Welcome back to another edition of My Take 5. This week we are covering the US-Iran talks to end their war, the sudden kerfuffle between Ukraine and Poland, Ukraine’s increasing strikes on Russian-occupied Crimea, Keir Starmer’s resignation in UK, and the Fifa World Cup in the US doing pretty well. So, let’s get to it….
Chennai: Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, have developed a virtual reality (VR) and artificial intelligence (AI)-based system that can identify with reasonable accuracy whether an 11 or 12-year-old child needs academic support, potentially weeks or months before the need would normally become evident through school report cards.Unlike conventional school tests that assess…
India’s Rishabh Pant and Shubman Gill (PTI Photo) Former Sri Lanka all-rounder Farveez Maharoof believes India could opt for three spinners in the opening Test against Sri Lanka, with young left-arm spinner Manav Suthar potentially getting the nod ahead of uncapped off-spinner Saransh Jain.India will be without the retired Ravichandran Ashwin and injured Washington Sundar…
A view of the Cricket Club of India (CCI) in Mumbai after the Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) suspended the club’s food business licence (PTI Photo) MUMBAI: The food licences of five of Mumbai’s elite clubs, the Cricket Club of India (CCI), MIG, RK Juhu Gymkhana, Aparna Juhu Gymkhana and Willingdon, were suspended after…
Tejaswin Shankar and Vinesh Phogat Commonwealth Games 2026 bronze medallist Tejaswin Shankar has expressed his gratitude to star wrestler Vinesh Phogat for her words of encouragement after a knee injury forced him to withdraw from the high jump event at the recent Commonwealth Games.Shankar, a two-time Commonwealth Games medallist, was forced out of the high…
A group of doctors visited the housing complex to treat the ill residents Kolkata: More residents of Siddha Happyville in Rajarhat reported vomiting, diarrhoea and stomach pain on Monday even as the Public Health Engineering (PHE) dept collected water samples from the housing complex on Monday to ascertain the source of suspected contamination and complex…
Kumar Mangalam Birla, chairperson, Aditya Birla Group Chennai: Kumar Mangalam Birla, chairperson of Aditya Birla Group, said that massive scale provides the resilience needed to absorb macroeconomic shocks, pointing out that UltraTech Cement increased its operating cash flow by 50% amid geopolitical tensions that disrupted supply chains and fuel costs across sectors.Speaking at the Madras…
Chennai: Tamil Nadu govt has imposed a three-month ban, with immediate effect, on the transportation of rough stone and its aggregates, including M-sand, metal jelly and other construction material, to the neighbouring states. The ban, however, exempts consignments to Puducherry, including Karaikal.This could adversely affect neighbouring states such as Kerala and Karnataka that are reliant…
Trashed: Plastic bottles were littered around the waterbody at Veeravanchinathan Salai Chennai: Greater Chennai Corporation signboards warn of police action against anyone bathing in the ponds at Semmancheri. Residents say the warning is hardly necessary as no one would choose to enter the pond, given the thick growth of water hyacinth, dense vegetation and garbage…
Gujarat state operations head of 108 EMRI Green Health Services, Satish Patel, visited Surat Surat: Gujarat state operations head of 108 EMRI Green Health Services Satish Patel reviewed emergency and allied public service projects in Surat and Tapi districts on Saturday, assessing performance, discussing operational challenges and seeking feedback from field staff across multiple services.Patel…
