In 2010, two players walked onto Wimbledon’s Court 18 and played the longest match in tennis history. It didn’t end for three days, and the electronic scoreboard broke before they did | International Sports News

John Isner and Nicolas Mahut played Wimbledon’s longest match, lasting 11 hours across three days/ Image: Olympics.com A tennis match that lasted 11 hours and five minutes, stretched across three days, produced 183 games, and eventually broke the electronic scoreboard sounds more like a story written for television than something that actually happened at Wimbledon….

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In 2025, scientists discovered a new “zombie” fungus in British caves; it appears to manipulate spiders before killing them |

A new species of fungus capable of manipulating spiders before killing them has been formally identified in caves and disused buildings across Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and Wales, marking one of the first confirmed cases of such behavioural control found in a temperate climate. Named Gibellula attenboroughii in honour of the broadcaster Sir…

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Maharashtra govt considers weightage to Class 12 marks for engineering admissions from 2027-28 | Mumbai News

Mumbai: The state govt is considering giving weightage to Class 12 marks in engineering and pharmacy admissions following a series of allegations over discrepancies between students’ Class 12 and CET scores.In a letter to the higher and technical education department, the state’s CET Cell has urged the govt to constitute an expert panel to review…

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Karnataka CM tells womenpreneurs: Speak up for tunnel road, traffic solutions | Bengaluru News

Asking women entrepreneurs to publicly support his govt’s controversial tunnel-road project from Hebbal to Silk Board, the CM said some leaders were opposing it for political reasons Bengaluru: “Shout at me if I’m doing wrong,” Karnataka chief minister DK Shivakumar declared at a business summit here Wednesday, placing women entrepreneurs front and centre of urban…

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Former sub-registrar arrested in ₹4-crore land document scam in Keesara | Hyderabad News

Hyderabad: A former sub-registrar of the Keesara sub-registrar office, who allegedly facilitated the registration of fake and tampered property documents used in multiple real estate transactions and housing-loan frauds, was arrested by the Keesara police on Tuesday.The arrest comes nearly five months after six persons were arrested by the Keesara police in connection with the…

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