New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) India U17 women’s team head coach Joakim Alexandersson on Sunday named a 23-member squad for the SAFF U17 Women’s Championship Bhutan 2025, which is scheduled from August 20 to 31 in Thimphu. Alexandersson, who historically guided the India U20s to their first AFC U20 Women’s Asian Cup qualification in two decades earlier this month, will now lead the U17s as they gear up for the SAFF championship in the lead-up to the AFC U17 Women’s Asian Cup Qualifiers, which will be …

New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) Rashtriya Ayurveda Vidyapeeth (RAV), an autonomous organisation under the Ministry of Ayush, is set to organise its 30th National Seminar, that will serve as a dynamic platform for ayurveda experts to advance knowledge, innovation and collaborative paediatric healthcare research, an official statement said on Sunday.Slated for August 18-19 here, the seminar on the theme “Management of Illness & Wellness in Paediatrics through Ayurveda will bring together renowned s…

Chennai, Aug 17 (IANS) The makers of director Sathyan Anthikad’s eagerly-awaited family drama ‘Hridayapoorvam’, featuring Malayalam superstar Mohanlal in the lead, on Sunday released the lyrical video of the mellifluous number ‘Venmathi’ from the film, much to the delight of fans and film buffs. Aashirvad Cinemas, the firm producing the film, took to its X timeline to share the link to the released lyrical video.It wrote, “Good things take time… and this one’s straight from the heart. #Venma…

Mumbai, Aug 17 (IANS) The first look of the upcoming streaming show ‘The Ba***ds of Bollywood’ was unveiled on Sunday. The series marks the directorial debut of Aryan Khan, the son of Bollywood megastar Shah Rukh Khan. A voiceover ushers in a romantic Mohabbatein-esque vibe only to close with a stinging rejoinder, kicking off that oh-so-familiar Hindi film nostalgia. But what seems like a soft homage quickly flips into something sharper and louder. Soon Aryan embraces the frame, and talks ab…

Los Angeles, Aug 17 (IANS) Filmmaker and DC boss James Gunn has shared an update with regards to his sequel of ‘Superman’. James has said that he has completed the treatment for his ‘Superman’ follow-up and that he and his team are currently scheduling production. He also said that his treatment rendered to the superhero is quite intense, reports ‘Variety’.He told Collider, “We’re scheduling it now. I’m totally done with the treatment. My treatments are incredibly intense. They…

Chennai, Aug 17 (IANS) The makers of director Abin Hariharan’s upcoming medical crime thriller ‘Others’, on Sunday chose to mark the birthday of the film’s lead actress Gouri Kishan by announcing the name of the character she plays in the film. On Sunday, the production house Grand Pictures, which is producing the film, released a poster of the actress from the film in which it disclosed that the actress plays a character called Dr Madhumitha.In fact, the first look of Others showed debutant act…

Mumbai, Aug 17 (IANS) The Indian stock market will take cues from a mix of global and domestic triggers when it reopens for trading this week after the Independence Day holiday.Experts say factors such as the outcome of the Donald Trump-Vladimir Putin meeting, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement on GST reforms, movements in US markets, and the ongoing buying and selling trends of foreign and domestic investors will play a major role in deciding the direction of Dalal Street.Last week, …

New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) OpenAI’s latest language model, GPT-5, may be more powerful and accurate than its predecessors, but the company has warned users not to treat ChatGPT as their main source of information.Nick Turley, Head of ChatGPT, said the AI chatbot should be used as a “second opinion” because it is still prone to mistakes, despite major improvements.In an interview with The Verge, Turley admitted that GPT-5 continues to face the problem of hallucinations, where the system produ…

Kathmandu, Aug 17 (IANS) Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri arrived in Kathmandu on Sunday to strengthen bilateral relations between India and Nepal.Misri is on a two-day visit to Nepal at the invitation of his counterpart, Amrit Bahadur Rai.Announcing his arrival, the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu posted on X, “Foreign Secretary of India Vikram Misri arrives in Kathmandu for an official visit, which reflects the tradition of regular high-level exchanges between India and Nepal, and reaffirms the comm…

Kolkata, Aug 17 (IANS) The family of the trainee nurse, whose body was found in a private hospital in Singur of West Bengal’s Hooghly district, on Sunday, alleged that she was raped and murdered. The nurse’s father said that she was subjected to “physical and mental torture” at the private hospital.He also accused the West Bengal Police of non-cooperation.On Saturday, the family had demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) inquiry into the death of their daughter.”The autopsy was done at…