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Appearing for the first round of interviews for the role of Team India’s head coach, former cricketer Gautam Gambhir was asked some tough questions. The Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) was fully prepared to grill Gambhir and former Indian women’s team coach WV Raman as they presented their views on the role that Rahul Dravid will be leaving in a couple of weeks. While Gambhir appeared for the interview virtually, Raman was said to be physically present. The CAC, appointed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for the job, put three important questions, as per RevSportz, in…
National Award-winning singer Alka Yagnik is battling with sensorineural deafness, a condition in which a person may struggle to hear faint sounds, understand speech clearly or differentiate between different sounds. In a post on Instagram, the 58-year-old recounted the alarming moment she lost her hearing after a routine flight. “As I walked out of a flight, I suddenly felt I was not able to hear anything,” the singer wrote. Ms Yagnik warned her “fans and young colleagues” about the dangers of exposure to very loud music and prolonged use of headphones. What is sensorineural deafness? Sensorineural deafness, also known as sensorineural hearing…
Nvidia Corps.’s chief executive Jensen Huang has become the 11th richest person in the world, as per Forbes’s real-time billionaire list. Mr Huang added over $4 billion to his net worth in a single day on Tuesday, June 18. It happened after Nvidia became the world’s most valuable public company, riding on an artificial intelligence-driven surge. The company’s shares climbed over 3% on Tuesday, June 18, taking Mr Huang’s net worth to nearly $119 billion. Nvidia shares have more than doubled this year after growing threefold in 2023. The shares have been up by nearly 28 times in the past…
Chipmaker Nvidia Corporation has dethroned Microsoft as the world’s most valuable company following a rally in its shares driven by the growing AI wave. Shares of Nvidia Corp, which makes GPUs and drives advances in AI, robotics, autonomous vehicles and emerging technology, spurted by over 3% on Tuesday to $135.58, taking its market valuation by $110 billion to USD 3.335 trillion to become the most valuable company. Nvidia recently surpassed iPhone maker Apple to become the second most valuable company. Microsoft is valued at around USD 3.317 trillion as its shares slipped nearly half a per cent. Apple was…
Many Pakistan cricketers jumped to the rescue of Haris Rauf, after a video went viral online, where the pacer is seen engaged in a heated squabble with a fan. After Pakistan’s group stage exit from the 2024 T20 World Cup, a fan was caught on camera in an argument with Haris Rauf, having allegedly thrown insults at the player’s family. Rauf’s teammates Mohammad Rizwan, Shadab Khan and Hasan Ali, as well as Ahmed Shehzad, took to social media to address the behaviour of the fans. “Let’s keep the debate respectful and considerate of the players’ families. Let’s promote love, peace and…
As the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) intensifies its hunt for the new head coach, Gautam Gambhir and W V Raman are reportedly locked in an intense battle for the position. The Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) interviewed the two candidates for the role on Tuesday, and the second round will take place on Wednesday. While Gambhir is said to be the favourite for the job, Raman’s presentation reported impressed CAC the most. Amid the tight battle for the role Rahul Dravid is set to vacate this month, Raman also shared a cryptic 2-word post that got the…
Diljit Dosanjh, who is known for his collaborations with international celebs, has struck gold again. After collaborating with Sia and Ed Sheeran, the singer recently added talk show host Jimmy Fallon to his impressive list. He lit up the stage of The Tonight Show as Jimmy Fallon’s new guest. The singer shared a behind-the-scenes video on social media. In the video, the host is seen congratulating him after his electrifying performance. He also invited him again on the show.Jimmy Fallon said, “You crushed it. It was fantastic, electric. Everyone was dancing. That was phenomenal.” Diljit, showing gratitude with folded hands,…
Wildfires in Canada that burned continuously for over a year. Floods that brought Dubai to a standstill. Deadly heat blanketing the streets of New Delhi. The first half of 2024 has laid bare the catastrophic extremes that now characterize the rapidly changing climate on every continent. This week, millions of people along the eastern seaboard of the US – the country’s most populated coastal region – will swelter under a heat dome. Temperatures in Manhattan’s Central Park are set to reach 95F (35C) by Friday. At the southern end of the coast, meanwhile, Florida is in its second week of…
The world’s three richest billionaires are in a fierce race for first place. Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Bernard Arnault have occupied the top three spots on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index for 94% of the year. But fluctuations in their wealth have led the trio to swap places six times since May 29 – a frenetic pace for a hierarchy that had largely held steady since Musk lost his top ranking in early March. The game of musical chairs has been influenced by a fight over Musk’s pay package, a snap election call in France and a tech-stock rally that…
Sending a clear message after the Canadian parliament observed silence in the memory of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, the Indian Consulate General in Vancouver announced a memorial service to pay tribute to the 329 victims of the Khalistani bombing of Air India Kanishka flight in 1985. “India stands at the forefront of countering the menace of terrorism and works closely with all nations to tackle this global threat. 23 June 2024 marks the 39th Anniversary of the cowardly terrorist bombing of Air India flight 182 (Kanishka), in which 329 innocent victims, including 86 children, lost their lives in one…