Actor and ‘Bigg Boss OTT 3’ winner Sana Makbul has been hospitalised shortly after posting pictures from her Eid celebrations with her family. While the exact cause of her hospitalisation remains unclear, her close friend Dr Aashna Kanchwala shared a photo of Sana from her hospital bed, looking visibly weak. In the Instagram Story, Aashna … Read more
Getty Images The first head-to-head trial of two blockbuster weight-loss drugs has shown Mounjaro is more effective than rival Wegovy. Both drugs led to substantial weight loss, but Mounjaro’s 20% weight reduction, after 72 weeks of treatment, exceeded the 14% from Wegovy, according to the trial’s findings. Researchers who led the trial said both drugs … Read more
Former Chief Secretary and writer K. Jayakumar has been selected for the Azhikode Smaraka Award 2024 instituted by Dr. Sukumar Azhikode Vichara Vedi. In a statement issued here, Dr. Sukumar Azhikode Vichara Vedi office-bearers said that Jayakumar had been chosen for the prize for his contributions to art and literature. The award carries a purse … Read more
Author Vivek Shanbhag | Photo Credit: K. Murali Kumar The publication in English of Kannada writer Vivek Shanbhag’s Ghachar Ghochar (2015) transformed the Indian literary scene. The book’s success decisively shifted the balance of power, whether in terms of sales or prestige, away from English-language writers and towards fiction in translation. Ghachar Ghochar’s influence owed nothing to prizes, … Read more
A floating trash barrier (FTB), developed by a Bengaluru firm and deployed in eight cities across India to trap trash in waterbodies, has won the Cleaning and Restoring India’s Water Bodies Challenge conducted by the Office of the Principal Scientific Advisor (PSA). The challenge was conducted by the Waste to Wealth Mission — Swachh Bharat … Read more
Bhanu Athaiya passed away today at the age of 91. She won an Oscar for her work in the 1982 film Gandhi. Bhanu Athaiya dies at 91 in Mumbai India’s first Oscar-winning costume designer Bhanu Athaiya passed away today at the age of 91. She died at her home on Thursday after a prolonged illness, … Read more
The World Food Programme (WFP) is the Nobel Peace Prize winner for 2020. It was announced by the Norwegian Nobel Committee today. The World Food Programme won the prestigious award “for its efforts to combat hunger, for its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas and for acting as a driving force in … Read more