Spread the love India’s Rohit Sharma (ANI Photo) Rohit Sharma‘s 2027 World Cup future has become a talking point again, but former India teammate Ajinkya Rahane believes there should be no uncertainty surrounding the veteran opener’s place in the squad.Rahane, who retired from all forms of cricket last month, has called on the Indian team management to give Rohit a...
If DNA is the instruction manual, we just opened a big second volume
Spread the love A team led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine has found that several inherited traits in the mouse genome break the rules Gregor Mendel laid down in the 19th century about how genes work. This is not because the genes mutate but because of chemical modifications of the genome that can jump across generations, change...
What is the significance of India’s first privately built FFSC rocket engine? | Explained
Spread the love The story so far: A Bengaluru-based space company, Astrobase Space Technologies, on Friday (August 7, 2026) unveiled India’s first privately built 800 kN Full-Flow Staged Combustion (FFSC) LOX-Methane rocket engine named EVEREST. This makes India the fourth nation to have FFSC engine technology after Russia, USA and China. What are high thrust FFSC rocket engines? The FFSC rocket...
Here’s how soon smoking starts damaging your lungs
Spread the love 5 min readNew DelhiUpdated: Aug 9, 2026 03:23 PM IST Many smokers comfort themselves with the thought that serious health problems only appear after decades of smoking. “I’ve only been smoking for a few years,” or “I only smoke socially,” are common justifications. But according to experts, this belief is far from the truth. While diseases such...
JNU cancels Umar Khalid book discussion over ‘non-disclosure’ of details
Spread the love The event was scheduled for August 10 from 3 pm to 6 pm at the School of Social Sciences-I auditorium. NEW DELHI: The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has cancelled a student-organised discussion on a book authored by former student Umar Khalid, scheduled on campus on Monday, citing “non-disclosure of the full facts” about the programme.The discussion was...
‘CoE is not just a rehab centre’: VVS defends facility amid India’s injury crisis
Spread the love VVS Laxman NEW DELHI: With India’s growing injury list putting the spotlight on the BCCI Centre of Excellence (CoE), its head VVS Laxman has pushed back against the scrutiny surrounding the Bengaluru-based facility, insisting that injuries are an unavoidable part of a cricketer’s career and that the focus should be on monitoring players rather than finding scapegoats.The...
Watch: Trainer aircraft crashes near Baramati airstrip in Maharashtra
Spread the love Visuals from the crash site showed the aircraft’s wreckage, with local villagers and emergency responders gathering at the spot. NEW DELHI: A trainer aircraft operated by a private company crashed near the Baramati airstrip in Maharashtra’s Pune district on Sunday, police said.Visuals from the crash site showed the aircraft’s wreckage, with local villagers and emergency responders gathering...
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani extends tax deadline after residents call emails ‘unclear’
Spread the love Zohran Mamdani New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced that the deadline for homeowners to submit exemptions applications for the city’s new pied-à-terre tax has been extended to September 18, four weeks beyond original August 21 cutoff, according to a report by Business Insider. The move, made in coordination with Department of Finance Commissioner Richard Lee, comes...
‘Shivling exists beneath’: Ganga water offering planned at Deoband seminary on Aug 11
Spread the love Hindu Raksha Dal to visit Darul Uloom in Deoband in Saharanpur district. NEW DELHI: The Hindu Raksha Dal has announced plans to visit Darul Uloom in Deoband on Tuesday and offer Ganga water at the prominent Islamic seminary, alleging that a Shivling exists beneath its premises, as reported by PTI.In a video message released on Saturday, Lalit...
PM must come to House and reply on Ram Mandir donation theft case: Kharge
Spread the love Kharge demands PM Modi’s reply in Parliament over alleged Ram Mandir donation embezzlement (ANI image) NEW DELHI: Congress president and Rajya Sabha leader of opposition Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi respond in Parliament to allegations of embezzlement of donations and missing valuables linked to the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya.Kharge said the issue...
