Younger brother of Peeche Dekho Peeche meme kid passes away. Image Source: Peer Ahmad Shah/ Instagram
Fans of the iconic ‘Peeche Dekho Peeche’ meme kid- Peer Ahmed Shah- were left heartbroken after a saddening news took them by shock. Ahmed’s younger brother- Umer Shah- passed away at the age of 15. The heartbreaking announcement was made on Ahmed’s social media handle. The post was quick to go viral, as it left a wave of shock and sorrow among fans. For those not aware, the brothers from Pakistan turned into an internet sensation a few years back, after a rather adorably hilarious video of Ahmed turned into an iconic meme.
The words- ‘Peeche Dekho Peeche’ – that was a mere instruction asking people to ‘look behind’, went insanely global- all thanks to Ahmed’s adorability. To juggle your memory, a video went viral a few years ago, which showed the little one laughing and asking the cameraperson to look behind him. From his cute smile to amusing accent- the internet was quick to fall for the kid for plenty of reasons. Soon after the meme went viral, the kid and his brother became online sensations, with countless fans on Ahmed’s Instagram handle.
As per The Siasat Daily, Umer Shah passed away due to a cardiac arrest. However, Times Now could not confirm more details about the little one’s death.
Coming back to the duo’s stardom, not only were they an internet stars, but they had also appeared on Pakistani TV shows like ‘Jeeto Pakistan’ and ‘Ramadan Programme Shaan-e-Ramadan’.
Check out the viral post:
“This is to inform the little shining star of our family, Umer Shah has returned to Allah Almighty. We belong to Allah and to Him we shall return. I request everyone to remember him and our family in your prayers,” the post read.
The post was shared on Instagram, by the handle ‘Peer Ahmad Shah’. The post was shared yesterday and pulled more than 268K views from people.
Internet’s reactions:
“No plsease! How ?? That’s so tragic I wish it’s not true,” a user said. “May ALLAH give sabr to his parent. INNA LILLAHI VE INNA ILEYHI RAJIUN,” commented another. “Passed away? How? Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji’un. He was such a cute kid… may Allah grant peace to your soul shehzaday,” added a third. “Inal lilah hi wa ina ilahi rajioon,” wrote the next.
From 18–21 September, figure skaters will head to Beijing, People’s Republic of China, for the ISU Skate to Milano Figure Skating Qualifier 2025. China’s National Indoor Stadium will be the host venue across the four days, with competition taking place on the last three days.
The event is the last chance to obtain qualification quota spots for individual events at February’s Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 in figure skating.
A total of 17 quota spots will be obtained in Beijing: five each in men’s singles and women’s singles, three in pairs, and four in ice dance.
While Jugband Blues didn’t get into Alex Petridis’s top 10 Pink Floyd songs (Ranked!, 12 September), I was pleased to see it at No 11 in his top 20 list online. Petridis describes a Salvation Army band erupting into “free-form mayhem” as a counterpoint to Syd Barrett’s “dead-eyed voice”. My father, George Whittingham, and his lifelong friend, Maurice Cooper, were part of the ensemble responsible for that sonic mayhem. Not bad for someone who recently celebrated his 99th birthday, and for Maurice, who is 96. Perhaps it’s time for them to get the band back together? Ian Whittingham Golden Cross, East Sussex
Giving way to other drivers is encouraged in New Zealand and Denmark (Letters, 14 September). In New Zealand, the signs say “Merge like a zip”, and in Denmark, the white line between a slip road and the main carriageway disappears, indicating that no one has right of way and you’re expected to be nice. Deirdre Burrell Mortimer, Berkshire
An 1860 monument inscription says Dorothy Pentreath was “said to have been the last person who conversed in the ancient Cornish” (Cornish clung on as living language beyond Dolly Pentreath, says writer, 15 December). With whom did she converse? Roger Daniels Upper Langford, Somerset
The most chilling words in your article on new nuclear reactors (15 September): the US and UK governments have promised to “fast track safety checks”. Steve Vanstone Wolverhampton
Shouldn’t Reform UK be renamed Rejects UK? Peter Gildener York
US safety regulators have opened a probe focused on Tesla’s electric-powered door handles, responding to reports that they suddenly stopped working, leaving children trapped in the cars.
