India’s bowler Mayank Yadav (AP Photo/Wonder Mashura) Mayank Yadav’s return to international cricket could hardly have gone better, and former India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin believes the young fast bowler deserves patience after overcoming a difficult spell with injuries. Playing his first international match since October 2024, Mayank announced his comeback in style during the opening…
‘Write in such a way that you can be readily understood’ In 1962, a team of structural engineers faced a serious problem at the newly built international terminal of an American airport. The signs guiding passengers to baggage claim, exits, and customs were filled with complicated official language. Tourists got lost, children became separated from…
Delhi liquor shops will now close by 8 pm until the weekend. NEW DELHI: With student protests continuing in central Delhi, the city government has directed all liquor shops to close by 8 pm until the weekend, based on police inputs, sources said on Friday.The revised closing time comes after several liquor vends shut earlier…
Devajit Saikia (Photo ANI) Kolkata: Based on a June 26 order from Meghalaya State Commission for Women (MSCW), Meghalaya Cricket Association (MCA) has slapped a lifetime ban on the state’s Under-23 women’s cricket team head coach and the team manager for an alleged sexual harassment complaint against the duo.The state association has also suspended its…
Indian Army’s tanks during rehearsals for the Republic Day parade Pune: The Ministry of Defence has significantly reduced the time taken for processing defence industry licence proposals by streamlining the approval mechanism, with the process expected to come down from three to six months to less than a month, Defence Secretary (Defence Production) Sanjeev Kumar…
Chandrima with son Sourav at the assembly on Saturday Kolkata: Former Bengal finance minister Chandrima Bhattacharya, among Mamata Banerjee’s closest aides, shot off a letter to Didi on Saturday resigning from all party posts, including state president and authorised signatory, and immediately went to the Bengal assembly and met rebel MLAs. She also called on…
A car fell about twenty-five feet down a parking lift shaft. MUMBAI: A car, with the valet attendant seated inside, tum-bled about 25 feet down a parking lift shaft at a housing society in Charkop Sector 3, Kandivli West, around 9.30 pm on Monday. The incident occurred at the ground-plus-21-storey Horizon Gold building near Ganesh…
Every parent has heard it at least once. “I’m bored.” And usually, the response is the same. Someone hands over a phone. A cartoon is switched on. A tablet appears. Within seconds, the complaint is gone. But what if boredom isn’t the problem? What if it’s actually something children need more of?That’s the idea tennis…
Pune: Election officials and booth-level officers (BLOs) in Pune district now have the additional exercise of verifying and updating the actual house number of every elector. The process, officials and field staff said, will be difficult to complete within the tight timeframe.The district administration has issued instructions to electoral registration officers (EROs) and assistant EROs…
New Delhi: A fire broke out at a factory in west Delhi’s Nangloi late Sunday night, triggering a major firefighting operation that saw 20 fire tenders rushed to the spot. No casualties were reported.According to Delhi Fire Services, the fire was reported at 10.20pm.The blaze engulfed a waste storage godown spread across nearly 100 square…
