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GLASGOW GAMES END; CWG FLAG, BATON HANDED TO AHMEDABAD

GLASGOW: As the curtain came down on the Glasgow Commonwealth Games, India offered the world a vibrant invitation to Ahmedabad, blending ancient philosophy, contemporary artistry and cultural grandeur in a handover presentation that officially launched...

TOP DOGS RIDE WAVES AT ANNUAL SURFING CHAMPIONSHIPS

Top dogs rode the waves during the annual World Dog Surfing Championships on Saturday amid cheers from spectators on a beach in Northern California. From spaniels to labradors, the canines were judged on how long they stayed on their board, the size of...

PARA-ATHLETES GAVIT, BASIL CLINCH HISTORIC 1-2 IN T47 100M

GLASGOW: India’s para-athletes remained an inspiring and unstoppable force at the Commonwealth Games as sprinters Dilip Mahadu Gavit and Mohammed Basil scripted another story of grit with a gold-silver finish in the men’s 100m T47 final. Gavit clocked...

GULVEER SINGH WINS HISTORIC CWG SILVER IN MEN’S 10,000M

GLASGOW: Gulveer Singh became the first Indian to win a Commonwealth Games medal in the men’s 10,000m event, producing a remarkably assured performance on a rainsoaked track to clinch a silver here.The national record holder’s medal was India’s second...

SHOT-PUTTER SHARMILA DHANKAR BECOMES INDIA’S 1ST CWG PARA-ATHLETE TO WIN GOLD

GLASGOW: Sharmila Dhankar scripted history by becoming India’s first-ever Commonwealth Games para-athletics gold medallist, while high jumper Sarvesh Kushare and weightlifters Valluri Ajaya Babu and Gyaneshwari Yadav clinched a silver each, as the...

OLDER PEOPLE NOW FASTEST GROWING CONTRIBUTORS TO DIETARY GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, SAYS STUDY

NEW DELHI: Practising yoga may significantly improve a tobacco user’s chances of quitting while also reducing anxiety, depression, and other psychological factors linked to addiction, according to a study by researchers at the All India Institute of...

In Mann Ki Baat, PM recalls soldiers’ bravery in Kargil; lauds rise in defence production

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday asserted that India is continuously scaling new heights in defence production, military exports, and also in the field of political cooperation with friendly nations. Addressing his monthly radio...

PM’s response insufficient, won’t leave Jantar Mantar until Pradhan resigns: CJP

NEW DELHI: The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) on Thursday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement on action against paper leaks did not address the issue of accountability and reiterated its demand for Union education minister Dharmendra...

Shall end fast if Centre assures no action will be taken against protesters, says Wangchuk

NEW DELHI: Activist Sonam Wangchuk on Wednesday said he would end his indefinite hunger strike if the Centre gives an unequivocal assurance that no punitive or retaliatory action would be taken against students and youth who participated in the protest...

KINGS OF THE WORLD GET ROYAL WELCOME

Spain’s World Cup-winning soccer team returned home on Monday and an estimated crowd of almost 2 million was on hand to greet the squad through the streets of Madrid. The 26 players and their coaching staff met with the country’s royals, and then with...

SPAIN OUTPLAY ARGENTINA TO CLINCH FOOTBALL’S BIGGEST PRIZE

EAST RUTHERFORD: Ferran Torres scored a dramatic extra-time winner as Spain defeated holders Argentina 1-0 to win the World Cup on Sunday and shatter Lionel Messi’s dreams of a triumphant farewell to football’s greatest stage. Barcelona striker Torres...

ENGLAND-FRANCE THRILLER REWRITES HOST OF RECORDS

England win third place with best showing in six decades; Mbappe becomes all-time top scorer till date and 10-goal tally makes it the highest scoring match since 1982.

MESSI ASSISTS SPARK TWIN STRIKES IN 7 MINUTES, GUIDING ARGENTINA INTO FINAL

ATLANTA: Lionel Messi engineered a spectacular comeback for Argentina against England in their World Cup semi-final on Wednesday to keep his team on track for back-to-back titles. England were agonisingly close to reaching their first World Cup final...

OYARZABAL, PEDRO STRIKE AS MAJESTIC SPAIN OVERCOME FRANCE TO REACH FINAL

ARLINGTON: Spain stunned tournament favourites France 2-0 to reach the World Cup final on Tuesday, producing a tactical masterpiece to shatter Les Bleus’ dreams of winning the title for the third time. A first-half penalty from Mikel Oyarzabal and a...

