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Barcelona president Joan Laporta believes the FIFA World Cup final between Argentina and Spain will be another example of La Masia’s influence on world football, with Lionel Messi leading Argentina and several Barcelona players representing Spain.Laporta is in New York ahead of Sunday’s final at New York/New Jersey Stadium, where current and former Barcelona players…

NEW DELHI: A woman threw ink at Cockroach Janata Party founder Abhijeet Dipke on Saturday as he was addressing a large gathering at Jantar Mantar.The incident briefly disrupted the programme as supporters rushed towards the stage, triggering a commotion.The woman’s identity and the motive behind the act were not immediately known.This comes hours after Sonam…

Two athletes can lose the exact same match and walk away from it in completely different shapes. One spends the following weeks replaying the loss, doubting the years of work that led to it. The other treats the loss as information, adjusts, and shows up to the next tournament ready to compete again. Serena Williams,…

India’s banknotes may soon get a plastic makeover.The country is moving ahead with its plans to explore polymer banknotes as the Reserve Bank of India‘s currency printing subsidiary has invited global and domestic manufacturers to bid for the specialised material needed to print such notes. Initially, the notes are likely to be in the lower…

Marie Curie and her husband spent nearly four years boiling down seven tonnes of pitchblende in a leaky Paris shed with no ventilation to isolate one-tenth of a gram of radium chloride. Today, the notebooks they kept during those years, between 1899 and 1902, are kept in lead-lined boxes at the Bibliothèque nationale de France….

Amitabh Bachchan talks about the upcoming FIFA World Cup match and how the coaches play one of the most crucial roles in winning the match. (Instagram) Over the past couple of years, Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan has been quite open about his love of sports of all kinds. Not only that, but he also shares…

Sawan Putrada Ekadashi in 2026 will be celebrated on Sunday, the 23rd of August. This holy fast is observed in the Shukla Paksha of the month of Sawan. It is considered to be of great importance for the welfare of the family, prosperity of children and peace of the household, and is devoted to Lord…

AIMS is set to release the ATMA July 2026 result on July 18 for candidates who appeared in the national-level management entrance examination held on July 12. Once the scorecards are available online, candidates can log in to download them and use their scores to seek admission to MBA, PGDM and other management programmes at…

There are places on Earth where nature inspires awe, and then there are places where it leaves even science asking for answers. Hidden well in the heart of emerald-covered Dima Hasao hills of Assam lies one quaint and quiet village named Jatinga. It is a place that has left many scratching their heads because of…

PV Sindhu enters Japan Open finals (Image: ANI) PV Sindhu booked her place in the women’s singles final of the Japan Open 2026 on Saturday, becoming the first Indian shuttler to reach the summit clash of the prestigious tournament. The two-time Olympic medallist progressed after reigning Olympic champion Chen Yufei retired midway through the second…