The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Tuesday that it had received nine complaints about the handles in Tesla’s 2021 Model Y cars, the company’s flagship model.
In four of the cases, the car owners resorted to breaking the window to resolve the issue.
Tesla did not immediately comment on the investigation, which is the first step toward a potential recall.
NHTSA said its preliminary review found that the problem appeared to occur when the electric locks received insufficient voltage.
The owners who have reported the incidents – most of whom were parents trying to get their children out of the back seat after stepping out their car – said they had received no warning about battery problems prior to the incidents.
Though the doors can technically be opened from the inside, children may be unable to reach or access the manual handles, NHTSA said.
“In these instances, an occupant who remains inside a vehicle in this condition may be unable to be rapidly retrieved by persons outside of the vehicle,” the safety regulator said in its initial review.
“Entrapment in a vehicle is particularly concerning in emergency situations, such as when children are entrapped in a hot vehicle,” NHTSA added.
The investigation into the scope and severity of the issue will involve an examination of roughly 170,000 Model Y vehicles, the regulator said.
The latest investigation is not Tesla’s first NHTSA probe. The regulator is also looking into complaints about its driver assistance systems.
Tesla is grappling with slumping EV sales. Deliveries of its cars are poised to fall for the second consecutive year. Elon Musk, its chief executive, has shifted the company’s focus toward robotaxis and humanoid robots, but Tesla still relies heavily on its core car business.
Consumer backlash against Musk’s ties to the Trump administration has dented sales in recent months. But the EV maker has also failed to entice consumers through new, more affordable vehicles, despite its release of a new Model Y version this year.
More competition has chipped away at Tesla’s market share, contributing to its recent woes.
Its US market share fell to an almost eight-year low in August, Reuters reported, citing data from research firm Cox Automotive.
The NASA Astrobiology Program is seeking approximately 47 individuals to serve on NASA DARES (NASA Decadal Astrobiology Research and Exploration Strategy) Task Force 2 (TF2). TF2 will include 2 Co-Chairs, 9 Focus Area Subcommittee Leads, 27 General Members, and 9 early-career Executive Secretaries (early-career being defined as those currently pursuing graduate degrees or within five years of a terminal degree). NASA Ex-Officio Members will participate for programmatic guidance but will not serve as part of the 47-member team.
TF2 will be responsible for writing, refining, and finalizing the NASA-DARES Strategy, which will be a non-consensus document intended to synthesize the state of the field and highlight outstanding technical gaps and scientific questions.
Building on the nine Focus Areas identified by TF1 and discussed at the NASA-DARES RFI Findings Workshop in May 2025, TF2 will also draw on current community documents that have identified key questions and challenges that have guided research across the past decade (e.g., 2015 NASA Astrobiology Strategy, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine [NASEM] decadal surveys, community consensus reports, workshop reports, etc.). TF2 will also lead community engagement, integrate public feedback, and incorporate NASA review prior to publication, nominally aligned with AbSciCon in May 2026.
The anticipated period of performance is October 2025 – May 2026. Major activities will include:
A two-day virtual kickoff meeting (October 2025).
Five public-facing community webinars (October–December 2025).
Participation in the AGU 2025 Status Workshop (December 2025, hybrid).
Public comment integration and a virtual Community Roundtable (January 2026).
Drafting and revising the Strategy, incorporating NASA feedback (February–May 2026).
Participation in the AbSciCon 2026 NASA-DARES Town Hall (May 2026, hybrid).
Additional internal virtual meetings will occur throughout this period (e.g., subcommittee discussions via Teams or Google Meet).
Co-Chairs will provide overall leadership, ensuring consistency across the Strategy and coordinating with NASA HQ and the internal-to-NASA Astrobiology Federation. Focus Area Subcommittee Leads will manage their subcommittees, coordinate writing efforts, and represent their Focus Area, and topics from the 2015 Astrobiology Strategy, in community engagement activities. General Members will contribute subject-matter expertise to drafting and review. Executive Secretaries (graduate students and postdocs within 5 years of terminal degree) will provide organizational and synthesis support. Additional details regarding each role can be found in the solicitation.