U.S. ATTACKS IRAN, TEHRAN RETALIATES BY TARGETING WEST ASIAN COUNTRIES

DUBAI: The US launched strikes on Iran early Tuesday, hours after President Donald Trump vowed to reinstate an American blockade of Iranian ports and charge ships for safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz. Iran responded with attacks on Middle East...

INDIA LORD OVER ENGLAND AT HALLOWED VENUE

LONDON: Sneh Rana and Deepti Sharma shared the last four wickets as India completed a 270-run thrashing of England to win the first women’s Test at Lord’s on Monday. England, set a record-breaking target of 457 for victory, were dismissed for 186...

ENGLAND, ARGENTINA BATTLE PAST NORWAY, SWISS, SET UP BLOCKBUSTER SEMI-FINAL

LOS ANGELES: England and Argentina will meet on Wednesday in a blockbuster World Cup semi-final infused with decades of bitter rivalry after they battled past Norway and Switzerland respectively in the quarter-finals. The South Americans and their...

SOUTH-WEST MONSOON COVERS ENTIRE INDIA

The south-west monsoon covered the entire country on Thursday, a day late vis-a-vis the normal date of July 8. It was the most delayed onset since 2021 (July 13). The monsoon picked up pace after a break for nearly 10 days in the middle of June.

Monsoon fury: IMD forecasts heavy rain across India; alerts for Bengal, North-East

NEW DELHI: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Wednesday forecast widespread rainfall across many parts of the country over the next few days, with heavy to very heavy rainfall likely over parts of North-West, Central, West Coast and...

MANTLE WAVES CAUSED ANTARCTICA TO FREEZE BEFORE ARCTIC: STUDY

Scientists found mantle waves drove the uplift of a mountain range in eastern Antarctica that passed an elevation threshold crucial for letting glaciers form and expand. The result was the appearance of the East Antarctic ice sheet at a time when...

BRAZIL EXIT AFTER SHOCK LOSS TO NORWAY; NEYMAR CALLS TIME ON CAREER

EAST RUTHERFORD: Erling Haaland scored, and Andreas Schjelderup jumped on his teammate’s back. Haaland scored again, and Schjelderup leapt up again. Heading in the go-ahead goal in the 79th minute and scoring again before the end of regulation time,...

U.S. CELEBRATES 250 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE

WASHINGTON: The United States celebrated its 250th birthday on Saturday with parades, flyovers and fireworks, as President Donald Trump stamped his mark on the landmark anniversary in a deeply divided nation. But weather threatened to spoil Trump’s...

MBAPPE SCORES TWICE TO TIE WITH MESSI AS FRANCE EASE PAST SWEDEN

EAST RUTHERFORD: Kylian Mbappe and France are sizzling — and not just because of MetLife Stadium’s broiling conditions. Mbappe had his third two-goal game of this World Cup and set a career scoring record for the tournament’s knockout rounds, leading...

Din in House as AAP, Cong call for UT BJP chief’s resignation

CHANDIGARH: Chaos was witnessed in the House on Monday as councillors of the opposition demanded resignation of Chandigarh BJP president Jatinder Pal Malhotra for his alleged remarks on Punjabis which recently triggered a row in political circles not...

S-W monsoon reaches subcontinent 3 days later than usual; set to cover more states

MUMBAI: Monsoon made onset over Kerala on Thursday, three days after its normal onset date and five days after IMD’s forecast date. Monsoon normally arrives over Kerala around June 1. IMD had forecast on May 15 that this year, the south-west monsoon...

IRAN STUDYING DEAL TO HALT WAR AS STALEMATE PERSISTS, PUSHES FOR LIMITED INTERIM PACT

DUBAI: Iran is reviewing a proposed agreement with the US to halt their war, Iranian media reported on Tuesday, after US President Donald Trump said talks to reach a deal were continuing. More than three months after the US and Israel launched strikes...

U.S. BOMBS IRANIAN MILITARY SITES; TEHRAN TARGETS AMERICAN TROOPS IN KUWAIT

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: The United States said on Monday that it bombed radar and drone sites in Iran after Tehran shot down an American drone over the weekend. Iran then said it targeted American soldiers in Kuwait with missiles, which the US...

Consultant to assess if city can cope with vertical growth

CHANDIGARH: As Chandigarh prepares for its most significant urban transformation since its creation, the administration is moving to answer a question that architects and planners have been asking ever since the rollout of Master Plan 2031 amendment:...

