Ben Stokes announces his farewell As Ben retirement announcement was being made official at Trent Bridge on a blazing Sunday afternoon, the crowd stood up and started cheering. The England captain, at the top of his bowling mark, stopped for a moment, showed no reaction and charged in. And what resulted seemed surreal.A tiring Stokes…
File photo (Picture credit: AP) Asian markets traded mixed on Tuesday as investors weighed fresh hopes of possible US-Iran peace talks against lingering geopolitical risks and elevated oil prices, while technology shares lent support to key regional indices.Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 rose 1.1 per cent to 59,485.54, driven by strong gains in technology counters. As per…
Babar Azam (Pic credit: X) Former Pakistan all-rounder Azhar Mahmood has launched a strong defence of Babar Azam, calling it “unfair” to single him out over strike-rate concerns in T20 cricket while insisting the country lacks ultra-aggressive batters.Speaking after a Pakistan Super League match, Mahmood, assistant and bowling coach for Peshawar Zalmi, questioned the narrative…
As per government records from the Ayodhya Stamp and Registration Department (under IGRS Uttar Pradesh), property registrations in the city have increased by nearly 120% between 2017 and 2022. Registrations in 2023 crossed 35,000. Similarly, price trend also boomed: Ayodhya’s land prices before 2019 ranged between ₹400 and ₹2,000 per sq ft. But after the…
With the Board of Secondary Education Telangana set to announce the SSC Class 10 Result 2026 today at 2 pm, past trends suggest a steady improvement in student performance over the years.Looking at the overall pass percentage, the numbers have been moving upwards consistently. In 2023, the pass rate was 86.60%, which rose to 91.31%…
Budget pressures force Harvard to close ReVista after nearly three decades Harvard University’s David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS) has decided to shut down ReVista: The Harvard Review of Latin America, drawing the curtain on a publication that has run for close to 28 years. The move comes as the center navigates a…
A promise made at the 2023 COP28 climate summit to move away from fossil fuels had raised hopes that the world will now be shifting in another direction. Some even saw it as the beginning of the end for using oil as a fuel. However, even years later, the promise seems far from being fulfilled….
Thorns in different plant species have always been an interesting subject for botanists. Be it rose plants or cactus, they use thorns to protect themselves from herbivorous animals. It was long unknown to researchers about the genetic development of thorns in plants. This has been clarified recently through the discovery of how genetic mutations can…
NEW DELHI: Lucknow Super Giants captain Rishabh Pant won the toss and opted to field first against Kolkata Knight Riders, who are still searching for their first win of the season, at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Thursday.KKR got a big boost as ace spinner Sunil Narine came back into the side after missing last…
In a recent update, the iconic “Leela” bungalow in Juhu, an address that blends legacy, location, and scarcity, has been sold at a whopping ₹221 crore becoming one of the most-talked about property transactions of 2026 in the luxury real estate market of India.A ₹221 crore deal It is a sea-facing heritage bungalow on Juhu…