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Pink balls will be used to limit play lost to bad light in Test matches in a trial introduced by the International Cricket Council.The pink ball has been used in day-night Test matches since 2015, but has not before been interchangeable with the traditional red ball.The ICC announced the introduction of the trial on Monday and is still working through a timeline for its introduction. It will not come in time to be used during the first Test between England and New Zealand at Lord’s, beginning on Thursday.The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is working with the ICC to…

JEE (Advanced) 2026 result MUMBAI: Of the nearly 1.8 lakh students who appeared for the JEE (Advanced), 56,880 have qualified. Girls accounted for 10,107 or 17.7% of successful candidates.The most striking feature of this year’s results was the performance of the scheduled caste (SC) candidates. While 38,436 general category students appeared for the exam and 15,883 qualified, which is a success rate of 41.3%, SC candidates recorded a qualification rate of 52.8%. Of the 30,015 SC candidates who took the test, 15,856 cleared it, bringing the number of successful SC candidates almost on par with those from the general category.“We…

CHENNAi: AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on Tuesday attacked chief minister C Joseph Vijay over the murder of a 23-year-old youth in Chennai’s Tondiarpet, questioning his handling of law and order and style of governance.Referring to reports that Vishnu was beaten to death for questioning ganja sales in the locality, Palaniswami asked whether speaking out against drugs and contrabands now invited murder. “Is this the change that was promised?” he said in a social media post, tagging CM’s official X handle.He also criticised Vijay’s speech in Trichy, saying the CM had expressed anguish over others questioning him for the…

Gandhinagar: State agriculture minister Jitu Vaghani said on Monday that sales centres will be opened at govt offices, collectorates and cooperative societies, where natural farming produce will be sold. The minister said the move is being considered to promote natural farming across the state.Vaghani launched the statewide ‘Khet Bachao Abhiyan’ from Shertha in Gandhinagar, where he stressed the need for farmers to reduce reliance on chemical fertilisers and shift towards natural farming. The campaign will run across the state from June 1 to June 30, during which agricultural scientists, officials, and agriculture department staff will visit villages to promote natural…

Patiala: In a crackdown on illegal mining, the Ropar administration on Monday claimed to have seized seven poclain machines in one night in the Sainsowal-Sawara-Harsa Bela area of the Nangal division.Acting on the directions of Ropar deputy commissioner Aaditya Dachalwal and SSP Maninder Singh, a team comprising Nangal SDM Sachin Pathak, CIA inspector Mandeep Singh and eight other police officials conducted a raid in the area in the dead of the night and seized the heavy machinery.Pathak said the team split into two and chased the machines in the riverbed from both sides. We were able to seize six poclain…

Lucknow: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday said that accountability be fixed of concerned officials in cases of undue delay in resolving cases of public grievances.The CM made the statement during Janata Darshan while listening to cases related to revenue and police. He forwarded the applications to the concerned officials, directing that public grievances be resolved within the stipulated time frame. Several matters related to revenue and police administration were presented before the CM.Taking cognisance of these issues, he directed that pending revenue cases be disposed of within the prescribed time frame. He also ordered a review of cases pending…

PATNA: A 17-year-old student was found dead in her hostel room in the Chitragupta Nagar police station area of Patna, Bihar, on Tuesday.According to police, the girl hailed from Samastipur district. Her body was found hanging inside her room under suspicious circumstances.As soon as the incident was reported, a police team reached the spot and initiated an investigation. The body has been sent for post-mortem examination to ascertain the exact cause of death.ASP Sadar Abhinav Kumar says, “Police got a call from this girls’ hostel about the body of a girl, who was preparing for a competitive exam while living…

Srinagar, Jun 2: Jammu and Kashmir’s Education and Health Minister Sakina Itoo on Tuesday accused former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti of being hungry for power and holding her directly responsible for the loss of Article 370, statehood, and the present crisis in the Union Territory. Speaking to news agency Kashmir News Service (KNS) minister Itoo alleged that the PDP president had rejected unconditional support offered by National Conference president Dr Farooq Abdullah to keep the BJP out of Jammu and Kashmir. When she was in government with the BJP and when the BJP removed her, Dr Farooq Abdullah had offered…

Smoke detectors sit quietly on ceilings, usually ignored until something goes wrong. Most people only notice them when the test button is pressed or when a faint chirp signals a fading battery in the middle of the night. Yet these small plastic discs have become a standard fixture in homes and public buildings, shaped by decades of engineering and regulation. One of the most widely used designs relies on a tiny radioactive source to sense smoke long before it becomes visible. The idea can sound uncomfortable at first hearing, but the quantities involved are extremely small and tightly controlled. What…

JEE Advanced 2026 topper Shubham Kumar MUMBAI: The IIT Delhi zone stood out in the JEE (Advanced) 2026 merit list, accounting for the top three all-India rankers as well as the highest-ranked girl candidate in a year that also threw up an interesting social trend: a higher qualification rate for Scheduled Caste (SC) candidates (52.8%) than those in general category (41.3%) for the first time.The IIT zones refer to the location of exam city, not necessarily place of residence or study.Shubham Kumar, son of a hardware shop owner from Gaya secured All India Rank (AIR) 1 with 330 out of…