Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (BCCI Photo) NEW DELHI: Former India pacer S Sreesanth has urged teenage batting sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi to remain focused on cricket and avoid getting distracted by professional managers following his rapid rise to fame. The 15-year-old prodigy recently earned a place in India’s squads for the tours of Ireland and England, becoming the…
Mark Zuckerberg spent more than a thousand words in The Wall Street Journal this week arguing that superintelligence should belong to everyone rather than a handful of institutions. Published on July 28, the op-ed is dressed up as philosophy. It talks about liberty, open inquiry, invention over automation, and what Zuckerberg calls a balance of…
Middle East chaos has kept the crucial Strait of Hormuz squeezed for over three months now, disrupting one of the world’s busiest energy corridors, sending ripples across nations. But amid the chaos, India may have quietly found a Plan B — Oman.India’s free trade agreement with Oman, which comes into effect on June 1, could…
Shobhaa De calls Salman Khan’s Sonam Wangchuk post ‘cringe’, criticises Kangana Ranaut, Hema Malini and Anupam Kher over CJP protest comments Author and columnist Shobhaa De has sparked a fresh debate with her latest column, where she criticised Bollywood’s response to the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) protests and questioned whether celebrities still understand the mood…
NEW DELHI: Nearly six crore people in West Bengal will now be covered under Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY) after the state on Monday became the 36th State/UT to implement the Centre’s flagship health insurance scheme, completing its nationwide rollout.The move comes barely a month after the BJP government took office in the…
The promotional campaign for Nitesh Tiwari’s epic ‘Ramayana’ is officially underway!With the Bharat Mandapam event set to take place in New Delhi later today, the film’s star cast – Ranbir Kapoor, Sai Pallavi, Sunny Deol and Kunal Kapoor were spotted at the airport on Saturday, as they departed for the national capital.Videos of the actors…
The Trump administration has awarded Oracle a massive contract to build a unified, government-wide human resources platform. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM), which acts as the federal government’s central HR department, selected the tech giant for the 10-year, $395.8 million “Federal HR 2.0” contract. According to reports by news agency Reuters and local publication…
The United States will withdraw around 5,000 troops from Germany, the Pentagon announced on Friday, in a move that shows the growing tensions between Donald Trump and European allies over the Iran conflict.The drawdown follows a sharp exchange between Trump and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, who earlier criticised the handling of negotiations with Iran, saying…
JAGDALPUR: Home minister Amit Shah, who wound up his first visit to this erstwhile ‘Red’ pocket borough since Left-wing extremism was eliminated, on Tuesday listed four dates as milestones in the journey to making Bastar Naxal-free, the first being Dec 23, 2024, when a BJP govt was elected in Chhattisgarh; Aug 24, 2024, when the…
An invasive snake that likely arrived on Guam hidden inside military cargo after the Second World War went on to transform the island’s ecosystem in ways scientists are still trying to understand. The brown tree snake, native to parts of Australia, Papua New Guinea and nearby islands, found an environment unlike any it had encountered…