Bald Eagle Jackie (Image credit: Los Angeles County Parks San Dimas Raptor Rescue centre via AP) Jackie, the bald eagle that became an internet sensation through a live nest camera in California, has died after weeks of medical treatment following an illness, her caretakers announced on August 10. The eagle, watched by thousands of people…
NEW DELHI: Tilak Varma returned to form with his maiden IPL century as Mumbai Indians ended their four-match losing streak in IPL 2026 with a 99-run win over Gujarat Titans in Ahmedabad on Monday.Tilak finished unbeaten on 101 off 45 balls, bringing up his hundred with a boundary off the last ball of the innings….
Levon Aronian opens up about R Praggnanandhaa’s GCT title NEW DELHI: A year ago, American Grandmaster Levon Aronian beat Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa in their third-place match at the Grand Chess Tour (GCT) Finals in São Paulo, Brazil. Playing fast-paced chess, he gradually came to understand one thing. Blitz and rapid, the Armenian great had apprehended, were…
NEW DELHI: Leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi Sunday called PM Narendra Modi an “obedient servant” of foreign forces that kill Indians.Congress asked whether the PM would raise the killing of Indian seafarers and the “threatening language” of secretary of state Marco Rubio with the Indian the foreign minister in his upcoming…
US President Donald Trump (AP image) WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump railed against a federal judge’s decision on Thursday that continues to block above-ground construction of a $400 million White House ballroom, allowing only below-ground work on a bunker and other “national security facilities” at the site. U.S. District Judge Richard Leon’s latest ruling comes in…
Farmers will continue to receive urea and di-ammonium phosphate (DAP) at subsidised rates despite concerns over global supplies amid the Middle East crisis, Union Agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said on Saturday, asserting that the government has adequate fertiliser stocks and is prepared to deal with any impact of El Nino.Addressing reporters after the conclusion…
Elon Musk has dismissed reports claiming his space company Starlink has increased fees for Pentagon LUCAS kamikaze drones during the 2026 US-Iran conflict. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Musk called the report “bs,” attributing it to a leak by a former AWS employee no longer in government. “This bs “story” was leaked by…
CHENNAI: India on Friday marked a major milestone in the opening of its space sector to private players as Hyderabad-based Skyroot Aerospace successfully carried six payloads including two satellites into low-Earth orbit aboard Vikram-1, the country’s first privately developed orbital launch vehicle.The 23-metre-tall, 1.7-metre-diameter launch vehicle lifted off from the First Launch Pad at the…
Gautam Gambhir and Shreyas Iyer (BCCI Photo) NEW DELHI: After rain washed out the opening T20I, India will be hoping for better weather when they take on England in the second match of the five-game series at Old Trafford in Manchester on Saturday, July 4.The first T20I at Chester-le-Street ended in a no-result after India…
Forget just degrees and college tags — former Google recruiter Prasad Rao explains why what you build, solve and achieve matters more in today’s tech hiring world. (Representative Image) For years, engineering aspirants across India have believed that getting into a top college and earning a B.Tech degree is the safest route to a successful…