India's senior men’s national team, as part of their preparation for the AFC Asian Cup 2027 Qualifiers Final Round, will participate in the Central Asian Football Association (CAFA) Nations Cup 2025, scheduled to be held from August 31 to September 8.

Central Asian Football Association has invited India to take part in the tournament after Malaysia withdrew from the tournament, which is outside the official FIFA calendar, due to logistical challenges and the unavailability of players.

India have been drafted into the biennial Central Asian tournament, jointly hosted by Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, and have been placed in Group B, which will be played in Dushanbe. India will play hosts Tajikistan on August 29), Iran on September 1) and Afghanistan on September 4.

The top two teams from each group will progress to the play-off stage, which will see two matches being played on September 8. The third-place match will be played between the two group runners-up in Dushanbe, while the two group winners will play the final in Tashkent.

Salt warning labels on menus in restaurants may help diners rethink over high-salt meals and make healthier choices, according to a study.

It may also be a key strategy to fight cardiovascular diseases as well as kidney damage caused by a high-salt diet.

In a first-of-its-kind research, a team from the University of Liverpool in the UK compared people ordering at a restaurant after seeing salt warnings with those who received a menu without warnings.

The findings, published in the journal The Lancet Public Health, showed that warning labels are perceived by consumers as effective in discouraging the selection of high-salt items. Warning labels also prompted greater awareness of salt content when ordering, and significantly reduced the amount of salt actually ordered.

A powerful earthquake in the Pacific Ocean triggered a tsunami that struck the northern Kuril Islands early Wednesday, forcing the evacuation of residents from Severo-Kurilsk, a coastal town in Russia's Far East.

The quake, centred approximately 119 kilometres (74 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, a Russian city with a population of around 180,000, triggered immediate tsunami alerts across multiple countries.

The tremors prompted authorities to evacuate several areas near the epicentre, particularly on the Kamchatka Peninsula, where tsunami waves between 3 and 4 metres (10 and 13 feet) were reported.

Despite structural damage in some regions, no serious injuries were initially reported, according to local officials.

Veteran actor Chunky Panday took to social media to share his heartfelt experience of visiting Kathmandu after more than three decades.

The ‘Housefull 5’ actor, who last visited the city in 1989, recalled fond memories from the past and expressed how special it felt to return after such a long time. Chunky posted a couple of his photos and captioned it, “Visited Kathmandu after 1989. So beautiful, so green and the warmest Hospitality.”

In the images, he is seen smiling while posing for the camera. Earlier, Chunky Panday had visited the sacred Pashupatinath Temple and shared moments from his spiritual journey on social media. The ‘Liger’ actor posted photos from the revered temple and expressed his gratitude, sharing that he felt blessed to have received darshan during the holy month of Shravan.

The Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) has arrested an alleged female Al Qaeda operative in Bengaluru, police sources said on Wednesday.

Following the development, the authorities in Bengaluru have heightened intelligence vigilance across the city.

The arrested individual has been identified as 33-year-old Shama Parveen, a native of Jharkhand. According to police, the ATS investigation revealed her alleged role in strengthening the Al Qaeda network in Bengaluru. She had been residing in the Manorayanapalya locality of the city.

Top seed Alexander Zverev began his Canadian Open campaign by ousting Adam Walton 7-6(6), 6-4, during which the 28-year-old survived a lung-busting exchange to crucially earn set point in the opener.

After trailing 3/5 in the tie-break, Zverev seized momentum following that lengthy rally at 5/5 and found more rhythm from the baseline to advance. Zverev was broken when he served for the match at 5-3, yet quickly regrouped to close out the one-hour, 42-minute match the following game, ATP reports.

A seven-time ATP Masters 1000 champion, including a triumph in Canada in 2017, the No. 3 player in the ATP Rankings will continue his quest to add to that haul against 32nd seed Matteo Arnaldi, who defeated Australian Tristan Schoolkate 6-3, 3-6, 6-3. Zverev leads Arnaldi 1-0 in their ATP head-to-head series, with their lone meeting coming in Acapulco this year.

In a new twist to the Andhra Pradesh liquor scam case, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) has recovered Rs 11 crore cash from a guesthouse near Hyderabad.

The currency notes were kept in 12 cardboard boxes at Sulochana Farm Guesthouse at Kacharam in Shamshabad mandal of Rangareddy district, said sources here.

The SIT seized the cash during the searches at the houses and offices of the accused in the scam, which allegedly took place during the previous government of the YSR Congress Party.

The investigating officials also seized liquor hidden at the same premises. The SIT sources said, "Cash and liquor were hidden at the direction of Kesireddy Rajashekar Reddy, the prime accused in the case."

The SIT officials searched the guesthouse on the basis of the information revealed by Varun Purshottam, who is accused number 40 in the case.

Actor Karan Tacker has said that staying curious and passionate is key to growth in the industry and said that he doesn’t like to sit in a vanity because he likes to see the “behind the scenes," which he says is the “most exciting part of a film set”.

Karan, whose latest release is “Special Ops 2”, told: “I feel like at any point—if as an actor or as an individual—you feel like you have learned it all, that’s the beginning of your downfall, both as a person and as a professional.

The actor said that he is very curious.

“Luckily for me, I am very, very curious and inquisitive because I also love what I do for a living. I love the job that I do. So every time I go on a set, I almost feel like—I mean, I am—as good as a newcomer. I’m excited to be on set.”

US President Donald Trump has asked the residents across Alaska and the Pacific Coast to stay "strong and safe" after a powerful 8.7 magnitude earthquake jolted Russia's Far East early on Wednesday, prompting a tsunami warning.

The massive 8.7-magnitude quake struck off the coast of Kamchatka Peninsula, causing significant concern across the Pacific basin.

The quake, centred approximately 119 kilometres (74 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, a Russian city with a population of around 180,000, triggered immediate tsunami alerts across multiple countries.

Taking to X, Trump posted, "Due to a massive earthquake that occurred in the Pacific Ocean, a Tsunami Warning is in effect for those living in Hawaii. A Tsunami Watch is in effect for Alaska and the Pacific Coast of the United States. Japan is also in the way. Please visit https://tsunami.gov for the latest information. Stay strong and stay safe!"

The tremors prompted authorities to evacuate several areas near the epicentre, particularly on the Kamchatka Peninsula, where tsunami waves between 3 and 4 metres (10 and 13 feet) were reported.

The Army said on Wednesday that two terrorists were spotted near the border fence on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, and a gunfight is now underway in the area.

Nagrota-headquartered White Knight Corps said on X, “Suspected movement of two individuals was observed by own troops along the fence in gen area of #Poonch Sector. Gunfire exchanged. Operation under progress”.

Reports from the area said the infiltration bid by terrorists has been foiled, and the operation is on to eliminate the intruders.

Army’s Poonch interception of terrorists comes just two days after all three terrorists engaged in the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack were killed by the joint forces in Srinagar district in Operation Mahadev.

Three hardcore Pakistani terrorists, including Suleman Shah, the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) commander and his two associates, Abu Hamza and Jibran Bhai, were killed in a joint operation by the Army, CRPF and J&K Police in the higher reaches of Dachigam National Park at the foot of the Mahadev Mountain Peak in the Harwan area of Srinagar.