Australia’s Steve Smith (James Ross/AAP Image via AP) Steve Smith may have been Australia’s standout batter during the first Test against Bangladesh in Darwin, but it was a brutally funny remark from a fan that grabbed attention on social media. Smith was battling through a difficult phase for Australia when he briefly stopped play because…
In the middle of the 19th century, sending a message across the Atlantic was still a distant ambition. Telegraph lines had already begun shrinking distances on land, but an ocean presented a different problem. A signal travelling through thousands of miles of cable could arrive so weak that ordinary instruments struggled to detect it. William…
A healthy green plant near the main entrance can improve financial luck. Vastu Shastra suggests plants symbolize growth and renewal for the home. Proper placement and care of the plant are essential for positive energy flow. Selecting appropriate plants like money plants or jade plants is recommended. Keeping the entrance area clean and uncluttered enhances…
New Delhi: India’s organ transplant crisis is not simply a shortage of transplant facilities or surgeons but also a shortage of donated organs. The scale of the gap is stark: around two lakh new kidney patients, 50,000 liver patients and 50,000 heart patients are added to the pool needing transplants every year, while the number…
The victim, Medha Akarsh, a resident of Anantnagar and a native of Kerala. BENGALURU: Medha Akarsh was just about 3km from home when her routine ride to work turned fatal. The 32-year-old EPFO employee was travelling pillion on a two-wheeler on Ananth Nagar Main Road on Wednesday morning when a car ahead suddenly braked after…
A road cave-in near Upper Indiranagar followed PMC water-line testing, causing traffic diversions. PUNE: Roads and civic infrastructure in Pune once again became the talk of the town after a cave-in was reported on a road near Upper Indiranagar resulting in diversions and repair work following PMC water-line testing. The incident has reignited concerns about…
The deceased, identified as Dr Paramatma Singh, was posted as a veterinary doctor in Nautanwa, Maharajganj. LUCKNOW: A 45-year-old veterinary doctor died by suicide after allegedly jumping from the eighth floor of an apartment building in Gorakhpur’s Gorakhnath area on Thursday morning. Police recovered a one-page suicide note from his pocket in which he blamed…
The SAD chief was visiting the gurdwara with his wife. (File photo) NEW DELHI: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) chief and former Punjab deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal was injured after being attacked at a gurdwara in Maharashtra’s Nanded on Thursday. The assailant, identified as 62-year-old Jaspal Singh, had been staying at the same gurdwara…
Zelensky urged the US to sell Ukraine 5-10% of its Patriot interceptor stockpile to counter Russian ballistic missile attacks Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has urged the United States to sell Ukraine more Patriot interceptor missiles, saying even 5% of the US stockpile would help Kyiv survive the winter, while 10% could allow it to counter…
The proposed bill would empower US President to levy tariffs on countries that purchase large volumes of crude oil from Russia. India faces the fresh prospect of being levied up to 100% tariffs if the Donald Trump administration is able to get a new Russian sanctions bill cleared and the US President exercises the power…
