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An Indian man has made it to the Guinness World Records for what was arguably one of the most daring acts ever performed. If slicing cucumbers with a chainsaw wasn’t enough, he did it while being blindfolded. Bir Khalsa has achieved the death-defying feat of slicing the most number of cucumbers with a huge chainsaw….

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today paid condolences to tabla maestro Zakir Hussain who died at the age of 73 in a San Francisco hospital on Monday. PM Modi described Ustad Husain as someone who “revolutionised” Indian classical music.  “Deeply saddened by the passing of the legendary tabla maestro, Ustad Zakir Hussain Ji. He will be…

The Congress has claimed that ally Omar Abdullah’s approach to issues concerning the opposition has changed since he became Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir. The dig followed the National Conference leader junking allegations about the manipulation of EVMs or Electronic Voting Machines – raised by the Congress and several opposition parties. Manickam Tagore, a…

Tech billionaire Elon Musk is back in the news for taking on the US market regulator SEC or the Securities and Exchange Commission. Musk’s lawyer Alex Shapiro has stated in a letter that Musk has faced 6 years of harassment by the SEC and the Biden administration. Oh Gary, how could you do this to…

The Prime Minister’s Museum and Library (PMML) has appealed to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to return the collection of historical letters belonging to former Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru. These letters were removed from public access in 2008 at the request of Sonia Gandhi, the then-chairperson of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA), and have since been…

For all food lovers out there, sweet treats are like a slice of heaven, aren’t they? From brownies and chocolates to cakes, ice creams, muffins, and cookies – these sugary delights are the ultimate comfort food when life gets stressful. But in today’s fitness-obsessed world, many are choosing to avoid sugar altogether. And guess who’s…

Virat Kohli‘s repeated failures while handling the offside-off deliveries have put Team India’s support staff in the line of fire too. While Gautam Gambhir is the team’s head coach, he does have support from the likes of Ryan Ten Doeschate, Abhishek Nayar and Morne Morkel for different roles. However, it still isn’t defined who India’s…

Republican politician-entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy has revealed why leaders, part of the next Donald Trump administration, are normalising bringing their children and grandchildren to workplaces. “Family is the foundation,” he said, responding to an X user, who shared photographs of the US President-elect, Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Ramaswamy with their young family members during official…

The tabla fell silent as Ustad Zakir Hussain, one of the greatest players of the Indian drums known for his ‘dancing fingers’, died at the age of 73 in a San Francisco hospital on Monday. The tabla maestro was suffering from complications due to a chronic lung disease, his family said in a statement. “He…

Ustad Zakir Hussain has died at 73. As curtains come down on a six-decade journey that catapulted tabla from an accompaniment to an art form, the country mourns the ever-smiling, wild-haired maestro whose persona was as captivating as the magic his hands conjured. For many, the first memory of the legend is not a concert…