Family and friends honour famed Irish comedian Jimmy Cricket, who passed away at the age of 80. Many attend his funeral procession wearing bowties and his iconic costumes. (Instagram) Veteran comedian Jimmy Cricket, whose real name was James Joseph Mulgrew, passed away earlier this month at the age of 80. The comedian, whose career spanned…
America is retiring coal plants slowly and steadily. The boilers are cut up for scrap, the smokestacks get dropped on camera and the land tends to sit in permitting limbo for a decade. But in Becker, Minnesota, the state’s biggest coal plant is being used, not for all this hardware but for a plug.On July…
Today may appear to be your best day ever, yet it comes with its own challenges. People will respect and recognize you while on the other hand you may feel uncertain of the next steps you need to take. That’s Saturn for you, giving results, then asking you to grow up again.Business people get more…
NEW DELHI: Amid the West Asia conflict, goods exports rose nearly 15% during the first two-and-a-half months of the current financial year, sustaining the momentum seen during April.“Even now, if we see April, May and 14 days of June. I have data until June 14, it (exports growth) is 15%,” commerce and industry minister Piyush…
Wolfgang Pauli (Image: Wikipedia) Something is interesting about certain quotations. They begin as a small sentence but somehow end up sounding larger than the number of words they contain. Wolfgang Pauli’s remark is one of those lines. At first, it feels almost playful, maybe even a little sarcastic. It sounds like the kind of thing…
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Friday celebrated the expected signing of the free trade agreement between the EU and four South American countries the following day at a ceremony that Lula will not attend. This is the first major trade agreement for Mercosur, which…
Australia to skip practice matches ahead of 2027 BGT (Image: ICC) Australia head coach Andrew McDonald has revealed that his side will not play any practice matches before the 2027 Border-Gavaskar Trophy in India, opting instead for an extended training camp tailored to Indian conditions.The five-Test series, scheduled from January 21 to March 3, 2027,…
The Union Cabinet has approved the launch of the Urban Challenge Fund (UCF) with a total Central Assistance of Rs 1 lakh crore, aimed at driving market-linked urban infrastructure development and catalysing investments worth around Rs 4 lakh crore over the next five years.The fund marks a shift in urban development model away from grant-based…
Virat Kohli bats during the T20 World Cup cricket match between India and Pakistan in Melbourne, Australia. India and Pakistan have faced each other eight times in ICC T20 World Cup history. While the head-to-head record stands at 7-1 in India’s favour, the contests have often been close. From their two meetings in the 2007…
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a package of projects and schemes worth Rs 39,290 crore, spanning aviation, highway infrastructure and transport modernisation, with the largest allocation going towards the creation of an Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) Price Stabilisation Fund.According to details of the Cabinet decisions, the government approved a Rs 10,000 crore ATF Price…
