Rashid Khan in action during the second ODI against Ireland. (Pic credit: Afghanistan Cricket) Rashid Khan produced a sensational six-wicket haul as Afghanistan thrashed Ireland by 92 runs in the second ODI at Bready Cricket Club on Friday, taking a 1-0 lead in the five-match series.After the opening ODI was abandoned without a toss due…
Trump says admitting 500,000 good Chinese students is beneficial for the US. US President Donald Trump spoke about accepting 500,000 Chinese students in the US at a time when his administration has cracked the whip on even legal immigration, and said it’s a very insulting thing to say to a country that “I don’t want…
Tiger Woods’ 2026 car crash in Jupiter Island, Florida, has reignited memories of his 2009 downfall. Following the rollover accident, reports of memory loss and refusal of a urine test have drawn parallels to the infidelity scandals that shattered his public image and cost him lucrative endorsements and his marriage. It feels like a case…
The Democracy Index offers a comparative snapshot of how democratic systems function across the world. Compiled annually by the Association for Development and Advancement of the Democracy Award and cited by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), the index goes beyond electoral processes to assess broader social dimensions such as governance quality, economic performance, knowledge systems,…
Most startup stories involve sleek glass offices and high-stakes pitches. But Prabhavati Nani’s “headquarters” is a sunlit kitchen in Ahmedabad. Her journey didn’t start with a business plan; it started with a heavy silence and a lifetime of recipes.At 90-something, she’s become a viral sensation, even earning a heartfelt shout-out from Anand Mahindra on X….
The methodology used to calculate internal benchmarks will also have to be made publicly available MUMBAI: Lenders may no longer be able to tinker with loan spreads over the benchmark rate to offer new borrowers better deals than existing customers. Draft RBI rules seeking to standardise interest-rate setting across banks, NBFCs and cooperatives require lenders…
Wall Street’s main indices edged higher in choppy trade on Monday, recovering from the previous session’s sharp losses, even as the Middle East conflict widened and kept investors cautious.The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.48 per cent, the S&P 500 gained 0.32 per cent, and the Nasdaq Composite advanced 0.19 per cent in early trade,…
WBJEE Round 2 allotment result releases today; know reporting schedule, acceptance fee and Mop-Up timeline WBJEE 2026 Round 2 allotment: The West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination Board (WBJEEB) is scheduled to release the WBJEE 2026 Round 2 seat allotment result today, July 21, 2026. Candidates who participated in the counselling process will be able to…
How Does It Rain in the Desert? The UAE’s Cloud-Seeding Secret Explained Even if you have never been to a desert, you would have seen it on screens, how rain bursts despite arid desert sun but in the UAE, rain does not just happen by chance. Behind the scenes, scientists are actively nudging clouds to…
Snakes aren’t simple tubes. Their bodies have five regions—including a short neck By measuring every vertebra along the bodies of 13 native Australian snakes, evolutionary biologists have discovered that a snake’s spine is much more organized than previously believed. Instead of being one long, uniform structure, it contains five distinct anatomical regions, including a surprisingly…
