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Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, one of the country’s leading progressives, delivered an impromptu speech onstage at the Coachella music festival in California on Saturday night in which he implored young people to oppose President Trump’s policies.Mr. Sanders, who had spoken earlier in the evening at a packed rally in downtown Los Angeles as part of a Western tour, made his comments before introducing the singer-songwriter Clairo.“This country faces some very difficult challenges, and the future of what happens to America is dependent upon your generation,” Mr. Sanders, 83, said during his brief address, which received cheers from the crowd.…

The Toda threads and jamakalam revowen showcase by FICCI FLO | Photo Credit: R Ravindran India’s rich array of crafts and the artisans behind it all  have countless stories to weave. Take P Sakthivel from Bhavani near Erode, for instance. He is the third generation from his family to be engaged in the art of weaving jamalakkalams but today, the circumstances of his business have changed, he says. “Powerlooms have taken over and there are fewer people now who are making jamakkalams the traditional way,” he says. Anuradha Halan, who has been working with Toda artisans from the Nilgiris, has much…

James Vince received a hair dryer for his century in the PSL. (Image: Screenshot) In a unique moment in the Pakistan Super League 2025, Karachi Kings’ James Vince received an unusual prize – a hair dryer – following his match-winning century against Multan Sultans on Saturday. The English cricketer was presented with this peculiar award as the ‘most Reliable Player of the Match’ during a sponsor giveaway in the dressing room, leaving him laughing at the bizarre recognition.Vince’s spectacular innings of 101 runs off 43 balls, including 14 fours and four sixes, guided Karachi Kings to successfully chase down a…

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday flagged off a commercial flight from Hisar to Ayodhya and laid the foundation stone for a new terminal building at Maharaja Agrasen Airport.The terminal, to be built at an estimated cost of over Rs 410 crore, is part of Modi’s vision to make air travel safer, more affordable, and accessible to all.Addressing a public event in Haryana’s Hisar, Modi said, “Before 2014, there were 74 airports in the country, but today there are over 150 airports. Imagine 74 airports in 70 years? Every year, there are record airline passengers in the country.…

The Trump administration on Sunday evening doubled down on its assertion that a federal judge cannot force it to bring back to the United States a Maryland man who was unlawfully deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador last month.In a brief legal filing, the Justice Department reiterated its view that courts lack the ability to dictate steps that the White House should take in seeking to return the man, Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, to U.S. soil, because the president alone has broad powers to handle foreign policy.“The federal courts have no authority to direct the executive branch to…

Art-inspired handpainted image on a Quirkk India ensemble | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Mudit and Surbhi Kanoria’s fashion brand, Quirkk India, may be less than a year old, but it is already making waves with its eye-catching designs. Specialising in shirts, tunics, and trousers featuring a vibrant mix of hand-painted and printed imagery, the Varanasi-based label blends geometric patterns, flora, fauna, and pop-art aesthetics. Their designs — ranging from nods to Frida Kahlo and Van Gogh to playful pet portraits with a quirky twist — have intrigued buyers, as seen at a recent exhibition by the Crafts Council of Telangana…

ICC chairman Jay Shah (c) with Chief Executives Committee members. (Pic credit: ICC) NEW DELHI: In a major move to promote inclusivity and opportunity in cricket, the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Sunday announced the formation of a dedicated task force to support displaced Afghan women cricketers. The initiative, launched in partnership with the BCCI, ECB and Cricket Australia, aims to provide holistic support to Afghan women athletes uprooted from their homeland due to political turmoil.The ICC will establish a special fund to offer direct financial assistance, ensuring that these cricketers can continue pursuing their careers. In addition, a robust…

Fugitive businessman Mehul Choksi (File photo) NEW DELHI: Fugitive diamond merchantMehul Choksi, a key accused in the Rs 14,000-crore Punjab National Bank fraud case, was arrested on Saturday by Belgian authorities on India’s extradition request.Choksi’s arrest was based on two non-bailable warrants issued by a Mumbai court, dated May 23, 2018, and June 15, 2021, according to people familiar with the development.Indian officials had earlier asked Belgium to initiate extradition proceedings after locating Choksi in the country. Sources said he was allegedly planning to move to Switzerland for medical treatment at a cancer hospital.In 2018, Mehul Choksi, his nephew Nirav…

A Wisconsin teenager has been charged in the killing of his mother and stepfather in what the federal authorities described as an attempt to obtain the money and autonomy he believed was necessary for a plot to kill President Trump and overthrow the government.The teenager, Nikita Casap, 17, was arrested last month in the deaths of his mother, Tatiana Casap, 35, and stepfather, Donald Mayer, 51, according to the Waukesha County Sheriff’s Department.Sheriff’s deputies found the bodies at the family’s home in Waukesha, about 17 miles southwest of Milwaukee, after receiving a call on Feb. 28 requesting a welfare check,…

Delhi-based fashion designer Divyam Mehta’s new collection Still Waters | Photo Credit: Special arrangement With deliberate, calculated precision, Delhi-based fashion designer Divyam Mehta defines the inspiration behind his newly launched summer collection Still Waters. He borrows the collection’s design language from South Asian contemporary art, tribal rugs and nautical stripes, but manipulates its grammar to create mundu skirts, oversized jackets paired with dresses, gilets, pyjama trousers, tops and layered tunics. “For the moodboard,” he explains, “we were mainly looking at modern art from Cambodia, Indonesia and South India, but these inspirations have been manipulated and edited to create something abstract,…