Representational image of teqball. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) Nagoya: India’s Asian Games journey began in rather muted fashion at the Higashi Sports Centre here at 4:06 pm. There was no fanfare and barely any indication that history was being made. A volunteer holding a placard was the only sign that an Asian Games event was under…
Scientists have turned discarded fish scales into a plastic-like material that can break down naturally in soil, Cyclo. Plas 2, the material is made from collagen fish scales and chitosan, creating a thin, flexible, translucent film. In tests, the material began breaking down after two weeks and biodegraded by the end of eight weeks. It…
Miley Cyrus recalls life lessons she learned from Dolly Parton over the years. (Instagram) Miley Cyrus and Dolly Parton were extremely close, and the country musician, who recently passed away at the age of 80, was also the pop singer’s godmother. During one of her recent interviews, the 33-year-old opened up about how she has…
Anne Hathaway is clearly not slowing down just yet.The actor has had an unusually packed 2026, with four films already making their way to theatres. Now, as she begins promoting her fifth and final release of the year, Hathaway is making the most of her last few public appearances before taking a much-needed break.And she’s…
Shares of Afcons Infrastructure Ltd. declined over 3% on Friday, September 18, after Tata Trusts tabled the proposal to buy back part of the Shapoorji Pallonji (SP) Group’s stake in Tata Sons. Tata Trusts Chairman Noel N Tata placed a proposal before the Tata Sons board to provide the Shapoorji Pallonji (SP) Group liquidity by…
File photo: The Manhattan skyline is seen at the Edge at Hudson Yards A legal battle over a proposed $30-million parking lot sale at an East Village co-op in New York has escalated, with a shareholder taking the complex to court while questioning an almost $16-million decline in its reserves, the New York Post reported.Sebastian…
Nepal now hopes to seek around $20 million (£15 million) from UN Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage. Human-caused climate change likely helped destabilise rock-and-ice slope whose collapse triggered the Aug 26 Nepal-Tibet disaster, first scientific assessment of the deadly event released Thursday found, linking decades of warming to thinning glaciers, thawing permafrost and…
Expectations for Friday’s trading session point to a flat to mildly positive opening for domestic equity benchmarks, with early signals from GIFT Nifty near 23,330–23,345 suggesting a muted or soft green start relative to Thursday’s close of 23,270.60. Wall Street momentum offers solid risk-on support, with the Nasdaq surging over 1.6 per cent and the…
File Pic: Gautam Gambhir and Hardik Pandya. (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: India head coach Gautam Gambhir has made it clear that Hardik Pandya will have to build his way back into international cricket through game time, with the all-rounder currently not part of India’s squads after not playing enough cricket since the IPL.Following India’s 127-run…
MS Subbulakshmi’s musical roots began at home; mother played veena, grandmother violin. Music was part of MS Subbulakshmi’s life long before she became one of India’s most celebrated Carnatic vocalists. Born in Madurai on September 16, 1916, the legendary singer grew up in a home filled with music. Her mother, Madurai Shanmukhavadivu, was a veena…
