Category: Events

Indian space programme (representative image) BENGALURU: August 23, 2023, gave India an image it had waited decades to see: a spacecraft settling on the Moon, its lander and rover beginning work near the lunar south polar region. But the significance of Chandrayaan-3 was perhaps easier to understand if one looked backwards.Six decades earlier, India was...

India’s captain Shubman Gill PTI Photo) Shubman Gill added another milestone to his growing Test career on Sunday, becoming the fourth-youngest Indian to reach 3,000 runs in the longest format.The India captain achieved the landmark on the opening day of the second Test against Sri Lanka at the Sinhalese Sports Club in Colombo. Gill needed...

Google’s former CEO Eric Schmidt is reportedly unhappy with founder Sergey Brin over how more than $100 million in political contributions is being used in California. The two technology billionaires are backing efforts to defeat Proposition 40, a proposed one-time wealth tax on California residents worth more than $100 million. However, a report says Schmidt...

Yashasvi Jaiswal and Asitha Fernando clash. (Video grab) NEW DELHI: Yashasvi Jaiswal and Sri Lanka pacer Asitha Fernando were involved in a heated exchange during the first session of the second Test in Colombo on Sunday, with the India opener confronting the bowler after receiving an animated send-off.Jaiswal had been well set on 45 when...

Rahul Gandhi posters appear outside Congress HQ NEW DELHI: Posters portraying Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi as the “real-life Batman” have been put up outside the Congress headquarters in Delhi.The posters feature the message, “The silent guardian, a watchful protector. LoP Rahul Gandhi, the real life batman.”Earlier this month, Rahul...

Representative image NEW DELHI: The 12-year-old daughter of NCP (SP) MLA Rohit Pawar‘s personal assistant was found dead under suspicious circumstances in Maharashtra’s Baramati on Sunday, police told news agency PTI.The girl was found near her residence in the Sainagar area of Rui village in Baramati tehsil, officials said. Police have launched an investigation and...

Trump revived his ’51st state jab’ against Canada in his criticism over the collapse of talks US President Donald Trump hit back at Canada after Ottawa suspended all trade negotiations with Washington, while reviving his “51st state” jab.“Canada wants the benefits of being a State, without being one!!! They have also charged our great farmers,...

Mount Trashmore Park (Image Credit: Wikipedia) In Virginia Beach, one of the city’s most recognisable parks began with something most communities would rather hide: a mountain of garbage. According to the City of Virginia Beach, a 640,000-ton pile of garbage was converted into a 60-foot-high hill that became Mount Trashmore Park. What had once been...

Ravindra Jadeja hands over the Test cap to Saransh Jain (BCCI | X) NEW DELHI: Subodh Jain still can’t speak properly because of the mouth cancer he was diagnosed with in 2014. But one can understand the barrage of emotions he was going through as his son, Saransh Jain, was handed a Test cap by...

Kuldeep Yadav, front, and captain Shubman Gill during a practice session. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: India made one change to their playing XI for the second Test against Sri Lanka in Colombo on Sunday, with Kuldeep Yadav missing out after failing to fully recover from a viral infection and Saransh Jain making his Test debut.India...