KOCHI: In the geometry of long jump, progress is seldom linear. For Shahnavaz Khan, the trajectory has curved sharply upward. Nowhere was that more evident than 11 days ago at the U-20 Federation Cup in Karnataka’s Tumkur, where the 18-year-old soared to 8.23m to eclipse Murali Sreeshankar‘s junior national record of 8.20m recorded in 2018….
High energy and food costs expected to push up inflationpublished at 06:18 BST 06:18 BST Marc AshdownBusiness correspondent The pace of price rises might have surprisingly eased in April, but the impact of the Iran war is now starting to properly filter through to our food, energy and fuel costs. The consensus among economists is…
Back on Earth, the blackout will be a tense time for those with the job of maintaining contact with the spacecraft. At the Goonhilly Earth Station in Cornwall, in the south-west of England, a huge antenna has been collecting signals from the Orion capsule, carefully pinpointing its position throughout its journey, and feeding this information…
May 8, 2026 NEW DELHI – General Secretary of the Communist Party of Việt Nam Central Committee and State President Tô Lâm attended and delivered a keynote address at the Việt Nam–India Innovation Forum, jointly organised by the Vietnamese Ministry of Science and Technology and the Indian Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology in New…
The Bihar Education Department has asked all private and government-aided schools in the state to follow NCERT guidelines so that the weight of school bags does not go beyond 10 per cent of a child’s body weight. The department has also directed schools to install weighing scales on campus so that bag weight can be…
Pradhan reviews NEET-UG 2026 arrangements at NTA, stresses confidentiality and cyber safeguards NEET UG 2026: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan reviewed preparations for the NEET-UG 2026 re-test scheduled for June 21 after visiting the National Testing Agency (NTA) headquarters in Delhi. He assessed the status of arrangements and held discussions on examination readiness, focusing on…
Five-time Olympian, Asian Games gold medallist Raja Randhir Singh dies at 79 New Delhi: Over the past decade, Randhir Singh could be seen once in a while treating his young granddaughter to an ice-cream at a south Delhi Nirula’s outlet after picking her up from school. It seemed like delivering on a promise for the…
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu visited Nandamuri Balakrishna at the Hyderabad Hospital on Sunday. The Tollywood veteran is currently recovering after undergoing knee surgery following an injury he suffered during the shooting of his upcoming film, ‘NBK111’ directed by Gopichand Malineni. The CM met the actor, spoke with the director and enquired about…
One has seen many actors from the 80s and 90s talk about the times when there were no vanity vans and actresses faced trouble for changing their costumes or even going to the washroom. Cut to present when actors enjoy the luxury of having their personal vans and big entourages. During earlier times, actors often…
Filmmaker Priyadarshan brought a smile to everyone’s faces as he mentioned that Saif Ali Khan’s involvement in his new film ‘Haiwaan’ stemmed from sheer availability. He affectionately dubbed Saif a ‘delightfully curious adult child’, revealing that the actor comes with an endless supply of questions. Read on to know more in detail. Priyadarshan is currently…
