In early 2025, a motion-sensor camera high on the hills of Purulia district, West Bengal, blinked to life. The image it captured was unremarkable in isolation: the grainy silhouette of a tiger crossing scrubland. But for residents and forest officials, it was extraordinary. Purulia had never yielded a tiger sighting before. No camera traps, no…
Gold prices surged to fresh record levels in both domestic and international markets on Wednesday, driven by expectations of further monetary easing by the US Federal Reserve and heightened geopolitical tensions that boosted safe-haven demand.In domestic futures trade, gold prices climbed to a lifetime high of Rs 1,38,676 per 10 grams on the Multi Commodity…
A British cricketer, Jamie Spence, has died in a car crash in New Zealand along with another man, French national Raphael Jean-Gabriel Roellinger. Jamie, who was from Yorkshire, was 28 years old. The crash happened on April 29 near Kinleith on New Zealand’s North Island.Jamie played for Hull Strikers, a local cricket club that described…
NEW DELHI: Left-arm spinner Manav Suthar announced his arrival on the Test stage in stunning fashion, weaving a web around Afghanistan’s batters as a ruthless India cruised to a record-breaking innings-and-300-run victory in the one-off Test at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in New Chandigarh on Monday.Making his Test debut, the 23-year-old from…
(Image via Getty: Matthew Stafford and Minnesota Vikings logo) Matthew Stafford came to Los Angeles and did what every newly rich, Super Bowl-winning quarterback probably should: he bought houses, and not just any, but Drake‘s houses. Now, four years later, he’s selling them. And math isn’t exactly a flex. Matthew Stafford sells Drake’s Hidden Hills…
Barack credits Michelle for his triumphs – she’s his confidante, cheerleader, rock. Their story inspires: From Chicago dates to White House dances, the Obamas embodied these traits. Pfeiffer saw it firsthand too – Obama’s staff spawned tons of romances (four weddings in 2016 alone!). Legendary investor and billionaire Warren Buffett agrees too, as he once…
The National Testing Agency (NTA) has started the registration process for the National Common Entrance Test (NCET) 2026. The exam is being conducted for admission to the four-year Integrated Teacher Education Programme (ITEP) for the academic session 2026-27.Eligible candidates can apply online through the official NTA website at nta.ac.in. About NCET 2026 The NCET 2026…
NEW DELHI: Questioning the appointment process for chief election commissioner/election commissioners where a panel of PM, a Cabinet minister and the leader of opposition, pick the candidate, Supreme Court on Thursday said that the present system allows the govt to appoint a person of its choice as two out of three member would favour it…
The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) on Monday demanded that student union elections be held in every university in the country to facilitate emergence of new leadership from these higher education campuses.A senior office-bearer of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)-affiliated organisation said student union elections must be conducted in Madhya Pradesh next year any cost.“Not…
A federal probe at UPenn has become a legal standoff over whether fighting antisemitism can require naming the people it aims to protect. At first glance, it reads like a routine civil-rights inquiry: A federal agency investigating whether a university did enough to address antisemitism on campus. But the dispute now unfolding between the University…