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India’s doubles coach Tan Kim Her, left, chief coach Pullela Gopichand, centre, BAI General Secretary Sanjay Mishra, second right, and others. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Months after the India Open came under fire over the condition of its facilities, the Badminton Association of India (BAI) has assured players and fans that New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi…
Industrial plants release vast amounts of carbon dioxide every day, yet much of the conversation around cutting those emissions has focused on capturing the gas and storing it underground. Turning it into something useful has always been a more attractive idea, but one that has struggled outside laboratory conditions. Factory exhaust is not made up…
NASI Young Scientist Award 2026 honours IIT Roorkee’s Prof. Ankit Agarwal The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee has announced that Prof. Ankit Agarwal of its Department of Hydrology has been selected for the National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI) Young Scientist Award 2026. The institute shared the announcement on August 4, stating that the…
Thalapathy Vijay starrer ‘Jana Nayagan,’ which enjoyed a great theatrical run for the past two weeks, is now seeing the expected drop at the ticket windows. Despite the drop in footfalls, the film continues to add to its impressive lifetime collections and is one of the biggest Tamil releases of the year. While the pace…
For these influential parents, language is becoming the ultimate future skill In an era where artificial intelligence can write code, answer complex questions and translate languages in seconds, many parents assume that coding is the most important skill children need for the future. Yet some of the world’s wealthiest and most influential families are making…
In Oh Humnava Tum Dena Saath Mera, Aman Sharma takes on the tough role of Mohit Bhardwaj, navigating its complexities with a focus on realism and honesty. This profound journey encourages him to expand his emotional depth as an actor. Post-shoot, he recharges by enjoying life’s little comforts and hearty laughter, making it essential to…
Numerology proposes that an individual’s birth number can unlock crucial insights about their personality and life lessons. Each birth number, ranging from one to nine, holds unique meanings that guide self-awareness and development. Those who practice numerology assert that understanding these numbers can illuminate personal traits and life patterns, a concept that’s growing in popularity…
UPI is arguably India’s biggest success. It is the world’s largest real-time payment platform. Almost half of such payments, globally, happen on it. In absolute terms, there were more than 24,000cr UPI transactions in 2025-26, altogether worth 314L cr. For perspective, India’s GDP last fiscal was 346.4L cr. How did UPI grow so big? There are many…
2 million ancient coins, 120 kg of gold and a rare Confucius portrait found in the tomb of a Chinese emperor who ruled for just 27 days (AL generated) For more than 2,000 years, Liu He was remembered mainly as the emperor who lost the throne almost as quickly as he gained it. He ruled…
President Donald Trump speaking during an event to announce new tariffs for the first time last year Donald Trump’s administration has refunded about $100 billion in tariffs after the US Supreme Court struck down a broad set of duties imposed under an emergency economic law, court filings show.About 60 per cent of the $166 billion…
