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Unlock your 2026 travel plans: Essential long weekends to optimise your time off
Updated : Dec 19, 2025

2026 long-weekend chart: Your ultimate guide to mini-vacations throughout the year

Several long weekends in 2026 are created by pairing mid-week holidays with Fridays or Mondays, allowing for travel opportunities that range from four to six days

Vembu also acknowledged that India may not be alone in having an exacting domestic market.
Updated : Dec 19, 2025

‘Like a strict school teacher’: Sridhar Vembu explains the Indian consumer mindset

According to Vembu, Indian customers behave in much the same way—constantly pushing companies to do better, refine their offerings and raise standards. “Companies always need to push harder to get their seal of approval,” he noted.

MrBeast Madness: How a 20-year-old pilot walked away with a $2.4M jet
Updated : Dec 19, 2025

MrBeast Madness: How a 20-year-old pilot walked away with a $2.4M jet

A 20-year-old Jamaican pilot stunned the world by winning a $2.4M private jet on MrBeast’s latest challenge, outlasting 99 rivals in a test of endurance, faith, and focus.

India’s AI Moment: Six enterprise skills that will decide careers in 2026
Updated : Dec 19, 2025

India’s AI Moment: Six enterprise skills that will decide careers in 2026

As India’s AI market heads toward $17 billion, enterprise-grade skills—from agent design to AI RiskOps—are redefining pay, power, and career relevance in 2026.

The artwork, created during Tagore's late creative period in Almora, was sold alongside a handwritten card and has become the highest-priced Tagore piece ever auctioned.
Updated : Dec 19, 2025

₹10.7 crore hammer price: Rabindranath Tagore’s ‘From Across The Dark’ becomes his most expensive painting, overtakes ‘Three Bauls’

Rabindranath Tagore's 1937 painting "From Across The Dark" set a new record, selling for Rs 10.7 crore at AstaGuru's Historic Masterpieces auction.

 She attributed the lapse in judgment to a relaxed evening that included “a couple of High Noons,” a popular hard seltzer. Byron, she admitted, had been a “big happy crush.” 
Updated : Dec 18, 2025

‘I made a bad decision’: Ex-HR chief breaks silence for first time on Coldplay kiss cam fallout

The video’s spread was swift and merciless. What might once have been an awkward personal moment became a global spectacle, repackaged endlessly as memes and commentary. Cabot says the speed and scale of the reaction stunned her. 

Updated : Dec 18, 2025

Ditch the plastic: How plants are leading a new wave of Christmas celebrations

Ditch the plastic this Christmas and embrace eco-friendly plant décor! Discover how Norfolk Island pines, rosemary, and more are leading a sustainable, green holiday trend.

Winter Morning Tips
Updated : Dec 18, 2025

Science says: Your morning routine could be ageing you faster than time

Your morning routine does more than start the day—it may speed up ageing. From screens to skipped meals, experts reveal how everyday habits quietly age the body and brain.

The video went viral on Instagram in no time, with netizens sharing their takes. 
Updated : Dec 18, 2025

'You can't see anything': Gurugram entrepreneur says AQI crossed 500 near DLF Camellias, netizens react

A Gurugram-based entrepreneur, Mohit Sadaani, shared a video from the balcony of DLF Camellias.

Updated : Dec 18, 2025

You Won’t Believe Which Household Items Are Actually Effective for Toothaches

Discover the surprising effectiveness of everyday household items for toothache relief. From saltwater rinses to garlic, clove oil, and hydrogen peroxide, these remedies can ease pain until you see a dentist.

CLAT 2026 topper Geetali Gupta's unfiltered joy after getting the results is viral. (Photo: Instagram)
Updated : Dec 18, 2025

WATCH: CLAT 2026 topper Geetali Gupta's emotional moment goes viral, wins hearts across India

Posted by her coaching institute, the viral video has resonated with viewers for its beautiful display of joy in a simple, heartfelt moment, marking a key achievement in her life

Updated : Dec 18, 2025

Pigeon droppings triggering pneumonia—why you should stop feeding them now

Pigeon droppings are spreading deadly fungi, bacteria, and allergens that trigger pneumonia, asthma, and other respiratory issues. Is feeding pigeons causing a public health crisis? Learn why it’s time to stop.

Messi’s heartfelt gesture: Football icon plays ball with baby elephant in Gujarat
Updated : Dec 18, 2025

WATCH: Messi plays football with baby elephant at Anant Ambani's Vantara during India tour

One of the most memorable scenes was captured in a viral Instagram video, where Messi played football with a baby elephant named Maneklal

Updated : Dec 18, 2025

The Guava Effect — How a Street-Market Fruit Quietly Outperforms Famous Rivals

Guava outperforms oranges and bananas in vitamin C, potassium, fiber, and protein. Discover why this street-market fruit is a hidden nutrition powerhouse!

 Police officials said the action was taken for violating local rules on operating hours.
Updated : Dec 17, 2025

Late-night parties land Shilpa Shetty–co-founded restaurant Bastian in a police case

Separately, Shilpa Shetty and her husband, businessman Raj Kundra, have moved the Bombay High Court seeking to quash a Rs 60 crore cheating case.

Lionel Messi
Updated : Dec 17, 2025

Risk Meets Fame: The hidden industry behind elite athlete insurance

From Messi’s $900M policy to Bolt’s sprint-risk math, elite athletes are insured like corporations. Inside the high-stakes world where injuries, brands, and data collide.

IPL Auction
Updated : Dec 17, 2025

Big money cricket: The costliest buys that shaped IPL 2026

IPL 2026 rewrote auction economics as teams splurged on versatility, pace and potential, with Cameron Green headlining a list that signals a bold new valuation era.

During these calls, the accused appeared wearing police uniforms and claimed to be officers of the rank of inspector and deputy commissioner of police.
Updated : Dec 17, 2025

‘Your son is in danger’: In a shocking digital arrest case, fake cops dupe Bengaluru woman of ₹2 crore

Police explained that a digital arrest scam involves fraudsters posing as police or other officials and threatening victims over phone or video calls, coercing them into transferring money online.

Lionel Messi goes desi:
Updated : Dec 17, 2025

Anant Ambani’s ₹10.9 crore Gift — How Messi’s watch collection reached another level

Anant Ambani’s ₹10.9-crore Richard Mille gift adds a new chapter to Lionel Messi’s elite watch collection, joining rare Rolex, Patek Philippe and Audemars Piguet grails.

National disaster planners have identified 47 dams in valleys downstream of these lakes that could be vulnerable to outburst floods.
Updated : Dec 17, 2025

Above the Noise — Himalayan villages where time, crowds and urgency disappear

From star-lit Ladakh to tribal Arunachal, these Himalayan villages offer rare beauty, living cultures and silence—revealing how life thrives when the mountains set the pace.

Updated : Dec 17, 2025

Who are the most expensive players in IPL history—and what made them worth it

From Rishabh Pant to Cameron Green, IPL auctions have shattered financial ceilings. A look at the most expensive players ever and the bidding wars that changed the league forever.