BENGALURU: Following his impressive runner-up finish at the Badminton Asia Championships (BAC) in April , Ayush Shetty has struggled to hit the same stride. A minor elbow injury in June did not help, and the Mangaluruborn shuttler has since suffered three first-round exits and two second-round defeats in the last three months.The road ahead is…
In the dry storytelling of palaeontology, certain discoveries tend to arrive with a kind of quiet disruption. Not the sort that rewrites textbooks overnight, but one that shifts the edges of what was assumed about a landscape long gone. In Ethiopia’s Afar region, a set of fragmented crocodile fossils has done something like that. The…
Iran dares US to attempt a ground invasion of Kharg Island Iran has warned the United States of severe consequences if it attempts a ground invasion of Kharg Island, the strategic oil hub that handles around 90 per cent of the country’s crude exports, as tensions between the two countries continue to escalate.The Iranian Foreign…
Triple murder in Rome: hunt for the suspected killer. Over 40 tips have been received by the police A chilling social media post made just a day before a brutal triple killing in Rome is now at the centre of a murder investigation.Italian police have launched a major manhunt for Shahadat Hossain, a 43-year-old Bangladeshi…
Neighbours raise sewage, wildlife and security concerns as Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce seek greater privacy at their $5.35 million estate. Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are facing objections from neighbours over plans to increase privacy and security at their $5.35 million mansion in Bratenahl, Ohio. The couple’s proposed six-foot fence and extensive landscaping have…
Sri Lanka’s Prabath Jayasuriya walks off the filed after losing his wicket. (AP Photo) Former India batter Sanjay Manjrekar criticised Sri Lanka’s approach during the tense final moments of Day Two of the second Test against India in Colombo, calling the hosts’ behaviour over the fading light “slightly unprofessional”.Sri Lanka finished the day on 8/2…
More than 50 years after the first crewed moon landing, Jeff Bezos has a straightforward explanation for why returning to the lunar surface remains so difficult. The Amazon founder says the United States devoted almost 3% of its gross domestic product (GDP) to the effort in 1969, making Apollo an exceptionally expensive national project. During…
Candace Owens has questioned Turning Point USA’s recent event featuring JD Vance, alleging poor attendance and misleading visuals. She claimed old footage was used to mask empty seats and suggested Erika Kirk skipped the event due to low turnout, not security threats. The controversy has sparked wider debate over transparency and narrative control in political…
Sugar prices ease: Retail rates fall 3.85% to Rs 62.57/kg in a week Sugar prices have begun to ease across markets after a series of government interventions aimed at containing the recent rise. The average all-India retail price fell 3.85% over the past week to Rs 62.57 per kg, while the average wholesale price dropped…
Meta Platforms has recruited MongoDB CEO Chirantan Desai to head its new enterprise initiative focused on AI tools. BENGALURU: Indian-origin technology executive Chirantan “CJ” Desai has been named head of Meta’s new enterprise platform, less than a year after taking over as CEO of database company MongoDB. As chief enterprise platform officer, he will report…
RCB vs MI Live Score, IPL 2026: Royal Challengers Bengaluru won the toss and elected to bowl first against Mumbai Indians here at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, RCB’s new home ground for the remainder of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026, in Raipur on Sunday. There had been uncertainty around Suryakumar Yadav’s…
For 84 years, the Woods family lived on and worked a growing patchwork of farmland near Randalia in northeast Iowa. Tom Woods, who grew up in the area, steadily added acres to the operation as properties and funds became available, raising grain and cattle while also helping run a family wholesale business. Now that long…
