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Sunrisers Hyderabad’s skipper Pat Cummins with the IPL 2024 trophy during a press conference on the eve of the Indian Premier League (IPL) final match, in Chennai, on May 25, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI While the Indian Premier League is all about the big Indian names and international stars earning the big bucks, the…
Erik ten Hag made a convincing case to be spared the sack as Manchester United upset Manchester City to take the FA Cup with a shock 2-1 victory in Saturday’s final. Ten Hag was reportedly set to be dismissed regardless of the result at Wembley after a troubled campaign that even the United manager described as…
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The department issued the statement after China ended two days of war games around Taiwan Washington: The US State Department said on Saturday that the United States was “deeply concerned” over China’s military drills in the Taiwan Strait and around Taiwan, and strongly urged it to act with restraint. “Using a normal, routine, and democratic…
The Egyptians and Babylonians used lapis lazuli 6,000 years ago. In 1802, a French chemist synthesised cobalt blue. In 2009 scientists discovered YInMn Blue, otherwise known as Oregon Blue. But most of these pigments have limitations in terms of cost, stability, colour or toxicity. In 2020, researchers reported a new class of ‘cool’ blue colourants…
Voters in queue to vote in the sixth phase of polls in Anantnag-Rajouri constituency Srinagar/New Delhi: The Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha seat “shattered” the voter turnout record with 53% of voters exercising their franchise, the highest in 40 years, the Election Commission (EC) said today, adding that a record polling percentage was also logged in Jammu…
Sudden, severe dry spells known as flash droughts are rising in intensity around the world, with a notable exception in mountainous Central Asia, where flash drought extent is shrinking, according to new research. Heat and changes to precipitation patterns caused by a warming climate are driving these trends, the study found. The new study is the…
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The mango season across India is on, and along with it the usual debate about which is the best mango variety to have. We in Telangana claim that the ‘Banganapalli’ and ‘Benishan’ are matchless and nothing else can come even close. My wife and her family from Gujarat say that the best is Ratnagiri or…
The captaincy of the Pakistan cricket team has been in spotlight in the past six months or so. It first hogged limelight when Babar Azam stepped down from his role as Pakistan skipper across formats following the team’s poor campaign in Cricket World Cup 2023. After this Shan Masood was appointed as the…
An observational study carried out by researchers from the Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi to assess the safety of Covaxin, particularly the long-term adverse events of special interest (AESIs) one year after vaccination, in adolescents and adults has been criticised by ICMR for the poor study design. However, till date, neither ICMR nor Bharat Biotech has…
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Amit Shah said that 25 per cent of the Agniveers would get permanent postings in the Army. Shimla: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday alleged that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is spreading false propaganda on the Agniveer military recruitment scheme. Mr Gandhi, in his first election meeting in Haryana for the Lok Sabha polls…
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