NEW DELHI: As the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 season is set to kick off, the visual identity of the franchises has reached a new peak of innovation. This year’s jerseys blend high-tech athletic fabrics with deep cultural storytelling, reflecting each team’s evolution, from RCB’s defending champion look to the bold new eras in Rajasthan…
Ireland’s captain Paul Stirling (Photo by AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) NEW DELHI: Ireland’s T20 cricket team is set for a leadership change as experienced batter Paul Stirling has decided to step down as T20I captain. This move is part of a bigger plan to prepare the team for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2028. While…
Electric vehicles are slowly moving into the mainstream in India. With more options on sale, better driving range and a growing charging network, EVs are now a practical choice for many buyers. That said, buying an electric car is still different from picking a petrol or diesel model. A few key checks can make a…
In the South Asian region, India’s position is as follows: Pakistan is placed higher than India, at position 104 with an average life evaluation score of 4.868, while Sri Lanka is placed at position 99. However, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Afghanistan are placed below India, at positions 127, 134, and 147, respectively. Source link
Dutch greenhouse growing tulips In a greenhouse on the outskirts of the Netherlands’ flower-growing regions, rows of tulips bloom in a climate controlled not only by traditional horticultural equipment but also by humming cryptocurrency computers. Instead of allowing heat generated by Bitcoin mining machines to dissipate into the air, farmers and engineers have begun redirecting…
The Vedic tradition of Naivedya or Bhog involves offering food to God before consumption, transforming it into sacred Prasadam. This ritual expresses gratitude, purifies ingredients, fulfills five great debts, fosters detachment, and bestows blessings of health and prosperity upon the household. For ages, offering food to God before eating has been a part of the…
Iran strikes energy sites across the region, including facilities linked to Saudi Aramco, after Israel’s attack on South Pars, warning of global “uncontrollable consequences” as oil prices spike. A projectile lands just 350m from the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant, with the International Atomic Energy Agency flagging serious safety concerns despite no damage to the reactor….
The execution layer’s launch comes alongside a DeFi stack, including a Bitcoin L1 DEX, permissionless smart contract deployment, and OP-20 token launches. OP_NET, a smart contract protocol that embeds execution directly into standard Bitcoin transactions, activates on Bitcoin Layer 1 (L1) today, March 19. The execution layer brings with it a live DeFi stack that…
There’s a slogan that goes around the city that hosts the SXSW Film Festival that’s on T-shirts, posters, and bumper stickers: “Keep Austin Weird.” The three films in this dispatch are doing their part. Jake Kuhn and Noah Stratton-Twine’s “The Peril at Pincer Point” is aggressively weird, and that’s why it works. It commits to…
NEW DELHI: Ukraine on Thursday called for a transparent and impartial investigation into the detention of six of its nationals in Mizoram, firmly rejecting any suggestion of involvement in terrorist activities and accusing Russia of trying to “drive a wedge between Ukraine and India.”The Ukrainian nationals were detained for allegedly entering Mizoram without authorisation and…