India’s semifinal hopes in the T20 World Cup 2026 now depend not just on winning, but on winning big. After cruising through the group stage unbeaten — including a statement victory over Pakistan — India suffered a major setback in the Super 8s. A crushing 76-run defeat to South Africa has left Suryakumar Yadav’s men...
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J’khand plane crash: Family took loan to book aircraft; to save 1, 7 died in tragedy
The air ambulance crash in the Karmatand forest, under the jurisdiction of Simaria police station in Chatra district, has wiped out an entire family’s hope for survival. CHATRA: The air ambulance crash in the Karmatand forest, under the jurisdiction of Simaria police station in Chatra district, has wiped out an entire family’s hope for survival....
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Iran’s war calculus: Why Khamenei is betting on Trump for his regime’s survival
The United States has built up one of its largest Middle East deployments in years, with two aircraft carriers moving into position and additional warships and aircraft arriving in the region. The State Department has also begun thinning out exposed outposts. Meanwhile, Iran is preparing itself for a protracted war with US. It is dispersing...
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விடுதலைப்புலிகள் மீதான தடை நீக்க கோரிய வைகோ வழக்கு: உயர்நீதிமன்றம் தள்ளுபடி
முன்னாள் பிரதமர் ராஜீவ் காந்தி, கடந்த 1991-ம் ஆண்டு சென்னையை அடுத்த ஸ்ரீபெரும் புதூரில் படுகொலை செய்யப்பட்ட சம்பவத்தை தொடர்ந்து, விடுதலைப் புலிகள் இயக்கத்துக்கு மத்திய அரசு தடை விதித்தது. இந்தத் தடையை 3 ஆண்டுகளுக்கு ஒருமுறை நீட்டிக்க உயர் நீதிமன்ற நீதிபதி தலைமையில் சட்டவிரோத நடவடிக்கைகள் தடுப்பு சட்டத்தின்கீழ் தீர்ப்பாயத்தை மத்திய அரசு அமைக்கும். கடந்த 2014- ம் ஆண்டு நீதிபதி ஜி.பி.மிட்டல் தலைமையிலான தீர்ப்பாயம், விடுதலைப் புலிகள் இயக்கத்துக்கு விதிக்கப்பட்ட தடையை நீட்டிக்க உத்தரவிட்டது....
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Scientists confirm HIV capsid is a good drug target despite resistance
In 1987, four years after the discovery of HIV as the causative agent of AIDS, scientists reported the first drug effective against the virus, called zidovudine. Zidovudine targeted a viral enzyme called reverse transcriptase, and prevented the virus from completing its life-cycle. However, zidovudine was no magic bullet. It could hold the virus at bay...
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Watch: Zelenskyy reveals his ‘base’ in Kyiv; taunts Putin – watch
Volodymr Zelenskyy in the video As the Ukraine–Russia war marked four years on Tuesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy disclosed the “base” from which he directed his country’s initial response to the military offensive launched by the Kremlin.To mark the fourth anniversary of the conflict, Zelenskyy shared a video message to the nation on his X...
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POCSO case: Seer files anticipatory bail plea, says will ‘talk to police’
Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati (Image/PTI) NEW DELHI: Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati on Tuesday filed an anticipatory bail petition in the Allahabad high court in connection with alleged sexual harassment charges against him and his disciple, Mukundanand Giri.The seer also said that he will talk to the police about the matter. Speaking to reporters in Varanasi, he said:...
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‘Fine if Israel takes Middle East’: Trump ally’s remark sparks Arab fury
President Donald Trump talks with U.S. ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee and Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he arrives at Ben Gurion International Airport, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025, near Tel Aviv. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) Donald Trump has the Bart Simpson-like gift of getting away with almost anything he says. His acolytes do not. It...
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Why don’t left-handed persons make up half the population?
— Gayatri Chandrashekar A: There’s a neural basis for handedness but it’s not due to any single part of the brain. Hand preference reflects how the brain organises movement control. In most right-handed people, the left hemisphere has stronger control over fine hand movements and also more often dominates language. In left-handed people, these patterns...
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‘Keralamite, Keralamian’? Shashi Tharoor quips after Centre renames Kerala as Keralam
NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday reacted with wordplay after the Union Cabinet is understood to have approved the proposal to change the name of Kerala to ‘Keralam’, asking what Anglophones would now call residents of the state.The Thiruvananthapuram MP asked how people from the state now would be referred to, and...
