Recent Views 6 Former Australian captain Steve Waugh presents the MCC Waterford Crystal Trophy to Steve Smith of Australia during day five of the Fifth Test in the 2025/26 Ashes Series between Australia and England at Sydney Cricket Ground on January 08, 2026 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images) NEW DELHI: Legendary Australia…
Recent Views 14 Bengaluru: A rare photograph from 1960 captures a moment etched in the collective memory of St Teresa’s Educational Institution in Chamarajpet — a few children gathered excitedly as the then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru paused to greet them in their school in an open car. Six decades on, the institute stands on…
Recent Views 9 Shoaib Akhtar showed no mercy to Pakistan’s Salman Agha in his criticism of the skipper (Images via Getty Images & Screengrab) Former Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar has fiercely criticised captain Salman Ali Agha after the team’s defeat to India in their Asia Cup 2025 Super 4 clash in Dubai. Akhtar, speaking on…
Recent Views 9 Nanaji Deshmukh Veterinary Science University in Jabalpur JABALPUR: ‘Gobar’ (cow dung) and ‘gau mutra’ (cow urine) were meant to power a cancer research funded by MP govt, but instead fuelled a multi-crore scam at Nanaji Deshmukh Veterinary Science University in Jabalpur. Instead of combating cancer with cow products, including milk, under the…
Recent Views 9 New York, once the lodestar of America’s labour market, is losing some of its shine. According to the city’s Mayor’s Office of Management and Budget, the first half of 2025 produced just 956 new private-sector jobs—the feeblest gain outside a recession or pandemic since 2003. The contrast with the 66,000 positions created…
Recent Views 9 Bengaluru: Bhaskar Bhat, a one-company man, began his career at the Tatas as a member of its watch project in the early 1980s. He eventually secured a coveted seat at the highest table in the group when he was appointed to the board of the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust 42 years later….
Recent Views 8 Gold prices edged lower on Wednesday, December 31, with MCX gold futures slipping sharply after recent volatility. MCX gold fell by Rs 1,140, or 0.8 per cent, from its previous close of Rs 1,36,666 to touch an intraday low of Rs 1,35,526. The decline came after a strong rally earlier in the…
Recent Views 6 NEW DELHI: Pointing out that the union government’s spending on health has continued to decline in the post-Covid period, as a percentage of GDP and in terms of its share in total expenditure, a network of 350 organisations and individuals have demanded that the health budget be at least doubled this year….
Recent Views 24 Mysuru: Senior JD(S) MLA GT Devegowda on Tuesday expressed his disappointment over not being invited to the party’s silver jubilee celebration.Speaking to reporters, he said that no one extended an invitation to him for the event. “As I was not invited, I did not attend the JD(S) silver jubilee programme in Bengaluru….
Recent Views 9 Mandya: Mysore MP Yaduveer Wadiyar announced that the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) was restructured into the VB-G Ram G project, with the objective of eliminating irregularities and preventing the misuse of public funds.Speaking to reporters, he said the new VB-G Ram G act was formulated to correct systemic…
