Livestream, 150 kmph, then crash! What UK07 rider incident tells about road safety

Livestream, 150 kmph, then crash! What UK07 rider incident tells about road safety

Image Credit: X/KrishnaTOI A dramatic crash involving motovlogger Anurag Dobhal has triggered fresh concerns over reckless driving after the incident was broadcast live on Instagram, with the video quickly going viral across social media platforms. Dobhal, who is widely known online as UK07 Rider, was reportedly driving a Toyota Fortuner on the Delhi-Meerut Expressway when…

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Russian sanctions easing linked only to India? Trump’s message to Europe allies amid Middle East oil shock

Donald Trump indicated that Washington might consider lifting ‘certain oil-related sanctions’ in order to help bring down prices. (AI image) Even as the world economy reels under the global oil supply shock, the Donald Trump administration has reportedly made it clear to European countries that any easing on Russian crude oil sanctions would be related…

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‘What happened in Dec should not have, ‘ says Rahul Bhatia; Indigo CEO Elbers quits

New Delhi: IndiGo CEO Pieter Elbers has resigned from the airline with immediate effect, following the airline’s unprecedented schedule collapse last December that had left lakhs of passengers stranded across airports. Airline founder & MD Rahul Bhatia will “in the interim assume management of the affairs of the company,” IndiGo parent InterGlobe Enterprises said in…

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Inside world’s longest non-stop flight set to launch next year, where passengers see two sunrises

Inside world’s longest non-stop flight set to launch next year, where passengers see two sunrises |

Qantas Project Sunrise A350-ULR will operate the world’s longest non-stop flight, from Sydney to London or New York, where passengers see two sunrises. Passengers flying between Sydney and London or Sydney and New York will soon be able to cross more than 10,000 miles without a single stop, as Australia’s national carrier Qantas prepares to…

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The drug paradox of Queen Victoria: New book says she ‘loved’ drugs while empire sold opium worldwide

The drug paradox of Queen Victoria: New book says she ‘loved’ drugs while empire sold opium worldwide |

A new book claims Queen Victoria used cocaine, cannabis and laudanum during Britain’s global opium trade. Queen Victoria is often remembered as the figurehead of a moral, industrious era in British history. Yet the global economic machinery that operated during her reign included one of the most controversial trades of the 19th century: the export…

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Was Britain’s Queen Charlotte really black? Netflix’s Bridgerton star insists ‘she was a woman of colour’

Was Britain’s Queen Charlotte really black? Netflix’s Bridgerton star insists ‘she was a woman of colour’ |

collage of Allan Ramsay’s portrait of Queen Charlotte Sophia For generations, historians and genealogists have argued over an unusual question in British royal history: could Queen Charlotte, the German-born wife of King George III, have had African ancestry? The debate, once largely confined to academic circles, has resurfaced in popular culture through Netflix’s Regency drama…

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20-year-old declares himself first Gen Z president of new country after discovering unclaimed land

Daniel Jackson: 20-year-old declares himself first Gen Z president of new country after discovering unclaimed land |

Daniel Jackson is the self-declared president of the Free Republic of Verdis, leading its online government and citizen community./ Image: X In an era when nearly every piece of land on Earth belongs to a recognised state, the idea of starting a new country can sound almost impossible. Yet Daniel Jackson, a 20-year-old with British…

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