Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (Image credit: Agencies) NEW DELHI: India made a big selection call for the first T20I against Afghanistan at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Sunday, with Sanju Samson getting the nod over young batting sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi.Captain Shreyas Iyer won the toss and decided to bowl first. India also brought Jasprit Bumrah…
Australia has switched on a new advanced wastewater treatment plant in regional New South Wales that could turn discarded sewage effluent into a valuable source of recycled water. The $7.8 million facility in Dubbo can process up to 700 megalitres of wastewater a year, roughly the equivalent of 280 Olympic-sized swimming pools, as the region…
Singapore’s government has announced it will raise the annual salaries of its ministers and other office holders, including Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, who was already the highest-paid political leader in the world before this increase. According to a press release from Singapore’s Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), Wong’s annual pay package will rise nearly 64 percent,…
2026 isn’t finished yet.For some zodiac signs, the final stretch of the year can actually become more important than everything that happened in the first eight months. The remaining months bring a mix of confidence, opportunity, important relationships and decisions that can set up an entirely different 2027.For these five signs, this isn’t the time…
Amitabh Bachchan has revealed the little trick he uses to make sure wife Jaya Bachchan is ready on time whenever the couple has to attend a wedding or an event. The revelation will feature in an upcoming episode of ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati 18’, where the veteran actor-host gets candid about his life away from the…
Elena Rybakina (Reuters Photo) NEW YORK CITY: Elena Rybakina’s US Open appeared to have ended before it had begun.A foot and ankle injury in Cincinnati saw the Kazakh limp out of the tournament midway, leaving her Flushing Meadows dream in tatters and her pursuit of the world No. 1 ranking suddenly hanging by a thread.Rybakina…
How India’s aviation regulator is tightening the net on pilots and crew to ensure those trusted with thousands of lives are fit to fly. (AI-generated image) There is something inherently unsettling about flying. Thirty thousand feet above the ground, hundreds of passengers sit inside a pressurised metal tube travelling at hundreds of kilometres per hour,…
What will set the tone for Dalal Street this week? With only four trading sessions, investors will be watching a clutch of key triggers, the US Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision, domestic inflation data, crude oil prices and developments in the Middle East for cues on the market’s next move, analysts said.Markets will be closed…
The twin chimneys were saved until the end of the demolition. The Twin Chimneys Motor Court in Cheyenne, Wyoming, which once gave travellers a place to stay along the historic Lincoln Highway, has been demolished to make way for a 7 Brew Coffee drive-thru stand. Its distinctive twin stone chimneys, the last parts of the…
Optical illusion personality tests are interesting brain teasers that trick the brain and eyes into believing what a person sees first among the many objects hidden in a certain image. Interestingly, these images also claim to reveal something about your personality based on what catches your glance, and your brain locks onto a particular shape…
