NEW DELHI: There may be troubling news for women who rely heavily on morning-after pills to avoid pregnancy. Doctors warn that frequent use of emergency contraceptive pills can disrupt hormonal balance and menstrual cycles, cautioning that the medication is meant only for unexpected situations and should not be used as a routine method of birth control.Gynaecologists say the pill is intended for emergencies such as contraceptive failure or unprotected intercourse, but many women are increasingly using it repeatedly within short spans of time.“Emergency contraception is a very useful tool when there is an unplanned situation,” said Dr Aparna Sharma, professor of obstetrics and gynaecology, AIIMS. “But when it is used regularly it creates multiple problems. Compared to regular contraception, it is less effective, so the chances of pregnancy are higher if someone relies only on emergency pills.”Doctors say one of the most common problems reported by women who use the pill repeatedly is disruption of the menstrual cycle. Periods may be delayed, unusually heavy, or accompanied by spotting between cycles.“Emergency pills contain a high dose of hormones. Frequent use can disturb ovulation and lead to irregular menstrual cycles,” Dr Sharma said.Dr Rahul Manchanda, senior consultant in endoscopic gynaecology at PSRI Hospital, said the medication can trigger several short-term side effects.“The common short-term side effects include headaches, nausea, vomiting, abnormal spotting or bleeding and menstrual irregularities,” he said. “These pills are intended for emergency situations. Frequent or indiscriminate use can disturb menstrual health and hormonal balance.”Repeated hormonal exposure may also interfere with ovulation patterns over time, potentially affecting reproductive health, doctors say.Another concern is that emergency pills do not protect against sexually transmitted infections.“Barrier methods like condoms remain essential because emergency pills only prevent pregnancy and do not protect against infections,” Dr Sharma said.Experts say there is no medically fixed limit on how many emergency pills can be taken in a month. However, doctors emphasise that needing them repeatedly usually indicates a need for a more reliable contraceptive method.

Clouds of sorrow are looming over the families of Canadian fitness YouTuber Jeff Nippard and his fiancée, Stephanie Buttermore. According to a social media statement issued by Jeff, his fiancée, Stephanie Buttermore, is no more. Reportedly, the two were planning to get married soon, but their happily ever after was left incomplete with the untimely demise of Stephanie. Jeff’s post that announced the passing of Buttermore received several tributes. Amid all this, old pictures of Jeff and Stephanie have been resurfacing on social media, especially their Valentine’s Day post, which is the last one that features the two together.

Jeff Nippard and Stephanie Buttermore’s last Valentine’s Day photo resurfaces after her untimely demise

February 14, 2026, was the last Valentine’s Day that Jeff Nippard and Stephanie Buttermore celebrated together as a couple. Expressing his love towards his special lady, Jeff, on Valentine’s Day 2026, shared an all-smiles picture of the two, and in the caption, he mentioned, “Relationshipmaxxing with tea time to lower cortisol levels,” Nippard wrote in the caption of the photo, as both of them could be seen sporting a broad smile.

See the last picture of Jeff Nippard and Stephanie Buttermore together:

Jeff Nippard and Stephanie Buttermore, who announced their relationship on November 20, 2022, reportedly met via social media. Their common interest in fitness and science helped them bond; as a matter of fact, their first date was a workout session, which they revealed through their vlog.

Jeff Nippard’s statement on Stephanie Buttermore’s demise

“It is with profound sorrow that we share the sudden passing of Jeff’s fiancée and partner of ten years, Stephanie. As many of you know, Stephanie meant the world to Jeff,” shared the social media team of Jeff.The statement added, “She will be remembered for her warmth and compassion, her love for her family, and her PhD research on ovarian cancer. We kindly ask for privacy as we navigate this tragic loss.” “Thank you for your understanding and support during this difficult time,” concluded the post.

Every year on International Women’s Day, celebrated on March 8, people across the world pause, sometimes briefly, sometimes meaningfully, to celebrate women. It’s a day filled with appreciation posts, heartfelt messages, inspiring quotes, and small gestures of gratitude that tries to recognise, appreciate, the countless ways women shape our lives. But beyond the greetings and social media posts, Women’s Day is all about celebrating stories of strength, success, kindness, and inner strength. Is it the mother who gets up early to prepare breakfast for the family before going to work? Is it the woman who leads her team through the challenges of meeting deadlines at work? Is it the woman who is always there for you when you need her, or is it the woman who has big dreams of changing the world? All women have stories that are worth celebrating, and it is precisely this that we are going to look at as we approach Women’s Day 2026 and look for the best ways to show our appreciation for the special woman in our lives.

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Here are some heartfelt and inspirational messages, quotes, and Facebook and WhatsApp status for Women’s Day.