Application Instructions
All applications to NASA-DARES TF2 must be submitted in electronic format via the NASA Solicitation and Proposal Integrated Review and Evaluation System (NSPIRES). Interested individuals should refer to “How to Volunteer for Task Force 2 (.pdf)” listed under “Other Documents” at: https://go.nasa.gov/ABStrategyRFI. Applications must be submitted no later than Monday, September 29th, 2025 at 11:59 PM Eastern Daylight Time.
The application should include the following information:
A 2-page biographical sketch that includes the respondent’s relevant professional experiences, positions, and a bibliography of publications.
A 2-page cover letter indicating interest in and qualifications for serving on NASA-DARES Task Force 2, including relevant scientific, technical, and management experience as it relates to the nine Focus Areas or similar strategic planning activities. The cover letter may also describe prior contributions to NASA, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, or other community-based strategic planning efforts. Applicants who are willing to serve as a Co-Chair or Focus Area Lead should clearly state their interest and provide a rationale for why they are well suited for the role, referencing specific expertise, leadership skills, and relevant experience.
Completion of Program Specific Questions outlined in Appendix A.
On behalf of selected eligible participants, a support contract, the NASA Research and Education Support Services (NRESS), will work directly with TF2 regarding available support for travel and honorarium. The level of travel and honorarium will conform to the terms of the NRESS contract with NASA.
Self-nominations (or applications or Notice of Intent, NOI, responses) are open to most U.S.-based and some non-U.S. based individuals. A U.S. visa does not guarantee that a person may participate. Civil servants are eligible to apply; however, NRESS cannot pay for civil servant travel, etc. Please refer to “Section 4. Eligibility” of “How to Volunteer for DARES Task Force 2 (.pdf)” for additional information.
Please email questions concerning this review to [email protected] to reach the organizers, Drs. Rachel L. Harris, David Grinspoon, and Becky McCauley Rench. This email address is not to be used for the submissions of applications to NASA-DARES Task Force 2. Any applications submitted to this email address will not be considered.
WARNING: Any submissions or emails with attachments sent to that address will not be considered and will be deleted for security reasons.
It is simple for Magali Harvey, Canada has the personnel and the plan to lift the Women’s Rugby World Cup Trophy for the very first time. They just need one thing to go their way.
“The weather is going to play a big role, because a style like theirs would be very tricky in heavy rain,” former winger Harvey, who helped drive Canada to the final of RWC 2014, said with a laugh.
“But in terms of whether they can win, on paper they can definitely win it. They have the team for it.”
‘It’s brilliant’
The all-court manner in which Canada have cruised into the semi-finals – scoring 193 points and conceding just 31 – has drawn plenty of admiring gasps. Not least from 35-year-old Harvey, who was there on the training pitch when head coach Kevin Rouet first revealed his masterplan.
“I was on the team in 2023 practicing with them and I was understanding ‘OK, this is the style that he’s going for’, which is entirely different from the past strategy,” said Harvey, who only retired from rugby in April this year.
“It’s brilliant. To have such versatile players that are able, irrelevant of their position, to play scrum half, to distribute a 15-20 metre pass leads to a lot of unpredictability.
“I really think if Canada is able to impose their own tempo and play their style irrelevant of who they’re playing against, and not respect them too much in terms of leaving them time and space, I really think that they can win. I believe it.”
‘A beautiful journey’
While there were plenty of “beautiful moments” in the Pool B victories over Wales, Fiji and Scotland, it was the 46-5 quarter-final dismantling of Australia that has got Harvey truly believing that this team can get past New Zealand in Friday night’s semi-final (kick-off at 19:30 BST in Bristol – get your tickets here) and do what hers never quite managed.
“The last game against Australia was beautiful, all of those moments of trying to play with a fast pace suddenly paid off and with fewer mistakes,” Harvey said. “It turned into very exciting rugby.”
