Short eager to cement his spot in Australia’s T20I team after strong show vs England
New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) Australia’s top-order batter Matthew Short said he is eager to cement his spot as an opener in the T20I side after playing a strong knock of 41 off 26 balls in a match-winning 86-run opening stand alongside Travis Head in the series opener against England at Southampton. Short, 28, slammed […]
Shoriful misses out with injury as Bangladesh name squad for India Tests
New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) Pacer Shoriful Islam has missed out on Bangladesh’s squad for the upcoming Test tour of India, starting on September 19 in Chennai, due to a groin injury. In place of Shoriful, Bangladesh have included uncapped wicketkeeper-batter Jaker Ali Anik in its 16-member Test squad. Shoriful, 23, had sustained a groin […]
10 Indian riders to represent India at FEI Children’s Classic 2024
New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) Equestrian Federation of India (EFI) have selected top ten riders across three categories to represent India at the prestigious FEI Jumping Children’s Classics 2024 from September 13 in Bengaluru. The selection trial was held in the EFI CSN Show Jumping event held at the Embassy International Riding School on September […]
South Korea: Supreme Court upholds life sentence for man in fatal stabbing rampage in Seoul
Seoul, Sep 12 (IANS) The Supreme Court upheld life imprisonment on Thursday for a man who went on a stabbing spree in Seoul last year that left one person dead and three others wounded. Cho Seon, 34, was indicted for stabbing a 22-year-old man multiple times to death and attempting to kill three other men […]
US decries North Korea missile launches, stresses ‘ironclad’ commitment to South Korea
Washington, Sep 12 (IANS) The US on Thursday condemned North Korea’s launch of ballistic missiles, reaffirming its “ironclad” security commitment to South Korea. Pyongyang launched multiple short-range ballistic missiles toward the East Sea on Thursday in a resumption of its missile provocations following a hiatus of more than 70 days, according to South Korea’s Joint […]
K’taka Cong govt will pay a huge price for attack on Hindus, says BJP leader
Bengaluru, Sep 12 (IANS) Karnataka Leader of Opposition (LoP) R. Ashoka on Thursday said that the Congress government will have to “pay a huge price” for the attack on Hindus during the Ganapati idol immersion procession in Nagamangala town of Mandya. LoP and senior BJP leader R. Ashoka took to social media X and said […]
More trouble in store for Kerala’s Additional DGP Ajith Kumar
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 12 (IANS) In more trouble for Kerala’s Additional Director General of Police, Law and Order, M. R. Ajith Kumar, state Police chief Sheikh Darvesh Saheb has now recommended a Vigilance probe against him. Saheb recommended the vigilance probe on the allegations levelled by CPI-M-backed independent legislator P. V. Anvar that Kumar and his […]
India plans to increase women’s participation in aviation sector to 25pc by 2025: Naidu
New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) Union Minister for Civil Aviation, Ram Mohan Naidu highlighted India’s ambition to increase women’s participation in aviation to 25 per cent by 2025. Addressing the two-day Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on Civil Aviation (APMC) that will end on Thursday, Ram Mohan Naidu stated that the conference reflects the shared vision of […]
CMFRI decodes genome sequence of Asian green mussel
Kochi, Sep 12 (IANS) In a breakthrough in bivalve research, the ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) has unearthed the genome secret of the Asian green mussel (Perna viridis). This is the first-ever chromosome-level genome sequencing of a marine invertebrate species from India. Recently, CMFRI came out with a similar genome finding for Indian oil […]
Too much screen time can affect kids’ language skills
New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) Children whose families use screens a lot tend to have weaker vocabulary skills, and video games have the biggest negative effect on kids’ brain development, according to a study on Thursday. Scientists from Estonia surveyed the parents of more than 400 children about their screen use, their children’s screen use, […]