IRAN, U.S. CARRY OUT AIR STRIKES; TRUMP DISMISSES REPORT OF HORMUZ DEAL

DUBAI/WASHINGTON: Iran targeted a U.S. air base on Thursday after the United States struck what Washington described as an Iranian drone operation near the Strait of Hormuz and President Donald Trump rejected a reported compromise deal with Tehran. The...

CLIMATE CHANGE THREATENS GLOBAL PLANT SPECIES AS HABITATS SHRINK

Researchers have found that 7% to 16% of vascular plants, a category that accounts for almost all the plants – those with water– and nutrientcarrying tissues could lose more than 90% of their range, placing them at high risk of extinction. Plants which...

IRAN, U.S. PLAY DOWN HOPES OF IMMINENT BREAKTHROUGH IN WAR

NEW DELHI/DUBAI: Iran and the United States played down hopes for an imminent breakthrough in efforts to end their three-month-old war on Monday, with the top US diplomat saying Washington will either get a good agreement or deal with the country in...

IRAN DEAL IS ‘LARGELY NEGOTIATED’, WOULD REOPEN STRAIT OF HORMUZ: TRUMP

WASHINGTON/ISLAMABAD: Washington and Iran have “largely negotiated” a memorandum of understanding on a peace deal that would reopen the Strait of Hormuz, US President Donald Trump said, as expectations rose that a breakthrough might be imminent in the...

274 CLIMBERS SCALE MT EVEREST IN ONE DAY!

A record number of 274 climbers, including three Indians, scaled Mount Everest on Wednesday. It is the highest number ever to reach the world’s tallest peak on the same day from the Nepal side, a hiking official said.

ARSENAL WIN PREMIER LEAGUE AFTER 22 YRS

Manager Mikel Arteta’s team was crowned English Premier League champion on Tuesday for the first time since 2004 after Bournemouth held fancied Manchester City to 1-1 draw.

DAILY MOVEMENT KEY TO BETTER MOOD: DATA

NEW DELHI: An international study that analysed data from 67 research groups worldwide, involving over three lakh real-time mood reports, on how physical activity is related to good mood and positive emotions has found that for most people, mood...

Dry and hot conditions to persist across north-west, central India over next week

NEW DELHI: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday issued a heatwave warning for several parts of the north-west and central India, forecasting temperatures up to 45 degrees Celsius (°C), with dry and hot conditions over the next...

REMAINS OF SOUTH-EAST ASIA’S LARGEST DINOSAUR UNEARTHED IN THAILAND

Along a meandering river in a warm and arid region that is now Thailand roughly 113 million years ago, a planteating behemoth almost 90 feet long browsed on the treetops without much fear of predators due to its sheer size. This was Nagatitan...

XI TELLS TRUMP THAT MISHANDLING OF TAIWAN COULD SPARK CONFLICT

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping warned his US counterpart Donald Trump that missteps on Taiwan could push their two countries into “conflict”, a stark opening salvo as they met in Beijing on Thursday at a superpower summit. Trump arrived in...

Pass percentage falls 3.19 pts; lowest since Covid era; views vary on reasons behind it

NEW DELHI: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Wednesday declared the Class 12 board examination results for 2026, with the overall pass percentage falling to 85.20%, down 3.19 percentage points from 88.39% last year, despite nearly...

Paper leak allegations: NTA says dates for retest will be announced in 7-10 days

NEW DELHI: The NEET (UG) 2026 examination held on May 3 was cancelled on Tuesday amid allegations of paper leak with the CBI registering an FIR after the government asked it to carry out a comprehensive inquiry into the “irregularities”. The National...

CORAL REEFS SECRETLY CONNECTED ACROSS OCEANS, WHICH IS VITAL FOR THEIR SURVIVAL

MELBOURNE: Lord Howe Island lies in the middle of the ocean, about 700 km northeast of Sydney. It’s covered in lush forest and fringed by the world’s most southerly coral reef ecosystem. This reef system isn’t as famous as its northern neighbour, the...

DEEPIKA LEADS RECURVE TEAM TO HISTORIC GOLD; INDIA FINISH WITH TWO MEDALS

SHANGHAI: The Indian trio of Deepika Kumari, Ankita Bhakat and teenager Kumkum Mohod held their nerve in a tense shoot-off to beat home favourites China and clinch the women’s recurve team gold medal at the Archery World Cup Stage 2 here on Sunday. In...

PSG EDGE BAYERN TO ENTER ITS SECOND SUCCESSIVE FINAL; TITLE CLASH WITH ARSENAL

MUNICH: Holders Paris Saint-Germain set up a Champions League final against Arsenal after a 1-1 second-leg draw at Bayern Munich secured a 6-5 aggregate victory on Wednesday. PSG exploded on the counter less than three minutes in and Ballon d’Or...

