The Yo-Yo test, or the Yo-Yo Intermittent Recovery (YYIR) test, is used to assess the fitness of elite international athletes across sports; and India’s star midfielder and double Olympic medallist Hardik Singh believes the country’s hockey players are fitter than cricketers when assessed on YYIR.“In cricket if anyone is scoring 19 or 20 on the…
People listen during a rally in support of reparations for African Americans outside City Hall in San Francisco. (Picture credit: AP) California governor Gavin Newsom signed a new law on Thursday, formally apologizing for slavery and its effects on Black Americans in the state. As per the news agency AP, this law is part of…
At least one child died and 25 injured, mostly cops after an explosion occurred at a police station in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Thursday. The initial report suggests that the blast occurred “due to a short circuit.”Swabi district emergency officer Awais Babar reported that Rescue 1122 transported 15 injured individuals to the district headquarters…
BENGALURU: Accenture continues to bet big on Indian talent and is expected to hire more in the country. “We are hiring primarily in India, as we are hiring more in technology. This also addresses our pyramid structure. We hire all over the world and in technology, which is a big driver for growth as we…
NEW DELHI: Recent developments indicate strong foundation of macroeconomic stability in India with steady growth, investment, employment, and inflation trends, and a strong and stable financial sector, a finance ministry report said on Thursday. However, it cautioned that the challenge is in navigating the continuing uncertainty in global economic prospects.“We will likely encounter a cycle…
Rishabh Pant (Photo Source: X) The cricketer who arguably gets the fans’ adrenaline rushing the most these days is Rishabh Pant, who has completed a remarkable recovery to make his comeback to international cricket on the same note where he paused after a forced break due to a horrific car accident in December 2022.Following a…
MUMBAI: Food & grocery delivery company Swiggy on Thursday filed papers for an IPO that is expected to be worth about $1.2 billion (or Rs 10,000 crore) – the biggest floated by an Indian startup since Paytm’s Rs 18,300 offer in 2021. The IPO is expected to be up-sized to about $1.4 billion (or Rs…
MUMBAI: Bombay high court on Thursday pronounced its ruling and struck down the Centre’s fact check unit (FCU) rule. HC declared the amendment to IT Rules, 2021, “unconstitutional” and struck down the rule to establish FCUs to identify “fake, false and misleading” information about the Centre’s business posted on social media and digital platforms.Following third…
GUWAHATI: Manipur government retracted its intelligence report from 10 days ago about the infiltration of “900 Kuki militants from Myanmar” amid concerns over the leakage of sensitive information as new police inputs surfaced Thursday that “Kuki National Army (KNA) cadres are set to escort arms, ammunition, and drugs from Myanmar”.Ningthoujam Geoffre, secretary to CM N…
Hemant Soren (File photo) RANCHI: Jharkhand government raised the farm loan waiver from Rs 50,000 to Rs 2 lakh a farmer on Thursday and benefitted around 1.77 lakh farmers the same day.“Farmers are the backbone of the country. They battle financial constraints and weather vagaries to produce food. We have been working to help ‘annadatas’,”…
