IIT Kanpur professor, Nitin Gupta In 2000, when Nitin Gupta secured All India Rank 1 in the IIT-JEE and entered the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, the expectation was familiar: a high-performing engineer, likely headed for the tech industry. Instead, Gupta’s career took a quieter, more exacting turn—into laboratories, neural circuits, and the unresolved mechanics…
India’s foreign exchange reserves declined by $11.413 billion to $698.346 billion in the week ended March 20, mainly due to a sharp fall in gold reserves, according to data released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday, PTI reported.In the previous reporting week, the reserves had dropped by $7.052 billion to $709.759 billion.The…
Australia have made the perfect start to their Women’s T20 World Cup campaign and now head into their clash against the Netherlands with momentum firmly on their side. The six-time champions opened the tournament with convincing wins over South Africa and Bangladesh, immediately establishing themselves as one of the teams to beat. The victory over…
More than 10,000 excess deaths were recorded across Europe during the record-breaking heatwave that swept through western parts of the continent in late June, according to official mortality data cited by Reuters.Figures released by EuroMOMO, a mortality monitoring network backed by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the World Health Organization…
England Women’s Cricket Team (Image Credit: X) England have officially revealed their squad for the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026, with Nat Sciver-Brunt set to lead the side in a highly anticipated home tournament. The competition, scheduled to be played across England and Wales later this year, presents a golden opportunity for the hosts…
Chennai: India Women’s Smriti Mandhana (PTI Photo/R Senthilkumar) India vice-captain Smriti Mandhana said she feels proud to reach 300 international matches, with the milestone coming during the first-ever women’s Test at Lord’s. The 29-year-old also became the youngest woman in cricket history to achieve the feat and is the 12th woman overall to play 300…
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Shreyas Iyer MUMBAI: Indian cricket is set for a significant transition when the national selection committee, led by Ajit Agarkar, meets at the BCCI headquarters on Saturday to pick squads for the T20I tours of Ireland and England.The biggest change is expected at the top. Shreyas Iyer is set to be named…
R Praggnanandhaa, Divya Deshmukh, and R Vaishali (Image credit: Agencies) NEW DELHI: Two years ago, when Dommaraju Gukesh stormed the Candidates in Toronto, the chess world called it a miracle. By the time he dismantled Ding Liren in Singapore to become the youngest-ever World Champion, that “miracle” had become something else entirely, more like a…
On the afternoon of 21 August 2017, millions of people across the United States looked towards the Sun as the Moon moved across it. For most viewers, the eclipse became a short-lived memory once the sky returned to normal. For Nia Payne, a 26-year-old woman in Staten Island, the event left something behind. Within days,…
Why gold never tarnishes has finally been explained For thousands of years, humans have valued pure gold because it stays bright and shiny without becoming dull. Now, scientists have discovered that gold has a tiny self-protection system that actively stops oxygen from damaging its surface.The breakthrough comes from researchers at Tulane University, who found that…