Women’s Day Wishes

Sometimes a simple wish can make someone feel truly valued. These warm greetings are perfect for sharing with the incredible women in your life. Cheers to Women’s Day in 2026! May everyone around you continue to be inspired by your bravery, kindness, and strength. Today, we honor all women who lead with passion and live with purpose. Happy Women’s Day! A very Happy Women’s Day to all the wonderful women in the world who are making this world a better place with their determination and compassion. Here’s to the strong women in the world. May you continue to break barriers and forge new paths towards the future. Happy Women’s Day! May your dreams be big, your accomplishments be celebrated, and your voices be heard. To the women who inspire us every day with their courage and strength, today is your day. May this Women’s Day be a reminder to you of your power, your potential, and your awesomeness. Happy Women’s Day to the women in the world who are making a difference in the lives of all the people around them. The world is a better place because of women like you. Wishing you a wonderful Women’s Day.Celebrate yourself today and every day. Happy International Women’s Day!

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Women’s Day Messages

While wishes are short and sweet, messages can go a little deeper. These thoughtful lines are perfect for sending to friends, family members, or colleagues. On Women’s Day, we are reminded of the enormous contribution that women make in our lives and in our community. Your strength and determination continue to inspire all the people in your life. From building families to building businesses, women are making a contribution to the world that is powerful and meaningful. Today, we celebrate your success and the future that you continue to build.The courage and strength of women have changed the course of history many times over. On this Women’s Day, we celebrate every woman who dares to dream and work towards a better future. A woman’s strength is not in what she accomplishes alone, but also in what she accomplishes through her compassion, wisdom, and determination. Women are creators, leaders, innovators, and caregivers. Today is a day to recognise their endless contributions. Your passion, hard work, and perseverance inspire everyone around you. Thank you for making the world a better place. Women’s Day is not only about celebration—it’s also about appreciation. Today we honour every woman who continues to inspire us with her strength and courage. Behind every successful community and society, there are women who have given their time, energy, and love to make the world a better place.

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Inspirational Women’s Day Quotes

Quotes have the power to embody the essence of women’s empowerment in a few words. These quotes have been inspiring people for years. “There is no limit to what we, as women, can accomplish.” — Michelle Obama “A girl should be two things: who and what she wants.” — Coco Chanel “Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail.” — Oprah Winfrey “Well-behaved women seldom make history.” — Laurel Thatcher Ulrich “I raise up my voice—not so that I can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard.” — Malala Yousafzai “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” — Eleanor Roosevelt These quotes are perfect for social media captions or messages that inspire empowerment.

Facebook & WhatsApp Status for Women’s Day

Social media is one of the most common ways people celebrate Women’s Day today. If you’re posting a quick tribute online, these short status lines work well. 1. Celebrating strength, courage, and resilience—Happy Women’s Day!2. Empowered women empower the world.3. Here’s to strong women everywhere.4. Celebrating the achievements of women today and every day.5. Happy Women’s Day to the women who inspire us all.6. Strong women create strong communities.7. Today we celebrate the power and potential of women everywhere.8. Cheers to women who break barriers and build brighter futures.9. Celebrating courage, compassion, and confidence.10. Happy Women’s Day 2026 to all the incredible women making a difference.

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Women’s Day Messages for Special Women in Your Life

Women’s Day also gives people a chance to appreciate the women closest to them. For Mother Mom, your strength, love, and guidance have shaped my life in countless ways. Thank you for always believing in me. Happy Women’s Day. For Sister To my sister—your courage and determination inspire me every day. Wishing you a wonderful Women’s Day. For Friend Friendship with a strong woman like you makes life brighter and more meaningful. Happy Women’s Day!For Colleague Everyone around you is motivated by your commitment and leadership. I hope you have more success and joy this Women’s Day. The idea behind International Women’s Day dates back to the early 20th century when women around the world began demanding better working conditions, voting rights, and equality. Over time, this day has been dedicated to celebrate the contributions made by women in different fields, including science, politics, business, arts, sports, among many other fields. Today, International Women’s Day also recognizes that despite all these achievements, there is still so much that needs to be addressed, including gender equality, equal pay, education, and even the safety of women.

