MUMBAI: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has called a review meeting with head coach Gautam Gambhir, chief selector Ajit Agarkar and Centre of Excellence (CoE) head VVS Laxman at its Mumbai headquarters on Thursday to assess India’s recent performances and discuss the team’s roadmap going forward.There is also a possibility that…
For centuries, poets have been fixated on birdsong. They called it nature’s closest approximation to music. John Keats was obsessed with the nightingale’s ‘full-throated ease’, while Percy Bysshe Shelley imagined the skylark pouring forth an ‘unpremeditated art’ of ‘shrill delight’ from the heavens. William Wordsworth heard more than a call in the cuckoo; it was…
Students at the Rose Hulman Institute of Technology collaborated to create their 2026 design projects aimed at solving everyday problems to improve the lives of people around them. Among them was a team of five who built a 12-hour wearable that helps visually impaired users detect obstacles that their cane or guide dog cannot, as…
Penny Lancaster shares that Rod Stewart is recovering well after his coronary stent procedure. (Instagram) For the past couple of months, fans have been worried over veteran musician Rod Stewart’s health. From multiple last-minute cancelled concerts to reports of surgery and infections, many have been wondering how the icon is doing. In a recent statement,…
Hanuman Ansh has once again brought Neem Karoli Baba into popular conversation. But beyond the stories of miracles, devotion and mysticism, Maharaj-ji’s life offers something far more enduring: a way of living that still feels surprisingly relevant today.We live in a time of constant ambition, digital overload, emotional reactivity and the pressure to control every…
Satheesan’s remarks came amid mounting criticism of Aboobacker over his comments defending restrictions issued by the Kanthapuram faction of the Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama on women’s participation in religious events. NEW DELHI: Kerala chief minister VD Satheesan on Wednesday rejected Sunni cleric and Grand Mufti of India Kanthapuram AP Aboobacker Musliyar’s call for restrictions on…
The first pair of Vande Bharat sleeper trains was launched earlier this year between Guwahati and Howrah. Indian Railways’ first Vande Bharat Express was launched back in 2019 amid much fanfare. The chair car train became the face of modern train travel in India and now the Vande Bharat sleeper train is looking to replicate…
Sarfaraz Ahmed, Babar Azam (left), and MS Dhoni, Ravi Shastri Pakistan pushed the panic button and made major changes to their Test setup after losing the first two Tests against England, dropping seven players and replacing two members of the coaching staff ahead of the third and final Test in Birmingham.After a 194-run defeat at…
A senior member of Pakistan’s selection committee has questioned the seriousness of Imam-ul-Haq’s calf injury and called for an inquiry after the opener did not bat in either innings during Pakistan’s 194-run defeat to England in the second Test at Lord’s.Aaqib Javed, who is part of Pakistan’s four-member selection panel, said the Pakistan Cricket Board…
Quote of the day by Stephen Hawking Few questions have occupied the human mind for quite as long as why the universe exists, and whether human life actually has any real purpose. For centuries, people have approached these questions through religion, philosophy and science, often arriving at genuinely very different conclusions. Stephen Hawking, one of…
