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A 13-year-old boy died due to electrocution when he came in contact with a live wire while playing cricket in Delhi on Saturday afternoon, police said. The police said that he was playing on a ground in West Delhi’s Kotla Vihar Phase 2 and was electrocuted when he went to get the ball. He got an electric shock from an iron pole carrying electric wire to a cow shed situated in a corner of the ground, the police said. He was immediately taken to the Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital but was declared brought dead. The police have registered a…
While the Indian Premier League (IPL) mega auction is just some months away, the uncertainty over MS Dhoni’s future in the tournament is still uncertain. Amid the speculations of his retirement, the player has remained tight-lipped about the chances of his participation in IPL 2025. Additionally, a mega auction before the upcoming edition means that things are going to be tough for the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) franchise if they opt to include Dhoni as a player. 43-year-old Dhoni, who called time on his international career in August, 2020, is close to his retirement from cricket. Hence, it would not…
With just three months to go for the US Presidential elections, Democratic nominee Kamala Harris has taken the lead over her Republican counterpart Donald Trump in three crucial swing states — Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan. According to recent polls conducted by the New York Times and Siena College between August 5 and August 9, Harris leads Trump by four percentage points, with 50% to 46% support among the 1,973 registered voters across the three states. The polls were conducted in the week Kamala Harris named Tim Walz, the governor of Minnesota, as her running mate. The margin of sampling error was…
A man from Montreal, Canada, is filing a class-action lawsuit against social media platforms TikTok, YouTube, Reddit, Instagram, and Facebook alleging that they are too addictive and have a lot of negative impact on mental health, as per CTV News. The 24-year-old said that he began using social media in 2015 and experienced several problems with productivity and body image. According to the lawsuit, he utilised social networking apps for up to four hours every day, but he has subsequently cut that down to about two hours. “He still finds that it has an effect on his productivity and his…
One of the gates of the Tungabhadra dam in Karnataka was washed away last night due to the snapping of chain link. In neighbouring Andhra Pradesh, the State Disaster Management Authority (APSDMA) has warned the residents who live along the banks of Krishna River to stay alert. The gate number was away due to the intensity of floodwaters after the snapping of a chain link, according to APSDMA managing director R Kurmanadh. “Nearly 35,000 cusecs of floodwaters flowed and a total of 48,000 cusecs will be discharged downstream. People in Kurnool district’s Kosiri, Mantralayam, Nandavaram and Kouthalam should exercise caution,”…
Sport is often exhilarating, with his topsy-turvy moments. Wins and losses often define whether the end result would be euphoric or miserable. But sometimes, sports can be cruel, beyond the nature of its results. Such is the feeling in the heart of Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat and over a billion people in the world’s most populous country after she was disqualified from the Women’s freestyle 50kg final. The sight of the weighing scale showing about 100 grams over the 50kg mark would torment the ace wrestler for years, with the moment robbing her of a chance to win a gold…
Former Indian coach and skipper Rahul Dravid opened up on his lowest point as Men in Blue’s head coach, revealing it to be India’s series loss to South Africa back in the 2021-22 season. Back in 2021-22, under Virat Kohli’s captaincy, the Men in Blue had a serious chance to defeat the Proteas in a series at their home territory for the first-time ever. After a thumping 113 win at Centurion in the first Test, Men in Blue was expected to dominate the series. But with two seven wicket wins in the next two Tests, the Proteas earned a commendable…
As India waits for the results of wrestler Vinesh Phogat’s hearing at the Court of Arbitration of Sport (CAS), the United World Wrestling president Nenad Lalovic shared an important insight as far as the entire weigh-in controversy is concerned. Lalovic, in an exclusive chat with NDTV, expressed his sympathies over the entire incident that saw Vinesh being disqualified from the Paris Olympic Games on the morning of her gold medal bout. Vinesh’s weight was reportedly just 100 grams over the 50kg mark that she needed to touch in order to be eligible for the final bout. But, she had to…
Not from the most privileged background, Arshad Nadeem had to put up a fight for the bare minimum in his career. When it comes to sports, Nadeem was a natural athlete who played cricket, football, and a number of other games. But, it was as a javelin throw athlete that he really found his calling. As Arshad clinches Pakistan’s first-ever individual gold medal in the Paris Olympic Games, the stories of his hardships have flooded social media. One such story was narrated by his father Muhammad Ashraf, about how villagers and relatives pooled in money for Arshad to help him…
TS PGECET 2024 Counselling: The Telangana State Council of Higher Education (TSCHE) has released a revised schedule for the Telangana State Post Graduate Engineering Common Entrance Test (TS PGECET) counselling process. Candidates who qualified for the TS PGECET can register by visiting the official website, pgecetadm.tsche.ac.in. TS PGECET-2024 Admissions: Revised Schedule Issue of Notification: July 20 Online Registration, Verification, Payment, and Uploading Scanned Certificates (as per guidelines) (Refer to Point No. d): July 30 to August 24 Physical Verification of Special Category Certificates (NCC / CAP / PH / Sports) by Slot Booking (Refer to Point No. c) August 1…