The French captain and star player Kylian Mbappé experienced a tough loss against Spain in the quarter finals of the 2026 World Cup as it crushed the dreams of millions in the country, sparking chaos among fans. While France gears up to face England in the next few hours, a rumor about Kylian Mbappé changing…
NEW DELHI: Flagging the introduction of a third language in schools, Supreme Court Thursday said the decision to introduce it at the Class IX level would put unnecessary stress on students preparing for board examinations.A bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and R Mahadevan made the observation while hearing Tamil Nadu govt’s appeal against a…
England clinched a four-wicket win over India, bringing the series to a tie at 1-1. Joe Root’s stellar innings of 99 not out was pivotal as India’s batters faltered, crumbling to just 233 runs. (Photo/AP/PTI) A masterclass in chasing from veteran Joe Root and a clinical bowling display helped England bounce back in style, registering…
Quote of the day by Roman poet Virgil. Roman poet Virgil who is best known for his epic, The Aeneid, wrote a famous line through the character of Juno. “If I cannot move Heaven, I will raise Hell,” is one of the most memorable declarations in classical literature. The original Latin reads: “Flectere si nequeo…
Devotees throng Grand Road in Puri on the occasion of Rath Yatra Puri: At least two people died and 78 others were hospitalised as a sea of devotees jostled for space amid blinding rain during the annual Rath Yatra in Puri on Thursday, forcing authorities to suspend the annual chariot-pulling ceremony for the night.Hospital officials…
NEW DELHI: NEET-UG 2026 saw a sharp rise in top scores after the paper-leak controversy and nationwide retest, with Punjab’s Aryan Gupta topping the exam with a 715 score. Haryana’s Panshul Bansal who also scored 715 out of 720 is the second topper based on a tie-breaker rule. Their score was 29 marks higher than…
An enormous, 465-foot (142-metre) luxury superyacht linked to a Russian billionaire reappeared in Bali, Indonesia, after pulling off a ‘high-tech vanishing act’ in one of the world’s most dangerous maritime chokepoints. The vessel, named Nord, was spotted docked at the commercial harbor in Benoa, Bali. What makes Nord’s arrival in Bali particularly mysterious is how…
NEW DELHI: ED Thursday reiterated that Fema is primarily a civil legislation that through Section 15 provides for compounding of contraventions to facilitate voluntary compliance, reduce litigation and ensure expeditious disposal of cases, except those involving serious crimes like money laundering, terror financing and affecting country’s sovereignty and integrity.“In all cases, Reserve Bank of India…
A post by an Indian software engineer living in Paris has started an interesting conversation on X. Instead of talking about salaries, career growth, or life abroad, he highlighted something much more basic. He pointed out how the everyday concerns in his neighbourhood are very different from the challenges many people in India continue to…
NEW DELHI: In the pending pleas challenging the constitutional validity of penal law provisions shielding husbands from marital rape charges, the Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to examine another question — despite the exemption, can husbands still be prosecuted for causing physical hurt and mental trauma to their wives through violent, unnatural or other sexual…