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Oxford University Press (OUP) has announced ‘brain rot’ as the Oxford Word of the Year for 2024. The selection process for the word of the year 2024 involved over 37,000 public votes from a shortlist of six words compiled by Oxford University. The word ‘Brain Rot’ highlights the growing concerns around the effects of consuming…
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Team India begin practice session for the pink ball Test in Adelaide from December 6, 2024. | Photo Credit: ANI In cricket, Indian players are the rock stars. A routine pre-game training session at the Adelaide Oval on Tuesday (December 3, 2024), acquired a festival air as nearly 3000 fans thronged the venue, lending their…
The reclassification is designed to strengthen consumer protection. (Representative pic) The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has reclassified packaged drinking water and mineral water as a ‘High-Risk Food Category’. In its order, dated November 29, the officials announced that the reclassification is designed to strengthen consumer protection and maintain rigorous quality control…
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Toomaj Salehi Iranian rapper | Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons Iran released a government critic and popular hip-hop artist who came to fame over his lyrics about the 2022 death of Mahsa Amini, local media reported Tuesday (December 3, 2024). Toomaj Salehi spent a little over a year in jail and faced a death sentence issued…
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Pakistan vs Zimbabwe 2nd T20I, Highlights© AFP Zimbabwe vs Pakistan 2nd T20I, Highlights: A clinical all-round effort from Pakistan helps them thrash Zimbabwe by 10 wickets in the second T20I of the three-match series and take an unassailable 2-0 lead. Chasing a paltry score of 58 for the win, the openers came out…
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Mumbai batter Prithvi Shaw© X (Twitter) Mumbai batter Prithvi Shaw‘s disappointing run continued on Tuesday as he was dismissed for a duck during the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy against Services. Prithvi, who went unsold in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 auction, was dealt another massive blog after his second duck in the…
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The BSE benchmark Sensex jumped 597.67 points or 0.74% to settle at 80,845.75 | Photo Credit: PTI Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty rallied for the third straight session on Tuesday (December 3, 2024) amid buying in blue-chip stocks like HDFC Bank, Reliance Industries and firm trends in global markets. The BSE benchmark Sensex jumped 597.67…
Zimbabwe vs Pakistan 2nd T20I LIVE Streaming: When And Where To Watch© AFP Zimbabwe vs Pakistan 2nd T20I LIVE Streaming: Zimbabwe will be squaring off against Pakistan in the second T20I of the three-match series on Tuesday in Bulawayo. The visitors are currently leading 1-0 in the series after registering an emphatic 57-run…
Tokyo: Japan is planning to use AI to police anime and manga pirating websites that the pop-culture powerhouse accuses of costing it billions of dollars in lost revenue every year. There are at least 1,000 websites illegally offering free downloads of Japanese content, mostly its globally-renowned manga graphic novels, a group of domestic publishers claimed…
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Opting to go in without a proven performer like R Ashwin and batting first in an opening Test of a high-pressure series in Australia are reflections of an Indian team that is brave and supremely confident in its ability to win from any situation, feels England’s all-time great Alastair Cook. Cook, a former…
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