Earlier, Captain Harmanpreet Kaur on Friday became the first Indian woman to record a century in the shortest format, her scintillating 51-ball 103 powering the team to an imposing 194 for five against New Zealand here. The 29-year Harmanpreet reached the three-figure mark in 49 balls, punishing the Nerw Zealand bowlers with eight sixes and … Read more
The team will be led by Manpreet Singh while the Vice Captain is Chinglensana Singh Kangujam. The Indian team scheduled to begin their campaign against South Africa on the opening day features PR Sreejesh and Krishan Bahadur Pathak as goalkeepers. The Men’s team for the Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup Bhubaneswar 2018. GOALKEEPERS P … Read more
The imposing monument, touted as the world’s tallest statue, is twice the height of Statue of Liberty and is built on an islet, Sadhu Bet, near the Sardar Sarovar Dam in Narmada district. After PM Modi unveils the statue, three IAF planes would fly past and create the tricolour in the sky by emitting saffron, … Read more
Tata Steel has been named as an official partner for the prestigious men’s hockey World Cup to be held in Odisha from November 28 to December 16. The company has signed the agreement with the quadrennial event to continue their efforts of promoting development through sports throughout the country. Tata Steel, the flagship company of … Read more
The new gyroscope, described in the journal Nature Photonics, is 500 times smaller than the current state-of-the-art device. Originally, gyroscopes were sets of nested wheels, each spinning on a different axis, said researchers from the California Institute of Technology in the US. However, today’s cellphones have microelectromechanical sensor (MEMS), the modern-day equivalent, which measures changes … Read more
The global Jury of the 1st World Agriculture Prize had announced this this week. Professor MS Swaminathan, the most influential agriculturist and environmentalist of our times who spearheaded the green revolution movement in India has been instrumental in leading India towards food security. Recognized worldwide for his basic and applied research in genetics, cytogenetics, … Read more
The vessel is one of more than 60 shipwrecks identified by the Black Sea Maritime Archaeology Project including Roman ships and a 17th-century Cossack raiding fleet. During the three-year project, researchers used specialist remote deep-water camera systems previously used in offshore oil and gas exploration to map the sea floor. “A small piece of the … Read more
