NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Monday said that the Mamata government’s mismanagement had turned the state “practically bankrupt.”Speaking to reporters, Adhikari said that with a BJP government now in place, Bengal had joined all Central schemes and the state would need at least one year to recover from its financial distress.“West…
Ishan Kishan (Image credit: BCCI Domestic) Ishan Kishan produced a brilliant batting display in the Duleep Trophy final between East Zone and South Zone at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Monday.After ending the opening day with a century, Kishan continued his attacking batting on Day 2 against Tilak Varma‘s South Zone. He went…
Natasha Agarwal: Image Credit: BelieveNBooks In 2021, Natasha Agarwal was an eighth-grader with a concern that ‘too many children did not have books at home.’ Five years later, the school book drive she began has grown into ‘BelieveNBooks,’ a youth-led nonprofit that has donated more than 250,000 books and reached over 50,000 children in the…
The incident occurred amid heightened tensions outside the Telangana Assembly on the opening day of its monsoon session. NEW DELHI: A video showing a security official pulling the hair of BRS MLA and former Telangana minister Sabitha Indra Reddy during a protest outside the state assembly in Hyderabad has triggered a political row.The incident took…
Mateo Messi with the trophy. (Screen grabs) Lionel Messi‘s son Mateo has taken another step in his budding football career, captaining the Inter Miami Academy to the Naples Cup title and giving fans another glimpse of the youngster’s footballing journey.Mateo, Messi’s second son, was part of the Inter Miami Academy side that emerged victorious at…
Nandamuri Balakrishna’s ‘Dada’ has created fresh interest with its title glimpse, which gives viewers a quick introduction to his character and the film’s setting. The glimpse opens with a Hindi voiceover introducing Balakrishna before showing Mumbai’s coastline. The actor appears in a cool retro look, complete with a cigar, leather jacket, and white sunglasses. The…
Waste coffee grounds and discarded oyster shells could be turned into a useful construction material. The mixture used spent coffee grounds (SCG) as its main filler, with oyster shells added to strengthen the granular structure and GGBS-based alkali-activated materials used as the binder. Because SCG particles are highly compressible, the researchers added oyster shells in…
$25 million Boca Raton mansion with 150 feet of waterfront (Image Credit: Daniel Petron via realtor.com) Artificial intelligence is moving beyond phones, computers and workplaces and into some of the world’s most expensive homes. A newly listed mansion in Boca Raton, Florida, offers a striking example of that shift, combining luxury waterfront living with an…
‘Hanuman Ansh’, the devotional drama directed by Vishal Chaturvedi, is holding steady at the box office, and filmmaker Aditya Dhar has now backed the film publicly. Sharing a poster featuring lead actor Shobhinaw Satyaa on Instagram, Dhar tagged director Chaturvedi in his post. He kept the caption minimal, using just an Om symbol, folded hands,…
Pakistan’s Babar Azam celebrates after taking a catch to dismiss England’s Ben Duckett during the second Test at the Lord’s against England. (AP) NEW DELHI: The ghost of match-fixing has returned to haunt the Pakistan cricket team and the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) during the ongoing three-match Test series against England. After losing the second…