India’s Prince Kurisinkal Noble and Manu Francis during the Men’s Skiff event. (Reuters Photo) NEW DELHI: India added another silver medal to its Asian Games 2026 tally on Thursday as Manu Francis and Prince Noble finished runners-up in the men’s skiff sailing event at Aichi-Nagoya.The Indian duo secured silver in the ninth and final race…
Commercial LPG gets costlier The price of a 19-kg commercial LPG cylinder has risen by Rs 62.50 from Thursday, October 1, taking the price to Rs 2,810. This follows a Rs 9.50 increase in September, when the cylinder was priced at Rs 2,747.50. ATF prices have also gone up by around Rs 16 per litre,…
The itinerary looks almost too good to be true. Breakfast at one place, a famous museum after lunch, sunset at another landmark and dinner across town, all neatly arranged by a chatbot in seconds. Then comes the reality check: the museum is closed that day, the transfer takes twice as long as expected, or the…
Long before Shah Rukh Khan became one of Bollywood’s biggest stars, he was a Delhi schoolboy known for his competitive spirit, speed on the sports field and, by his own admission, his mischievous streak. The actor studied at St. Columba’s School in New Delhi, where he excelled in academics as well as sports. Years later,…
PC: University of New Mexico Every winter, migratory ducks, geese and cranes arrive at wildlife refuges in the south-western United States, and managers must count them. Traditional methods can be difficult and imprecise, and some involve flushing birds into the air. According to the University of New Mexico, researchers working with the US Fish and…
NEW DELHI: When Kynan Chenai arrived at the Aichi Prefectural General Shooting Gallery in Aichi-Nagoya for the Asian Games 2026 trap mixed team final, the gun in his hands was not his regular weapon.It was a 30-year-old gun borrowed from his father, Darius Chenai.Darius, a two-time national trap champion, had used the same barrel to…
Commerce minister Piyush Goyal with US trade representative Jamieson Greer US trade representative Jamieson Greer called Union commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal a “trade minister for life” as he opened the G20 trade ministers’ meeting in Milwaukee. The light-hearted remark came as the two ministers met on the first day of the two-day gathering.Greer…
Dining table conversations are the most special part of the day where a family eats and spends time together after a hectic long day sharing what went wrong and what worked out just perfect. But it becomes disturbing when these conversations are occasionally interrupted by phone calls and notifications, instantly lighting up the phone screen…
Shankar Mahadevan has created a home in Navi Mumbai that brings together his professional life and his family’s everyday moments. The singer-composer lives there with his wife Sangeetha and sons Siddharth and Shivam. He reportedly shifted to the property about five years ago.Farah Khan recently visited the residence and shared a glimpse of its different…
An inky pool in the middle of an anthracite coal pile. Image Credit: Jessica Klein/Inside Climate News/Pennsylvania Capital Star Pennsylvania’s abandoned underground coal mines may contain between 60 to 220 billion gallons of water, according to a U.S. Geological Survey study of the Western Middle Anthracite Coalfield. The research examined a 120-square-mile area across Schuylkill,…