NEW YORK: A NASA spacecraft aims to fly closer to the sun than any object sent before. The Parker Solar Probe was launched in 2018 to get a close-up look at the sun. Since then, it has flown straight through the sun’s corona: the outer atmosphere visible during a total solar eclipse. The next milestone:…
Smriti Mandhana celebrates her half century. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Indian women’s cricket team vice-captain Smriti Mandhana delivered a record-breaking performance in the series-deciding third T20I against the West Indies on Thursday, cementing her status as one of the greatest batters in the shortest format. Her explosive knock of 77 runs, combined with Richa Ghosh‘s…
NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Finance on Saturday revealed that the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) completed 15,547 crore transactions between January and November 2024. These transactions amounting to Rs 223 lakh crore reflect UPI’s transformative impact on financial transactions across India.UPI is driving a global revolution, not only expanding across international markets but also positioning…
Rishabh Pant and Mohammed Siraj (AFP Photo) NEW DELHI: India will look to bounce back from the disappointment of losing the Adelaide Test as they prepare to face Australia in the third Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. The match will begin on December 14 at the Gabba in Brisbane.India have played seven Tests at this…
Sachin Tendulkar and Joe Root. (Getty Images) One batter who has defied any notion of slump in the last four years in the world of cricket is England’s run-machine Joe Root. The 33-years-old is riding on the form of his lifetime for quite some time now.Root is so confident about his batting that he played…
NEW DELHI: The Bar Council of India (BCI) on Sunday ordered the removal of Advocate Sanjeev Nasiar, head of the AAP’s legal cell, from his position as vice chairman of the Bar Council of Delhi.The decision comes amidst allegations of irregularities in Nasiar’s LLB (Hons) degree, issued in 1988 by Devi Ahilyabai Vishwavidyalaya, Indore. The…
Mohammed Siraj. (Photo by Paul Kane/Getty Images) NEW DELHI: India pacer Mohammed Siraj hogged the limelight on the first day of the pink ball Test against Australia in Adelaide after one of his deliveries was recorded at an astonishing 181.6 km/h. However, it was later confirmed to be a technical glitch.Following the incident, fans began…
MUMBAI: The policy of sending biweekly attendance records of first-year students to their parents, implemented only last year at the premier IIT-Bombay, may curb the sense of freedom they expect in college, which is also part of their overall development, mentioned one of the many observations made by the institute’s students’ magazine, Insight, in their…
As the US Thanksgiving season wrapped up with flat sales, retailers are trying to lure in customers with a wide range of promotions and discounts on cosmetics, electronics, toys, clothing and other merchandise for Cyber Monday, America’s biggest online shopping event. Retailers have been strategizing to pull in US shoppers with notifications, mails and other…
Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: The recent omissions of seasoned players Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja from the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy have sparked widespread discussion.Former India selector Devang Gandhi has come forward to shed light on the reasoning behind these decisions, emphasising that the team management’s focus is…