NEW DELHI: “Dukh hota hai. Mai iss bade chance ka wait kar rha tha par naam nahi aya [It hurts. I was waiting for this big opportunity, but my name didn’t come up],” a dejected Harsh Singh told Timesofindia.com after being left out of the Indian judo squad for the Asian Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya.Just…
AP Special TET 2026 registration begins The Department of School Education, Government of Andhra Pradesh, has released the notification for the Andhra Pradesh Special Teacher Eligibility Test (AP Special TET) 2026 for in-service teachers. The notification is available on the official website of the Andhra Pradesh Commissioner of School Education (APCSE) at cse.ap.gov.in.The registration process…
Toxic Hindi version passed with A certificate from CBFC (Image Credits IMDb) Yash’s much-awaited ‘Toxic: A Fairytale for Grown-Ups’ has released today, August 26, but its Hindi version has undergone several changes before receiving certification. The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) completed the certification process for the Hindi-dubbed version on August 25, just a…
You know this kid. Maybe it’s yours. At home, they narrate everything, what the dog is doing, why their sandwich got cut wrong, an entire retelling of a cartoon episode with sound effects. But then you pick them up from school, and the teacher tells you they said maybe three words all day, and mostly…
Raksha Bandhan 2026 has created an unusual calendar question: Should Rakhi be celebrated on August 27 or August 28?The confusion is understandable because Shravana Purnima begins at 9:08 AM on August 27 and ends at 9:48 AM on August 28. More importantly, Purnima is available at sunrise only on August 28. This is not a…
The main event for gold this week is the Jackson Hole symposium from August 27–29, particularly Fed Chair Kevin Warsh’s speech on Friday. Gold price prediction today: Gold prices are showing a positive bias, and while short-term news related fluctuations may occur, the long-term outlook is bullish, says Vedika Narvekar, Research Analyst – Commodities &…
Chungreng Koren is lighter now. He is also more prepared.That may sound like a simple observation ahead of his Road to UFC Season 5 bantamweight semifinal against Japan’s Ryo Tajima in Shanghai on August 28. For Koren, though, the difference between this camp and the one that preceded his quarterfinal is significant.When he arrived in…
How Aadhaar solved a billion-person biometric computing challenge In 2009, when the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) was formed, the task before its founding team, led by Nandan Nilekani, went far beyond creating another national identity database. India needed a system capable of enrolling more than a billion people while ensuring that one person…
Jaafar Jackson teases that there may be a Janet Jackson biopic underway soon. (Instagram) Earlier this year, Michael Jackson’s biopic film, starring his nephew, Jaafar Jackson, in the lead role, was a massive hit with the masses across the world. However, along with the film’s release, questions arose regarding the absence of Janet Jackson, the…
Scroll through enough home hack content lately and you’ll run into some version of this claim: lining your freezer with aluminium foil supposedly stops ice from sticking to the walls, making that dreaded defrosting chore almost effortless. It’s the kind of hack that sounds too simple to be true, a five-rupee roll of kitchen foil…
