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Alia Bhatt Makes Farshi Salwar Feel Fresh In An All-White Torani Look And Pearl Chandeliers
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Styled to perfection, Alia Bhatt’s all-white ensemble proves tradition can also be fun and modern
Alia Bhatt Makes Farshi Salwar Feel Fresh In An All-White Torani Look And Pearl Chandeliers
Alia Bhatt proves yet again that nothing is more powerful than a simple look done right. For a recent outing, she chose to wear a traditional Indian ensemble by Torani. In a palette of soft whites, the actor wore a custom suit built around the classic Farshi salwar which looked elegant and fluid.
A farshi salwar, unlike the regular version, is known to be a voluminous garment that has an extremely wide, floor-length flare, inspired by Persian and Mughal royalty. Since the fabric drapes like a carpet, it gets the name farshi (‘farsh’ meaning “floor”) and is paired with a long kurta for an elegant, regal look.
Alia’s kurta is delicate and feminine, crafted in sheer ivory with intricate lace embroidery tracing the neckline and sleeves. It skims the body softly, layered over a matching inner, and flows into the volume of the salwar. The dupatta, edged with scalloped lace, moves like air.
Then come the details we really love. Alia Bhatt opts for pearl chandelier earrings by Hanut Singh, who has become almost synonymous with quirky pieces that sit at the intersection of traditional and modern looks. Adding to the look are pointed embroidered juttis by Needledust, which keep the look grounded in craft, while gold rings offer a subtle contrast.
Her beauty look stays effortless as always. Hair is pulled back into a sleek ponytail, letting her features shine. She boasts luminous skin, softly defined eyes, a hint of blush on her cheeks and nude lips, making the look polished, but never overdone.
Alia has always stunned in white, regardless of whether she goes traditional or modern with it. Last year, at the premiere of Aryan Khan’s much-anticipated Ba***ds Of Bollywood, the actor resurrected one of the most legendary pieces in Gucci’s history: the closing look from Tom Ford’s Fall/Winter 1996/97 collection, first made famous by Kate Moss nearly three decades ago.The dress, an ivory jersey gown with daring side cut-outs and the now-iconic oversized G-buckle belt, was originally shown at Gucci’s Milan runway in 1996.
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‘Heartbroken’ Vanessa Hudgens mourns death of her ‘sweet girl’
Vanessa Hudgens is “heartbroken” over the death of her beloved dog, Darla.
Taking to her Instagram handle on Tuesday, the 37-year-old actress announced the sad news of her dog’s passing.
“Anyone that knows me knew Darla. She went everywhere with me. Traveled the world. Was there for me every single step of the way,” Vanessa penned.
The Princess Switch actress further wrote, “She was the smartest little lady I’ve ever known. I couldn’t have asked for a better dog. I am beyond heart broken today.”
“Putting her down was one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to do, but her little body was failing her and it was her time,” continued Vanessa.
Concluding the post, the High School Musical alum added, “I already miss the pitter patter of her little paws in the house. If you have your own fur baby squeeze them extra for me. Rest in peace my sweet girl.”
For those unversed, Darla was actually rescued by Vanessa‘s ex Austin Butler‘s mother. The exes adopted the dog after the death of Austin‘s mom.
India’s Abhishek Sharma hospitalised with stomach infection – SUCH TV
India’s opening batter Abhishek Sharma has been hospitalised with a stomach infection, media reports said on Wednesday.
The development has put the availability of India’s main batter for Thursday’s T20 World Cup match against Namibia in doubt.
Sharma has been receiving treatment in a private Delhi hospital for the past two days.
“Abhishek has been admitted to a private hospital in Delhi due to a stomach infection. Some tests are being done to ascertain the problem.
It is still not clear whether he will be discharged today. But the match against Namibia looks doubtful as of now,” a BCCI source was quoted as saying.
Sharma, who was dismissed for a first-ball duck in India’s opening World Cup game against the USA, had previously been battling a stomach issue.
He did not field during the USA’s innings, with India’s assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate confirming that Sharma was recovering from a stomach bug.
“Abhi still has got a few issues with his tummy. We are hopeful that he’ll be available for the game in two days’ time,” Doeschate said.
If Sharma is unavailable, India could opt to open with Sanju Samson, who had been replaced by Ishan Kishan as the first-choice wicketkeeper-batter following a string of low scores against New Zealand last month.
