ICC chairperson Jay Shah (left), and Men’s ODI World Cup trophy Cricket Scotland and the Royal Dutch Cricket Association (KNCB) on Monday criticised the International Cricket Council’s recent changes to the qualification pathway and format for the Men’s 50-over World Cup.The two European Associate Member boards said they were disappointed that the ICC had made…
Just three days before the math Olympiad, he was hospitalised. What happened next made his family emotional (Photo: tienphong.vn) For most students, falling ill just days before an important examination would mean staying home, resting and putting the competition aside.For sixth-grader Mai Ngoc Duy of Tran My Ninh Secondary School in Thanh Hoa, the situation…
In one of the busy malls in Tokyo, Ikuko, Japan’s oldest and most famous geisha dances for shoppers in an elegant black kimono with precise movements. Only, the 86-year-old isn’t really there; it’s her hologram, a 3D projection of her, displayed in a life-size white box. “Thank you very much,” she said to passers-by, before…
More than 3,500 faculty vacancies have been filled across IITs between September 2022 and May 2026 under a mission-mode recruitment drive. However, the latest Lok Sabha response does not reveal the current faculty-student ratio at individual IITs. With the 1:10 norm still relevant, questions remain over whether recruitment has kept pace with rising enrolment and…
Quote of the day by Marcus Aurelius Some of life’s biggest turning points arrive disguised as problems.A rejected application can force someone to reconsider a career. An unexpected failure can expose a weakness that had gone unnoticed. A difficult responsibility can teach a person skills they would never have developed otherwise. The obstacle remains an…
DU NCWEB cut off 2026: The Delhi University Non-Collegiate Women’s Education Board (DU NCWEB) has released the third cutoff list for the 2026 admission cycle, today, August 10, 2026. The list is available on the official NCWEB website, ncweb.du.ac.in. Candidates who meet the prescribed cutoff can now proceed with the admission process.Eligible students must complete…
Indian student dies in a road crash in Ohio, US. Dileep Kumar Bhungaravula, an Indian student, died in Ohio on August 7 after he met a severe collision on I-480 in Macedonia. He was driving the vehicle that was hit by a pickup truck traveling in the opposite direction. According to Cleveland19, when police arrived…
SC declines plea for monitoring religious education institutions for children under 14 The Supreme Court on Monday, August 10, refused to entertain a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking directions for the registration, recognition, and monitoring of institutions that provide secular education or religious instruction to children below the age of 14.The petition was filed by…
Govt said the wider sourcing network is aimed at reducing India’s dependence on any single country, region or transit route. India has sharply widened its energy import base, sourcing liquefied natural gas (LNG) from 15 countries, up from six, and crude oil from 41 countries, compared with 27 earlier, as per govt’s statement to Rajya…
William Arnold travelled 1,700 miles to a remote island to save one of the United Kingdom’s most remote phone boxes. He drove all the way from the hamlet of Einacleit on the Isle of Lewis to phone a string of contacts from the kiosk.The aim of his strange trip was to make enough calls to…
