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PANAJI: Jamshedpur FC have sought an extension till July 31 to decide on participation in the Indian Super League (ISL) under the competition’s new club-led structure.The AIFF had asked all 14 clubs to confirm participation and pay the first instalment of Rs 55 lakh by July 20. While all clubs confirmed participation, Inter Kashi only…
Om is not just a sound; it is considered the vibration of the universe. It is a powerful sacred sound that resides within us. Chanting Om, or Aum, is a spiritual practice believed to energise both the mind and body. The sound of Om is regarded as sacred in Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, and Jainism, and…
Vietnam’s VinEnergo and Philippine developer SunAsia Energy have agreed to build 422 megawatts peak of solar power spread across three sites in the Philippines, using a design that lifts the panels on steel piles above active fish ponds rather than floating them directly on the water. The approach is intended to let fish farming continue…
T S Ananthu Recent reports covering Sonam Wangchuk’s fast have referred to it as a ‘hunger strike’. There is a world of difference between the two. MK Gandhi explained that fasting is very different from a ‘hunger strike’, which has a coercive element. A hunger strike is similar to a labour union’s strike – the…
For most people, the world’s largest waterfall brings to mind towering cliffs, crashing water and famous landmarks such as Niagara or Angel Falls. Yet Earth’s biggest waterfall is nowhere to be seen. It lies hidden deep beneath the ocean between Greenland and Iceland, where an extraordinary natural process has been taking place for thousands of…
PM Modi said the Centre would establish fast-track courts to ensure speedy trials and strict punishment in paper leak cases NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday announced that the Centre will set up fast-track courts to ensure “swift and stringent punishment” for those involved in examination paper leaks.In a post on X, PM…
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel with Mahatma Gandhi and Anshul Bhatt with chess legend Viswanathan Anand NEW DELHI: As a young barrister in Ahmedabad, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel spent his evenings at the Gujarat Club, where he would play bridge and smoke cigars, and it was there that he first heard about a man named Gandhi returning from…
Nvidia has donated a supercomputer, Nvidia DGX GB300 system with its latest chips, to a nonprofit linked to US military university – Naval Postgraduate School (NPS). The donation marks the first direct use of Nvidia’s most advanced servers by the US military. “Our nation depends on our men and women who fight on the front…
NEW DELHI Former India opener Abhinav Mukund has picked his 15-man India squad for the 2027 ODI World Cup, making some interesting selection choices.Mukund, who represented India in seven Tests between 2011 and 2017, has backed veteran opener Rohit Sharma despite recent speculation over his ODI future. However, Sanju Samson and Yashasvi Jaiswal failed to…
Over the next several hundred million years, Earth could face numerous unexpected consequences, all due to the distance slowly yet steadily developing between the planet and its only moon. In what is coming to be defined as one of the most precisely known physical quantities in all of contemporary planetary science, the Moon is moving…
