I always have a red ball in my kit bag: Arshdeep Singh
New Indian Expressby Swaroop Swaminathan26 Aug 2026
INSIDE the lobby of the building overlooking the square on Ground-1 at the BCCI'S CoE, Arshdeep Singh has just removed his shades.
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top 57%145 million Indian children face rising heat risks, threatening health and development
New Indian Expressby Jitendra Choubey26 Aug 2026
NEW DELHI: New research shows that India’s 145 million children (61%) aged 0-9 are exposed to at least one additional month of dangerous heat each year, posing severe risks to their health and...
NIA books Trichy man for propagating LTTE, TNLA ideology on social media
New Indian Expressby Sumit Kumar Singh26 Aug 2026
NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has registered a case against a Tiruchirappalli resident for allegedly propagating the ideology of the banned Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam...
Xi orders all-out rescue, relief efforts after flash floods sweep through areas near China-Nepal border
New Indian Expressby PTI26 Aug 2026
BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday ordered all-out efforts to search for and rescue people missing after devastating flash floods swept through villages and towns near the...
SC seeks Centre’s response on plea by 82-year-old OCI card holder to visit J&K to attend wedding
New Indian Expressby TNIE online desk26 Aug 2026
The Supreme Court has issued a notice to the Centre on a plea by US-based octogenarian Khalid Jahangir Qazi, an Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) card holder, seeking permission to visit Jammu and...
DMA issues H1N1 advisory amid rising cases in Delhi, urges timely care for flu-like symptoms
New Indian Expressby TNIE online desk26 Aug 2026
The Delhi Medical Association (DMA) has issued an advisory amid a rise in H1N1 cases in the national capital, urging people to follow respiratory and personal hygiene measures, avoid crowded places...
Nepal floods: 133 Indians, including 37 from Tamil Nadu, missing; MEA coordinates rescue efforts
New Indian Expressby TNIE online desk26 Aug 2026
At least 133 Indian nationals are among over 700 reported missing after devastating flash floods swept through central Nepal, bordering Tibet, on Wednesday, officials said.
Conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar convicted for posing as SC judge, sentencing on Thursday
New Indian Expressby TNIE online desk26 Aug 2026
A Delhi court has convicted alleged conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar for impersonating a sitting Supreme Court judge in an attempt to influence a special judge to grant him bail in a corruption case in...
Why did Kit Harrington replace Nicholas Hoult to play Gilderoy Lockhart in Harry Potter season 2?
New Indian Expressby Cinema Express Desk26 Aug 2026
We had recently reported about Nicholas Hoult joining HBO's upcoming Harry Potter series, in the iconic role of Gilderoy Lockhart in the upcoming second season.
Cinema Without Borders: The Unusual Family — We Are All Strangers
New Indian Expressby Namrata Joshi26 Aug 2026
Anthony Chen—along with Eric Khoo and Yeo Siew Hua—is one of the most influential filmmakers in contemporary Singaporean cinema.
Once More interview | Arjun Das: I am more than my voice
New Indian Expressby Akshay Kumar26 Aug 2026
Romance is in the air in Tamil cinema, and through the year, we have been seeing a different facet of romance every other week.
Lebanon accuses Israel of burning forest, farmland in south
New Indian Expressby AFP26 Aug 2026
BEIRUT: As extreme heat fuels wildfires worldwide this summer, Lebanese officials and residents have accused Israel's military of systematically sparking blazes that have burnt swathes of forest...
Assam elephant undergoes specialised dental procedure after its tusks were hacked by poachers
New Indian Expressby Express News Service26 Aug 2026
GUWAHATI: Mangal Singh, a 16-year-old captive elephant in Assam who was left with life-threatening injuries and exposed pulp cavities after poachers hacked off his tusks, has undergone a...
UP has 28 lakh tonnes of sugar reserve, enough for seven months, says CM Yogi
New Indian Expressby Namita Bajpai26 Aug 2026
LUCKNOW: Amid the growing buzz around sugar scarcity, UP CM Yogi Adityanath claimed that the state had a reserve of 28 lakh tonnes, enough to fulfil the state's demand for the next seven months.
MPSC cancels Drug Inspector recruitment process over paper leak findings
New Indian Expressby PTI26 Aug 2026
MUMBAI: The Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC) has cancelled the recruitment process for Drug Inspector Group-B posts under the Food and Drug Administration Department following a...
'Shree Narendra Modi Wholesale Fish Market' nameboard in Surat covered up following backlash, triggers fresh row
New Indian Expressby Dilip Singh Kshatriya26 Aug 2026
AHMEDABAD: The political controversy over naming a Rs 3.90-crore wholesale fish market after Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Gujarat’s Surat City has taken a fresh twist.
Ex-Australian batter Pucovski takes legal action against former school over 2014 concussion
New Indian Expressby PTI26 Aug 2026
MELBOURNE: Retired Australia batter Will Pucovski has taken legal action against his former school Brighton Grammar, alleging that the institution failed to follow standard concussion protocols...
Drought must be tackled through prevention and resilience, says Bhupender Yadav at UNCCD
New Indian Expressby Jitendra Choubey26 Aug 2026
NEW DELHI: Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Bhupender Yadav, today called for a fundamental shift in the global approach to drought from reactive relief to proactive...
'Give me my child back': agony and anger as 14 infants die in Pakistan hospital fire
New Indian Expressby AFP26 Aug 2026
ISLAMABAD: Parents who lost their days-old babies in a fire that killed 14 infants on Wednesday at a maternity ward in Islamabad described how they cried desperately for help that took hours to...
Surat’s Zari industry crafts special zardoshi rakhi for Ram temple in Ayodhya
New Indian Expressby Dilip Singh Kshatriya26 Aug 2026
AHMEDABAD: Ahead of the holy festival of Raksha Bandhan, the Zari Manufacturers Association has crafted a special rakhi using Surat’s traditional real zari and Zardoshi work and sent it to the...