Analysts betting on the US stock market expect the S&P 500 to touch levels of 8,000 by the end of the year, despite the ongoing geopolitical tensions in West Asia and the subsequent rise in oil prices. Jay Hatfield of Infrastructure Capital Advisors told CNBC on Monday that investors remain hopeful of the West Asia…
Delhi Capitals’ Kyle Jamieson and Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s Suyash Sharma and skipper Rajat Patidar during a duststorm (ANI Photo/Rahul Singh) NEW DELHI: India’s T20 cricketing prowess is now the envy of the world, especially with the IPL dictating the changing landscape of the format.India’s back-to-back T20 World Cup triumphs, however, were built on an IPL-generated…
Dharmendra Pradhan (File photo) NEW DELHI: The Centre will revise a contentious NCERT textbook chapter on the judiciary under the supervision of a committee led by former Supreme Court judge Indu Malhotra, Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan said.The minister said the move follows guidance from the Supreme Court, adding that the effort aims to ensure…
GHAZIABAD: Three more persons, including a minor, have been taken into custody for allegedly filming railway stations and govt offices in Delhi-NCR and Mumbai and passing the “sensitive” material to handlers based in Pakistan. Police said the trio were drawn into the network by Sardar alias Jora Singh, who is the key recruiter operating across…
BJP leader Biman Ghosh (Photo credit: ANI) NEW DELHI: Supporters of the Trinamool Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party clashed during an election campaign on Friday in the Hooghly district of West Bengal, news agency ANI reported.Biman Ghosh, BJP’s candidate from the Pursurah Assembly constituency, alleged that four party workers sustained minor injuries in the…
Augusta: The fearless goddess. That’s what the name Nirvika translates from Sanskrit. On Sunday, a day before the world’s finest golfers congregate at the Augusta National Golf Club for this week’s Masters, 14-year-old Nirvika Koduru lived up to her name as she blitzed the field in the girls’ 14-15 age category and won the Drive,…
Something odd is hiding in the early universe, and astronomers are only just beginning to notice it. Using the James Webb Space Telescope, researchers have spotted faint, distant objects known as “little red dots” that do not quite behave like normal galaxies. At first, they seemed unremarkable. Easy to overlook in deep space images. But…
NEW DELHI: Veteran Pakistan batter Ahmed Shehzad has openly criticised the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) after the team’s recent poor performances. He also drew a stark comparison between player quality in the IPL and PSL.“If you look at the IPL, they’ve got many superstars in their league who make the league competitive. Teams there invest…
Rajasthan Royals’ Yashasvi Jaiswal (ANI Photo) Yashasvi Jaiswal added another stunning entry to his growing IPL record book with a six off the very first ball against Delhi Capitals in Jaipur. Facing Mitchell Starc, the left-hander made an immediate statement.Starc began short and in the slot, and Jaiswal was quick to react. Hanging back, he…
The crescent moon was sighted on the evening of March 19 over Mecca, and by midnight the messages had already begun moving. From palace communications offices and city hall press rooms, from foreign ministries and mosque podiums, the words went out in Arabic and English and Turkish and Urdu: Eid Mubarak. Blessed festival. The month…
