Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: India’s newest batting prodigy Vaibhav Sooryavanshi will not be travelling alone on his maiden assignment with the senior national team, with BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia revealing that the board decided to allow the 15-year-old’s parents to accompany him on the upcoming white-ball tour of Ireland and England to help…
The Statue of Liberty stands as smoke from wildfires blankets the sky; US President Trump and FIFA president Infantino. (AP Photos) “We are holding Canada responsible.”With those words, US President Donald Trump thrust politics into the build-up to Sunday’s FIFA World Cup final, blaming Canada for the wildfire smoke that has blanketed parts of the…
School dropout rates decline significantly in UDISE+ 2025-26 as secondary enrolment and teacher numbers reach new milestones NEW DELHI: The student dropout rate in schools witnessed a sharp and consistent decline across critical learning stages, according to the USIDE 2025-26 report released by the Ministry of Education, even as the student retention rate declined marginally…
India’s historic Physics Olympiad sweep: Five students secure gold at IPhO 2026 in Colombia Ask an Indian teenager to name Virat Kohli, Neeraj Chopra or PV Sindhu, and the answer comes instantly. But ask the same student about Kanishk Jain, Riddhesh Anant Bendale, Rishit Garg, Shresth Suraiya or Svarit Joshi, and chances are you’ll be…
Operating profits of Indian airlines are expected to decline 10-15 per cent this fiscal year as elevated aviation turbine fuel (ATF) prices, airspace restrictions and rupee depreciation caused by the Middle East conflict weigh on the sector, a Crisil report said on Wednesday.The rating agency estimated that the combined operating profit of domestic airlines could…
Supply disruptions in the Middle East have prompted Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) to overhaul its crude sourcing strategy, with the state-run refiner sharply increasing purchases from the spot market. The share of spot buying has risen from 50% to nearly 84%, IOC director (finance) Anuj Jain said on Saturday.The move comes after supplies through the…
A three-mark increase in Biology after re-evaluation changed the outcome of the CBSE Class 12 examination for Aditya Mishra of Bokaro. The revised score took his total to 498 out of 500 in his best five subjects, making him a joint national topper in the Science stream.When the CBSE results were declared on May 13,…
There’s rarely anything memorable about standing in a baggage check-in queue. You hand over your luggage, collect your boarding pass, and move on. But one passenger says a recent airport experience gave him something he wasn’t expecting – a lesson that, in his words, had nothing to do with millionaires or motivational speakers. His interaction…
For devotees and spiritual travellers, visiting a Jyotirlinga is considered one of the most sacred pilgrimages in Hinduism. Although the Jyotirlinga temples are located at various corners of India, some of them can be easily grouped in one trip considering their proximity to each other or because of convenient connectivity. Combining them not only helps…
Beijing accused US artificial intelligence firms Monday of using Chinese examples to train their models, days after Washington threatened sanctions on Chinese firms for allegedly stealing American technology.“It is understood that many American artificial intelligence enterprises have distilled Chinese models during their research, development and training processes,” the Chinese commerce ministry said in a statement.Distillation…