Photo credit: X/@thedurandcup Mohun Bagan Super Giant began their Durand Cup campaign with a 1-0 win over arch-rivals East Bengal in the opening match of the tournament at the Salt Lake Stadium on Saturday.Sahal Abdul Samad scored the only goal of the match in the 52nd minute, while goalkeeper Vishal Kaith made a series of…
Ishan Kishan (Video grabs) NEW DELHI: Ishan Kishan was the undisputed star with the bat as India sealed the T20I series against Zimbabwe on Saturday, but it was a comical run-out miss behind the stumps that had social media buzzing long after the final ball.The wicketkeeper-batter, who smashed a brilliant 81 off 44 deliveries to…
New coin; Nepal PM Balendra Shah The Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB), the country’s central bank, announced on Saturday that it would mint a new one-rupee coin featuring a controversial map showing the territories of Limpiyadhura, Lipulekh and Kalapani, which are disputed with India.Kathmandu claims the territories as their own, whereas New Delhi maintains that these…
NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janata Party leaders on Saturday met Delhi Police commissioner Anurag Kumar after the protest against the NEET paper leak at Jantar Mantar was called off following education minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation and the fulfilment of the remaining demands.While speaking to reporters after the meeting, CJP spokesperson Saurav Das said they had made…
Arvind Kejriwal congratulates youth on Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday hailed the resignation of Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan as a decisive triumph over governmental arrogance, calling it a milestone moment for the nation’s youth and democratic accountability.The minister’s departure follows weeks of widespread agitation…
Image sourced through IranInternational Images published by Iranian state news outlets on Saturday showed children receiving firearms training at a nighttime gathering at Tehran’s Azadi Square. This comes amid reports that the Islamic Republic is recruiting minors as young as 12 to man checkpoints and perform security duties during the war.The images come months after…
Shreyas Iyer (Pic credit: BCCI) NEW DELHI: Shreyas Iyer’s first series triumph as India’s T20I captain was built on a fearless brand of cricket, and the skipper believes the young side’s ability to stay positive and attack every opportunity has been the biggest takeaway from their dominant campaign against Zimbabwe.India sealed an unassailable 2-0 lead…
Photo credit: Dr. Philip Matthews For years, scientists have believed one major reason insects are almost absent from the ocean is simple physics: their air-filled bodies would collapse under deep-water pressure. But a tiny insect larva living in Africa’s Lake Malawi is challenging that idea in a surprising way.Every day, billions of lake fly larvae,…
Dharmendra Pradhan (File photo) NEW DELHI: Dharmendra Pradhan, who stepped down as Union education minister on Saturday after a five-year tenure, leaves behind an education system more standardised, digitally connected and centrally regulated than the one he inherited — but also questions over examination credibility, institutional autonomy, data privacy and the Centre’s capacity to implement…
Donald Trump at White House correspondent’s dinner (Image/AP) TOI correspondent from Washington: It was as though a bull had been invited to hand out prizes at a china convention. The White House Correspondents’ Association’s rescheduled annual dinner on Friday night produced one of those deliciously improbable scenes that remind the world why American democracy is…