Ruturaj Gaikwad achieved his maiden ODI century with a brilliant 105 off 83 balls, anchoring India’s innings after a shaky start. His composed knock, featuring 12 fours and two sixes, alongside a 195-run partnership with Virat Kohli, propelled India to a commanding position. Gaikwad’s performance solidifies his potential as a future ODI star.
St. Xavier’s Collegiate School of Kolkata secured the Best School Trophy at the All India Frank Anthony Debate. The BSS School became the first runner-up. The competition featured students debating diverse topics across multiple levels. Nearly 700 schools participated nationwide. St. Xavier’s Debdipta Roy won Best Speaker, and Adipta Mukherjee secured First Runner-Up Speaker.
South Carolina’s Chloe Kitts will miss the entire 2025-26 season after tearing her ACL. The senior, an honorable mention All-American and MVP of the NCAA Birmingham 2 Regional and SEC Tournament, will undergo surgery this week. Coach Dawn Staley expressed disappointment but confidence in her team’s ability to step up.
In a stunning NFL trade, Micah Parsons joins the Green Bay Packers from the Dallas Cowboys. The Packers acquired Parsons in exchange for two first-round picks and Kenny Clark. Packers legend LeRoy Butler welcomes Parsons by offering to teach him the Lambeau Leap and gifting his former jersey number, anticipating Parsons will elevate the team…
Carrie Edwards, a Virginia resident, won $150,000 in the Powerball lottery using numbers suggested by ChatGPT. Inspired by her good fortune, Edwards donated her entire winnings to charitable causes. Her contributions will support frontotemporal degeneration research, food justice initiatives through Shalom Farms, and the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society, honoring her father’s legacy and helping military…
Political donations via electoral trusts reveal the BJP received a substantial Rs 959 crore in 2024-25, with the Tata group’s Progressive Electoral Trust contributing Rs 757.6 crore. While Congress secured over Rs 313 crore through trusts, its overall contributions are significantly lower than bond receipts in previous years. Other parties also received smaller allocations.
At the International Film Festival of India, Ranveer Singh’s attempt to embody a deity from ‘Kantara’ ignited backlash, disregarding Rishab Shetty’s earlier plea for caution. Singh’s unexpected twist, referring to the deity as a ‘female ghost’ and reenacting a pivotal scene, led to a wave of criticism on social media for perceived disrespect.
Farah Khan injected humor into Mumbai’s monsoon chaos by sharing a light-hearted video of flooded streets on Instagram. She playfully captioned it, “Anyone for a morning swim??” while adding Kishore Kumar’s classic song ‘Nadiya Se Dariya’ as background music. Mumbai is grappling with intense rainfall, causing severe waterlogging and disrupting daily life.
Rep. Clay Higgins, a Republican congressman, found himself as the sole dissenting voice against a proposal to release the controversial files of Jeffrey Epstein. His argument centered on the potential repercussions for uninvolved individuals, even as the bill received robust bipartisan support and the endorsement of Speaker Mike Johnson, who advocates for transparency.
