Jasprit Bumrah (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: As Team India kicks off its new World Test Championship (WTC) cycle against England, all eyes are on how the team manages Jasprit Bumrah‘s workload. With legends like Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Ravichandran Ashwin retiring, head coach Gautam Gambhir and new captain Shubman Gill begin their tenure under…
CHENNAI: Govt and industry’s efforts to extend natural rubber plantation to the northeastern states has started to bear fruit with the region’s (Tripura, Assam & Meghalaya) share in total production more than doubling to 17.5% in 2023-24 from 7.8% in 2013-14.Tripura’s rubber production has jumped to 91,500 tonne from 39,000 tonne in 10 years, data…
Mumbai: Seven years after Central Railway (CR) proposed a Rs 900-crore plan to convert all 12-car rakes to 15-car ones on its fast corridor, the project remains largely unimplemented—even as overcrowding and fatal accidents persist on the Thane–Kalyan–Karjat/Kasara stretch.The push for longer trains gained urgency in 2015 when the Railway Board directed both CR and…
NEW DELHI: The city experienced the warmest day of the year as the temperature rose marginally, bringing more areas of the national capital under the grip of a heatwave. The heat index, or “feel-like” temperature, was recorded at 47.7 degrees Celsius due to low humidity.The Met has, forecast that the extreme heat will persist on…
Pune: Land acquisition for the proposed Rs 3,500-crore Purandar International Airport showed early signs of becoming a complex process for the state govt after officials said they received more than 3,000 objections from farmers in seven villages that are set to lose land to the project.Hearings began this week to negotiate land rates and other…
Societe Generale-FORGE (SG-FORGE), the digital asset arm of French banking giant Societe Generale, is set to launch a new USD-pegged stablecoin – USD CoinVertible (USDCV) – on both the Ethereum and Solana blockchains. The stablecoin is expected to begin trading in early July. SG-FORGE’s USD CoinVertible The development marks the firm’s latest push to merge…
Heart blockage occurs when the arteries supplying blood to your heart can get partially or fully blocked (due to the build up of cholesterol) leading to a heart attack. Globally, heart disease is the leading cause of death in the world, and is a medical emergency. Unfortunately, without regular check ups, heart disease can be…
Pat Cummins (Photo by Paul Harding/Getty Images) Australia captain Pat Cummins has named a bold and slightly reshuffled playing XI for the ICC World Test Championship Final at Lord’s, with Marnus Labuschagne set to open the innings and Josh Hazlewood edging out Scott Boland in the pace attack.Labuschagne, usually a steadfast No.3, will walk out…
BENGALURU: Meesho formally transitioned into a public limited company, shows filings with the ministry of corporate affairs. The move came as the firm advanced its plan to shift legal domicile from the US to India and restructure operations under a single onshore entity. Meesho is preparing for a potential $1 billion IPO. Source link
Mumbai: Nearly a decade after a fire at Hotel City Kinara, Kurla West, claimed 8 lives, Bombay HC Tuesday ordered BMC to pay 50 lakh each compensation to their families, nailing it for gross negligence in discharge of its duties.Justices Burgess Colabawalla and Firdosh Pooniwalla said Kinara was granted an eating housing license without it…
