Varun Chakaravarthy (Getty Images) India captain Shreyas Iyer won the toss and elected to bat first in the opening T20I of the five-match series against England at the Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street. The visitors have made one notable change from the squad that toured Ireland, with Varun Chakaravarthy returning after recovering from a foot injury. Teenage…
Mumbai: Over two months after the BMC first issued a stop-work notice to a transit camp in Worli after finding that it was coming up on a civic land parcel reserved for a sewage treatment plant (STP), the municipal commissioner has now written to the state government seeking a revision in land allocation for the…
One of the suspected poacher caught on camera traps in Amrabad Tiger Reserve Hyderabad: What began as a routine tiger estimation exercise in Amrabad Tiger Reserve has led forest officials to crack down on suspected poachers after camera traps captured four men allegedly moving through the protected forest with a country-made gun, ammunition and other…
A video of a 50-year-old woman returning to college after a gap of 35 years has gone viral on social media. The clip, shared on Instagram, shows her heading to an examination centre to appear for a test decades after leaving her studies.The video has touched many people online, with users praising her determination to…
Education secretary’s transfer triggers fresh CJP attack on Centre NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke on Saturday alleged that the transfer of the Education Secretary amounted to “rewarding corruption instead of ensuring accountability”. He claimed that the official had been replaced by an IAS officer from the Animal Husbandry Department who faces…
US President Donald Trump is sending senior envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Pakistan this weekend for crucial talks with Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi, the White House said on Friday, in a renewed push to revive negotiations amid escalating regional tensions.White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the administration is cautiously optimistic. “We’re…
Lieutenant governor Taranjit Singh Sandhu addresses National Summit on Safe Schools Leadership 2026 at PHD House New Delhi: For schools, safety is no longer confined to CCTV cameras and fire exits. It now extends to protecting children from cyberbullying, online predators, mental health challenges, and emergencies ranging from earthquakes to bomb threats. These evolving risks…
Jaipur: The Supreme Court Tuesday came down heavily on Rajasthan govt for failing to comply with its directions issued earlier this year on curbing illegal sand mining in the Chambal region, terming it an “abysmal state of compliance”.While hearing a suo motu case on illegal sand mining in the National Chambal Sanctuary and the resulting…
Flipkart to start food deliveries from next month NEW DELHI: The food delivery space is set to get hotter with Flipkart planning a foray over the next 30 days.“Food delivery is another customer use case within our broader e-commerce platform. We will begin with a pilot, learn from it, and decide how to scale across…
Moss is usually thought of as one of nature’s simplest plants. It carpets rocks, clings to tree trunks and quietly survives in places where many other forms of life struggle. In deserts, some mosses can dry out almost completely, remaining dormant until a brief spell of rain brings them back to life. That ability has…
