India secured a crucial 1-0 win over Bangladesh to keep their Asian Games 2023 knockout hopes alive in football. Indian skipper Sunil Chhetri scored from the spot to get India the win on Thursday. But that’s not the point. Let’s do a recap of the first match India played at the Asian Games. The Reality […]
Today, by the way, is International Men’s Day? Didn’t you know it? Can’t blame you, because it doesn’t receive all the hype and ‘hoola hoo’ that International Women’s Day gets! International Men’s Day was initiated in 1999 by Dr Jerome Teelucksingh, a history professor at the University of the West Indies. The thing is, some […]
Motorbike dealers in West Bengal are an unhappy lot. Their sales have dropped by almost seventy percent. In June this year, the Bengal Government issued a circular that actually prevents parents from buying motorbikes for their kids who are no legally 18 years of age. If you don’t have a valid two-wheeler driving license, well, under the […]
If you are a college student with a modest budget, and still want something with both pizzaz and value for money, you may want to check out the latest baby from TVS, and she’s called the Radeon. After many cryptic tweets and teasers, TVS has finally launched its all-new commuter motorcycle in India today. Called […]
Just hours after she released “God Is a Woman,” a sultry, subtly reggae-infused slow jam from her forthcoming album Sweetener, Ariana Grande has put out an engaging music video for the single. The clip finds the singer hula-hooping with the Milky Way, fingering the eye of a hurricane, and deflecting misogynist epithets, a visual embodiment […]
The Beautiful Game is in focus as the world eyeballs the FIFA World Cup, this time in Russia. The opening ceremony was brief, and surprising in more ways than one. The FIFA World Cup 2018 was kicked off in Moscow with a dazzling opening ceremony at the Luzhniki Stadium, before the first match between host […]
Maryland (USA) : A candidate in the running for the post of Maryland governor has staged what appears to be the first same-sex kiss by any candidate in a campaign ad – and aired it on one of President Donald Trump’s favourite stations. “I’m running for governor to deliver progressive results and to stand up to […]
Los Angeles: Actor Devin Druid has defended the controversial and some would say graphic sexual assault scene from the second season of the teen drama “13 Reasons Why”. The season of the controversial Netflix show saw Druid’s character, Tyler Down, brutally assaulted as Montgomery de la Cruz (played by Timothy Granaderos) sodomises him with a […]
Dan Reynolds of “Imagine Dragons’ recalled how a college experience helped him identify with the struggles of LGBTQ youth in an appearance on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” this week. Rocker Dan Reynolds turned on his Mormon roots when he was kicked out of college for having sex with his girlfriend of four years. The Imagine […]
Music licensing company PPL has unveiled its annual most played charts revealing the most popular artist and track played on radio, TV and in public places by businesses and organisations across the UK in 2017. The year belonged to Ed Sheeran, with the Suffolk-raised singer-songwriter having the most played track with ‘Shape of You’, and […]
Patna: Bootlegging is alive and well in spite of the Nithish Kumar Government’s sanctimonious claims that Biharis have meekly accepted teetotaler status. Patna police recently ‘busted’ two liquor smuggling gangs that used to home-deliver liquor in swish sedans marked with “government” and “police” plates. Now, there are bound to be a few ‘well-heeled’ customers shaking […]
One of the good things happening in Meghalaya is that the local people are joining hands to address environmental issues. The growing numbers of community-led River Protection and Conservation movements in Meghalaya are rays of hope for the state, known as ‘The Abode of Clouds’ and for those living near the rivers. Sfter all, water […]
