IPL Throwback: The Last Time KKR & RR Qualified After the Conclusion of the Table Stage

In 2021, KKR had to rely on MI’s last match result for the former’s qualification into the playoffs The ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) has only five matches remaining in the table stage, and yet, five teams are mathematically in the race for the playoffs. However, recently, two of the five teams have been in similar situations, having to wait until their 14th table match to qualify for the playoffs. Those two teams are the Kolkata Knight Riders and the Rajasthan Royals. Ahead of their last respective 14th table-stage games, let us recall the last time they were hanging by ...

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“AC Is Running, But We’re Still Sweating”: Why Delhi Residents Feel This Summer Is Different

Delhi’s extreme summer heat is once again dominating daily life across the NCR region. Temperatures have crossed 45°C in several areas, while the India Meteorological Department has issued heatwave warnings and orange alerts for multiple days. But many residents say this year’s summer feels different, not just hotter, but more ...

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OTT Has 13 New Releases. You Have One Friday Night. Here’s The Shortcut To Picking Tonight’s Watch!

The weekend watchlist is crowded again. Before your thumb goes numb scrolling through five apps, pick the mood first, not the platform. There is a very modern kind of confusion: dinner is done, the lights are off, everyone is ready, and then nobody can decide what to watch. Ten minutes ...

Cannes Booking Opens Today. Which Films Should Indian Viewers Track Before OTT Finds Them?

The red carpet will get the flashbulbs, of course. But the smarter Cannes game is spotting the films before algorithms start recommending them six months later. Cannes has moved from announcement mode to planning mode. The official Festival de Cannes site says the 79th edition runs from 12 to 23 ...

Manoj Bajpayee Starrer ‘Governor’ Teaser Out: What Happened In India’s 1990s Economy That Needed An RBI Hero?

The teaser turns central banking, usually a snooze-button subject, into a big-screen question: how close did India come to running out of money? Not every thriller needs a gunshot. Sometimes, the danger sits inside a foreign-exchange table. The teaser of The Silent Saviour: Governor is out, with Manoj Bajpayee playing ...

Remembering Alfred Hitchcock: The Bizarre Ways Bollywood Turned His Darkest Thrillers Into Singing, Dancing Melodramas

From shadowy suspense to shimmering song sequences, Hitchcock’s legacy took a curious detour in Hindi cinema. Somewhere between a knife’s glint and a playback singer’s high note, things get reinterpreted. That’s perhaps the politest way to describe how Alfred Hitchcock’s brooding, tightly-wound thrillers found new life in Bollywood. Not quite ...

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KKR’s Captaincy Debate: Manish Pandey – Never Donned the Captain’s Armband but Is He an Option?

If Rahane, despite his lack of runs and strike rate, can captain the team, why is Manish Pandey not an option? In the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL), the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) campaign seems to be a sports-movie trope: an underdog team rises to win the tournament. The team began with five defeats and one game without a result, but suddenly, they are still in the race for the playoffs. To be honest, it is difficult to judge KKR’s campaign, but what is even more difficult is judging Ajinkya Rahane as captain, who is definitely not the fan favourite. ...

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April 24, 1990: The Hubble Space Telescope Launched, Setting the Stage for NASA’s Most Terrifying Zero-Gravity Repair Mission

It was supposed to be our ultimate window to the cosmos, but NASA’s crown jewel went up legally blind. Here is how astronauts pulled off the ultimate cosmic eye exam. Imagine holding your breath for over a decade. That was the collective state of the scientific community on April 24, ...

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Yuri Gagarin: The Man Who Touched the Stars First, A Trivia to First Human Space Flight

Yuri Gagarin’s Historic Flight: A Journey Beyond Earth! On April 12, 1961, history was made when Yuri Gagarin became the first human to travel into space. His journey wasn’t just a scientific achievement — it was a moment that redefined humanity’s place in the universe. Even decades later, his story ...

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On Einstein's 147th Birthday : "It Has Become Appallingly Obvious”: A Look at the The Physicist's Prophecy on Technology

We built the ultimate toolbox, but maybe forgot who is supposed to swing the hammer. Albert saw the glitch coming a mile away. I caught someone totally ignoring a rather magnificent sunset the other evening. They were entirely lost in a digital void. It immediately dragged my mind to a ...

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