People of London were left amused at an unusual sight as a massive replica of Harry Potter’s Aunt Marge Dursley floated near the iconic London Tower Bridge. The spectacle recreated the hilarious scene from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and caught the attention of passersby and drew their curiosity.

The replica of Aunt Marge weighed 95 kgs and had a circumference of 11.7 m. The inflated Aunt Marge replica hovered majestically in front of the historic landmark. The height of the colossal figure was 6.5m tall and required a staggering 40 cubic metres of air to inflate which is equal to filling 140 standard party balloons.

According to reports, a dedicated team of 16 individuals, which included expert designers, artists and seamstresses, brought their creative minds together for bringing the impressive replica to life. The team had to spend a total of 264 hours on the project and meticulously craft every detail of Aunt Marge’s likeness.

Replica of the floating Aunt Marge was launched to celebrate the new Return to Azkaban feature at Warner Bros. Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter celebrated the 20th anniversary of the cinematic release of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.  The video of floating Aunt Marge has gone viral on social media with 101600 views and 41 retweets till now which are only increasing.

Large number of X users and Harry Potter fans expressed their happiness on seeing the video and commented on the viral post. One Harry Potter fan Vu Hong wrote the legendary character in Harry Potter looks so big. She also shared smileys and heart emojis along with the comment.

One X user suggested that the Warner Brothers should also create a similar replica for JK Rowling as well.

One X user Boson said the British are crazy! He also shared heart emojis along with the comment.

Kolkata Knight Riders registered a 24-run win against Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Friday in the ongoing season of the Indian Premier League. KKR were restricted for 169 runs in 19.5 overs by the Mumbai Indians pace bowlers Jasprit Bumrah and Nuwan Thushara’s three-fers. The Mumbai Indians in response were wrapped up for 145 runs as Mitchell Starc picked up a 4 wicket haul.

Venkatesh Iyer was the top scorer for Kolkata Knight Riders with a 70-run knock which took his side to the score as Manish Pandey scored 42 runs off his bat. Suryakumar Yadav was the lone ranger scoring 56 runs which gave Mumbai Indians some hope, but once he was dismissed the hosts batting order was folded by the KKR pace bowlers to pick up their 1st win at the Wankhede stadium in 12 years.

The Kolkata Knight Riders set a target of 170 runs for the Mumbai Indians. It was a disastrous start for KKR as they lost 4 important wickets in the powerplay itself and then another wicket fell in the very first ball after the first six overs. But the impact sub, Manish Pandey played the supporting role along with Venkatesh Iyer and brought the innings back to normal as the latter went on to finish with 70 runs in 52 balls to put the visitors in contention.

For Mumbai Indians, Nuwan Thushara gave outstanding bowling performance in the power play and picked up 3 important wickets. Hardik Pandya also supported in the middle overs by picking up 2 important wickets along with the lone wicket by Piyush Chawla. Jasprit Bumrah showed his class at the death overs by taking 3 important wickets in the latter stages of the innings as Mumbai Indians needed 170 to win the match. Mumbai Indians only needed 51 runs off the last 5 overs, but a superb effort from KKR’s bowlers put an end to their hopes.

Google has changed its homepage logo today to celebrate the extraordinary life of Hamid Banu. Hamida Banu, India’s first woman wrestler was born in the early 1900s near Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh. Today’s Google Doodle shows an illustration of Hamida Banu in which she is surrounded by local flora and fauna.

Hamida Banu’s career spanned between the 1940s and 1950s, when she won more than 300 competitions. She often challenged male wrestlers to bouts. She even promised to marry them if they defeated her. Banu emerged as a force at a time when wrestling was still considered a male sport.

May 4 has been chosen as the date to publish a Google Doodle on Hamida Banu because it was on this day in 1954 that she challenged and defeated famed wrestler Baba Pahalwan in 1 minute and 34 seconds. He retired from professional wrestling after the defeat.

After defeating Baba Pahalwan in 1954 she received widespread coverage in international media. The Associated Press during the time reported the bout lasted 1 minute and 34 seconds, when the woman won a fall. Banu earned a lot of fame after the feat and came to be known as the Amazon of Aligarh. In a 1954 bout in Mumbai, Banu reportedly defeated Vera Chistilin, who was called Russia’s female bear, in less than 1 minute’s time.

The Google Doodle on India’s first woman wrestler has been created by Bengaluru-based artist Divya Negi. Negi said she was inspired by Hamida Banu’s fight against conservative norms of the Indian society during that time. She came to know more about Hamida Banu’s world during her Google Doodle research.  

Negi was inspired to learn that she fought fiercely against the conservative norms during her time. She said going against group thinking is one of the hardest things one can do, and being a woman adds another level of complexity to it. Despite the odds, Hamida Banu fought her way through and won.