Shaheen Afridi, Sikandar Raza accused of security breach for “forcefully escorting” 4 visitors into hotel room Fresh controversy hit the Pakistan Super League as Lahore Qalandars all-rounder Sikandar Raza and pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi were accused of breaching hotel security protocols after four “unauthorised” visitors reportedly entered the team’s hotel room. According to a Punjab…
Shaheen Afridi (Image credit: X) Pakistan’s star pacer Shaheen Afridi has been fined by his franchise Lahore Qalandars for breaching security protocol at the team hotel during the Pakistan Super League. Afridi was handed a fine of PKR 1 million by the Qalandars.“In the interest of maintaining discipline and demonstrating accountability, the franchise has taken…
Chennai Super Kings’ Jamie Overton (AP Photo/Anupam Nath) Amid an otherwise disastrous IPL 2026 opener for Chennai Super Kings, Jamie Overton refused to go quietly. On a chaotic day at Barsapara Stadium in Guwahati, CSK were bowled out for just 127 by a ruthless Rajasthan Royals attack, but Overton’s knock provided a rare bright spot.Walking…
Synthetic fuels demonstration plant in the Laboratory What if fuel could be made not from oil wells, but from the air around us? That idea moved closer to reality when Japan’s energy giant ENEOS Corporation successfully produced synthetic fuel using captured carbon dioxide and hydrogen at its Yokohama demonstration plant. The project showed that it…
Deep in the Amazon rainforest, a tall, slender palm known as Socratea exorrhiza has sparked one of nature’s most intriguing myths. Often described as a “walking tree”, it is said to slowly shift its position over time, moving a few centimetres each year in search of sunlight. The claim has been widely repeated in travel…
Space, as most of us think of it, is a quiet and peaceful place, but for those living and working on the International Space Station (ISS), it can also be a place of physiological surprises. A recent occurrence, where a veteran NASA astronaut, Michael Fincke, told the Associated Press that he apparently lost his ability…
When NASA launches Artemis II, the spacecraft will carry far more than a crew of four astronauts. Alongside critical systems and experiments, it will also transport a digital archive containing the names of over 5.6 million people from around the world. Collected through NASA’s “Send Your Name to the Moon” campaign, these names represent a…
JioStar has ended its broadcast agreement with a local partner in Bangladesh, a move that means the Indian Premier League (IPL) will not be shown in the country this season, according to a Reuters report.The earlier ban in Bangladesh on broadcasting IPL followed tensions between the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) and the Board of Control…
PC: National Endowment for the Humanities Before smartphones, spreadsheets, or even written alphabets as we know them, the Inca appear to have managed information in a way that still feels surprisingly advanced. Their system, known as quipu, used knotted cords and colour-coded strings to store records across a vast empire. It was long thought to…
Rajasthan Royals’ Ravindra Jadeja (ANI Photo) Ravindra Jadeja made a memorable return to Rajasthan Royals after 17 years, marking his comeback in striking fashion with a double-wicket spell against Chennai Super Kings at the ACA Stadium on Monday. Sporting the Royals’ pink jersey, the veteran left-arm spinner impressed with figures of 2/18, using clever variations…