Ten Doeschate said the team is waiting for Abhi’s fitness more than anything.
On a positive note, Jasprit Bumrah is set to feature against Namibia after missing the opener due to illness.
He participated in India’s training session in Delhi on Tuesday, bowling at full intensity.
Allrounder Washington Sundar has also rejoined the squad after recovering from a side tear suffered during the series against New Zealand.
Sundar took part in batting and bowling practice, including throwdowns at the nets, ahead of Thursday’s clash.
Younger Bangladesh voters primed for first post-Hasina election
DHAKA: Millions of young Bangladeshis will vote for the first time on Thursday in a landmark election to determine the country’s leadership following a 2024 student-led uprising that ended former prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s autocratic rule.
Young people aged 18 to 27 make up 44% of the country’s 129 million voters, many of whom say they never voted during Hasina’s 15-year iron-fisted tenure.
Elections under the ousted prime minister’s rule were marred by allegations of widespread rigging and bans on opposition parties.
Faijullah Wasif, 33, a university official preparing to cast his first ballot, said he didn’t vote while Hasina was in power because he felt it wouldn’t make a difference.
“It was mainly because of fear and anxiety that I didn’t go,” he said. “I did not even feel interested.”
The demographic bulge of younger voters has forced parties to recalibrate their campaigns and messages.
The digital battleground has become central to the campaign, and parties have invested heavily in online outreach, from Facebook videos to TikTok reels.
‘Excited’
This election, Hasina’s former ruling Awami League has been barred.
Instead, the parties once crushed under her rule are running — the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and its allies, and a coalition led by Jamaat-e-Islami, the country’s largest religious party.
Ashfah Binte Latif, 21, a student at Dhaka University, said her parents had told her stories of past elections, pre-Hasina, when polling day was celebrated like a festival.
“Now that we have managed to change the system, I am very excited,” she said.
The National Citizen Party (NCP), formed by the student leaders who spearheaded the uprising, have allied with Jamaat-e-Islami.
Latif said she expected more from the young student leaders, but she is still eager for change.
“We expected young people to lead us — and in many ways, they did,” she said. “If they fail, it’s a failure for all of the young.”
The spark that ignited the 2024 unrest started on university campuses by students opposed to a quota system in the civil service, which they said excluded them from jobs.
‘Respect’
A year and a half later, Bangladesh’s economy remains fragile, and graduates still struggle to land their first job.
Election expert Md Abdul Alim, a former member of Bangladesh’s election reform commission, said he expected a strong youth turnout.
“These young voters will carry this sense of deprivation with them to the polls, and they will vote,” he said.
Of around 2,000 candidates vying for the 350 seats — some 1,400 standing for the first time — more than 600 are aged 44 or below, according to statistics from the electoral commission.
Wasif, the university official, believes the fresh faces will benefit Bangladesh.
“Our trust in young people is very strong, and our hopes are high,” Wasif said.
“Since young people brought about this change, I believe that it is through them that Bangladesh’s political culture will undergo a radical transformation.”
Latif hopes it will usher in a more democratic leadership.
“A government that won’t see dissenting voices as enemies, but will respect them,” Latif said.
American Ashley Farquharson captures rare Olympic luge medal at Winter Games
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Ashley Farquharson raced to Olympic glory in luge on Tuesday at the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics.
The American luger became emotional when she checked the scoreboard and realized she earned her first Olympic medal. Her performance in the women’s luge singles on Tuesday also marked just the second time an American has won an Olympic medal in the event.
Farquharson, who started sliding as an after-school activity when she was growing up in Park City, Utah, said it was almost hard to believe what she had accomplished.
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Ashley Farquharson of United States reacts after her run during women’s single luge during the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games at Cortina Sliding Centre in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy on Feb. 10, 2026. (Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters via Imagn Images)
“It really didn’t feel real,” Farquharson said after her victory. “And then everyone meeting me on the ice, and the whirlwind it’s been since then has really cemented it. For a couple seconds when I was coming up the outrun, I was like, ‘that’s not real.’”
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Germany’s Julia Taubitz took the gold medal, winning by almost a full second, a monster margin in luge. Latvia’s Elena Bota was second, matching her country’s best Olympic result.
Until Farquharson’s feat, Erin Hamlin was the last American to earn a bronze medal, doing so at the 2014 Sochi Games.
