The previous long course best of 57.57 was set by US swimmer Regan Smith at the 2019 World Championships.
Spin king Shane Warne did not tongue-kiss a 16-year-old girl or ask to see her breasts during a Surfers Paradise encounter last year, according to a statement he made to police.
In the video, desperate Afghans were clinging on to either the undercarriage of the C-17 or the landing gear of the transport plane when they got flung out due to the huge G-force exerted during take-off.
He also said 'Akhand Bharat' was true but divided Bharat was a "nightmare".
Nobel Peace prize winner Malala Yousafzai, Obama's daughters and Joshua Wong, the face of the Hong Kong protests against China have been named by Time magazine among its list of the 25 most influential teenagers of 2014.
'When entering an industry like Bollywood, every actor hopes for a starmaker... My starmaker was Dev saab.'
Shafqat Hussain, whose case sparked international outcry, was executed in Karachi Central Prison in the wee hours.
At 17 years, 292 days, Yashasvi Jaiswal became the youngest player ever to score a double hundred in men's List A cricket, points out Rajneesh Gupta.
Teen golf sensation Aditi Ashok scripted history as she became the first Indian woman to win a Ladies European Tour title by clinching the Hero Women's Indian Open in Gurgaon on Sunday.
A Singapore teenager has been charged over an online video criticising Christianity and the country's recently deceased founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew.
Trade generic drugs (medicines that are sold directly through distributors) are fast becoming a key segment for domestic pharma firms as volume growth slows in the overall market. Big companies like Cipla and Alkem have a significant presence in the segment but recently, players like Torrent Pharmaceuticals and Dr Reddy's Laboratories (DRL) have also entered this market. What is driving big pharma's focus on trade generics? The volume growth in the Indian Pharma Market (IPM) has come down from 5.6 per cent in FY16 to 0.1 per cent in FY23.
Two Indian American teens have gone missing from the Bay Area in California in two separate incidents.While 13-year-old Baljot Jaswal from Santa Clara has been missing since February 13, 15-year-old Sampurna Basu from San Mateo has been missing since March 20.Both have been termed as endangered runaways on the website of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.When contacted through the Polly Klass Foundation, Basu's family declined to speak to the press.
Mumbai-based 19-year-old Indian golfer has donated all his prize money saved since the age of seven to fund the vaccination drive for the blue-collar staff of Chembur-based Bombay Presidency Golf club.
Raducanu retired from the match because of 'difficulty breathing'.
Loud and inert at the same time, the film should be shunned simply because of how cruelly it treats three actors we should treasure.
Cement companies witnessed speculative support from investors through FY23 amid hopes of a rebound. After capex announcements in the FY24 Budget, there was further interest due to expectations that government expenditure would boost earnings, besides a generic macro-recovery. Cement earnings were under pressure in FY22 and FY23 due to high raw material and fuel costs; muted demand prevented them passing on the higher cost.
The FMCG sector is generally considered to be a safe haven during difficult times as people never stop buying soap and toothpaste. However, weak rural and semi-urban demand has been a factor since the lockdowns of 2020-21 while rising inflation has also impacted margins. While the FMCG majors have survived on the basis of price hikes and good management practices, they have seen growth slowdowns and experienced margins being squeezed as raw materials and transport costs rose. The FMCG sector witnessed positive volume growth in the fourth quarter of the 2022-23 financial year (Q4FY23) after five consecutive quarters of decline, and the rebound in demand was led by urban markets.
'There cannot be any standards at all. Mind your own business.'
Yeh Meri Family is rescued by the actors. All of them have delivered on the warmth and crankiness of a close-knit family without putting on any hum saath saath hain fakery, observes Deepa Gahlot.
'Investors should look to incrementally allocate towards equity from a medium-to-long term horizon.'
Brit player Harriet Dart left frustrated as mixed doubles partner teams up with 15-year-old Gauff
'There were many experts around me,' A Ganesh Nadar discovers at the India-Pakistan hockey game. 'One of them was explaining to his neighbour, that fellow is a good dragger and flicker, that fellow is a penalty corner specialist, that fellow is a penalty specialist, that fellow is a very good defender, etc, freely dispensing with his expert knowledge.'
Olympic trials: TTFI seeks MEA's help in getting visa for para contingent.
Even by standards of fluff, Girls Hostel 3 floats away without any anchor to entertainment, observes Deepa Gahlot.
Two assistant sub-inspectors were on Friday booked in connection with a Dalit boy's death allegedly in police custody in Devipura village here even as his family claimed that police had demanded money for his release.
Ranbir Singh Shergill, 18, was arrested this weekend and has been ordered held.
A look at the big winners of the night.
The New Delhi Municipal Council on Wednesday approved a proposal to rename Rajpath as 'Kartavya Path'.
The 17-year-old, from Texas, United States is 6ft 10in (208.28 cm) and has a right leg which measures just over 4ft 4in (134.3 cm) and left leg which measures 4ft 5in (135.3 cm).
Much, much, much before Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani fussed over What Jhumka, Asha Bhosle trilled in her alluring voice and teased us with tantalising details about the events leading to her precious Jhumka's loss. Sukanya Verma celebrates the singing legend who turns 90 on September 8.
Dhanush, who turns 40 on July 28, still defies his age and can transform into an unemployed college graduate, an obsessive, one-sided lover or the doting father of a teen with equal integrity and maybe even lead a badly written film to commercial success.
A US teenager has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for beating to death an Indian-American computer scientist in 2010.
With five titles under his belt, Lakshya Sen was racing towards the top echelons of international badminton before his stunning run was halted by the coronavirus pandemic, which brought all sporting action to a halt across the world. With the world in lockdown to contain the deadly disease, Lakshya too is enduring the uncertain times within the confines of his apartment, near the Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy (PPBA) in Bengaluru.
A 15-year-old Indian-American teen has been selected by the White House for the prestigious Champions of Change award for empowering the community by imparting Internet coding through her non-profit organisation.
Anthology movies are a strange beast. They can be as monotonous and harmless as munching away a bumper bag of chips -- you eat one, you have to finish the rest. Or they can be like discovering a rare treasure marked by profound insight and offbeat experiences, observes Sukanya Verma.
If you are looking for a smart popcorn horror to watch with friends, this is a fairly enjoyable romp.
Carlos Alcaraz swatted aside Serbian Dusan Lajovic as Canadian Bianca Andreescu cruised past American Sofia Kenin in straight sets at Miami Open.
IMAGES from all the action on Day 7 of the US Open played at the USTA Billie Jean King Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows in New York on Sunday.
The youngsters in Mismatched look like angels. There are no bullies, no mean girl cliques -- they are all a mostly cheerful, helpful, clean-cut lot, for whom kissing and mild swearing is about as naughty as they dare, observes Deepa Gahlot. Mismatched Season 2 Review
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