Category: Events

Joint teams carried out cordon-and-search operations based on intelligence inputs about suspicious activity JAMMU: Security forces busted a terrorist hideout in a remote village in J&K’s Poonch district, while joint teams carried out cordon-and-search operations in Jammu’s Akhnoor sector and Kathua’s Hiranagar sector based on intelligence inputs about suspicious activity, officials said Wednesday.Officials said the...

Snakes aren’t simple tubes. Their bodies have five regions—including a short neck By measuring every vertebra along the bodies of 13 native Australian snakes, evolutionary biologists have discovered that a snake’s spine is much more organized than previously believed. Instead of being one long, uniform structure, it contains five distinct anatomical regions, including a surprisingly...

Representative image Credits – WIkimedia Commons A microscopic predator could offer a new weapon against one of the Caribbean’s most destructive coral diseases. In a Georgia Tech study, researchers found that predatory bacteria called Halobacteriovorax were able to stop disease from spreading in endangered Caribbean corals after the animals were experimentally infected in a Florida...

Babar Azam Pakistan avoided a series defeat by beating the West Indies by eight wickets in the second Test in Port of Spain on Wednesday. The win ended Pakistan’s eight-match losing streak in away Tests and gave them their first Test victory outside home in three years.The two-match series finished 1-1 after the West Indies...

Former Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan’s Magura residence came under attack, with police saying miscreants vandalised the house and attempted to set it ablaze. Hours after former Bangladesh cricket captain and ex-lawmaker Shakib Al Hasan attended a media interaction addressed by ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina in New Delhi, unidentified people allegedly attacked his house...

The man allegedly used a mask to inhale the gas and ended his life in a hotel room in Siddipet on August 1. (AI-generated image) HYDERABAD: A 33-year-old chartered accountant allegedly died by suicide by inhaling helium gas in Telangana’s Siddipet district after suffering heavy financial losses in gambling, police said on Wednesday.As per news...

PV Sindhu vs Ayush Shetty (Photos by PTI) NEW DELHI: At 21, Ayush Shetty has already added multiple feathers to his cap. He won a bronze medal in the boys’ singles event at the 2023 World Junior Championships. Earlier this year, he became the first Indian men’s singles shuttler to win a silver medal at...

LoP in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi led march demanding Union home minister Amit Shah’s statement on alleged police excesses. NEW DELHI: Parliament remained paralysed for the 13th consecutive day on Wednesday as relentless protests by Opposition parties forced repeated adjournments in both Houses, even as the government pushed through key legislative business.Amid the deadlock, efforts...

Following a brutal attack in the Black Sea, the remains of Merchant Navy chief officer Sagar Gupta were brought back to Kanpur KANPUR: The family of Merchant Navy chief officer Sagar Gupta, who was killed in a drone attack on a commercial vessel in the Black Sea amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict, on Wednesday refused to...

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Sanjay Malhotra gestures on MPC policy NEW DELHI: RBI governor Sanjay Malhotra said consumers already bear the cost of UPI transactions indirectly even if merchant fees are not explicitly charged.Responding to questions on enabling merchant fees on UPI, Malhotra said it was too early to take a view and...