Virender Sehwag and his children (Images via Getty Images & Screengrab/@DelhiCapitals) Virender Sehwag’s career is remembered for its fearless strokeplay and ability to change the course of a match in a single session. The former India opener was the first from the country to hit a triple century in Tests and once held the record…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday addressed the nation on the occasion of National Space Day, greeting citizens and lauding the achievements of India’s scientists, space startups and astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla. Declaring that India is moving forward with great speed in the global space race, PM Modi said, “Today India is rapidly progressing…
Badminton World Federation (BWF) secretary-general Thomas Lund has clarified the issue of the lack of shuttlecocks across the world. In an interview with news agency PTI, the BWF secretary said that the ongoing shuttlecock shortage has not yet reached a “crisis level.” World badminton is currently going through a shuttlecock crisis. If reports are to…
NEW DELHI: As the Parliament on Monday continued debating the government’s military response under Operation Sindoor, a cross-border counter-terror operation after the Pahalgam terror attack, Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi sharply criticised defence minister Rajnath Singh’s speech, accusing the government of failing to answer basic questions about the April 22 attack. Singh had earlier hailed the…
Donald Trump trade deals (AI image) US-EU trade deal: US President Donald Trump on Sunday said that America and the European Union have ‘reached a deal’ on trade. Under the US-EU trade deal, America will impose a 15% tariff rate on products coming into the country from EU. “We have reached a deal. It’s a…
NEW DELHI: It seems that people in Bengaluru will take more time to reach their destination as compared to taking a flight and going to another country. It’s not research, but an Instagram post claimed that her friend arrived in Dubai while she remained stuck in the city’s traffic.A user on Instagram shared a video…
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that it has reached the H-1B visa cap for fiscal year (FY) 2026, closing the door for new cap-subject petitions until next year. This development directly affects international students, recent graduates, and professionals planning to begin or continue work in the U.S. under the H-1B…
NEW DELHI: For several times in the last few months we have heard the Congress “distance” itself from Shashi Tharoor‘s remarks. But now, in an interesting turn of events, it appears that Shashi Tharoor is “distancing” himself from the Congress. The gap between Congress and Tharoor, that first appeared on the surface in February this…
PUNE: In his last blog on March 24 this year, celebrated astrophysicist Jayant Vishnu Narlikar wrote about the importance of stepping back and looking at one’s creations in a detached manner, and delegating work to youngsters.“This is where the IUCAA story is supposed to end,” he said. “Karmayoga advocated by Bhagwad Gita shows the way…
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is set to release USD 1.3 billion to Bangladesh in June following the fourth review of its USD 4.7 billion loan programme and a breakthrough in talks on exchange rate reforms, the Finance Ministry said. The funds, covering both the fourth and fifth tranches, had been held up as the…