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Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz reacts during a press conference ahead of the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, on January 16, 2026 | Photo Credit: AP Carlos Alcaraz warned Friday that he was “hungry” to break his Australian Open title drought and become the youngest man to complete a career Grand Slam, calling it his primary target in 2026.The world number one from Spain is the title favourite along with two-time defending champion and great rival Jannik Sinner.The Melbourne Park crown is the only one of the four majors that Alcaraz has never won, his best performance the quarterfinals in…
Western Star, Pinnacle and Big Bay showed out when the horses were exercised here on Monday (Jan. 19) morning. Inner sand 600m: Ataash (T.S. Jodha) 39. Easy. Shambala (T.S. Jodha) 37. Moved on tight reins. Big Bay (Yash) 37. Impressed. Anaira (David Allan) 42. Easy. Pinnacle (Yash), Heaven’s Rhythm (S.J. Sunil) 37. Former was well in hand while the latter was urged to end level. Vortex (Yash), Dash (Aditya) 39. Former started three lengths behind and finished level. Lumineer (Peter), Quicker (R.N. Darshan) 40. Former ended four lengths in front. Paloma (Yash) 38. Slightly urged. 1000m: Jet Typhoon (Ritesh) 1-6,…
A molecular biologist from Madurai, our quizmaster enjoys trivia and music, and is working on a rock ballad called ‘Coffee is a Drink, Kaapi is an Emotion’. @bertyashleyQuiz | Easy like Sunday morning: All about extreme sportsZorbing is a sport in which a rider is inside a large transparent ball and rolled down a hill. The word ‘Zorb’ refers to the orb and supposedly the country where this sport started.START THE QUIZ 1 / 10 | On January 18, 1981, Phil Smith and Phil Mayfield jumped off the top of a Houston skyscraper. They deployed their parachutes, landed safely and…
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If you are a corporate employee then this situation might sound familiar to you: You pour your soul into work – working hard, filling in for others’ gaps, meeting deadlines. But, when it comes to promotions, it goes to someone else, who talks big but delivers average results. Welcome to the invisible employee trap: Where quiet employee’s excellence gets ignored while the average worker, who is boastful, climbs the corporate ladder. It’s demoralising, universal, but fixable. Here’s how:When good work doesn’t lead to recognitionYou’re the go-to person in office – you solve problems even before they arise. But that’s where…
The govt’s ongoing efforts to bring amendments to the Act have also attracted criticism from several sections.Power Minister Manohar Lal on Monday said the Electricity Amendment Bill is likely to be introduced in the upcoming Budget session of Parliament.The bill seeks to bring reforms in the power sector and ensure the profitability of debt-ridden power distribution companies.The minister made these remarks on the sidelines of the inauguration of the IIT-Delhi-CERC-Grid India Centre of Excellence in the national capital.On Sunday, the power ministry said that power distribution utilities have jointly recorded a profit of Rs 2,701 crore in FY25 after having…
Police on Sunday said to have attached an immovable property worth approximately ₹50 lakh in Humhama area of Budgam district in connection with an NDPS case.The attached property, a double-storey residential house, belongs to an alleged drug peddler, Irfan Ahmad Dar, son of Mohammad Ashraf Dar, resident of Humhama. The attachment was carried out under Section 68-F of the NDPS Act in FIR No. 44/2020, registered under Sections 8 and 21 of the NDPS Act at Police Station Budgam.This action forms part of the ongoing crackdown by Budgam Police to curb drug trafficking by targeting the financial assets of those…
Lucknow, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday alleged large-scale misuse of the Special Intensive Revision exercise in Uttar Pradesh, claiming that professional agencies hired by the government were selectively targeting booths where his party had won elections.Addressing a press conference here, Yadav said, “The government has hired certain agencies comprising professionals sitting in Delhi, Lucknow and other places across the country.”They have access to the entire electoral roll data and, using that, they are identifying booths where the Samajwadi Party won elections previously. Form-7 is being systematically filled and sent from such booths.” According to the Election Commission, Form-7…
Bengaluru: Boston Scientific agreed to buy medtech firm Penumbra in a $14.5 billion deal on Thursday, its second-largest takeover ever, as it looks to re-enter the neurovascular market and broaden its heart device portfolio.The acquisition is the first major healthcare deal of 2026, a year analysts and industry insiders expect will bring a wave of mega-mergers as companies take advantage of a more favorable regulatory backdrop and easing interest rates to bolster their portfolios.Boston CEO Mike Mahoney said the deal was a “home run” and “financially compelling” on a conference call with analysts.Medtech firms have been expanding their cardiovascular franchises…
While the health sector saw a 74 per cent reduction from its original allocation of 18,148 crore taka, secondary and higher education was reduced by 55 per cent from the original allocation of 28,557 crore taka.New Delhi/ Dhaka, Bangladesh’s National Economic Council (NEC) has significantly downsized the health and education sector in the Annual Development Programme (ADP), according to a media report.In the tradition of reviewing the performance of the Annual Development Programme (ADP) at the mid-point of each fiscal year, the NEC downsized the ADP by about 12.5 per cent, to 208,935 crore taka (3.3 per cent of GDP)…