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Representative Image of diverse jellyfish species drifting through Japanese coastal waters (AI-generated image) In 2018, 13-year-old Ryoya Sugimoto was watching marine life from the docks of Tanabe Bay in Wakayama, Japan, when he spotted jellyfish he could not identify. He had been fascinated by jellyfish since childhood, after being stung by a blue button jellyfish,…
Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s Bhuvneshwar Kumar (ANI Photo) It has been four years since Bhuvneshwar Kumar last played for India in a T20I, a quiet outing against New Zealand in Napier that came soon after India’s semi-final exit in the 2022 T20 World Cup in Australia. Following that tournament, he was phased out during India’s transition…
The US military struck a boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Tuesday that it said was being used for drug trafficking. According to the US Southern Command, one person was killed and two others survived the attack. The operation is part of the Trump administration’s broader crackdown on “narcoterrorists” using sea routes in Latin…
The National Testing Agency has published the NEET UG 2026 cut-off alongside the result, detailing the minimum qualifying marks and percentiles for each category. The revised cut-off is higher than last year’s, indicating a more competitive examination. Qualified candidates can now begin the counselling process for MBBS, BDS, AYUSH, B.Sc. Nursing and other undergraduate medical…
DEHRADUN: Close on the heels of a proposal to restrict the entry of non-Hindus at 105 ghats in the Kumbh area at Haridwar, Badrinath Kedarnath Temple Committee (BKTC), which administers the Char Dham shrines of Badrinath, Kedarnath and 47 other temples, is considering a similar move at the shrines under it. The proposal is expected…
JEE Advanced 2026 response sheet JEE Advanced 2026 response sheet: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee is set to release the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Advanced 2026 response sheets today, May 21, at 5 pm on the official website, which is, jeeadv.ac.in.Candidates who appeared for the entrance examination will be able to check and…
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Wednesday urged the Union govt to scrap NEET-based admissions and allow states to fill MBBS, BDS and AYUSH seats under the state quota based on Class 12 marks after the Centre cancelled NEET-UG 2026 following allegations of question paper leak.Vijay said the cancellation of the May…
The visuals emerging from what began as the NEET protest are deeply disturbing. What appears to be planned violence, attacks on police and security personnel, damage to public property, arson, and anarchy cannot be described as peaceful protest. That makes this a double tragedy for students. The first tragedy was the inexplicable paper leaks that…
India’s premium basmati rice trade has come under severe strain as the escalating conflict in West Asia disrupts exports, blocks consignments at ports and leaves payments worth thousands of crores pending, raising concerns for traders and farmers alike.A Bhopal-based businessman told ANI that consignments of Premium 1121 Basmati rice, earlier exported regularly, are now stuck…