The former winger knows better than most just what a journey it has been for Canada, the world No.2 ranked side, to arrive at a RWC semi-final as genuine contenders.
“Canada has to be creative in so many components because we don’t have the budget, because we don’t have professional contracts. We have to kind of find ways to make it work,” she explained.
An effort to raise one million Canadian dollars in order to best fund their RWC 2025 mission was indicative of this. But now they are here, tales of inequality mean little. Instead, there is the driving ambition to seize the moment.
“I think that semifinals and finals bring a nation together and so right now, Canada is very excited,” Harvey explained.
“It’s a beautiful journey and I am really proud of the girls.”
‘Free-spirited rugby’
Now, they just have to find the perfect ending to that journey. Starting with defeating the six-time champions, a team they got the better of in 2024 – winning 22-19 in the Pacific Four Series – and drew with last time out in May.
“If you watch the South Africa game against New Zealand (a 46-17 quarter-final win for the defending champions after the match was poised at 10-10 at half-time) you see they are stoppable, and it’s just that South Africa got tired, and were not able to maintain the defence,” Harvey said.
“I hope what I see is a Canadian team that doesn’t care who they’re playing. Yeah, they care in the sense that they respect them, but not to the point where they stop themselves from trying things for fear that it doesn’t work out.
“That they’re still able to play free-spirited rugby, moving it at fast pace, and everyone plays whatever they see in front of them, irrelevant of their position.”
Do that and Harvey expects a repeat of the 2014 final. Just with a different result this time around…
LAHORE, Sep 16 (APP):Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif has said that the ozone serves as a shield for our environment and its protection is among the foremost responsibilities of humanity.
In her message on the occasion of International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, she cautioned that depletion of the ozone layer could result in the spread of diseases, crop failures, and grave threats to the future of coming generations.
Highlighting the adverse impact of climate change, she noted that altered rainfall patterns have already caused devastating floods in Punjab, underscoring the urgent need for sustainable action.
CM Maryam Nawaz emphasized that, for the first time, Punjab has formulated a comprehensive environmental policy to ensure a safer planet for children. She announced that the province would soon introduce eco-friendly electric buses operating on clean energy to reduce pollution. Simultaneously, large-scale tree plantation is being carried out under the “Plant for Pakistan” campaign to make the atmosphere more breathable.
The CM said that Punjab is rapidly advancing towards green energy, solarization, and other eco-friendly initiatives. Stressing that protection of the ozone is not the sole responsibility of the government, she urged every citizen to contribute towards safeguarding air, water, and land for future generations.
She said that Punjab is firmly moving towards a green, clean, and safe future, a journey that will continue with determination.
For a month in 2020, Liliana Castaneda, then 14, bled every day. While she originally thought it was her first period, she soon became worried when the bleeding became heavier and wouldn’t stop.
She’d become anemic “because I had been bleeding,” Castaneda, 19, from Chicago, tells TODAY.com. “I had no energy.”
After experiencing heavy bleeding and feeling exhausted, Liliana Casteneda visited her doctor who said her symptoms were due to stress.Courtesy Liliana Castaneda
While doctors first dismissed her heavy bleeding as stress from the COVID-19 pandemic, she soon learned what was wrong — she had clear cell carcinoma, a type of vaginal cancer that is rare for someone so young. She was shocked by the news.
“I heard it,” she says. “But I didn’t really understand it.”
Heavy Bleeding Dismissed by Her Doctor
Castaneda has a condition called Turner syndrome, a rare genetic condition where females are missing one, or part, of their X chromosome, according to the Mayo Clinic. While it can cause some physical differences and impact a girl’s growth, her ovaries do not develop, so she’ll never menstruate.
When she started bleeding monthly at 14, she thought maybe she was going through puberty despite her diagnosis and felt excited by it. Soon, Castaneda realized what she was experiencing wasn’t normal.
“What I thought was a period ended up not being (one),” she says.
