Wasim Akram and Imran Khan Wasim Akram has become the latest high-profile cricketing figure to publicly voice concern over the health of his former Pakistan captain and close friend Imran Khan, insisting that his legal status should not come in the way of ensuring he receives proper medical care.Imran, 73, has been in jail since…
PC: California’s La Brea Tar Pits & Museum A small Ice Age toad hidden in the collections of California’s La Brea Tar Pits has emerged as a new species to science, giving researchers another way to read the environmental history of ancient Los Angeles. ‘Spea labreae’, the extinct spadefoot toad, was identified when Dr Alberto…
File photo: A drone view of the dry riverbed as Cauvery water flow remains low at Mukkombu Dam, in Tiruchirappalli (Picture credit: ANI) NEW DELHI: The Karnataka government is seriously considering approaching the Supreme Court against the direction to release 6,000 cusecs of Cauvery river water daily to Tamil Nadu, state water resources minister N…
Picture Credit: Instagram Actress Ekta Rathod is set to make her Telugu acting debut with the upcoming film ‘Legacy’, starring Vishwak Sen in the lead. The makers recently introduced her as the female lead with a new poster, offering a glimpse into the intense political action drama. Ekta Rathod calls ‘Legacy’ a special debut According…
Malaki Conteh. Image Credit: Tony Kershaw A 13-year-old boy living in Surrey, England began selling plants outside his father’s office at the age of 6, and has now turned that early venture into a business that helps pay his £4,000-a-term school fees. ‘Malaki Conteh’ first started selling to raise money for singing lessons because he…
ABVP urged DU to construct new hostels and expand existing capacity NEW DELHI: Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) on Tuesday demanded safety audits of all paying guest accommodations in student-dominated areas and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) commissioner’s resignation, linking the Satya Niketan tragedy to alleged administrative lapses and Delhi University’s shortage of hostels.The…
A panel of the mosaic depicts a dog named Ocean. Around 1,800 years ago, a Roman household in what is now Turkey decorated the floor of its home with a detailed mosaic showing animals and mythological figures. Among them were a cat and a dog whose names were written beside their images. Archaeologists have now…
This behaviour has often been described as elephants visiting a “grave” or mourning their dead. But scientists say the reality is more complicated. An elephant herd comes across the remains of another elephant. Instead of simply walking past, some animals slow down, approach the bones, touch them with their trunks and sniff them. In some…
Child rights body had sought Meta’s explanation after taking suo motu cognisance of a BBC Eye report. NEW DELHI: The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has summoned Meta India’s managing director and head of public policy for a hearing on Wednesday, September 9, over allegations concerning advertisements linked to Child Sexual Exploitative…
Pakistan captain Babar Azam and PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi (Agency Image) Pakistan captain Babar Azam has broken his silence on the Pakistan Cricket Board’s sweeping mid-series shake-up, revealing that he was not consulted before seven players were dropped and changes were made to the coaching setup.The PCB made the drastic changes after Pakistan suffered back-to-back…