Ashley Farquharson of Team United States starts the Women’s Singles Run 1 on day three of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games at Cortina Sliding Centre on Feb. 09, 2026 in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. (Carmen Mandato/Getty Images)
“This was the dream,” Taubitz said. “And now the dream comes true.”
Farquharson didn’t medal in any of her first 54 World Cup races before finally breaking through this season.
She wasn’t the fastest, but she was more than good enough. She’s an Olympic medalist. Farquharson’s ability will never be questioned again.
“Super happy for Ashley, very happy for USA Luge,” longtime U.S. teammate Emily Fischnaller said. “I mean, we are the ones on the sled, but there’s a team behind us with everything that we do. So, that’s just a testament to all the work that everyone has put into it.”
Bronze medallist Ashley Farquharson of United States celebrates after women’s single luge during the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games at Cortina Sliding Centre on Feb 10, 2026 in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. (Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters via Imagn Images)
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Luge is a sport in which athletes slide on their backs on sleds down an iced track at high speeds.
Fischnaller was 12th for the Americans in 3:33.035, falling from fifth after three runs following trouble in her final heat. Summer Britcher of the U.S., a two-time World Cup race winner this season and now a four-time Olympian, was 14th in 3:33.553.
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Netanyahu to push Trump on Iran missiles in White House talks
- Meeting set to begin at 11am local time in White House.
- Netanyahu making sixth visit to US since Trump took office.
- Tehran warns of “destructive influences” on diplomacy ahead of visit.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will push Donald Trump on Wednesday to take a tougher stance in nuclear talks with Iran, after rushing to Washington to stiffen the US president’s resolve.
Trump said on the eve of the hastily arranged White House meeting — set to begin at 11am local time (1600 GMT) — that he was weighing sending a second US “armada” to the Middle East to pressure Tehran to reach a nuclear deal.
But Netanyahu, making his sixth visit to the United States since Trump took office, will also be urging the US leader to take a harder line on arch-foe Iran’s ballistic missile programme.
Tehran, which resumed talks with Washington last week in Oman, warned Monday of “destructive influences” on diplomacy ahead of the Israeli premier’s visit.
Netanyahu had been expected to come to Washington for a February 19 meeting of Trump’s “Board of Peace” for Gaza, but reportedly brought forward his visit as the US-Iran talks proceeded.
What does Trump think?
While talking up hopes of a nuclear deal, Trump warned in an interview with the Axios news outlet on Tuesday that he was “thinking” of sending a second aircraft carrier strike group to the region.
“Either we will make a deal or we will have to do something very tough like last time,” Trump told Axios. “We have an armada that is heading there and another one might be going.”
Trump, who ordered US strikes on Tehran’s nuclear sites during Israel’s 12-day war with Iran last June, separately told Fox Business that any deal would have to involve “no nuclear weapons, no missiles.”
He added that Iran’s leaders “want to make a deal” but “it’s got to be a good deal”, saying Tehran had been “very dishonest with us over the years.”
What are Netanyahu’s goals?
Netanyahu said as he left for Washington his talks would “first and foremost” be about the Iran negotiations, while adding that they would also discuss Gaza and other regional issues.
“I will present to the president our views regarding the principles for the negotiations,” he said in a video statement before his departure. Netanyahu’s office said he would will highlight Iran’s missile arsenal.
Israel’s concerns came to a head during their unprecedented war last year, during which Iran launched waves of ballistic missiles and other projectiles at Israeli territory, striking military targets.
So far, Iran has rejected expanding the scope of its talks with the United States beyond the issue of its nuclear programme, though Washington also wants Tehran’s ballistic missile programme.
What about the West Bank?
The meeting will also come amid growing international outrage over Israeli measures to tighten control of the occupied West Bank by allowing settlers to buy land directly from Palestinian owners.
Israel’s security cabinet approved the move ahead Netanyahu’s Washington visit. It’s unclear whether the US president intends to bring them up.
A US official said on Monday that Trump “does not support Israel annexing the West Bank” and wants stability, while holding off from directly criticizing the Israeli government´s moves.
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Salaried class once again emerges as single largest income tax contributor, shows FBR data
- Three sectors paid Rs293bn, salaried Rs315bn.
- Salaried taxpayers paid Rs22bn more overall.
- Data released just before IMF review mission.
ISLAMABAD: The salaried class has once again emerged as the single largest income tax contributor, paying more than exporters, retailers and property buyers and sellers combined during the first seven months of the current fiscal year, The News reported, citing Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) data.
