instead of simply driving past it or adding another complaint to the long list of civic grievances, Bengaluru-based engineer Gaurav Sen decided to ask a more useful question: Can technology identify the pothole and also identify the person responsible for fixing it?That question has produced an intriguing experiment involving a…

Manu Rishi Chadha takes on the role of General Pervez Musharraf in ‘Operation Safed Sagar’. Musharraf would later rise to become Pakistan’s President. His character is portrayed as the man behind the aggression that sparked the 1999 Kargil War. According to Chadha, playing this role has brought him a mixed bag of reactions; some viewers love it, others despise it.Manu Rishi Chadha on the mixed reactionsIn an interview with, Hindustan Times, “Social media and my message box is filled with DMs. Someone wrote that he wants to slap me for the act and hug me for my work. I was…