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File image of Rahul Dravid© BCCI Former India batter Rahul Dravid bowed out from his coaching duties after Rohit Sharma and co successfully clinched the T20 World Cup 2024 title in June, this year. Dravid, who failed to win any ICC trophy in his tenure as a player, finally added one title to…
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Updated – August 13, 2024 05:25 pm IST Published – August 12, 2024 05:00 pm IST Daily Quiz: On Vikram Sarabhai’s life beyond ISRO A view of the Halcyon Castle, the place where Vikram Sarabhai died. START THE QUIZ 1 / 5 | Name the national research institute Sarabhai founded in November 1947. In its…
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A currency trader is pictured through the symbol for the Indian Rupee on the floor of a trading firm in Mumbai. | Photo Credit: REUTERS The rupee consolidated in a narrow range and settled for the day lower by 2 paise at 83.97 (provisional) against the American currency on Monday (August 12, 2024), as market…
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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has constituted an Expert Committee under the chairmanship of deputy governor Michael Debabrata Patra to benchmark the statistics regularly disseminated by it against global standards/best practices; study the quality of other regular data, where such benchmarks do not exist (e.g., sectors of national priority); and provide guidance on the…
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Photo used for representation purpose only. Indian REITs Association on Monday (August 12, 2024) said that claims made by the US-based short seller Hindenburg Research suggesting that the REIT framework made by markets regulator SEBI serves the interests of a select few are “baseless and misleading”. In fact, the association has commended SEBI and its…
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Products like the EpiPen auto-injector, approved in 1987, were authorized based on chemistry and manufacturing data and were not required to prove safety and efficacy. File photograph used for representational purposes only | Photo Credit: AP U.S. health officials on Friday, August 9, 2024, approved a nasal spray to treat severe allergic reactions, the first…
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3-year-old Lei Muzi, the Chinese Bharatanatyam student, performs at the first ever Arangetram, in Beijing, China, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Lei Muzi, a 13-year-old school student scripted history when she performed Bharatanatyam “Arangetram” in China, a landmark in the journey of the ancient Indian dance form that is gaining popularity in…
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Neeraj Chopra once again provided a silver lining to India’s campaign at the Olympics by winning the silver medal at the 2024 Paris Games. The star athlete threw a season best distance of 89.45m to take home the silver in javelin throw. Neeraj has been one of the most consistent athletes for India…
The Paris Olympics 2024 not only saw some stunning performances, but it was also the stage of several conflicts and controversies. Some of them saw a change in the result, some saw medals being stripped, some saw athletes being sent home, and some raged on as debates on social and world media. From…
Star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra apologised to the fans for not winning a gold medal at the Paris Olympics 2024. Neeraj, who won a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, had to settle for a silver this time, with Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem taking the gold with a Games record throw of…