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The Hindu Morning Digest: July 27, 2024
The cauldron rises by the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel in Paris, France, during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics, on July 26, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Paris Olympics 2024 opening ceremony | Paris unveils ultimate spectacle with pomp, fervour and splendour The magnificent City of Light, dotted with the spectacular Eiffel … Read more
No students from Karnataka in top-20 of re-revised result of NEET-2024
Following the Supreme Court direction, the National Testing Agency (NTA) announced the re-revised results of NEET-2024 on Friday (July 26). No student from Karnataka has made it to the top-20 in this list. Padmanabh Menon emerged as the State topper with All India Rank 21 (AIR) by securing 716 marks out of 720 (99.9990143 percentile). … Read more
Is the Olympic Cauldron Flying With a Hot-Air Balloon? Here's Everything We Know
Did they just send the Olympic cauldron up into the Paris skies in a hot-air balloon? IS the cauldron a hot-air balloon? Will it just float around there in the sky for two weeks? If you watched the Paris Olympics opening ceremony on Friday, you might have those questions and more. Long story short: The … Read more
Woman’s hands can triple in size amid rare swelling attacks
Chloe Davies Chloe Davies has hereditary angioedema, which can be life-threatening A woman whose body does not recognise when to stop swelling says a drug trial has been “life-changing”. Chloe Davies, 32, who lives in Bristol, has hereditary angioedema (HAE), which causes “spontaneous swelling attacks”. “If my hand swelled up it would just keep going … Read more
Venezuela election: Opposition hopes for win after years of repression
Family handout Emirlendris Benítez (centre) was sentenced to a 30-year jail term in 2018 “She’s going to rot in jail. No one is going to get her out.” That was what prison guards told the family of Emirlendris Benítez. She disappeared in Venezuela in August 2018 after she and her partner – a taxi driver … Read more
Sabrina Carpenter, Charli XCX and Chappell Roan: Vulnerable, messy and brat
Getty Images Sabrina Carpenter is one of the new wave of pop girlies taking the internet by storm “It’s so confusing sometimes to be a girl,” sings Charli XCX on her latest album, Brat. The vulnerable lyrics, existential questions and honest exploration of the complexity and contradictions of womanhood has turned Brat into much more … Read more
‘My day in a Liverpool alley with 35 drag queens’
Magnus Hastings Pretentious Dross (centre) told BBC News she hopes the exhibition teaches people about a variety of drag styles (Left to right: Franz Genau, Rodger, Pretentious Dross, Thicc Van Dyke, Lexi Blac) In an unexpectedly hot day in May, Magnus Hastings is in a back alley behind a gay bar in Liverpool with 35 … Read more
Are you feeling grotty all the time?
Getty Images How are you feeling? There has been a vibe in BBC HQ that friends, colleagues and family have been having a grottier year than usual – shaking off one cold only to rapidly catch another, rolling from infection to infection. “The reality is we’re lacking data and so we have got a lot … Read more
Celine Dion makes live comeback at Paris Olympics opening ceremony
Ceremony ends with Olympic flame lit and Celine Dion’s performance Celine Dion has returned to the stage for the first time since revealing a serious health condition, delivering a typical powerhouse performance at the Paris Olympics opening ceremony. The Canadian superstar had been rumoured to be singing a duet with Lady Gaga, but instead went … Read more