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Australia coach Andrew McDonald is certain that international cricket has not heard the last from the recently retired Ben Stokes. McDonald, whose side will travel to England next year for the Ashes, believes the Stokes story is not over just yet. The all-rounder, winner of the 2019 World Cup and the 2022 T20 World Cup, announced his international retirement last month in the middle of the third and final Test against New Zealand. A bar brawl controversy after England’s win in the first Test had a huge bearing on Stokes’ retirement decision a few weeks later. After missing the second…
It’s a day to concentrate on earnings, family values, possessions, food choices and spoken commitments. The Capricorn Moon is a careful way of approaching security. Uttara Ashadha Nakshatra values are financial discipline, true speech and decisions that protect long-term stability. What to Do Today Assess the prices you charge for your products and services. Perhaps you are not charging adequately for the additional time you are giving. Before accepting the next offer, analyse your costs, experience, and effort. Check your household payments, subscriptions, savings plans and standing instructions. One standard deduction may be made obsolete. Putting that amount toward a…
Type “loudest animal on earth” into any search bar and you’ll get a dozen confidently different answers, some articles say 230 decibels, others say 236, a few throw around 200-plus for a shrimp barely two inches long. Much of that confusion comes down to how the number was measured and reported, not genuine disagreement in the underlying science. Once you go back to the actual peer-reviewed studies behind these claims, a clearer, genuinely fascinating picture emerges. One caveat worth keeping in mind throughout: underwater decibels and airborne decibels aren’t directly comparable, since they’re measured against different reference pressures, so a…
AstraZeneca Pharma India Ltd has received a demand notice of ₹79.97 lakh from the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) over alleged overcharging of its hypertension drug Betaloc-50 (Metoprolol 50 mg tablets) under the Drugs (Prices Control) Order, 2013 (DPCO).In a regulatory filing on Tuesday, the company said it received the notice on July 27, 2026, and is reviewing the demand before taking appropriate legal steps in accordance with applicable law.According to the disclosure, the NPPA has alleged that AstraZeneca sold or marketed Betaloc-50 at a maximum retail price higher than the ceiling price notified under the DPCO, 2013, and failed…
Rajouri , July 29 : Recent flash floods in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district caused major damage to the local power and water infrastructure in the region, resulting in the entry of water into houses in the region, government officials said on Wednesday.According to Executive Engineer, Jal Shakti Department, Rajouri, Zulafqar Ali, water supply sources including dug wells, pump wells, and borewells suffered extensive damage due to the flash floods in the area.The Jal Shakti Department official further mentioned that to deal with the overflow of water into residents’ homes, the administration is setting up tanks and extending a pipeline…
The Cockroach Janta Party late on Tuesday said that the government has so far not provided a written assurance on its guarantee that all FIRs against students and protesters would be withdrawn and no action would be taken against any protester in the future.Saurav Das said a deadline of Tuesday was set for this matter, and with only a few hours remaining, the CJP has still not received a written assurance from the Centre. (ANI)CJP’s chief spokesperson Saurav Das said he met government representatives on Tuesday evening at their invitation. During this meeting, Das said the Centre had shown him…
US-Saudi hit Iran-linked entities in Iraq; Tehran hits US bases, ships in Hormuz The war in the Middle East escalated once again after couple of days of fragile peace as the United States and Saudi Arabia launched joint strikes on Iran-backed armed groups in Iraq on Wednesday. Meanwhile, Iran claimed to have intercepted oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz and fired missiles at US military installations.Washington said the strikes targeted logistics and weapons sites used by Iran-backed militias to launch more than 30 drone attacks on Saudi oil facilities over the past 72 hours. The operation came hours after…
New Delhi: YSRCP MP M Gurumoorthy, participating in the discussion on the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026 in the Lok Sabha, supported the proposed legislation while urging the Union Government to strengthen it by bringing State recruitment boards within its ambit.Speaking in the House on Tuesday, he welcomed the enhanced penalties, stricter punishment for organised examination fraud, time-bound investigations, Special Task Forces and Fast Track Courts, but said, “The Bill does not provide a leak-proof mechanism and excludes examinations conducted by State Governments.”Referring to data that over 220 paper leaks between 2005 and 2026 affected nearly…
Many people visit salons for hair, nail, and skin treatments to achieve healthy, luscious hair and look their best. However, before agreeing to the treatments your salon expert suggests, it’s important to know if they could harm your body. On July 22, Dr Arrjun Sankaran, a cancer surgeon and oncologist, shared an Instagram Reel rating popular salon treatments.Are popular salon treatments safe for your body? (Image by Freepik)Also Read | Physician Dr Prerna Goyal shares monsoon wellness routine: 10 daily habits that keep you healthyOncologist rates popular salon treatmentsSharing the video, Dr Arrjun wrote, “Not every salon treatment is worth…
Bhuse urged govt to revise the funding formula for Samagra Shiksha by taking into account not only students enrolment but also the states geographical spread and social diversity.Pune: The state education department strongly pitched for a larger share of funding for school education from the Union ministry, arguing that allocation under Samagra Shiksha scheme was too low despite its large education system.During the two-day conference of education ministers from states and Union Territories convened to review centrally sponsored education schemes, education minister Dada Bhuse said Maharashtra accounted for 8.6% of students but received only Rs 2,673 crore under Samagra Shiksha,…