File Pic: Seattle Orcas head coach Matthew Mott Former England men’s and Australia women’s team coach Matthew Mott talks about his new stint with Seattle Orcas, the Major League Cricket (MLC) experience, and the future of cricket in America.Renowned Australian coach Matthew Mott, who led England to a T20 World Cup title in 2022 and…
GE is also working to speed up delivery of F-404 jet engines to India’s Hindustan Aeronautics. (File photo of Tejas) IAF’s fifth-generation stealth fighter project: US’ General Electric (GE) has said that it is ‘very interested’ in making engines for India’s fifth-generation stealth fighter project. It will compete to manufacture engines for the Indian Air…
Astronomers have found a cluster of giant asteroids co-orbiting the Sun with Venus—space rocks that might become a long-term hazard for Earth. These are not ordinary asteroids. Sometimes referred to as city killers because of their size, many are bigger than 140 meters; they are big enough to wipe out a whole urban centre upon…
Fossils found in southern New Zealand have brought to light a massive prehistoric penguin species unlike any living today. In a comprehensive analysis by University of Cambridge researchers, scientists identified Kumimanu fordycei which is a giant penguin that lived along the coastline during the Paleocene epoch around 57 million years ago. Weighing roughly 350 pounds…
British fashion giant Burberry announced plans to slash almost one fifth of its global workforce, laying off 1,700 employees. The move comes as a major cost saving move to revive the company’s performance.The cuts come as part of a broader shake-up under chief executive officer Joshua Schulman, who joined the company last year to reverse…
A Rutgers University research team in New Jersey spotted the newly found cloud, which was named Eos—after the Greek deity of dawn. Being only 300 light-years away, it is the closest known big molecular cloud. Molecular clouds are huge, cold reservoirs of gas and dust that cradle new stars. What distinguishes Eos is not only…
Last year was tough for Acadia Healthcare, one of the country’s largest providers of mental health services. A slew of federal agencies opened investigations into whether Acadia illegally held patients against their will in its psychiatric hospitals, as described in a New York Times investigation in September. The federal inquiries rattled investors, causing Acadia’s stock…
International courier giant DHL has announced a temporary suspension of package deliveries exceeding $800 in value from companies to individual recipients in the United States, citing delays triggered by recent changes to US customs regulations.In a statement, DHL said, “As a result of recent US Customs regulatory updates, we are experiencing multi-day transit delays to…
Harvard sees $1.14 million in donations after Trump’s $2.2 billion funding cut What began as a bureaucratic standoff has now evolved into a full-scale confrontation between Harvard University and the Trump administration — one that could redefine the contours of academic freedom, political power, and the role of higher education in a polarised nation. At…
American mortgage giant, Fannie Mae, has reportedly fired around 200 employees, a majority of them Telugus, on “ethical grounds”. In January, Apple fired around 50 employees, including some Indians, at its headquarters in Cupertino over charges that they indulged in monetary fraud to boost their compensation. An Indian-American Congressman has launched a probe into the…