Spread the love Arjuna Ranatunga. (Photo/social media) Sri Lankan authorities plan to arrest the country’s former men’s cricket team captain, Arjuna Ranatunga, on corruption charges linked to his tenure as petroleum minister, a court was told on Monday.Ranatunga and his brother are accused of altering the procedure for awarding long-term oil procurement contracts and instead making spot purchases at higher...
Rob Reiner killed: Trump posts shocking rant; ‘he drove people crazy’
Spread the love US President Donald Trump on Monday claimed that the killing of Hollywood actor-director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner were linked to Reiner’s “massive, unyielding, and incurable” criticism of him. He termed it as a disease known as “TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME.” Reiner and his wife were found dead at their Brentwood home on Sunday afternoon....
Delhi airport chaos: 228 flights cancelled amid dense fog; airlines issue advisory
Spread the love Representative image (AI-generated) NEW DELHI: Flight operations at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport were severely disrupted on Monday as dense fog and low visibility led to the cancellation of around 228 flights, with five others diverted, airport authorities said.According to Delhi Airport, the cancellations included 131 departing flights and 97 arriving flights, as visibility levels dropped sharply...
Wasps are excellent predators of pests and can play a big role in controlling them: IISc professor
Spread the love Wasps have a great potential to be beneficial insects and can play a larger ecological role in controlling pests, said Raghavendra Gadagkar, professor and National Science Chair, Centre for Ecological Sciences, IISc. Delivering the T.N. Ananthakrishnan Birth Centenary Lecture on “You are how much you eat: Caste and nutrition in the Indian paper wasp, Ropalidia marginata”, Dr....
Clean energy debate: Musk backs solar energy; Says we have free fusion reactor in sky
Spread the love Elon Musk dismisses Earth-based fusion reactors as “super dumb,” championing the Sun as the ultimate “free fusion reactor.” He urges tech firms to cease funding “puny little reactors,” advocating for solar energy instead. This stance contrasts with Silicon Valley’s significant investments in nuclear fusion, with AI playing a crucial role in accelerating its development. Elon Musk is...
‘A dream and a duty’: ‘Fan’ Sunil Chhetri reflects on meeting Messi
Spread the love Argentine footballer Lionel Messi, right, with Indian footballer Sunil Chhetri during the ‘GOAT India Tour 2025’, at Wankhede Stadium, in Mumbai. (PTI Photo) Sunil Chhetri has played long enough, seen enough, and carried Indian football on his shoulders for years. Yet, when Lionel Messi stood in front of him at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium on Sunday, the former...
Toxic Capital: No offline classes for students till Class V; AQI stays above 400
Spread the love Increasing air pollution in Delhi (PTI image) NEW DELHI: The Delhi government on Monday directed schools to shift students up to Class V from hybrid to fully online mode in view of the capital’s worsening air pollution.According to a circular issued by the Directorate of Education (DoE), physical classes for students from nursery to Class V in...
Neon Fund closes third fund at $25 million
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J&K encounter under way: Cop killed, terrorists trapped; heavy firing reported
Spread the love NEW DELHI: A policeman was killed and a terrorist was believed to be injured in a gunfight with security forces in a remote forest village of Udhampur district in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday evening, officials said. The encounter has since halted, but the area remains under a tight security cordon with all escape routes sealed.The gunfight...
‘Waging war’: NIA names Pak handler in Pahalgam case; chargesheet filed
Spread the love National Investigation Agency NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday filed its chargesheet in the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack case, naming seven accused, including Pakistan-based terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and its offshoot, The Resistance Front (TRF).Also Read | Intelligence agencies monitor expansion of terrorist infrastructure in POKThe anti-terror agency presented the chargesheet before the...
