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‘Paagal’ has made YouTube ‘Paagal’

Indian Rapper Badshah, has set a new record within 24 hours of posting his music video, ‘Paagal’ under the label Sony Music on YouTube. He broke the record by getting 75 million views in a day, eclipsing the mark set by Korean boy band BTS in April.   https://www.instagram.com/p/BzxxWpKgq5e/ https://twitter.com/sonymusicindia/status/1149904685567893505   However, YouTube has declined …

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Love Will Find A Way

While the whole world is witnessing President Donald Trump’s continuous attack on people of colour and his open strategy of dividing people, two artists from California took things on their own shoulder to stand against it. Ronald Rael, Associate Professor of Architecture at the University of California, Berkley and Virginia San Fratello, Assistant Professor at …

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A Throwback To The Boy Who Lived

JK Rowling is no new for all who love the world of Harry Potter. The originator of the famous Harry Potter series, JK Rowling turns a year older today. From ‘The Sorcerer’s Stone’ to ‘The Deathly Hallows’, JK Rowling took the audience on a roller coaster of magic, friendship, and the victory of good over …

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Truecaller Bug Bugs Indian Users

It has been a nightmare for thousands in India, after a bug in Truecaller app automatically created their Unified Payments Interface (UPI) accounts with ICICI Bank without their consent. This led to panic and hacking fears. The affected ones, received a message from the bank, which stated that, ‘The registration for their UPI app had …

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Prithvi Shaw Banned

India Test opener Prithvi Shaw has been slapped with an eight month ban from all forms of competitive cricket after failing a dope test. This was after he was found to have inadvertently ingested Terbutaline, a prohibited drug on the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) list, in his cough syrup. On their official website, Board of …

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Meghan Markle Faces Backlash

Duchess of Sussex unveiled the September issue of British Vogue cover on Sunday. She is also the Guest Editor of the magazine and worked along with the Editor in Chief, Edward Enniful for seven months. Entitled as ‘Forces of Change’, the magazine will be featuring fifteen women across the world who are working to reshape …

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Fan Attack On Guru Randhawa

Singer Guru Randhawa, who was on a US/Canada concert tour, was attacked by a member in the audience post his live concert in Vancouver, Canada. His team announced his return to India, confirming he is home, feeling safe and that he had four stitches on right eyebrow after being punched. Guru’s team shared a post …

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Blink And Zoom In

Scientists at the University of California San Diego have created a contact lens that zooms on the user’s command. The ‘zooming in’ process will be controlled by the eye movements. The lens created will be able to change its focal length depending on the signal generated by the user. As per the research, if the …

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The Thing With Feathers’ Delhi run will be staged at the OP Jindal Auditorium on September 26 and 27, 2026 Aadyam Theatre, an initiative by the Aditya Birla Group, brings its fourth showcase, The Thing With Feathers, to Delhi this September. Directed by Rajat Kapoor, this play – set against the backdrop of one of the most unsettling times of the 20th century – packed auditoriums in Mumbai, with its houseful first run. Now, the play is all set for its Delhi run at the OP Jindal Auditorium on September 26 and 27, 2026. Co-written by Rabia Kapoor and Chandrachoor Rai, The Thing With Feathers takes place between the golden decades of the first half of the 20th century. Unlike other productions centred around war and revolutions, this play revolves around ordinary people navigating through these extraordinary times.. Amid the conflicts, they are confronted with loss and separation, yet they find ways to love, live, and hope again. The play, at its heart, is a story about love and loss that unfolds across continents, times, and contexts, asking a pertinent question: when lives transform drastically, amidst changing times, what illuminates the human soul to persist? Through the show, an intelligent narrative device is used in the form of birds as characters, that act as witnesses to this metamorphosis, taking us on a journey of self-revelation about our past and the choices made by human kind that led us to where we are today. The cast is an ensemble of some of the most celebrated names in the industry, including Vinay Pathak,Mantra, Neil Bhoopalam, Bhavya Rampal, Waris Ahmed Zaidi, Chandrachoor Rai, Amit Purohit, Radhika Mehrotra, Vidhushi Chadha, Bhagyashree Tarke, and Aarsha Mukherji. The production team consists of experienced technicians and crew, with Isha Ahluwalia as Costume Designer; Vikrant Thakar as Lighting Designer; Sameer Shaikh as Executive Producer; Hussain Zaidi and Amit Purohit supervising backstage production; Aditya Narayan designing the music; and Meena Agarwal as Production Designer. Throughout this season, Aadyam Theatre has upheld its decade-long ethos of nurturing storytelling and bringing the best of Indian theatre. The Thing With Feathers is looking at history with a new lens, bringing forth a story about the quiet persistence of the human soul and resilience in turbulent times. Tickets are available on BookMyShow. Experience history like never before through an intimate human lens, telling the story of hope, love, and rising again.