NEW DELHI: National Testing Agency (NTA) on Friday announced a set of candidate-friendly changes for the June 21 NEET-UG 2026 retest, extending the overall examination window from 180 minutes to 195 minutes and increasing the number of rough-work pages in the question booklet.The retest comes after cancellation of the May 3 exam following paper leak,…
Confirming that the Pacific Ocean has now transitioned to El Niño mode, US govt weather agencies have warned that it could intensify into one of the strongest events in history, deeply impacting weather across the world.The update released late Thursday by Climate Prediction Center and other agencies under US’ National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)…
NEW DELHI: With the summer monsoon gradually advancing into other states after making onset over Kerala on June 4, IMD Friday said forecasts indicated “further strengthening” of El Niño conditions during the season, which call for immediate action on the ground as kharif sowing is underway.“El Niño conditions are present over equatorial Pacific Ocean and…
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Saturday spoke with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio to convey India’s strong objections to US Navy attacks in the Gulf that resulted in the deaths of three Indian mariners.Describing the incidents as unacceptable, Jaishankar said commercial shipping should not be subjected to such actions.In a post…
Danni Wyatt-Hodge (Image credit: T20 World Cup) NEW DELHI: Danni Wyatt-Hodge smashed an unbeaten century as hosts England began their ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 campaign in emphatic fashion, defeating Sri Lanka by 87 runs in the tournament opener at Edgbaston in Birmingham on Friday.Wyatt-Hodge’s magnificent knock helped England post a record-breaking 219/1 –…
A heavily pregnant woman performing advanced yoga poses at 39 weeks has triggered a debate online. Some viewers called it inspiring. Others described it as reckless. A few argued that women have worked physically demanding jobs throughout history, while many worried about the baby’s safety.The truth, however, lies somewhere between these extreme opinions.Pregnancy is not…
Google has filed a lawsuit against an organised Chinese cybercrime network, accusing the group of weaponising Google’s own artificial intelligence (AI) tool, Gemini, to mass-produce and spread convincing financial scams to hundreds of thousands of smartphone users. The lawsuit, filed in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, targets a sophisticated…
(Image via Getty: Matthew Stafford and Minnesota Vikings logo) Matthew Stafford came to Los Angeles and did what every newly rich, Super Bowl-winning quarterback probably should: he bought houses, and not just any, but Drake‘s houses. Now, four years later, he’s selling them. And math isn’t exactly a flex. Matthew Stafford sells Drake’s Hidden Hills…
J&K health minister Sakina Itoo SRINAGAR: J&K’s minister for health and medical education, Sakina Itoo, Friday sought removal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from the union territory after Union home minister Amit Shah said the Centre aims to completely withdraw AFSPA from almost the entire northeast by next year, citing improved security…
J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah SRINAGAR: J&K CM Omar Abdullah met defence minister Rajnath Singh and Union civil aviation minister Ram Mohan Naidu in Delhi on Friday and proposed using the Awantipora airbase as an alternative for civilian flights during Srinagar airport’s Oct closure for maintenance.Omar pointed out that the south Kashmir airbase was used…