The Adelaide Oval stadium. (Image: X) Eight defeats and a draw — that was India’s record in Tests Down Under when they embarked on another tour of Australia in late 1977.India had been touring Australia since independence, playing their first Test there in November 1947, which they lost by an innings and 226 runs. The...
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‘Our Prime Minister compromised, sold our nation’: Rahul Gandhi outside Parliament after LS snub
Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi launched a broadside against Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday, accusing him of being “compromised” and selling out India’s hard-earned progress in the recently announced trade deal with the US.While talking to reporters outside Parliament, the Congress leader claimed that the Prime Minister signed the trade deal with the US...
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From H’wood to hard reality: How a modern ‘Fire Sale’ would actually work; can India survive it?
For years, the idea of a nation being digitally paralysed in a single, sweeping blow belonged to the realm of Hollywood thrillers. Films like Die Hard 4.0 turned cyber catastrophe into spectacle — a lone antagonist triggering blackouts, gridlock and financial collapse at the push of a button. At the time, such scenarios were dismissed...
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Paresthesia: The Science of ‘Sleeping Limbs’
Paresthesia, or sleeping limbs, is characterised by a numb, tingling, or a slight burning sensation in your limbs that usually affects hands, arms, and feet. It can also affect joints, pressure points and areas close to a nerve. Science it out So, how does this happen? Well, when you put pressure on a limb for...
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What is suborbital tourism?
A: On January 31, Blue Origin, the private space company owned by Jeff Bezos, announced that it was suspending its New Shepard suborbital space tourism programme for at least two years to focus on its “lunar capabilities” instead. Suborbital tourism is a form of space travel where paying passengers fly to the edge of space...
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Ishan out, Sanju in: India spinner announces playing XI vs USA in T20 World Cup
Yuzvendra Chahal opted for Sanju Samson over Kishan, even though Samson has been struggling for runs. (Image credit: Agencies) NEW DELHI: Despite enjoying a stellar run in the recently concluded T20I series against New Zealand, in-form left-hander Ishan Kishan failed to make it into spinner Yuzvendra Chahal’s preferred playing XI for India’s T20 World Cup...
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Indian scientists make affordable dipstick test to track AMR in sewage
Scientists from the Translational Health Science and Technology Institute (THSTI), Faridabad, have developed an affordable way to check for antimicrobial resistance in sewage. In their study, detailed in a paper published in Nature Communications on December 29, the scientists analysed sewage samples from 381 sites in Assam, Haryana, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and West Bengal,...
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Epstein Files: The conspiracy theory about Stanley Kubrick’s death
Every few years, Stanley Kubrick dies again. Not in reality — in the imagination of the internet, which keeps resurrecting him as a martyr every time it rediscovers Eyes Wide Shut and decides the film was not art, not allegory, but a warning.This latest revival arrives via a viral X thread built around a familiar...
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Edtech gains as smaller towns turn up big for English lessons
English Language Learning: Edtech gains as smaller towns turn up big for English lessons, EconomictimesB2B Published On Feb 3, 2026 at 02:24 PM IST
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From tariffs to tailfins: India to scale up US arms and aircraft purchases
Driving the newsIndia has committed to significantly scale up purchases of US petroleum, defence systems, and commercial aircraft under a newly announced trade deal that US President Donald Trump framed as a tariff-slashing, $500 billion boost for American exports.Trump unveiled the agreement on Monday, saying the US would lower tariffs on Indian goods from 50%...