City girl Nandani earns maiden India call-up for T20 World Cup

CHANDIGARH: In the corridors of the Leaders in Cricket Academy in Sector 26, Deepinder Chabra still recalls a quiet but determined nineyear-old walking in with her brother, clutching a dream far bigger than her years – to play for India.Seventeen years...

More screen time leads to speech delays in toddlers: Study

CHANDIGARH: Toddlers exposed to more than an hour of daily screen time are more likely to show poor communication skills and speech delays, a study by the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) has found. The...

PAK STILL WORKING TO BRIDGE U.S., IRAN GAPS DESPITE FAILURE OF FACE-TO-FACE TALKS

Work has not halted to bridge gaps between the United States and Iran, sources from mediator Pakistan said, despite the failure of face-to-face diplomacy after Donald Trump called off a trip by his envoys and said Iran should phone when it wants a...

TRUMP SAFE AFTER SHOOTING AT WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENTS’ DINNER

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump were rushed out of the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner in Washington by Secret Service agents on Saturday night after a man opened fire on security personnel nearby. The...

MANCHESTER CITY SOAR TO THE TOP, BURNLEY RELEGATED

BURNLEY: Manchester City edged ahead of Arsenal at the top of the Premier League as a 1-0 victory at Turf Moor condemned Burnley to relegation on Wednesday. The defeat confirmed the Clarets’ third Premier League relegation in five seasons, consigning...

HC raps UT over liquor vend in ‘unsafe building’ in Sec-17

CHANDIGARH: Taking serious note of the Chandigarh administration allowing a liquor vend to operate from an “unsafe building” in Sector 17, the Punjab and Haryana high court (HC) has asked the chief secretary for explanation. “The UT administration...

INDIA JOINS IN CELEBRATING ‘OUR POWER, OUR PLANET’

World Earth Day, which falls on April 22, is observed across the globe annually to demonstrate support for environmental protection. This year’s theme is Our Power, Our Planet, emphasising collective community action, reducing plastic use and...

CEASEFIRE AT RISK AFTER U.S. SEIZES IRANIAN SHIP; TEHRAN SHUNS PEACE TALKS

DUBAI: A ceasefire between the United States and Iran appeared in jeopardy on Monday after the United States said it had seized an Iranian cargo ship that tried to run its blockade and Tehran vowed to retaliate, refusing for now to join new peace...

U.S. NEGOTIATORS WILL BE IN PAKISTAN ON MONDAY FOR TALKS WITH IRAN: TRUMP

WASHINGTON : President Donald Trump said that US negotiators will head to Pakistan on Monday for talks with Iran, lifting hopes of extending a ceasefire set to expire this week even as Washington and Tehran remain locked in a standoff over the Strait...

HOPES FOR DEAL TO END IRAN WAR GROW, BUT NUCLEAR ISSUES STILL UNRESOLVED

JERUSALEM/ISLAMABAD: Optimism grew on Thursday that the Iran war may be near an end, with a key Pakistani mediator having made a breakthrough on “sticky issues”, a source said, although Iran warned the fate of its nuclear program had not been...

Class 10: Trivandrum, Vijayawada top with 99.79% pass percentage; Delhi logs 97.38%

NEW DELHI: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Tuesday declared the Class 10 results for 2026, recording a marginal improvement of 0.04 percentage points in overall performance, with 93.70% students passing this year compared to 93.66%...

ARTIFICIAL LIGHTING INCREASING EARTH’S BRIGHTNESS AT NIGHT: DATA

Researchers documented a 16% net increase in global nighttime light from 2014 to 2022, but showed it was not a steady brightening but rather a patchwork of increasing and decreasing regional brightness shaped by numerous factors. WASHINGTON: Daily...

IRAN THREATENS TO RETALIATE AGAINST GULF PORTS FOR U.S. BLOCKADE

WASHINGTON/DUBAI: The US military said it will begin a blockade of ships leaving Iran’s ports on Monday, and Tehran threatened to retaliate against ports of its Gulf neighbours after weekend talks on ending the war broke down, putting a ceasefire at...

MELLIFLUOUS VOICE FALLS SILENT: ASHA BHOSLE NO MORE

Asha Bhosle’s sensuous and soulful voice struck a million emotive chords down generations, the one they woke up to in the morning, tuned into at night, romanced and mourned loves that were never to be, and also jived and rock and rolled to. One half...