During his reality TV days when he hosted The Apprentice, Donald Trump loved using the phrase: You are fired. It was his catchphrase, synonymous with other Trumpisms: gilded gold designs that look like they belong in the Ottoman Empire, membership of the WWE Hall of Fame, stream-of-consciousness speeches that hint at logorrhoea, taking credit for ceasefires, describing all objects as beautiful, and in general being unhinged Americana on steroids and Diet Coke. However, in his second term as President – after coming back from political exile and dodging a bullet – Trump is quite reluctant to use his catchphrase.In his first term, according to an analysis by the Brookings Institution of Trump’s A-team, when he was still surrounded by old-school Republicans, Trump fired 60 candidates and had a turnover rate of 92%, with only five people remaining in their original posts by the time his tenure at the White House was done.To ensure that there isn’t a repeat this time around, Trump has assembled acolytes who are the living embodiment of Peter’s Principle, whose fealty is to Trump and only Trump, and who all sound like they are auditioning for a parody Hollywood movie, as evidenced by this mashed-up White House video with the Mortal Kombat leitmotif and some of popular culture’s most memorable characters, showing that even the most incomplete, irascible, and irredeemable regimes are capable of fine propaganda.Read: Why Trump’s Washington is St Petersburg The Trump 2.0 Dream Team includes a Director of National Intelligence (DNI) who is so out of the intelligence picture that her aides joke that DNI stands for Do Not Invite; a head of the FBI who is more in the news for partying than doing his job; an education secretary who thinks AI is ‘steak sauce’; a Secretary of War who hit a man with an axe on live TV; and a Secretary of Health who believes in anti-vaccine conspiracy theories. It’s like a cabinet of Sarah Palins, except they all make Sarah Palin look like a member of the Mensa Society. It brings to mind an epic Yes Minister line: “The industry minister is the idlest man in town, the education minister is illiterate, and the employment minister is unemployable.”There are many, many more examples but the space-time constraints dictate we move to the MVP in question: Kristi Noem.As a youngster, Noem famously won the award of South Dakota Snow Queen, foreshadowing the nickname that would be bestowed upon her in recenttimes: ICE Barbie. ICE, for the uninitiated, is the US’ Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which has been waging war with suburban moms while pretending to pick up illegal immigrants.Once talked about as Trump’s running mate, she was out of contention after it emerged that she had shot and killed her dog, which was too much even for Team Trump.

During her tenure as Governor of South Dakota, she ticked every MAGA checkbox: being so vehemently anti-abortion that she even opposes stem-cell research; denying the scientific consensus on climate change; opposing subsidised childcare; threatening a state employee for denying her daughter a real-estate agent’s licence; getting banned from Native American tribal lands for claiming they were hand-in-glove with Mexican cartels; running an anti-drug campaign titled “Meth. We are on it”; and famously bragging that her two-year-old granddaughter had several guns.All of which makes her perfect to be the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, which is responsible for all internal threats in America.Noem immediately burnished her credentials by having her handbag stolen – with $3000 in cash and her government access cards – from a DC restaurant.But what did Noem do to get Trump to become the second person from Trump’s A-team to be fired, the first being former National Security Advisor (NSA) Mike Walz, who added an Atlantic journalist to a Signal war chat to discuss bombings?She wasn’t fired when ICE agents shot dead two Americans in Minnesota.She wasn’t even fired when she called one of those shot dead, a Veterans Affairs nurse, a ‘domestic terrorist’ or lied about him using a gun.She wasn’t fired for calling the FBI ‘corrupt’.She escaped the rope when reports showed that ICE was releasing untrained agents on the streets due to an AI goof-up.She escaped the axe when ICE arrested South Korean citizens working in a Hyundai plant.She didn’t get laid off for buying luxury jets with barely any seating to deport illegal immigrants.She even survived waving a Rolex at an El Salvador prison, an alleged affair with an aide, and not releasing FEMA funds, much to the chagrin of even Republicans.It was all good. Until it wasn’t.Franz Kafka wrote in the Zürau Aphorisms: “There are two cardinal sins from which all others spring: impatience and laziness. Because of impatience we were driven out of Paradise, because of laziness we cannot return.” In Trumpian paradise, there are also two original sins: blaming Trump for something and being caught on camera blaming Trump for something.

Gil Kerlikowske, a former commissioner of Customs and Border Protection, told the NYT: “The loyalty is absolutely the key. It’s a good rule of thumb to never throw your boss under the bus and with him in particular I think it’s the cardinal sin and she certainly violated that.”Noem’s cardinal sins occurred during a Senate hearing.When asked if Trump approved of the $200 million-plus advertising spots that had been given to her political consultants, Noem answered in the affirmative.

A report in the NYT states that when Trump was shown the clips of her answers, Trump got angry, which is quite something given he has a lot on his mind including a literal war.So, what now for Kristi Noem?Trump has announced that she will be Special Envoy for the Shield of the Americas – which sounds as made-up as the FIFA Peace Prize – and makes one wonder if someone came up with it while watching a Marvel Cinematic Universe rerun.One half expects the job description to include assembling the Avengers.Now it’s hard not to feel a little sympathetic for Noem. Being a woman in MAGA is as hard as being an Indian in MAGA, perhaps even more so given one has to not only debate oneself by celebrating constant misogyny but also contour one’s looks for a particular aesthetic. Noem did almost everything that Trump asked her to do and was still cast out.

