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Spotted in the city: It's time to sit back and flip through pictures of celebrities who made an appearance in the city throughout the day. (All pics/Yogen Shah)

Speaking to the media a day ahead of elections to the BMC and 28 other civic bodies in Maharashtra, Maharashtra BJP chief Ravindra Chavan said the BJP views Marathi not in a narrow political sense but as a collective cultural identity encompassing language, literature and tradition

Adding half a serving of vegetables per day more could also lead to an extra year of life for people with the worst existing sleep, physical activity, and dietary habits, revealed the study that followed 60,000 people for eight long years

Meanwhile, an official at Gaza’s Health Ministry, which maintains casualty records, reported a higher toll of 165 children killed during the ceasefire, out of a total of 442 fatalities. In November, authorities in Gaza said more than 70,000 people had been killed since 2023