CEASEFIRE TEETERS IN FACE OF DISAGREEMENTS OVER LEBANON AND HORMUZ

A tentative ceasefire in the Iran war staggered Thursday under the weight of Israel’s intense bombardment of Beirut, Tehran’s continued chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz, and uncertainty over whether negotiators can find common ground on a range of...

U.S., ISRAEL AND IRAN AGREE TO 2-WEEK CEASEFIRE BUT STRAY ATTACKS CONTINUE

TEHRAN: Iran, the United States and Israel agreed to a two-week ceasefire, an 11th-hour deal that allowed US President Donald Trump to pull back from his threat to unleash a bombing campaign that would destroy Iranian civilization. Hours after the...

ARTEMIS II BREAKS APOLLO 13’S DISTANCE RECORD WITH DARING MOON FLYBY

HOUSTON: After travelling deeper into space than any other humans, the Artemis II astronauts pointed their moonship toward home Monday night, wrapping up a lunar cruise that revealed views of the far side never beheld by eyes until now. Their flyby of...

U.S., IRAN STUDY CEASEFIRE PLAN AS TRUMP’S ‘HELL’ WARNING NEARS DEADLINE

DUBAI/WASHINGTON: On the eve of a US deadline, the United States and Iran on Monday were weighing the framework of a plan to end their fiveweek-old conflict, even as Tehran pushed back against pressure to swiftly reopen the Strait of Hormuz. President...

ARTEMIS ASTRONAUTS GLIMPSE MOON’S ‘GRAND CANYON’ AHEAD OF LUNAR FLYBY

HOUSTON: The Artemis astronauts have taken in sights of the Moon never before seen by human eyes, crew members reported on Sunday as their spacecraft crossed the twothirds mark on their journey to a long-anticipated lunar flyby. As the astronauts went...

IRAN TERMS U.S. PEACE PROPOSALS UNREALISTIC, TRUMP ISSUES FRESH WARNING TO TEHRAN

TEL AVIV/WASHINGTON/ISLAMABAD : President Donald Trump warned on Monday that Iran’s energy plants and oil wells would be obliterated if it did not open the Strait of Hormuz, after Tehran described US peace proposals as unrealistic and fired waves of...

IRAN WARNS U.S. OVER GROUND ATTACK

Iran said it was ready to respond to a US ground attack, accusing Washington on Sunday of preparing a land assault even as it sought negotiations and as regional powers held talks in Pakistan to try to end the fighting. The foreign ministers of...

U.S. JURY FINDS META, YOUTUBE LIABLE IN SOCIAL MEDIA ADDICTION TRIAL

A Los Angeles jury found Alphabet’s Google and Meta liable on Wednesday in a landmark youth social media addiction trial. Here are the details of the jury’s verdict: Meta, google owe damages Meta and Google owe $3 million in compensatory damages and...

NASA PLANS MOON BASE, NUKE SPACECRAFT IN PROGRAMME EXPANSION

WASHINGTON: Nasa announced on Tuesday it has cancelled plans to deploy a space station in lunar orbit and will instead use components from the project to build a $20-billion base on the Moon’s surface, while also planning to send a nuclear-powered...

IRAN RAINS MISSILES ONTO ISRAEL, MAKES A JIBE AT TRUMP’S CLAIM ON STRAIT

WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM/TEL AVIV: Iran launched waves of missiles at Israel on Tuesday, a day after US President Donald Trump said there had been “very good and productive” talks aiming at halting the war unleashed by the US and Israel now raging across...

HIMALAYAN GLACIERS’ ICE LOSS RATES DOUBLED SINCE 2000: MAJOR REPORTS

EXTENSIVE DAMAGE FEARED AT KEY ENERGY SITES AS IRAN, ISRAEL TRADE BLOWS

Iran attacked energy infrastructure in the Middle East in retaliation against Israeli attacks on it gas facilities, marking the biggest escalation of the nearly three-week war, sparking a 28% surge in European gas prices and 6% jump in oil prices on...

LARGE HADRON COLLIDER DISCOVERS NEW PROTON-LIKE PARTICLE

PARIS: The Large Hadron Collider has discovered a new particle, the 80th identified so far by the world’s most powerful particle smasher, Europe’s CERN physics laboratory announced Tuesday. The new particle has been named “Xi-cc-plus”. Scientists hope...

SCIENTISTS MAKE BREAKTHROUGH IN STUDY OF WHALE SOUNDS

The findings can help us understand better how the animals communicate. Sounds are critical to whales’ survival and important to how they socialise and communicate.