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As he scours the country for naturally gifted footballers, talent spotter and coach par excellence Syed Abdul Rahim asks a young P.K. Banerjee what makes a good player a great one. Talent, answers the latter. Talent is of no use without focus, the older man asserts in an obvious jibe at the rising football star’s cheering female fans. That truism could well be valid for Maidaan too. The film has a field day playing to the gallery and letting its focus stray in quest of sweet spots. It finds a few but misses the mark more often than not. The…
The partnership between India and the United States has reached a new height with collaboration on technology and other fields, the US National Security Advisor has said. “The partnership between the US and India, a country in BRICs, has gone to new heights with an engagement across technology and security and so many other dimensions,” NSA Jake Sullivan told reporters at a White House news conference. Sullivan was responding to questions on the decline in American leadership in the world, in light of Iran, Egypt, UAE, and Ethiopia joining BRICS, and Saudi Arabia mulling over becoming part of it. “I…
Noble prize-winning physicist Peter Higgs, responsible for the one the greatest scientific discoveries in the last century, died at the age of 94 . In 1964, he theorised the existence of the Higgs boson, a fundamental force-carrying particle, which gives other particles their mass. His ground-breaking work helped explain how everything in the universe has mass. His theory was proved 50 years later when researchers at the Large Hadron Collider, the most powerful particle accelerator in the world, discovered the particle in 2012. Mr Higgs was awarded the Noble prize a year later. What is Higgs Boson? Particles make up…
Not much time is left before the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) finalises the India squad for the T20 World Cup 2024. There remains a debate over a number of players in the team, including the talismanic Rohit Shrama. The wicket-keeper’s spot is also wide open, with a number of players competing for the spot. Former India pacer Venkatesh Prasad, however, has a concrete idea about the batting unit he wishes to see in the Indian team. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Prasad advocated the inclusion of lesser-experienced stars like Shivam Dube, Rinku Singh, and…
A verbal altercation erupted between a motorcyclist and an auto-rickshaw passenger over a cigarette in Bengaluru. X user Sheikh Moin alleged that the auto passenger holding a cigarette in his hand touched his leg while the 3-wheeler was passing by his 2-wheeler in JP Nagar 5th phase. When the biker halted the auto to confront the passenger, an argument ensued between them. The auto passenger, meanwhile, asserted his right to smoke within the confines of his hired vehicle and accused the biker of seeking attention by filming them. In response, the motorcyclist sarcastically remarked, ”You are probably a celebrity (for me to…
Congress MP Nakul Nath – the son of former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath is the richest candidate in the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections with assets of Rs 717 crore, according to an analysis done by Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR). Nath senior and junior had the Congress leadership on tenterhooks a few months ago amid speculation they could both jump to the Bharatiya Janata Party. Sources had told NDTV Kamal Nath was “unhappy” with the party after the dismal performance in the 2023 Assembly election. Sources said Kamal Nath felt the Congress had changed since…
A day after the Delhi High Court dismissed his petition challenging his arrest in the liquor policy case, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal approached the Supreme Court today. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader’s counsel will raise the matter before Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud around 10.30 am and seek an urgent hearing. The high court yesterday dismissed Mr Kejriwal’s challenge to his March 21 arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). The court held that the central agency was left with “little” after the AAP leader skipped multiple summonses in the money laundering case. It also pointed to the ED’s…
Peru’s Andean mountains may hold the secret to longevity and the world’s oldest ever person, if a new claim by state officials of a 124-year-old man born in 1900 are proven to be true. The country’s government has claimed that local resident Marcelino Abad from the central Peruvian region of Huanuco is 124, which would make him by a distance the oldest living person and even top the oldest ever independently verified human. “Among the tranquility of the flora and fauna of Huanuco, Marcelino Abad Tolentino or ‘Mashico’ developed a healthy way of life and inner peace, reflected in his…
The number of unicorns — companies worth over USD 1 billion — in the country has declined for the first time in four years to 67, a report said on Tuesday. The country, however, maintained the tag of being the third biggest hub for unicorns across the world, according to the Hurun Global Unicorn Index 2024. Grappling with a slew of issues, edtech company Byju’s, which was valued at over USD 22 billion a year back, dropped off from the list, meaning it is worth less than USD 1 billion at present. The drop in valuation for Byju’s made it…
The response by Hamas to proposals for a Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal at talks in Cairo has so far been “less than encouraging,” the White House said Tuesday. “We’ve seen the public statements from Hamas that have been, shall we say, less than encouraging,” National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said, adding however that mediator Qatar had not received a final answer yet from the group.(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.) Original Source