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Sci-Five | The Hindu Science Quiz: On Electroreception A bee flies over a cosmos flower at a park in Seoul, South Korea, September 23, 2024. START THE QUIZ 1 / 5 | What is electroreception? The ability to perceive lightning The biological ability to perceive electricity The ability to perceive magnetic field The ability to…
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File photo of Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant© BCCI/IPL The IPL 2025 retention rules is likely to be announced this week. A report in Indian Express said that the teams would be allowed to retain five players with nor Right To Match (RTM) option available. There is a lot of intrigue on how…
File picture of Akash Ambani | Photo Credit: PTI Reliance Foundation Chairperson Nita Ambani and Reliance Jio Infocomm Chairman Akash Ambani have joined the board of Viacom18 ahead of its merger with the India business of global media giant Walt Disney, industry sources said. Viacom18 is the holding company that owns the media and entertainment…
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The bull statue at the Bombay Stock Exchange building, in Mumbai. File | Photo Credit: PTI Benchmark Sensex rallied 666 points to close at a fresh record high on Thursday (September 26, 2024) following buying in auto and banking shares amid gains in global markets. The BSE Sensex jumped 666.25 points or 0.78 per cent…
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Daily Quiz: on T.S. Eliot 1 / 7 | An easy one to begin with. Expand the initials T.S. in the great poet’s name. 2 / 7 | Of the four parts of Eliot’s ‘Four Quartets’, two are ‘Burnt Norton’ and ‘East Coker’. Name the other two. Answer : The Dry Salvages’ and ‘Little Gidding’…
At the interbank foreign exchange, the local unit opened slightly weak at 83.66 against the American currency. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The rupee depreciated by 6 paise to settle at 83.64 (provisional) against the U.S. dollar on Thursday (September 26, 2024), dragged by sustained foreign fund outflows. “However, a decline in global crude prices…
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India captain Rohit Sharma inspecting the pitch at Kanpur’s Green Park.© AFP The Indian team might be tempted to play three spinners against Bangladesh in the second Test, starting Friday at Kanpur’s Green Park Stadium. The hosts won the series opener in Chennai last week, hammering Bangladesh by 280 runs to take a…
Sri Lanka’s Dinesh Chandimal celebrates after scoring century on day 1 of the second Test against New Zealand in Galle on September 26, 2024 | Photo Credit: AFP Dinesh Chandimal’s century in Galle powered Sri Lanka to 306-3 at stumps on (September 26, 2024) Thursday’s opening day of the second Test against New Zealand. Chandimal…
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Bangladesh’s player Shakib Al Hasan addresses a press conference ahead of the 2nd Test cricket match between India and Bangladesh, at the Green Park Stadium, in Kanpur | Photo Credit: PTI Star Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan on Thursday (September 26, 2024) admitted that travelling to India is the toughest Test assignment and pitches don’t…
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Shakib Al Hasan, arguably the greatest Bangladesh cricketer, on Thursday stunned all by announcng his retirement from T20 Internationals with immediate effect. He also said said that the second Test against India will be his last if his country’s board doesn’t give him a farewell match against South Africa at home. His final…