Jasprit Bumrah (Image credit: BCCI/IPL) NEW DELHI: Star pacer Jasprit Bumrah was handed the Mumbai Indians captaincy in the absence of both regular skipper Hardik Pandya and stand-in captain Suryakumar Yadav during their IPL 2026 clash against Punjab Kings. It was the first time Bumrah led the Mumbai Indians side, a franchise he has represented…
A forgotten document, purchased for a mere $27.50 by Harvard in 1946, has been identified as an original 1300 Magna Carta manuscript by Professor David Carpenter. (Representative Image) Image Credit: Foreign and Commonwealth Office, via Wikimedia Commons The most significant discoveries in history are not necessarily made using dust, ancient tombs, or even multimillion-dollar purchases….
Waste coffee grounds and discarded oyster shells could be turned into a useful construction material. The mixture used spent coffee grounds (SCG) as its main filler, with oyster shells added to strengthen the granular structure and GGBS-based alkali-activated materials used as the binder. Because SCG particles are highly compressible, the researchers added oyster shells in…
A child repeatedly restarting a drawing may be struggling more with mistakes than with the drawing itself. A child sits down with a sheet of paper and starts drawing. The first attempt does not look quite the way they imagined it. The paper is pushed aside. Another sheet comes out.This time, the eyes are slightly…
Air India cancels all Saudi flights NEW DELHI: Air India has cancelled all flights to and from Riyadh, Dammam and Jeddah until October 20, as the situation in Saudi Arabia continues to evolve. The airline said that it is monitoring developments and assessing the situation to ensure flights could resume safely.“In view of the evolving…
‘The Hardacres’ season 2 has just dropped online and fans are already raving about the brand new period show. Set in the 1980s, the drama series offers a new spin on the classic rags-to-riches storyline, and fans cannot get enough of it. From the cast to the plot and more, here’s all you need to…
Ellision’s estate is located inside the gated Seminole Landing community and has extensive ocean frontage Chief technology officer of Oracle Larry Ellison is preparing to put his large oceanfront estate in North Palm Beach, Florida, back on the market for $165 million, five years after buying the property for $80 million.The Oracle co-founder bought the…
Dia Mirza has opened up about the lengths she went to in order to make ‘Bobby Jasoos’ after the film’s financiers and studios pulled out at the last minute. The actress-turned-producer revealed that she took a bank loan and mortgaged her first home to fund the Vidya Balan-starrer, refusing to let financial hurdles stop the…
Dommaraju Gukesh of India (Photo by Rafal Oleksiewicz for FIDE) NEW DELHI: Since becoming world champion two years ago, noise has followed Dommaraju Gukesh almost everywhere, at times making it feel as though he isn’t worthy of the title he rightfully won.But on Friday, when India needed the youngest world champion in history to deliver…
India’s forex reserves have become more balanced over time, with more gold and some diversification beyond the US dollar. (AI image) A country’s foreign exchange reserves act as the first line of defence against external volatility. In times of global economic turmoil such as the present Middle East conflict, forex reserves are the armour that…
On 21 August 2017, the afternoon light at Riverbanks Zoo in Columbia, South Carolina, began to fade. For the people gathered there, the approaching darkness was an astronomical spectacle. For the animals living outside in the zoo’s enclosures, it was something rather different: daylight was suddenly behaving as if evening had arrived. Researchers had prepared…
Sierra Nevada pond during low- and high-snowfall years, showing how snow levels change the landscape. ( Picture: Christine C. Bonadonna) High in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains, small ponds may look peaceful and unchanged. Surrounded by rocky peaks and open skies, they appear calm during summer. But beneath the surface, these shallow water bodies are constantly…
