Akshay Kumar drops 'Bhoot Bangla' news on birthday, rejoins Priyadarshan for horror-comedy
Listen to article Akshay Kumar celebrated his 57th birthday with a special announcement, revealing his upcoming film, Bhoot Bangla. This new project marks a significant reunion for the actor and director Priyadarshan, who are collaborating for the first time in 14 years. In a social media post, Akshay shared the film’s motion poster, which hints at a […]
I have committed this political hara-kiri to bring them back to their senses: Jawhar Sircar
Jawhar Sircar speaking in the Rajya Sabha. | Photo Credit: ANI Jawhar Sircar, Rajya Sabha MP of the Trinamool Congress, dropped a political bomb on September 8, by sending his resignation letter to West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool supremo Mamata Banerjee, citing the State government’s “faulty handling” of the rape and murder case at […]
Khabib hails Usman Nurmagomedov as one of the ‘best in the world’ after Bellator win | The Express Tribune
Listen to article Following Usman Nurmagomedov’s dominant victory at Bellator Championship Series 4, Khabib Nurmagomedov wasted no time in praising his younger cousin, hailing him as one of the top lightweight fighters in the world. “I think Usman is right now one of the best lightweights in the world. I was before, now it’s our brother Islam […]
‘I grieve for the person I was before' – Covid inquiry to begin new phase
BBC Mandi Masters, a community midwife, was hospitalised with Covid in the pandemic. The public inquiry into the pandemic will start 10 weeks of hearings on Monday looking at the impact on patients, healthcare workers and the wider NHS. Covid patients have been admitted to hospital more than a million times in the UK since […]
Binge, restrict, repeat: Introducing disordered eating, stealthy sibling of the eating disorder
The quiet chaos of food obsession and unrealistic body standards that runs rampant in present-day society KARACHI: If you’ve ever found yourself in an overly tangled mess of food-related thoughts and habits, you might be wondering if your behaviours land you in the confines of an eating disorder or the milder disordered eating. Think […]
Shraddha Kapoor’s Stree 2 breaks Shah Rukh Khan’s Pathaan box office record
Listen to article Shraddha Kapoor and Rajkummar Rao’s Stree 2 is continuing its remarkable box office run, shattering records and climbing the list of Hindi cinema’s highest-grossing films. Directed by Amar Kaushik and penned by Niren Bhatt, the horror-comedy has now surpassed the Hindi box office collection of Baahubali 2 to secure the title of the fourth […]
Which rural area will take the UK’s nuclear waste?
Kevin Church/BBC A repeating tone – blip, blip, blip – is the audible reminder that we are in one of the most hazardous nuclear sites in the world: Sellafield. That sound – pulsing from speakers inside the cavernous fuel-handling plant – is a signal that everything is functioning as it should. That is comforting because […]
Corruption review finds 'red flags' in more than 130 Covid contracts
An anti-corruption charity says it has identified significant concerns in contracts worth over £15.3bn awarded by the Conservative government during the Covid pandemic, equivalent to one in every £3 spent. Transparency International UK found 135 “high-risk” contracts with at least three red flags – warning signs of a risk of corruption. Twenty-eight contracts worth £4.1bn […]
Affan wins World Youth Scrabble | The Express Tribune
Pakistan’s 16-year-old Affan Salman secured the World Youth Scrabble title at the championship held in Sri Lanka. Pakistan has achieved another remarkable feat in the game of words, Scrabble, by winning the World Youth Scrabble Championship for a record fifth time. Salman dominated the competition, winning 19 out of 23 games. Pakistan is now the […]