Devdutt Padikkal announces himself with maiden Test 100 (Image: BCCI) Devdutt Padikkal marked his return to India’s Test setup in style, smashing his maiden Test century during the first Test against Sri Lanka at the Galle International Cricket Stadium. The left-hander, who has won two IPL titles with Royal Challengers Bengaluru, produced a fluent and…
TGBIE has extended the deadline for Intermediate first-year admission registration for 2026-27 to August 31, giving junior colleges more time to complete enrolments. The board has reiterated reservation norms, including quotas for SC, ST, BC, EWS and other categories. Admissions will be based on qualifying marks and grades, with Aadhaar details and seat disclosure made…
Sharmila Tagore and former Indian cricket captain Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi’s daughter Saba Pataudi has been away from the limelight while her brother Saif Ali Khan and sister Soha Ali Khan became actors and are more well known. But Saba is known to have her own individuality, is quite intellectual and fans love the anecdotes,…
Representative Image of an ancient Bronze Age stone circle hidden within a dense forest (AI-generated image) For years, a lone stone standing in Farley Wood near the town of Matlock in Derbyshire was thought to be an isolated monument with nothing much around it. That changed after George Bird, a 24-year-old amateur archaeologist and student,…
PC: Sameer Al-DOUMY / AFP via Getty A huge swarm of jellyfish has forced France’s Gravelines nuclear power plant to shut three reactors and reduce output from a fourth, after the animals clogged parts of the seawater cooling system. EDF took reactors 2, 3 and 4 offline as a precaution, while reactor 1 was limited to…
A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck northern Sumatra in Indonesia on Saturday, hours after at least 38 people were killed when a 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck off eastern Indonesia, according to the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ).The latest quake struck at a depth of 158 km (98 miles), GFZ said.Earlier on Saturday, the 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck off…
Former Cambridge professor Jason Arday died on Friday. UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham has called the death of former Cambridge professor Jason Arday a “tragedy on so many levels”, urging people to reflect rather than rush to judgement.Arday, 41, was found unresponsive at an address in Battersea, south London, on Friday afternoon. Police said he…
Anthropic is preparing for what could become one of the world’s biggest IPOs, with investors and bankers looking beyond the AI firm’s current performance and towards 2028 to assess how much the company could be worth.Two people familiar with Anthropic’s financials portfolio told Reuters that the company is forecasting revenue of about $190 billion to…
Abishek Porel, the Delhi Capitals and Bengal cricketer, has been denied bail in an alleged rape case involving a medical student. A court on Friday sent him to judicial custody for 14 days.Porel was arrested on August 11 in Hooghly after being questioned over a complaint filed by a young woman, who accused him of…
Rajasthan Safai Karmchari recruitment 2026 begins for 24,752 posts; check eligibility, fee and application details Rajasthan Safai Karmchari recruitment 2026: The Local Self Government Department, Rajasthan, has released the notification for Rajasthan Safai Karmchari Recruitment 2026. The recruitment drive, advertised under Advt. No. 01/2026, is being conducted for 24,752 Safai Karmchari posts across Non-TSP and…
