Month: May 2026

IPL 2026 | Penney swats away doubts over Sooryavanshi’s fielding abilities

May 23, 2026 admin

Vaibhav Suryavanshi is a very good fielder, has got great hands, moves well, dives and anticipates, according to Rajasthan Royals assistant coach Trevor Penney. | Photo Credit: File photo: R.V. MOORTHY Rajasthan Royals assistant coach Trevor Penney on Saturday (May 23, 2026) dismissed concerns over Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s fielding abilities, insisting that the teenage batting sensation…

Sports

We’ve seen matter become light. What about the other way?

May 23, 2026 admin

Normally, empty space appears empty. But at extremely high energy, QED predicts that a sufficiently powerful electromagnetic field can stir up a pair of subatomic particles from the vacuum. | Photo Credit: Image created with ChatGPT 5.2 Matter can become energy. You might have seen this in the film Oppenheimer or in videos of nuclear…

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IPL 2026 | Bumrah had a niggle in the early stages of the season: Jayawardene

May 23, 2026 admin

Mumbai Indians captain Jasprit Bumrah during the IPL T20 Match at HPCA Stadium in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh. | Photo Credit: R.V. Moorthy Mumbai Indians head coach Mahela Jayawardene admitted that the five-time champion failed to “galvanise” as a unit through a forgettable IPL season. The Sri Lankan also revealed that premier pacer Jasprit Bumrah had…

Sports

U.S. arms sales to Taiwan unrelated to Iran war, source says

May 23, 2026 admin

U.S. President Donald Trump and President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping. File | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. arms sales to Taiwan take years to process and are unrelated to the war with Iran, a source familiar ‌with the matter said, after a senior U.S. official suggested there was a pause due to…

World

Taiwan security chief says China deployed over 100 vessels in regional waters

May 23, 2026 admin

Taiwan’s security chief warned that China had deployed more than 100 vessels in regional waters amid rising tensions across the Taiwan Strait. | Photo Credit: AP Taiwan’s Security Chief said Saturday (May 23, 2026) that China has deployed more than 100 navy, coast guard and other vessels in regional waters stretching from the Yellow Sea…

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IPL 2026 | RR’s fate is in its hands but will MI play a spoilsport?

May 23, 2026 admin

Rajathan Royals’ Yashasvi Jaiswal during a practice session ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 T20 cricket match against Mumbai Indians in Mumbai, Maharashtra, Saturday, May 23, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI Even before the final round of league-stage matches began, Sunday (May 25, 2026) afternoon’s fixture at the Wankhede Stadium had already emerged…

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Uganda confirms three new Ebola cases, bringing total to five

May 23, 2026 admin

Health authorities in Uganda intensified monitoring and response efforts after three more Ebola cases were confirmed amid the spreading outbreak. | Photo Credit: AFP Uganda confirmed three new Ebola cases, including a health worker and a driver linked to the country’s first known infection, as authorities race to contain the outbreak. The new infections bring…

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Visakhapatnam MP lays foundation for ₹4 crore drinking water project in Arilova

May 23, 2026 admin

Visakhapatnam MP M. Sribharat interacts with Visakhapatnam East MLA Velagapudi Ramakrishna Babu during the foundation stone laying ceremony for a drinking water infrastructure project at Arilova in Visakhapatnam on Saturday. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Visakhapatnam MP M. Sribharat, along with Visakhapatnam East MLA Velagapudi Ramakrishna Babu, on Saturday laid the foundation stone for a…

Nation

USGS evaluates Kilauea after magnitude 6 quake near Hawaii’s Big Island

May 23, 2026 admin

Representational image of a seismograph recording an earthquake. | Photo Credit: Reuters An earthquake of magnitude 6.0 ‌struck near Honaunau-Napoopoo on the Big Island of ⁠Hawaii late on Friday (May 22, 2026) and the state’s volcano observatory was ‌assessing the Kilauea volcano, the United States ‌Geological Survey (USGS) said. Kilauea, one ‌of ⁠the world’s most…

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Pakistan Army Chief Munir and Iran FM Araghchi hold talks in Tehran to end West Asia conflict

May 23, 2026 admin

This handout photograph taken and released by the Iranian Foreign Ministry on May 23, 2026 shows Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi (R) meeting with Pakistan’s Army Chief Syed Asim Munir, in Tehran. | Photo Credit: AFP Pakistan’s Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir has held talks with Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi to end the…

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