France’s Ousmane Dembele (7) celebrates with Kylian Mbappe (10) after scoring their third goal during the World Cup Group I soccer match between France and Iraq in Philadelphia, Monday, June 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Derik Hamilton) France secured their place in the FIFA World Cup 2026 knockout rounds with a 3-0 victory over Iraq in Philadelphia,...
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A Trojan horse has breached the IITs
For a few decades now, a project called the ‘Indian Knowledge System’ (IKS) has sought to integrate traditional Indian wisdom into modern educational curricula. There is a legitimate quest to reclaim India’s indigenous intellectual history and to elevate an informal cultural aspiration into a part of education — but the IKS of today is not...
Meta buys into Kunal’s Cred, names him Shah of WhatsApp
The land of WhatsApp uncles and ubiquitous ‘Good morning’ messages has given the blockbuster messaging platform its next global head, with Meta Platforms elevating Cred founder Kunal Shah to a senior role at the Facebook parent.Meta is also investing $900 million (about Rs 8,550 crore) in Cred through a mix of primary and secondary share...
‘Maa Inti Bangaaram’ BO day 4: Samantha Ruth Prabhu’s film drops on Monday
‘Maa Inti Bangaaram’ box office collections day 4: Samantha Ruth Prabhu’s film drops on Monday; Earns Rs 4.10 Cr Net Samantha Ruth Prabhu‘s ‘Maa Inti Bangaaram’ has completed four days in theatres with a respectable total at the box office. After recording steady growth during its opening weekend, the film witnessed its first major decline...
Will CSK have a new head coach next season? Big update emerges
Chennai Super Kings’ head coach Stephen Fleming (ANI Photo) Despite growing speculation surrounding Chennai Super Kings‘ leadership structure after another underwhelming IPL campaign, the franchise is not expected to part ways with head coach Stephen Fleming. According to Cricbuzz, the former New Zealand captain will continue in the role as CSK look to rebuild following...
PM Modi likely to visit Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand in July
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to undertake a three-nation Indo-Pacific tour covering Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand from July 6 to 11, with bilateral talks and interactions with Indian diaspora expected to form the core of the visit, people familiar with the preparations said. The itinerary is still being finalised, and no...
Drug regulator flagged 159 samples substandard in May, 1 found spurious
Representative image NEW DELHI: India’s drug regulator flagged 159 drug samples as not of standard quality (NSQ) during routine surveillance in May, while identifying one spurious drug sample in Assam, according to the latest monthly alert issued by Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO). Of the total, 46 samples were declared NSQ by central drug...
SC: Collegium’s selection process is not open to judicial scrutiny, RTI
New Delhi: Supreme Court on Monday emphatically said the selection of judges of Constitutional courts by the high court and Supreme Court collegiums is beyond the pale of judicial scrutiny and does not come under the ambit of Right to Information (RTI) Act.A partial working day bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and Joymalya Bagchi...
‘Messi is a joke!’ : Rooney’s 14-year-old tweet resurfaces after Argentine’s heroics
As Lionel Messi continues to bask in his 2026 World Cup glory, Wayne Rooney’s 2012 tweet dubbing Messi a ‘joke’ yet the ‘best ever’ has resurfaced, stirring conversations among fans. (Photo/IANS) Following Lionel Messi’s historic masterclass against Austria at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, an iconic 14-year-old post by England and Manchester United legend Wayne...
Lucknow fire: 15 killed, all in their 20s, as blaze rips through gaming studio; 4 arrested
The blaze engulfed a commercial building housing a pet shop, library, and gaming studio LUCKNOW: At least 15 people, most of them student trainees and staff of a gaming and animation studio, were killed and nine others were injured Monday afternoon in a fire that tore through a three-storey commercial building in Lucknow’s Aliganj after...
