Harsh Singh (Image credit: Instagram) The road to sporting success is rarely easy. For some athletes, the biggest battles begin long before they step onto the mat. Judoka Harsh Singh’s journey is one such story.Before making history at the Commonwealth Games by becoming the first Indian male judoka to win a gold medal in the…
Dhanush artillery guns deployed in the northern sector. (Image credit: AWEIL) The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has rapped the ministry of defence over delays in the procurement of the Dhanush artillery gun. The committee’s report, tabled in Parliament, highlights a two-decade gap between the Army’s urgent requirement for modern artillery and the eventual induction of…
Mira Trivedi (left) presents a lesson on the history of the swastika to students, a sacred swastika is shown on a wall (right). Hindu students across the US are pushing schools to distinguish the ancient swastika from the Nazi Hakenkreuz. The swastika is a sacred symbol associated with well-being and good fortune in Hinduism, Buddhism…
Pune student Niral Wadekar brings global honour to Dhruv Global School with two Yogasana gold medals PUNE: Niral Wadekar, a student of grade IX of Dhruv Global School, Undri, has won two gold medals at the inaugural World Yogasana Championship held in Ahmedabad, bringing international acclaim to the school.Competing against participants from across the world,…
Along Namibia’s remote Atlantic coastline, where endless desert meets one of the world’s most dangerous seas, a forgotten piece of history lay buried beneath the sand for nearly 500 years. What began as a routine diamond mining operation near Oranjemund turned into one of Africa’s most remarkable archaeological discoveries when workers uncovered the remains of…
Representational image. Generated through AI. Great discoveries rarely announce themselves with fanfare. More often, they begin with a moment so ordinary that almost everyone else overlooks it.For California middle-school student Seungah Chung, that moment arrived while watching ants march purposefully across the ground. Like countless others, she had seen the tiny insects carrying food and…
Ex-Met officer jailed seven years for raping fellow police officer. A former Metropolitan Police officer has been sentenced to seven years in prison for raping a fellow officer after a New Year’s eve party in London.Rupert Edwards, 33, was convicted of raping the woman after accompanying her to her home in the early hours of…
The Statue of Liberty stands as smoke from wildfires blankets the sky; US President Trump and FIFA president Infantino. (AP Photos) “We are holding Canada responsible.”With those words, US President Donald Trump thrust politics into the build-up to Sunday’s FIFA World Cup final, blaming Canada for the wildfire smoke that has blanketed parts of the…
England and France seek redemption in World Cup bronze final The 2026 FIFA World Cup still has one trophy left to award, but before Spain and Argentina meet in Sunday’s final, England and France will return to the pitch one last time to contest the tournament’s third-place playoff, now officially branded by FIFA as the…
Devdutt Padikkal and Manav Suthar (Agency Image) India’s crushing victory over Sri Lanka in the first Test in Galle unearthed two potential long-term assets in different departments — left-arm spinner Manav Suthar and batter Devdutt Padikkal.Suthar, in particular, looks every bit a Test star in the making. In just two Tests, the 24-year-old has claimed…
