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Inside Carley Fortune’s ‘Every Year After’ and its Canadian connections
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Inside Carley Fortune’s ‘Every Year After’ and its Canadian connections

With summer officially on the way, many are dreaming of heading to the cottage. The new series Every Year After is now streaming and offers a chance to escape to a lake house through its latest love story. The highly anticipated series was a trending topic on Google on Wednesday, and is based on the best-selling novel Every Summer After by Canadian author Carley Fortune. The book is set in Barry’s Bay, a quintessential lake town in Ontario. And while it was shot on location in Canada, the location in the series is the fictionalized town of Barry’s Bay, British Columbia.The Amazon Original series released all eight of this season’s episodes on Wednesday, starring Sadie Soverall and Matt Cornett as Percy and Sam, the couple at the centre of the love story.Percy spends every summer as a teen ...
Mihir Ahuja on playing an IAF pilot in Operation Safed Sagar: ‘A truly humbling experience’
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Mihir Ahuja on playing an IAF pilot in Operation Safed Sagar: ‘A truly humbling experience’

It feels like a dream come true,” says Mihir Ahuja as he gears up for the release of Netflix’s Operation Safed Sagar, a series that chronicles the Indian Air Force’s (IAF) historic aerial combat mission during the 1999 Kargil War. Calling the Oni Sen-directorial “emotionally overwhelming and deeply meaningful”, the actor says the project gave him a profound appreciation of the courage and sacrifice of India’s armed forces. “Growing up, we have all heard about the bravery, sacrifice, and courage of our armed forces, but being able to step into the shoes of an IAF pilot and experience even a small glimpse of that world has been truly humbling,” shares Ahuja of the series also starring Jimmy Shergill, Siddharth, Dia Mirza, Abhay Verma, Prajakta Koli, and Adil Hussain. Source link...
Sony’s Lightest Noise-Cancelling Headphones Are Over 50% Off Before Prime Day
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Sony’s Lightest Noise-Cancelling Headphones Are Over 50% Off Before Prime Day

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. Finding a pair of noise-canceling headphones that balance performance and affordability can be difficult, especially if you have a premium brand like Sony in mind. The Sony WH-CH720N headphones, however, seem to largely fit the bill. Right now, they’re at their lowest price ever ahead of Prime Day, down 51% to $87.95 (originally $179.99). These headphones were already a great buy at their MSRP, but now, they're even better. At 6.7 ounces, the WH-CH720N are Sony’s lightest and slimmest wireless noise-canceling headphones. The ANC is reliable at reducing high-frequency noise, but doesn't perform as well blocking low-frequency sound, t...
FIFA World Cup 2026: Health authorities on high alert for disease threat
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FIFA World Cup 2026: Health authorities on high alert for disease threat

While millions of soccer fans cheer or groan over World Cup matches spanning North America, health officials will be on high alert for germs. A heatwave may be the most obvious health threat. But infectious diseases can spread in a crowd, and experts are set to scrutinise wastewater, hospital visits, even social media for any signs that an outbreak might be brewing. Measles, one of the most contagious diseases, is among the top concerns, sparking a warning this week from the Pan American Health Organization, PAHO. With a nearly six-week stretch of packed stadiums, bars and tourist sites in 16 cities, officials are on the lookout for a long list of infections, from the stomach bug norovirus to mosquito-borne dengue fever."This is truly a marathon," said Palak Raval-Nelson, Philadelphia`s ...
Mumbai doctors give new lease of life to child living with cerebral palsy
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Mumbai doctors give new lease of life to child living with cerebral palsy

For many parents, a child’s first steps are a moment of joy. For one family, however, their baby girl’s early steps were accompanied by worry.  Doctors in Mumbai successfully treated a three-year-old girl diagnosed with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy through a minimally invasive, single-session intervention and helped her move closer to a more natural way of walking. The procedure was led by Dr Taral Nagda, senior consultant – Paediatric Orthopaedics, at Narayana Health SRCC Children’s Hospital. Her journey had been delicate from the very beginning. Born prematurely at seven months, weighing just 1250 grams, she had spent her earliest days in the NICU for three months as her tiny body learned to stabilise and grow. As she got older, there were small signs that things were not following ...
Update Chrome ASAP to Protect Yourself From This Active Exploit
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Update Chrome ASAP to Protect Yourself From This Active Exploit

