Jack Draper (AP/PTI Photo) Britain’s Jack Draper pulled off one of the biggest wins of his career by knocking out former champion Novak Djokovic in a gripping three-set battle to reach the quarter-finals of Indian Wells Masters on Wednesday.Draper prevailed 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7/5) in a tense slugfest that saw the British left-hander outlast the…
The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has officially launched a new Hindi textbook for Class 9 titled ‘Ganga’ as part of the implementation of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. The textbook is designed to symbolise the river Ganga’s role in Indian civilisation, representing the continuous flow and widespread reach of the…
Long before smartphones compressed clocks, maps, calendars, and calculators into a pocket-sized screen, another device promised to put the heavens in a person’s hands. Made of engraved brass rather than silicon, the astrolabe could tell time, help locate a traveler, measure the height of a building, and even support the casting of horoscopes. The 17th-century…
Tom Felton has extended his record-breaking run in the Broadway production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at the Lyric Theatre in New York. The film star, who originated the role of Draco Malfoy in the Harry Potter film franchise, made his Broadway debut in the stage production in November 2025. Producers announced that…
Sakib Hussain, a 21-year-old uncapped pacer from Gopalganj, Bihar, created history on his Indian Premier League (IPL) debut for Sunrisers Hyderabad on Monday against Rajasthan Royals with figures of 4 for 24.Sakib is the seventh player in IPL history to take four or more wickets on debut, and he now also holds the joint fifth-best…
US markets opened on a mixed note Tuesday, with the Dow Jones holding modest gains while the Nasdaq retreated as pressure on technology shares offset strength in defensive names and select consumer stocks.By 9:59 am ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 57.59 points, or 0.12 per cent, at 49,225.38. The S&P 500 slipped…
Akshaye Khanna’s FA9LA Sher‑e‑Baloch moment in Dhurandhar set the bar high, and now Ranveer Singh answers with Khaled’s 1992 classic Didi as his new anthem in Dhurandhar: The Revenge, a track that ruled global charts, inspired countless remixes, and twice found new life in Bollywood before powering Ranveer’s rise in the Baloch saga. Akshaye Khanna…
The makers of a new film with an AI-generated performance by late actor Val Kilmer defended their work on Thursday and said they believed their approach demonstrated an ethical path to future use of the technology in Hollywood. Brothers Coerte and John Voorhees said they had gained consent from Kilmer’s children to use AI to…
Video game retailer GameStop announced Sunday it has made an unsolicited, non-binding offer to acquire eBay for $125 per share in a cash-and-stock deal, valuing the e-commerce platform at roughly $55.5 billion. The offer, split evenly between cash and GameStop common stock, represents a 20% premium to eBay’s Friday close of $104.07, and a 46%…
