Former England spinner Graeme Swann backed teenage batter Vaibhav Sooryavanshi to feature in India’s T20I series against Ireland, calling him “the box-office man of the moment” and saying his inclusion in India’s squad is good for world cricket.Sooryavanshi, who was named in India’s squads for the upcoming T20I tours of Ireland and England on Saturday,…
Students of Government High School, Badaga Yekkaru, celebrate the first birthday of a Bakula (Renje) tree planted during last year’s Environment Day celebrations Students of Government High School, Badaga Yekkaru, celebrate the first birthday of a Bakula (Renje) tree planted during last year’s Environment Day celebrations Students of Government High School, Badaga Yekkaru, celebrate the…
JAIPUR: The wait had lasted over a decade, but for Rajasthan’s cricket fraternity, the dry spell finally ended on a historic Saturday morning in New Chandigarh. Not since Pankaj Singh stepped out in the pristine India whites has a cricketer from the state earned a coveted Test cap. After a 12-year hiatus, the desert state…
James Weston Higginbotham (top left, long hair) has been missing since May 29 A 20-year-old Auburn University student from Alabama who went missing during a family vacation in Japan has been found dead, bringing a tragic end to a weeklong search that drew international attention. James “Weston” Higginbotham, a junior studying biosystems engineering at Auburn…
NEW DELHI: Cricketer-turned politician Yusuf Pathan on Saturday dismissed reports claiming that the TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee either directly or through Sourav Ganguly had asked him to resign from his Lok Sabha seat to pave the way for her to contest a by-election.In a video shared on social media, Pathan termed the reports “completely false”…
Voleti Sai Asrith is the first completely blind undergraduate from the chemical engineering department NITK Mangaluru: As darkness slowly narrowed his world, Voleti Sai Asrith held on to a dream first planted by his father — that NITK was home to some of India’s brightest minds. In 2022, he made it there and enrolled in…
Bengaluru: Who is responsible if a child drowns in an apartment complex’s swimming pool, if a pet dog attacks a resident, if an unverified delivery worker enters a gated community, or if a fire breaks out in a basement packed with EV batteries and petrol vehicles?The question is whether liability lies with individual residents who…
Former India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has questioned the selectors’ decision to drop Suryakumar Yadav from India’s T20I setup, calling it a “landmark” and “ruthless” call and suggesting that the World Cup-winning captain deserved more time to prove himself.The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Saturday announced India’s T20I squads for the tours…
MoEI and 42 Abu Dhabi launch AI hackathon to develop smarter, faster government services nationwide/Image: WAM The UAE’s Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure (MoEI) has partnered with 42 Abu Dhabi to launch a specialised Artificial Intelligence Hackathon aimed at creating technology-driven solutions to improve government services across key sectors.The initiative will bring together programmers, developers,…
NEW DELHI: Former Punjab chief minister and senior BJP leader Capt Amarinder Singh on Saturday met Union home minister Amit Shah and BJP national president and Union health minister JP Nadda in New Delhi, days after his public criticism of the party’s decision to appoint Kewal Singh Dhillon as Punjab BJP chief.The meetings come amid…
