Argentina’s Lionel Messi (10) fails to score from a penalty kick during the World Cup round of 16 football match between Argentina and Egypt in Atlanta, Tuesday, July 7, 2026. (AP Photo) Lionel Messi missed another penalty at the FIFA World Cup on Tuesday, becoming the first player to miss two penalties in the same…
zebra mussels (Representative image by Canva) In the late 1980s, an aquatic invader quietly entered North America through an unlikely route: a ship’s ballast water. That species was the zebra mussel, and within a decade it had spread across all five Great Lakes, triggering one of the most notorious invasive-species stories on the continent. More…
Kawasaki India has launched the new 2026 Ninja 500 motorcycle at Rs 5.76 lakh (ex-showroom), marking a Rs 10,000 increase over the previous model. The update brings E20 fuel compatibility and a new Lime Green colour option, while the motorcycle remains mechanically unchanged. At Rs 5.76 lakh, the Ninja 500 is significantly more expensive than…
The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has released the provisional answer key for the Indian Statistical Service (ISS) Examination 2026. Candidates who appeared for the examination can now download the answer keys for Statistics Paper I and Statistics Paper II from the official website, upsc.gov.in.The provisional answer key was released on June 24, 2026. Candidates…
In New Usmanpur, two underage boys were detained for the alleged murder of 16-year-old Saad (Representative image) NEW DELHI: Two minor boys were apprehended for allegedly murdering a 16-year-old during a heated altercation in northeast Delhi’s New Usmanpur on Tuesday.The deceased was identified as Saad, a resident of Loni in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. He worked…
The department collected 9,029 water samples from various areas for chlorine testing during this period Ahmedabad: The civic body’s health department released the city’s epidemic statistics on Tuesday. According to the data, 96 cases of diarrhoea and vomiting, 60 cases of typhoid, and nine cases of jaundice were registered in the city in the first…
Eighteen-year-old Arya Satheesh, a high school student from Letterkenny in County Donegal, Ireland, has earned international recognition for inventing Eco Purge, a plant-based biodegradable plastic. The material is designed to help tackle the growing problem of microplastic pollution. As it naturally breaks down, Eco Purge releases specialised enzymes that are designed to help degrade nearby…
Three youths were arrested for luring a 23-year-old jewellery shop employee through the Grindr app, threatening him and robbing him of his mobile phone and cash in T. Nagar. Police recovered the complainant’s mobile phone and seized another phone used in the crime. Chennai: Three youths were arrested for luring a 23-year-old jewellery shop employee…
Mumbai: One hundred days’ worth of freshwater supply in volume — that’s approximately how much rainwater landed on Mumbai in the first week of July. Enough, for those inclined to measure it differently, to fill 166,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools.It’s a hot irony that the city continues to face a 10% municipal water cut, and hundreds…
China is accelerating plans to launch its first sulphur futures contracts this year as the Iran conflict has intensified price volatility, reinforcing the need for a hedging tool and greater pricing power in the global sulphur trade, sources told news agency Reuters. China is accelerating plans to launch its first sulphur futures contracts this year…
