Khalid Satary at Washington Dulles International Airport after he was extradited to the US. After years of being on the run, 54-year-old Khalid Satary, a foreign national, was arrested in connection with $547 million Medicare fraud scheme. FBI Director Kash Patel confirmed that Satary was arrested overseas and was successfully brought back to the US…
India fast bowler Mayank Yadav said improving mentally and understanding his body better during rehabilitation helped him make a successful return after a 21-month injury layoff.Back in India’s colours after nearly two years, Mayank returned figures of 2/18 in four overs as India restricted Zimbabwe to 125/7 in the opening T20I of the three-match series…
Wall Street opened lower on Thursday, with Nasdaq leading the losses, as the first round of earnings from Big Tech companies renewed concerns over their huge spending on artificial intelligence. At the same time, oil prices breaching the $100 per barrel levels amid rising tensions in the Middle East also down on market sentiment.Around 9…
NEW DELHI: India made a sensational start to their Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2026 campaign as lawn bowler Putul Sonowal pulled off a stunning upset against reigning world champion Ryan Bester of Canada in the Men’s Singles competition on Thursday.Making his Commonwealth Games debut, the Assam-born bowler showed remarkable composure to defeat one of the biggest…
Pixxel co-founder Awais Ahmed with his parents. (Image courtesy: The Hindu) Karnataka’s Awais Ahmed is now emerging as one of India’s leading young entrepreneurs. Recently, his startup, Pixxel, secured a NASA contract. tThe company he co-founded, will provide hyperspectral Earth-observation data to the civilian space agency. Interestingly, the 28-year-old CEO grew up in a quiet…
Hare Ram Pandey with his daughters On a cold December day in 2004, Hare Ram Pandey’s life changed forever. Walking through a forest near his home in Deoghar, Jharkhand, he heard the faint cries of a newborn baby. When he reached the spot, he found an infant girl lying alone, her tiny body covered in…
Om is not just a sound; it is considered the vibration of the universe. It is a powerful sacred sound that resides within us. Chanting Om, or Aum, is a spiritual practice believed to energise both the mind and body. The sound of Om is regarded as sacred in Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, and Jainism, and…
A surprise brood of six barn owlets has brought a welcome lift to a Cambridgeshire farm after a difficult summer. Discovered at Moor Farm, near Peterborough, the fluffy youngsters, estimated at 40 to 50 days old, were ringed on Thursday as part of ongoing local conservation efforts.For Moor Farm owner Judith Jacobs, the sight of…
Maharashtra has introduced major reforms to undergraduate medical and dental admissions by discontinuing institutional rounds in private colleges and shifting all admissions to the centralised CAP counselling process. The state has also imposed a two-year admission ban on candidates who fail to join seats allotted in the final round, aiming to curb seat blocking and…
File photo: US President Donald Trump, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and Saudi Crown Prince MBS US President Donald Trump has abruptly raised the diplomatic stakes on his administration’s landmark civilian nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia, declaring the pact will proceed only if Riyadh joins the Abraham Accords and normalizes relations with Israel, a condition that…
Empty seashells became new habitats 470 million years ago An international study led by scientists at the University of Tartu shows that about 470 million years ago, a major ecological change took place in the world’s oceans. For the first time, the hollow interiors of empty mollusc shells began serving as homes for small sea…
Consumers buying premium petrol from state-run fuel retailers will continue to get ethanol free fuel. The Centre on Thursday clarified that these specialised grades will remain exempt from the Ethanol Blended Petrol (EBP) programme. It further added that, currently, there is no proposal either to bring back E0 or E10 petrol or to raise ethanol…