Earlier in December 2025, protesters had interrupted Noem’s hearing in Congress by shouting a line from the cult classic The Exorcist at her: “Stop ICE. The power of Christ compels you.” It wasn’t Christ that finally exorcised her from Trumpland. Just disagreeing with Trump.

Suryakumar Yadav responded to comments made by Mitchell Santner about silencing the home crowd in the final

NEW DELHI: India captain Suryakumar Yadav on Saturday responded to comments made by Mitchell Santner about silencing the home crowd in the final of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in Ahmedabad, saying such remarks have become common before major matches.India will face New Zealand in the final at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Sunday.Earlier in the day, New Zealand captain Santner had said his team would look to quieten the home crowd during the final. His statement was similar to one made by Pat Cummins before the final of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 at the same venue, when Australia defeated India.“The goal is to silence the crowd. There are a lot of variables in T20 cricket, and it is fickle at times,” the 34-year-old said. “If we go out about our business the same way we can upset another big team. There’s obviously a lot of pressure on in there (on India) to win this World Cup at home.”

Responding to the remark, Suryakumar said such statements are now repeated often before major games.“Sab he same line chipka rahe hai. Kuch to naya bolo (Everyone is now saying the same thing. Come up with something new),” Suryakumar Yadav told reporters in the pre-match press conference.The 35-year-old India captain, who is the second-highest run-scorer for the team in the 2026 T20 World Cup, said leading the side in a World Cup final comes with pressure but he wants to enjoy the occasion.He added that the atmosphere in the Indian dressing room remains positive as the team prepares for the final.“It’s a special feeling and everyone is very excited. We have a very good environment in the group. We are looking forward to the big final,” he said.“As a leader, there would be pressure; I cannot deny that. Definitely, there would be added pressure, the excitement is there of playing a World Cup final, that too in India,” Suryakumar added.India became the first defending champions to reach the final of the T20 World Cup. They will look to win the title and also become the first host nation to lift the trophy when they face New Zealand on Sunday.

India has never depended on permission from any country to purchase Russian oil, and the recent US sanctions waiver merely removes friction rather than shaping India’s energy policy, a senior government functionary said, according to PTI.The remarks came after the United States announced a temporary 30-day waiver allowing Indian refiners to buy Russian oil cargoes amid the ongoing geopolitical tensions linked to the conflict with Iran.

“The US waiver of sanctions removes friction. It does not define India’s policy, which is governed by the energy trilemma, affordability, availability and sustainability, for every Indian household,” the government functionary said.Rejecting opposition criticism over the waiver, the official said India’s energy purchases are guided by national interest. “India will buy oil from wherever it is available. Our oil purchases will not be governed by any hollow slogans. India has never depended on permission from any country to buy Russian oil,” another senior government official said, as quoted by the agency. The functionary also stressed that India’s fuel supply remains secure. “The message from the Centre to every Indian household is clear that the country’s fuel supply is fully secure. The government is continuously monitoring the situation and will act, as it always has, in the interest of every citizen,” the official said.India currently holds more than 250 million barrels of crude oil and refined products, equivalent to seven to eight weeks of buffer stocks, stored across strategic reserves, storage tanks, pipelines, terminal facilities and vessels already in transit to Indian ports, the official said. India now sources oil from around 40 countries, and domestic refineries continue to operate normally.“No petrol pump has run dry in 12 years. What certain voices are calling a crisis is, in fact, the proof of preparation. India’s energy governance has given us the insulation we need,” the functionary said.Responding to opposition criticism, the official said the allegations lacked substance and suggested critics were focusing on selective language. “Clearly shows the opposition is unaware of how countries frame statements and use bombast keeping their domestic audiences and politics in mind.”The official also pointed to a precedent during the previous Congress-led government, noting that India had adjusted crude imports under US sanctions earlier. In 2013, the US state department said India had reduced purchases of Iranian crude to qualify for sanctions exemptions under Section 1245 of the US national defense authorization act (NDAA).Quoting then US secretary of state John Kerry, the official cited the statement: “I am pleased to announce that China, India, Malaysia, Republic of Korea, Singapore, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Turkey, and Taiwan have again qualified for an exception to sanctions outlined in section 1245 of the national defense authorization act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2012…”Officials said India’s supplier base has expanded from 27 countries to 40 over the past decade, which they said has helped maintain stable energy supplies even during global disruptions.