NEW DELHI: In a notable development, the BCCI has introduced an additional bone test at the junior level to ensure that young cricketers don’t miss out on a season due to the “+1 factor” currently applied in the eligibility calculation, which often disqualifies players by a narrow margin.As per the existing procedure, a cricketer’s age…
A 48-year-old woman in China suffered a bone fracture simply by rolling over in bed as she had avoided sunlight for most of her life, fearing tanning. Medical tests later showed that the levels of vitamin D in her body were critically low. The woman, whose identity has not been disclosed, had shunned sun exposure…
What Pompeii’s most shocking discoveries reveal about Roman life More than two millennia ago, Mount Vesuvius erupted with cataclysmic force, burying the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum under thick layers of ash and volcanic debris. The disaster struck so suddenly in 79 AD that people, animals, and daily life were frozen in time—preserved beneath…
Hawaii is a beautiful tropical paradise and also home to formidable creepy crawly predators. There are spiders that impale prey in midair and venomous centipedes that can stretch nearly 15 inches long. And then there are the carnivorous caterpillars, an evolutionary rarity. And now scientists have discovered one very hungry caterpillar that doesn’t just eat…
SRINAGAR: J&K CM Omar Abdullah has convened a meeting Friday to discuss growing tensions over lieutenant-governor (LG) Manoj Sinha’s recent transfers of officers, the first time he will examine and debate an administrative decision taken by the Centre-appointed authority.The bone of contention emerged Tuesday when Sinha ordered transfers of 48 Jammu Kashmir Administrative Service (JKAS)…