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One of the crowd’s favourites in Indian cricket, Sanju Samson got a rare opportunity to open the innings alongside Abhishek Sharma as the team took on Bangladesh in the first T20I of the 3-match series on Sunday. Samson looked on song, scoring 29 runs off 19 balls before being dismissed by Mehidy Hasan Miraz. While it wasn’t a bad score by any means, especially as India were only chasing a target of 128 runs, former cricketer-turned-commentator Aakash Chopra isn’t impressed. In fact, Aakash recalled an old statement given by the new Team India head coach Gautam Gambhir, where he had highlighted the importance of Samson to Indian cricket. Gambhir has always rated Samson highly and… Read More »With Gambhir Reference, Samson Fired Stern Warning Over Unfulfilling Show

After lighting up stages across Canada, America, Australia and New Zealand, Diljit Dosanjh is about to bring the Dil-luminati magic to India, and it’s already causing a ticket frenzy. The general sale (for the second time) began on Wednesday and Delhi and Jaipur tickets were snapped up in just nine minutes. In Delhi, only three ticket categories were available: Silver, priced from Rs 2499 to Rs 3499 and Fan Pit, starting at Rs 19,999. All three categories sold out almost instantly. On Tuesday, the singer added two more shows to the India leg of his Dil-Luminati Tour 2024. He will perform live in Jaipur on November 3 and has added another concert in Delhi on… Read More »Diljit Dosanjh’s Dil-Luminati Tour: Tickets For Delhi And Jaipur Shows Sold Out In 9 Minutes

Prime Minister Narendra Modi – fresh from celebrating a comeback win in the Haryana election Tuesday evening – was back firing barbs at the Congress this morning, accusing his rival of being an “irresponsible party” and labelling it a “factory to spread hatred”. The Congress, he raged, wants to “create fear among Muslims” so it gets minority community votes. “BJP has won the Haryana election… but in Maharashtra we have to get a bigger victory,” the PM declared as he launched his party’s next poll campaign. The BJP’s “historic” win – it became the first party to win three consecutive terms in the heartland state – “shows the mood of the country”, he said as… Read More »Day After Big Haryana Win, PM Targets Congress With Eye On Maharashtra

<p>Did you know that consumption of AGE (Advanced Glycation End Products)-rich foods, like fried foods, chips, cakes, and other ultra-processed foods, are significantly contributing to India’s spiralling diabetes crisis? A groundbreaking clinical trial– conducted by researchers from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and the Madras Diabetes Research Foundation (MDRF)– found that a low-AGE diet could help lower the risk of diabetes.</p> <p>AGEs are reportedly harmful compounds that form through a process called glycation of proteins or lipids after exposure to sugar. It is a type of carbohydrate-containing aldehyde group (CHO). These biomarkers can indicate ageing and the development or worsening of many degenerative diseases.</p> <p>Published in the International Journal of Food Sciences and… Read More »What Is Triggering India’s Diabetes Epidemic? ICMR Study Explains

When winter draws in on Antikythera, the already meagre population of the isolated Greek island shrinks to almost nothing. “There are 20 to 25 of us, no children, no bakery,” said local leader Giorgos Harhalakis, who is fighting an uphill battle to revive the small Aegean island’s fortunes. “I’m not giving up,” he told AFP. A speck of land between the islands of Kythera and Crete, Antikythera, like many rural regions in Greece, has suffered steady depopulation. When the last national census was held in 2021, it had just 39 inhabitants, down from 120 in 2011. Photo Credit: AFP Harhalakis, 37, still remembers his first years at primary school in the 1990s, before his family,… Read More »Antikythera: The Greece’s Famed But Emptying Island