If you use Chrome (or a Chromium-based browser like Edge), listen up: You need to install your browser's latest update. Without it, you leave your browser vulnerable to attack, which puts its data in jeopardy. As reported by Malwarebytes Labs, Google's latest update for Chrome (version 149.0.7827.102/.103 for Windows and Mac and 149.0.7827.102 for Linux) includes patches for 74 security vulnerabilities. 17 of these vulnerabilities are rated as "Critical," while all but two of the others are rated "High." That alone would indicate this update is rather important, but there's more: One of these vulnerabilities is currently actively exploited. Google confirmed in its update that there is an exploit in the wild for the flaw tracked as CVE-2026-11645. This flaw is an "out of bounds memory acces...
It’s confirmed! Krystle D’Souza is dating Dubai-based entrepreneur AP
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It’s confirmed! Krystle D’Souza is dating Dubai-based entrepreneur AP

Television actress Krystle D’Souza appears to have found love again. According to reports, the actress is dating Dubai-based entrepreneur AP, who recently gained attention through Netflix’s Desi Bling. While the couple has not made their relationship official, sources claim they have been together for a few months and are going strong. Krystle D’Souza in a relationship with Desi Bling’s AP A source close to the actress confirmed they are dating and told Hindustan Times, “Krystle is dating AP. They’ve been together for a few months now, and things are going really well between them. It’s still early for them to make an announcement, but they share a strong bond and are enjoying spending time together.” Source link
Low-cost Indigenous HPV test may improve cervical cancer screening access
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Low-cost Indigenous HPV test may improve cervical cancer screening access

Cervical cancer remains an important public health problem in India, with approximately 127,000 new cases and 80,000 cervical cancer-related deaths reported annually. According to the release, the regular screening of women over the age of 30 years at 3-5 yearly intervals can detect precancerous and cancerous cervical lesions, but coverage has remained poor despite the inclusion of visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA) in the National Programme for Screening of the three common cancers, namely, breast, oral and cervical cancer. Persistent infection with carcinogenic types of human papillomavirus (cHPV) is the necessary cause of cervical cancer. WHO has recommended transition to HPV testing as the best strategy to achieve cervical cancer elimination, as stated in the release. Using va...
10 Hacks Every Google Keep User Should Know
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10 Hacks Every Google Keep User Should Know

Google Keep is one of the best note-taking apps around, managing to cram a lot of useful functionality into a clean, simple interface that's basically a collection of colored digital sticky notes you can put to whatever use you like. It couldn't be easier to create or access notes on Android, iOS, or the web, but even if you're a long-time Google Keep user, you might not have found all the features available just under the surface—and this list of tips and tricks will get you caught up. Share notes with your family to track grocery listsThis one tops the list of unknown Google Keep features that most anyone can appreciate: You can use it to share notes with other people, just like you're sharing a Google Doc. There are lots of ways this can be helpful, including family note-taking—for...
The hormonal heatwave: Why high temperatures cause 3 am insomnia
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The hormonal heatwave: Why high temperatures cause 3 am insomnia

When temperatures soar, most of us chalk up our frayed nerves and sleepless nights to simple discomfort. But something far more complex is happening beneath the surface. Extreme heat is a systemic physiological stressor that throws the body`s most essential hormonal systems into disarray.  From cortisol to melatonin, the hormones that govern our energy, sleep, and emotional balance become collateral damage in the body`s battle against the heat.  Medical experts explore how extreme heat acts as a systemic disruptor, throwing the body’s delicate hormonal ‘internal clock’ out of sync. They provide clinical strategies to regulate cortisol and melatonin when extreme heat disrupts sleep, mood, and energy. Your body reads heat as a crisis The moment temperatures climb to an uncomfortable extr...