A 38-year-old Indian expatriate who had lived in Dubai for nearly 15 years, died after collapsing during a routine cricket match.Mohammed Safwan Shanu hails from Bhatkal in Karnataka Safwan was batting during a weekly Sunday morning cricket game when he suddenly collapsed on the pitch at around 7.10am. Teammates rushed to help and called an…
Chennai: state PWD and highways minister Aadhav Arjuna on Tuesday urged Union road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari to take urgent measures to reduce rising road accidents and fatalities on national highways in Tamil Nadu by improving the road infrastructure in the state. He also sought him to grant clearance to a series of…
Pune: The Union govt on Monday approved funds totalling Rs1,290 crore for two crucial works being executed by the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC).A significant portion of the funding—Rs890 crore—has been sanctioned for a comprehensive water supply project serving 12 merged areas in the Khadakwasla-Nanded belt. In 2025, these regions witnessed an outbreak of Guillain-Barré Syndrome…
The child mistook oak galls for seeds that revealed a new link between ants, wasps, and trees. Image credit – Gemini Scientific discoveries don’t necessarily emerge from laboratories. In this case, it came out of a back garden. An 8-year-old child named Hugo Deans observed round bodies around an ant hill, thinking he had discovered…
Brazil’s Vinicius Junior (7) celebrates a goal against Morocco. (AP Photo) Brazil produced a spirited comeback to salvage a 1-1 draw against Morocco in a pulsating Group C clash at the FIFA World Cup on Saturday, with Vinícius Júnior’s brilliant strike ensuring the five-time champions avoided a losing start.In one of the standout fixtures of…
Ludhiana: The gas tragedy reported on RK Road that claimed three lives on Monday clearly indicates the lack of checks on the factories when it comes to managing and disposing off the effluent waste. The respective unit was getting the effluent tank cleaned illegally and without proper safety gears, which also indicates that such practice…
Turning tide: NHAI hits fast lane in arbitration on stricter monitoring NEW DELHI: NHAI, which handles the highest number of arbitration cases among govt agencies, seems to have seen its fortune change in some recent outcomes due to a greater focus on quality of arbitrators, stricter monitoring of cases and use of AI. Last week,…
Pune: Officials have warned that beneficiaries of the Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin scheme who fail to complete their e-KYC may lose their monthly payments, as many women continue to face difficulties with the process.State govt has set April 30 as the final deadline for completing e-KYC and correcting errors, after granting several extensions in recent…
Ahmedabad: Of the 5.11 lakh students who took the CM Gyan Sadhana Merit Scholarship Exam, 3.8 lakh students have secured less than 40% marks. Only nine students have scored more than 90% (108 marks) while 283 students from 228 schools scored more than 80% (96 marks). A total of 10,936 students from 4,968 schools scored…
Legendary manager Marcelo Bielsa screams (Screengrabs) Marcelo Bielsa’s future as Uruguay coach has come under fresh scrutiny after the team’s disappointing exit from the the FIFA World Cup 2026. Uruguay failed to win a single match in Group H, drawing against Saudi Arabia and Cape Verde before suffering a 1-0 defeat to Spain that ended…
