Sahil Parakh (Video grab) NEW DELHI: Young Maharashtra batter Sahil Parakh is making his debut for Delhi Capitals on Monday, as he comes into the playing XI as an opener alongside KL Rahul in their IPL 2026 match against defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi.The 18-year-old batter represented…
Neural tube defects, such as Spina bifida, are one of the leading congenital disorders (affecting about one in 1,000 live births worldwide) and are associated with the junctional neurulation. Though NTDs are most likely to develop within the first four weeks of pregnancy, it has historically been challenging to observe the specific molecular mechanisms that…
Why ‘Congress-mukt Bharat’ may not become reality NEW DELHI: “Congress-mukt Bharat banana hai …” When Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared this at a BJP national executive meeting in Goa in June 2013, it was meant to be a political slogan to galvanize party cadres for the 2014 Lok Sabha challenge. After all, the Congress then…
NEW DELHI: Asaduddin Owaisi, the president of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), is all set to do a Bihar in Uttar Pradesh.Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh are nearly 8-9 months away and all key stakeholders are busy firming up their strategies for the high-stakes contest. But the AIMIM president is already in action mode with…
Freeman Dyson (Image: Wikipedia) Ask an adult what killed their love of a subject, and you’ll often hear the same answer. The exams. Something they once found fascinating got flattened into a syllabus, a set of model answers, and a grade out of a hundred. The physicist Freeman Dyson saw the danger in that, and…
Taylor Swift has had her fair share of dealing with lawsuits and legal complaints over the years. This time around, an ex-showgirl, Maren Flagg, filed a complaint against her, alleging that there were a lot of similarities between the ‘Opalite’ singer’s latest album title and her trademarked phrase from 2015. In a recent update, the…
Climate change is often framed as a story of ecological loss, but scientists have uncovered an unexpected consequence unfolding nearly 2,500 metres beneath the Arctic Ocean. As glaciers in Greenland and parts of the Russian Arctic destabilise, increasing numbers of debris-laden icebergs are drifting through the Fram Strait before melting and releasing vast quantities of…
‘India stands shoulder-to-shoulder with UAE’: PM Modi in Abu Dhabi, condemns attacks, signs strategic defence pact (Image credit: ANI) NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday strongly condemned the attacks on the United Arab Emirates during delegation-level talks with UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Abu Dhabi, as the two leaders discussed…
Trigger warning: This article mentions death, reader discretion is advised.Lee Najjar, the real estate investor best known to ‘The Real Housewives of Atlanta’ viewers as Kim Zolciak’s former boyfriend “Big Poppa,” has died at 68. Najjar’s daughter, Katelin, confirmed his death on Tuesday on Instagram Stories. She posted a video of the two dancing in…
SRINAGAR: Over 3,000 govt schools in J&K have had zero or less than 10 students since 2022, education minister Sakina Itoo told the assembly on Saturday.Of the 3,192 such schools,1494 are in Jammu division and 1,698 in Kashmir, National Conference’s (NC) Itoo said in a written reply to a question from BJP legislator RS Pathania.In…