Barcelona won their season opener 3-0 thanks to goals from Lamine Yamal, Raphinha and Ferran Torres (AP Photo/Joan Mateu Parra) Barcelona will look to build on their strong start to the new La Liga season when they face newly-promoted Levante in Matchday 2 this weekend. The defending champions opened their campaign with a commanding 3-0…
NCERT releases new textbooks for classes 5th and 8th. The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has released a new set of textbooks for Classes 5 and 8, aligned with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 and the National Curriculum Framework for School Education (NCF-SE) 2023. The new textbooks incorporate changes in content…
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday, during a tour of a newly constructed migrant detention facility dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” in the Florida Everglades, claimed that Joe Biden “wanted me in here,” referring to the fenced detention pens. Speaking alongside Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, Trump called Biden a “son of…
File photo: Xiaomi founder Lei Jun shows the Xiaomi YU7 at a launch event held in Beijing (Picture credit: AP) Chinese tech giant Xiaomi stunned the electric vehicle (EV) market on Thursday night after it received an overwhelming response to the launch of its new electric SUV, the YU7, clocking 289,000 pre-orders within the first…
Israel has reported killing Iran’s newly appointed military chief, General Ali Shadmani, in an airstrike. This comes just five days after Shadmani’s appointment, marking another significant blow to Iran’s military leadership. Israel describes its actions as a specialised military operation targeting Iran’s military leaders and nuclear capabilities. The operation is ongoing, with Israel claiming it…
When Hanna Zack Miley boarded a German train in July 1939, she did not know that the journey would permanently change her life. She was 7 at the time, about to travel to Britain without her parents. She remembers saying goodbye to them on the platform of the train station in Cologne, Germany. “They told…
Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore welcome their newly arrived replacements to the space station (Pic credit: Nasa) A SpaceX crew capsule successfully docked at the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday, delivering a new team of astronauts to replace Nasa’s two stranded crew members; Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams, who have been stuck in orbit…
Sajeeb Wazed, the son of Bangladesh ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, strongly condemned the newly formed Nationalist Conservative Party (NCP) on Friday, calling it a political outfit created by “terrorist students” with the intention to seize power undemocratically. Bangladeshi students at the forefront of protests that ousted Sheikh Hasina as prime minister last year launched…
NEW DELHI: Vivek Joshi was appointed as the election commissioner on Monday. He is 1989-batch Haryana-cadre IAS officer.“In exercise of powers conferred by section 4 of the Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Act, 2023 (Act No. 49 of 2023), the President is pleased to appoint…
Naama Moses, a volunteer selling merchandise to support the Hostages and Missing Families Forum, which represents relatives of the captives, ascribed this to the pain that many felt when they saw the three men who were freed last week. “Perhaps containing your disappointment would be easier at home in front of the telly, on your…