Quote of the day by Michael Faraday (AI-generated image) A young mathematician takes an older scientist’s life’s work and translates it into equations the older man cannot fully follow. Most established figures would bristle. Michael Faraday, one of the most celebrated experimental scientists in history, wrote to the young James Clerk Maxwell in 1857 admitting…
Sunrisers Hyderabad’s skipper Pat Cummins and teammates celebrate the wicket of Chennai Super Kings’ Kartik Sharma during their Indian Premier League 2026 match at MA Chidambaram Stadium, in Chennai on Monday. (ANI Photo) New Delhi: Every now and then, the cricketing world needs a reminder that Pat Cummins remains exceptional at his primary craft: fast…
Guwahati: Students and scholars at IIT-Guwahati gathered on campus for a special ‘Sundays on Cycle’ event, with Union minister of state for youth affairs and sports Raksha Khadse joining in to mark India’s selection as the host country for the 2030 Commonwealth Games.The event was hosted by the university and SAI Guwahati. Khadse cycled alongside…
Aizawl: Mizoram governor Gen Vijay Kumar Singh has summoned the seventh session of the ninth legislative assembly from Aug 25, according to a notification issued by the assembly secretary Zothansanga Ralte on Thursday.Officials of the Assembly Secretariat told TOI that the Assembly Business Advisory Committee (BAC), chaired by Speaker Lalbiakzama and represented by all the…
NEW DELHI: Stock markets are likely to be guided this week by the outcome of state elections and high crude oil prices amid the West Asia conflict, say analysts.The developments related to the West Asia conflict and the Strait of Hormuz will also be tracked by investors, they said. Counting of votes for the five…
Ahmedabad: For the fourth consecutive day, Ahmedabad has felt like a kiln, with the mercury stubbornly refusing to drop below the 40-degree mark. While the daytime heat was predictably fierce at 41.4°C, two degrees above the seasonal average, night brought little relief. In a staggering 24-hour leap, the minimum temperature staged a dramatic 3.5-degree climb,…
KOLKATA: First-time MLA Swapan Dasgupta, for long the intellectual voice championing BJP’s vision for his native Bengal, was among the 35 new ministers sworn in Monday. This took the strength of chief minister Suvendu Adhikari’s government to 41.Nine MLAs from north Bengal and six women took oath, raising the number of representatives from the northern…
Jantar Mantar protest: CJP-Centre talks deadlocked; no clarity on Pradhan’s exit; NEW DELHI: The stand-off between the Centre and the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) over the alleged NEET paper leak continued on Friday, with no breakthrough on the protesters’ key demand for the resignation of union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan.While the government sought more time…
In clean-up drive, ex-CEC Rajiv Kumar named HDFC chairman MUMBAI: The HDFC Bank board has appointed former chief election commissioner and ex–finance secretary Rajiv Kumar as chairman of the bank, subject to RBI approval. Starting June 30, the board has proposed a four-year term. The appointment ends uncertainty over the next chairman, following the sudden…
Many colleges, including Government Law College, are excluded from the initial admission round MUMBAI: Maharashtra’s top-ranked law aspirants will, for the first time in years, be unable to choose the Government Law College (GLC), Mumbai, as their first preference in the opening round of admissions, even as nearly half the law seats in the state…
