Phu Quoc chief rejects allegations of delayed rescue CHENNAI: “It all happened in the blink of an eye, and only those who were seated at the front of the speedboat and jumped into the water after the captain jumped managed to survive,” Nirmal Kumar, one of the survivors of the July 11 Vietnam boat tragedy,…
Brydon Carse under ECB investigation The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has launched an investigation into England fast bowler Brydon Carse after footage emerged on social media showing him being led away in handcuffs by police outside a nightclub in Derby. The incident reportedly occurred late on Saturday, August 22, after Carse joined his…
L-R: Lovlina Borgohain, Jaismine Lamboria, Priya Ghanghas, Preeti Pawar, Sakshi Chaudhary and Arundhati Choudhary at the CWG 2026 in Glasgow. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Ten medals – seven gold and three silver. The No. 1 boxing nation at the Commonwealth Games for the first time in history.India’s campaign at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow…
BCI proposes Rs 22,500 advocate enrolment fee alongside sweeping legal education reforms under draft amendment Bill. (AI Image) NEW DELHI: The Bar Council of India (BCI) has proposed increasing the statutory enrolment fee for aspiring advocates from Rs 750 to Rs 22,500 under the Draft Advocates (Amendment) Bill, 2026, which has been released for public…
Representative Image of the newly discovered Demon Cavefish in a dark underwater cave (Image of University of Alabama at Huntsville) For more than three decades, biologists have carried out quarterly surveys of Bobcat Cave in northern Alabama, a site that sits beneath the secured grounds of the US Army’s Redstone Arsenal and is already home…
UK couple discovers hidden room behind cellar wall in century-old home, opens rusty tin and finds old cash worth over £1,000 A couple in the United Kingdom got the surprise of their lives after discovering a hidden bricked-up room in the cellar of their century-old home, only to find stacks of cash buried beneath piles…
Rice fields in Bali (Image Credit: Canva) For centuries, Bali’s iconic terraced rice fields did much more than produce food. They formed part of an ingenious irrigation network that distributed water across the island, sustained farming communities and helped maintain ecological balance. Today, however, that centuries-old system is under increasing pressure. As tourism expands and…
The NTA has released the AIAPGET 2026 city intimation slip, informing candidates about their allotted examination city ahead of the entrance test scheduled for August 22. Applicants can access the slip through the official website using their login credentials. The city slip is only an advance notification and should not be mistaken for the admit…
File photo: Air India crash NEW DELHI: More than a year after Air India’s London flight crashed in Ahmedabad, killing 260 people, the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) Tuesday told SC that the complex inquiry involving international agencies could be completed in six weeks, but the draft final report would be ready only by October…
NEW DELHI: For years, Jhandu Kumar’s days began at a vegetable market and ended in a gym. When life became tougher during the COVID-19 pandemic, he swapped the market for an e-rickshaw, working long hours to support his family while refusing to give up on his dream of representing India.On Friday in Glasgow, that dream…
