According to two US officials, Iran’s military fired at least two missiles at commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday night An oil tanker caught fire after being struck by an “unknown projectile” while transiting the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Oman, British maritime authorities said on Tuesday, in an incident…
Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo (AP Photo) Cristiano Ronaldo‘s remarkable FIFA World Cup journey came to an emotional end on Monday as Portugal were knocked out by Spain in the Round of 16, bringing the curtain down on the legendary forward’s sixth and final appearance at football’s biggest tournament. The 41-year-old left the pitch visibly emotional after…
NEW DELHI: India is in the final stages of preparing Semicon 2.0, the next phase of its semiconductor mission, with govt set to broaden incentives beyond chip fabrication to support the country’s wider semiconductor ecosystem.Speaking during an online session hosted by the India Semiconductor Mission (ISM) on Monday, ISM CEO Amitesh Kumar Sinha said the…
Spain’s defense has set a World Cup milestone by recording six consecutive clean sheets, with goalkeeper Unai Simon boasting a remarkable scoreless streak of 609 minutes. (AP Photo) A top-class defensive wall and a record-breaking goalkeeper have propelled Spain into the history books of World Cup. By blanking arch-rivals Portugal 1-0 in a high-stakes clash…
Zlatan Ibrahimović faced criticism after supporting FIFA’s decision to let Folarin Balogun play against Belgium despite his red card suspension Zlatan Ibrahimović has come under fire after publicly supporting FIFA’s controversial decision to suspend the one-match ban handed to United States striker Folarin Balogun, allowing him to face Belgium in the FIFA World Cup Round…
A sun-dappled forest clearing with a stream, mossy rocks, and ancient trees. A young woman offers a wooden bird to an appreciative elderly man. Among the many proverbs that have emerged from Finland’s forests, few capture the relationship between human behavior and consequence as beautifully as “The forest answers in the same way one shouts…
A flooded stretch of the road in Waki on the Pune-Nashik highway Pune: Heavy, incessant downpour brought the industrial hubs in the district to their knees on Monday, with several companies suspending operations for the day, in parts of Chakan, Talegaon and Mulshi.The Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority dispatched teams to rescue around 25 workers…
The drive comes amid efforts to streamline traffic movement at the busy junction Panchkula: The traffic police, in coordination with the municipal corporation, Panchkula, conducted a special drive against illegal parking at Majri Chowk on Sunday and issued challans to 10 vehicles for obstructing traffic.The enforcement action was carried out at the busy intersection, where…
There’s no denying that with age human memory often fades away, and it is no less than a riddle for medical science to understand: Why does Alzheimer’s completely destroy one person’s memory while leaving another person totally sharp? It is a well-known fact that two people can have the exact same amount of physical disease…
A special court convicted fifteen individuals involved in human trafficking (AI-generated image used for representational purposes) LUCKNOW: A special court in Lucknow on Monday convicted 15 members of an international human trafficking syndicate, including 13 Bangladeshi nationals and two Rohingyas, and sentenced each of them to five years’ rigorous imprisonment besides imposing a fine of…