Soon, the bleeding became heavier with Castaneda saturating a pad every 15 minutes. She also bled every day, which made her feel tired. Sometimes, when she stood up, she felt dizzy. At the time, she was at home during the COVID-19 lockdown, which made managing some of the symptoms a little easier.
After about a month of constant bleeding, she made an appointment with her doctor, Castaneda says. But her doctor dismissed her.
“At first, they thought it was just stress,” she says.
Her doctor gave her birth control to manage the bleeding, but it didn’t help. When two months passed with no end to her symptoms, she returned to visit her doctor.
“I was still bleeding,” she says.
This time, her doctor ran testing first, conducting an ultrasound, but they “couldn’t see clearly,” so they decided to conduct a pelvic exam. Following that, they sent her for more testing.
“That’s when they did a biopsy,” Castaneda says.
Three days later, Castaneda learned what was wrong.
Clear Cell Carcinoma of the Vagina
Clear cell carcinoma is a “subtype of vaginal cancer,” where the cells under a microscope almost look clear, says Dr. Dario Roque, a gynecological oncologist at Northwestern Medicine. It’s normally seen in post-menopausal women, but generally, “vaginal cancer is pretty rare,” Roque tells TODAY.com. The American Cancer Society estimates that vaginal cancer accounts for about 1% to 2% of female reproductive cancers.
Castaneda had Stage 2 clear cell carcinoma in her vagina and a mass the size of a “golf ball.” That tumor and her delayed diagnosis likely led to the excessive bleeding she experienced.
“The mass definitely grew,” he says. “To me, her tumor was large enough by the time she came to us, I wasn’t surprised her bleeding was still heavy.”
Listening to music helped Liliana Castaneda cope with the chemotherapy and radiation she underwent as part of her vaginal cancer treatment.Courtesy Liliana Castaneda
While he says it’s normal for doctors to consider a period when a 14-year-old has vaginal bleeding, it shouldn’t have been considered in Castaneda’s case because she has Turner syndrome.
“That should have really never been on the differential diagnosis or the potential possibilities,” Roque says. “Their ovaries are not working, so they don’t go into menarche.”
Treatment of vaginal cancer depends on the size and location of the tumor. If the mass is small enough that surgeons can remove it with clear margins, surgery can be an option. Sometimes radiation is needed in those cases. But for Stage 2 or above, “surgery is not really optimal.”
“You cannot get around the tumor, and that’s the reason we rely more on radiation because radiation can treat the whole tumor,” Roque says. “It’s very effective in killing the cancer cells.”
Patients might also receive a lower dose of chemotherapy called radiosensitive chemotherapy that helps “the radiation work better.” Castaneda received this course of chemotherapy and radiation to treat her cancer.
Signs of vaginal cancer include:
A feeling of pressure in the vagina
A mass or lump in the vagina that one can feel
The outlook seems positive for Castaneda.
“Her most recent exam from last week was pretty normal,” Roque says. “We all feel pretty confident that this is not a cancer that will come back.”
‘Get a Second Opinion’
Castaneda is in her second year of college studying to be a pediatric nurse to someday help others like her team at Northwestern Medicine cared for her. While it was tough having cancer at a young age, listening to music helped her cope. In her free time now, she plays video games.
Throughout this experience, she learned that she “can do anything.”
Castaneda shared her story because she wants others to feel empowered to speak up if something seems wrong with their health.
Having cancer at a young age felt tough at times, but Liliana Castaneda feels grateful for her mom’s support.Courtesy Liliana Castaneda
“If something’s concerning you, you should always ask (for help),” she says. “Get a second opinion.”
All 24 Grand Prix start times for 2026 have been revealed, meaning fans can start to officially mark their calendars for the year.
The biggest change for 2026 is that the Canadian Grand Prix will now start at 16:00 local time, two hours later than in 2025. This means that it will avoid clashing with the Indianapolis 500, with the two races set to take place on the same weekend in 2026. Meanwhile, the all-new street race in Madrid will start at 15:00 local time.
This week, Formula 1 also announced the six venues that will host Sprints in 2026, including three new tracks as well as the return of the Sprint format at Silverstone.
