Akshita Kapoor

[ad_1] Aamir Khan’s girlfriend, Gauri Spratt, became the center of social media buzz after a video of her casually dodging paparazzi on the streets of Mumbai went viral. Recently, Gauri was spotted strolling in a white casual outfit when she noticed the cameras trailing her. Without missing a beat, she smoothly made a u-turn and avoided the photographers, a move that immediately grabbed netizens’ attention and sparked widespread curiosity online. Fans reactFans couldn’t stop talking about her composed yet clever response to the media frenzy. One comment read, “She saw paparazzi and spotted them and turned away from their greedy cameras.” Another comment read, “Laughing she was.”Who Is Gauri Spratt?Gauri Spratt has largely stayed away from the limelight despite her association with one of Bollywood’s biggest stars. She currently works for Aamir Khan’s production banner and is based out of […]

[ad_1] Punjab Kings face mighty Mumbai Indians as both teams eye a top-two finishJAIPUR: Shreyas Iyer’s exclusion from India’s Test squad for the England tour might feel like a setback, given his ambition to cement his place in red-ball cricket. Chief selector Ajit Agarkar’s comment that ‘right now there’s no room in Test cricket’ for Iyer despite his impressive domestic performances and a strong Champions Trophy showing, will likely sting given his performances across formats.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!It must be tough on him, as the former India captain Sunil Gavaskar points out. But he doesn’t have to ‘give up’.Who's that IPL player?“He has done nothing wrong. He has scored heaps of runs in all forms of the game. So it’s a little bit tough on Iyer. Maybe, what happened when he lost his central […]

[ad_1] IPL trophy (Image credit: BCCI/IPL) The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 is delivering a final week full of drama, with playoff berths already sealed — but the battle for the crucial top-two spots still wide open. As the league stage winds down, the four qualified teams — Gujarat Titans, Punjab Kings, Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Mumbai Indians — are locked in a fierce race for a strategic advantage in the playoffs.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!Despite qualifying early, all four teams have faltered since then. Since the top-four spots were sealed, five of the seven final league matches have been played, and three of the top four teams — GT, PBKS and RCB — featured in four of them, losing each time. Who's that IPL player?Gujarat Titans, who were sitting comfortably at the top with […]

[ad_1] The viral picture of Preity Zinta and Faf du Plessis. (X Photo) NEW DELHI: Delhi Capitals ended their IPL 2025 campaign with a commanding six-wicket win over Punjab Kings at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on Saturday. But what truly set the internet buzzing wasn’t the scorecard — it was a viral moment off the field involving Faf du Plessis and Preity Zinta.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!Following the game, a fan posted a photo of DC’s stand-in skipper Faf du Plessis and PBKS co-owner and Bollywood star Preity Zinta chatting, calling them “visual perfection” and pitching them for a movie together — either a “sports drama or a royal romance.”Who's that IPL player?“Someone please cast @faf1307 and @realpreityzinta in a movie already. He’s got the action-hero vibe. She’s aging like fine wine… don’t […]

[ad_1] Russian President Vladimir Putin (AP file photo) A Russian military commander has claimed that President Vladimir Putin's helicopter was "at the epicenter" of a Ukrainian drone attack earlier this week during a visit to Kursk Oblast, raising questions about the president's proximity to the frontlines.According to a report by Russian news agency RBC, Yury Dashkin, commander of an air defence division in the region, said that Putin’s aircraft was flying as Russian forces were repelling a significant drone assault by Ukraine.“We were simultaneously engaged in an air defence battle and ensuring airspace security for the president’s helicopter flight,” Dashkin told RBC. “The helicopter was effectively at the epicenter of the response to the massive drone attack.”The incident reportedly took place on May 20, during what was Putin’s first publicised visit to Kursk Oblast since Russian troops reclaimed most of […]

[ad_1] Brett Favre implies he's being targeted by Netflix (Image via AP) NFL Hall of Famer Brett Favre is once again at the center of controversy—not for his past on-field glory, but for how he believes he’s being portrayed in the new Netflix documentary Untold: The Fall of Favre.The former Green Bay Packers quarterback has implied that the documentary’s critical tone is less about justice and more about politics, suggesting he's being singled out for his outspoken support of Donald Trump.Brett Favre implies he's being targeted because of his conservative politicsWhile Favre hasn’t issued a direct statement about the documentary, his actions on social media are telling. He recently reposted two messages on X (formerly Twitter) that accuse Netflix of political bias, insinuating that the streaming giant is punishing him for backing Trump. Though Favre didn’t write the tweets himself, […]

[ad_1] Kolkata Knight Riders captain Ajinkya Rahane (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) captain Ajinkya Rahane on Sunday admitted that while the bowling unit did a commendable job in the IPL 2025, it was the batting that fell short."This season has been kind of up and down for us. We had our chances, but as a unit, we didn’t play really well," Rahane told reporters here after KKR ended their campaign with a thumping 110-run loss.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!"If you win close matches, those are the differences. And the Punjab Kings game, LSG game, and also the CSK game, I thought those 2-3 games could have been slightly different.Who's that IPL player?“What I saw as a captain was that everyone tried their best. It's never easy to come into a season as […]

[ad_1] A newly identified variant of Covid-19, named NB.1.8.1, has been recorded in the United States of America, following a surge in cases observed in China. Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicates that this strain has been discovered in international travelers at various US airports. The expansion of the new strain:Recent reports have also emerged of the strain being detected in the community, suggesting it may be spreading locally.In certain regions of Asia, NB.1.8.1 has been associated with a rise in Covid-19 cases. Notably, the percentage of severely ill respiratory patients in China with Covid-19 has increased from 3.3% to 6.3% over the last month, and the rate of A&E patients testing positive for the virus in Chinese hospitals has skyrocketed from 7.5% to 16.2%. Additionally, Taiwan has experienced a 78% increase in hospital admissions […]

[ad_1] Credit: X/@Paracelsus1092 It was a discovery no one expected—not on a casual night hike, and certainly not after nearly three decades of silence from a species declared extinct. But in 2023, deep in the misty highlands of São Nicolau in Cape Verde, a lost insect made an extraordinary comeback.The Monte Gordo grasshopper (Eyprepocprifas insularis), last seen alive in 1980 and officially declared extinct in 1996, has been found once again—alive and leaping.Dutch biologists Rob Felix and Annelies Jacobs were on a holiday field trip to Cape Verde when their flashlight caught something unexpected: a grasshopper perched calmly on a mountain path.“On our first evening, we were heading toward a seabird colony when I noticed it sitting on the trail,” Felix recounted. “Under the torchlight, its features stood out immediately. I shouted, ‘It’s Eyprepocprifas!’—and somehow, I was right.”In the days […]