Shubman Gill (Pic credit: BCCI) TimesofIndia.com in Colombo: India captain Shubman Gill is unlikely to feature in India’s ongoing three-day warm-up fixture at the NCC. Gill took a blow to his finger while training on the eve of the match and didn’t take the field on the opening day. The Board of Control for Cricket…
Less than a week after announcing a new dean for its law school, the University of Arkansas reversed course. The offer made to Emily Suski, a legal scholar with a focus on health, poverty and education law, was withdrawn after objections from state politicians over her views on transgender student athletes.The decision has become a…
The statistics ministry on Thursday issued uniform guidelines for calculating Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) with 2022-23 as the revised base year, aiming to bring greater consistency and comparability in measuring economic performance across states and Union Territories, PTI reported.The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) said the move follows the revision of the…
BENGALURU: Online shopping is expanding beyond India’s biggest cities, but the value of those purchases remains concentrated in larger markets.Of more than 200 million orders processed in the last 12 months up to July this year, 57.2% originated outside the 96 largest cities, but these orders accounted for only 39.3% of total transaction value. Their…
NEW DELHI: Election Commission Friday sought a report from the West Bengal chief electoral officer on the recent statement by chief minister Mamata Banerjee at a public meeting in Naxalbari, Darjeeling, allegedly instigating local women to be at polling booths and use household kitchen items to deal with “necessary situations”.With her statement seen as a…
CHATRA: A family sinking in debt after a medical emergency required them to hire an air ambulance for Rs 8 lakh. A young pilot days away from going on leave for a close friend’s wedding. An anaesthetist who stepped in for a colleague at the last moment.These are some of the stories that lie buried…
Russian crude made up 87 per cent of India’s total fossil fuel imports from Russia during the month. India’s purchases of Russian crude oil reached a fresh record in July for the second straight month, according to data compiled by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA). This highlights India’s continued preference…
ISRO carries out successful Gaganyaan main parachute test NEW DELHI: In another big step towards India’s first human spaceflight mission, Isro has successfully conducted a key test on the main parachutes for the crew module of the Gaganyaan programme. The test was carried out at Aerial Delivery Research and Development Establishment (ADRDE) drop zone in…
Four kilometres beneath the surface of the Atlantic Ocean, beyond the reach of sunlight and far from shipping lanes, lies a forgotten chapter of the nuclear age.Scattered across a vast stretch of seabed are more than 200,000 barrels of radioactive waste. They were lowered into the ocean over several decades during the second half of…
The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) has declared the ISC Revaluation Result 2026 for students who applied for rechecking of their answer scripts.Students who were not satisfied with their original marks and opted for the revaluation process can now check their revised scores online. The revised marks were released on June 11…
