Timothee Chalamet was told he doesn’t have ‘the right body’ to shoulder big-budget films
Los Angeles,: Actor Timothee Chalamet, who made inroads in Hollywood starring in indie movies like “Lady Bird” and “Beautiful Boy”, says an agent once asked him to gain weight to help book blockbuster roles. Chalamet then tasted success with Luca Guadagnino’s “Call Me By Your Name”, which also earned him a best actor Academy Award. […]
World’s first high-altitude para sports centre to come up in Leh; focus on 2028 Paralympics
Leh (Ladakh): The world’s first high-altitude para sports centre will be established in Leh, Ladakh, aiming to advance the skills and confidence of athletes ahead of the 2028 Paralympics. A Memorandum and Understanding (MoU) to this effect was signed by the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC), Leh, and the Aditya Mehta Foundation (AMF). “It […]
Sri Lanka President holds more pledges as campaigning closed for parliamentary poll
Colombo: President Anura Kumara Dissanayake concluded his campaigning for Thursday’s parliamentary election by pledging economic consolidation under his new government. The snap parliamentary elections was called by President Dissanayake after he won polls in September on a promise to combat corruption and improve the country’s economic situation. The ex Marxist group, National People’s Power (NPP) […]
Right now, the Sun is far more active than predicted – and small satellites are paying the price
Perth, Nov 12 (The Conversation) Last week, three tiny Australian satellites from Curtin University’s Binar Space Program burned up in Earth’s atmosphere. That was always going to happen. In fact, Binar means “fireball” in the Noongar language of the First Nations people of Perth. When a satellite is in low Earth orbit (2,000km or less), […]
Chalo India campaign will energise diaspora ambassadors: Tourism minister
London: Tourism Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat has called on the Indian diaspora in the UK to embrace the Chalo India campaign to encourage more travellers to explore the abundance of tourist sites on offer in the country. During his visit to London for the World Travel Market (WTM) last week, the minister highlighted the Chalo […]
NSA Mike Waltz would be good for India-US relationship says Ro Khanna
Washington: Congressman Mike Waltz, who was tapped by President-elect Donald Trump as his National Security Advisor, would be “good” for the India-US relationship, Indian-American Democratic Congressman Ro Khanna has said. Khanna, 48, and Waltz, 50, are respectively the Democratic and Republican Co-Chairs of the Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans, which is the largest […]
Legitimacy, credibility of UN must be preserved by updating it: India
United Nations: India has cautioned against “smokescreen” efforts towards a “mere tinkering” of the existing UN Security Council framework, saying this could indefinitely postpone significant elements, such as expansion in permanent membership and addressing under-representation of Asia, Africa and Latin America to a “very distant future”. These remarks were made by India’s Permanent Representative to […]
Trump taps Marco Rubio as his Secretary of State and Mike Waltz as NSA
Washington,: US President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Florida Senator Marco Rubio as his Secretary of State and Congressman Mike Waltz as his National Security Advisor. Rubio, 53, is considered to be a friend of India and has been an advocate of the India-US relationship, while Waltz, 50, is an old-India hand and has been co-chair […]
Humans may have caused 1.5 deg of warming if time before industrial era is counted, study finds
New Delhi: Humans may have already caused 1.5 degrees of global warming when measured from a time before the industrial revolution, a new study has found, suggesting that the planet could be closer to the Paris Agreement’s warming limits than previously thought. Countries involved in signing the Paris Agreement are expected to pursue efforts to […]
Indian national arrested with unaccounted gold in Nepal
Kathmandu: An Indian national was on Monday arrested with unaccounted gold near Nagdhunga, the mainland entry point to Kathmandu, police said. Kanhaiya Lal, 27, a resident of Gonda district in Uttar Pradesh, was arrested along with 356 grams of unaccounted gold by a team from the Narcotic Drugs Control Bureau of Nepal Police during a […]