Three major sectors, including retailers who own three million outlets, exporters who earn in foreign exchange, and sellers and purchasers of properties, have cumulatively coughed up Rs293 billion into the national kitty in the July-Jan period of FY26, while the salaried class paid Rs315 billion alone in this period.
Just ahead of the upcoming IMF review mission, this data shows that the powerful and politically entrenched segments are paying less than the salaried class.
It is yet to be seen whether the newly established Tax Policy Office under the umbrella of the Finance Ministry at Q Block will be able to convince the IMF for slashing tax burden on the salaried class in the next budget for 2026-27.
It shows that the salaried class paid Rs22 billion more as a standalone than the three major sectors of the economy.
Official data of the FBR shows that the exporters paid out tax of Rs50 billion in the first seven months (July-Jan) period of the current fiscal year against Rs54 billion in the same period of the last fiscal year.
As an advance tax of 1%, exporters paid Rs51 billion in the first seven months so their total contribution stood at Rs101 billion in the first seven months of FY26 compared to Rs101 billion in the same period of the last financial year.
The retailers who own 3 million establishments across the country have paid out Rs15 billion as advance tax under section 236G on sales to distributors, dealers, and wholesalers in the first seven months of the current fiscal year against Rs13.5 billion in the same period of the last financial year.
Under 236H, the retailers have paid out Rs25 billion in the first seven months of FY26 against Rs19 billion in the same period of the last financial year.
The FBR has collected Rs105 billion on the sale and transfer of immovable property under 236C of Income Tax in the first seven months of the current fiscal year, compared to Rs65 billion in the same period of the last financial year.
In the budget 2025-26, the gross amount of transactions does not exceed Rs50 million, and there will be a rate of 4.5% for person exist in the Active Taxpayer List. Where the gross amount of the transaction exceeds Rs50 million but does not exceed Rs100 million, the tax rate for an ATL person will be 5%.
Where the gross amount of a property transaction exceeds Rs100 million, the tax rate for an ATL person is fixed at 5.5%.
The person not in ATL will have to pay a tax of 11.5% under 236C. A person who filed late returns will have to pay 7.5%, 8.5%, and 9.5% for transaction amounts of Rs50 million, Rs 100 million and exceeding Rs100 million.
The FBR has collected Rs47 billion on the purchase and transfer of immovable property in the first seven months of CFY26 compared to Rs66 billion collected in the same period of the last financial year.
On the purchase of property, the tax rates were reduced to 1.5% for person exist in ATL up to a transaction of Rs50 million, 2% for ATL persons where the transaction amount exceeds Rs50 million but does not exceed Rs100 million, and 2.5% where the transaction amount exceeds Rs100 million.
On the other hand, the salaried class belonging to both the public and private sectors have contributed Rs315 billion in the first seven months of the current fiscal year compared to Rs284 billion in the same period of the last financial year.
Till death do us bark: Brazilian state lets pets be buried with owners
SAO PAULO: In pet-mad Brazil, the state of Sao Paulo will allow animals to be buried in family graves starting Tuesday, with a law recognising “the emotional bond” that exists between humans and their household critters.
Brazil has the world’s third-largest pet population, with 160 million animal companions, according to data from the Pet Brasil Institute.
The law was inspired by local dog Bob Coveiro, who lived for 10 years in a municipal cemetery after his owner was buried there.
When the dog died in 2021, he was allowed to be buried alongside his human.
Conservative governor Tarcisio de Freitas on Tuesday signed the so-called Bob Coveiro law that will allow pets to be buried in family graves or mausoleums across Sao Paulo state.
The measure comes as the country of 213 million people has been gripped by outrage over the death of a beloved community street dog named “Orelha” (Ear) in the southern coastal city Florianopolis — who was brutally killed by a group of teenagers, allegedly from wealthy families.
The case — which even drew the attention of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva — sparked protests in several main cities, and local media are following every twist and turn in the investigation.
With a declining birth rate and burgeoning middle class, Brazil’s strong pet culture is reflected in a growing range of services for pets, from luxury spas to hotels.
In January, Sao Paulo passed another law recognising the “cultural significance” of the ubiquitous caramel-coloured Brazilian street dog known as a “Caramelo” — which featured in a 2025 Netflix film.
The goal of the law was to “combat prejudice against animals without a defined breed.”