Representative image (Picture credit: AP) The Nasdaq Composite ended slightly lower on Friday but posted its sharpest weekly loss since early April, as investors questioned how long the artificial intelligence boom could sustain recent market highs. The index slipped 0.21% to 23,004.54, bringing its total weekly fall to around 3%, while chipmakers and technology shares…
Bringing relief to thousands of teaching job aspirants, including those whose earlier appointments were invalidated by a Supreme Court order, the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) released the results of the State Level Selection Test (SLST) for assistant teachers in classes 11-12.The results, uploaded on the commission’s portal on Friday evening, pave the way…
Former India women’s team fielding coach Biju George boldly predicted on social media on October 26 that Team India will defeat Australia in the semifinals, well before the final 4 were decided. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool) NEW DELHI: “Mark my words… Australia will lose only one match in the Women’s World Cup — to India in…
LUCKNOW: The decisionof a serving havildar in the Indian Army to donate his mother’s organs, after her death due to snake bite, helped in saving three invaluable lives, including an Army jawan and a veteran.The armyman’s mother, 59, was working in the farm field in Jaunpur when she was bitten by a snake on Oct…
James D. Watson, the American scientist best known for co-discovering the double-helix structure of DNA alongside Francis Crick, has died aged 97. His passing was confirmed by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, where he worked and led research for decades. Watson, who shared the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Crick and Maurice Wilkins,…
Sabalenka and Rybakina will face off in the title clash on Saturday (Images via AP) World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka battled past Amanda Anisimova 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 in a gripping semi-final at the WTA Finals in Riyadh on Friday, booking her place in the championship match for the second time in five appearances. The Belarusian…
Shubman Gill, who is now India’s T20I vice-captain, had been struggling for form in the preceding ODI series and the second T20I. (AFP Photo) NEW DELHI: Former Indian pacer Varun Aaron came to Shubman Gill’s defence after the opener scored 46 off 39 balls in India’s third T20I win against Australia at Gold Coast’s Carrara…
File photo: US President Donald Trump (Picture credit: AP) US President Donald Trump has directed the justice department to investigate major meatpacking companies for alleged collusion and price manipulation amid record-high beef prices. In a post on Truth Social, Trump accused meat firms of “driving up the price of beef through illicit collusion, price fixing,…
Katrina Kaif and Vicky Kaushal have joyfully welcomed their first child, a baby boy. Katrina delivered the baby at a hospital in South Mumbai. On Friday, the couple took to social media to share the happy news with fans through a joint statement. The adorable note which saw a teddy bear with a blue baby…
PM Modi with L.K. Advani on his birthday in 2024 (source: X/@narendramodi) NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday extended greetings to veteran BJP leader and former deputy Prime Minister Lal Krishna Advani, lauding his contributions to the nation and the party on his 98th birthday.In a post on X , PM Modi described…
