May 29, 2026 9:02 PM

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14-year-old Indian-American student wins National Spelling Bee competition

Shrey Parikh, a 14-year-old Indian-American student from California today won the Scripps National Spelling Bee after he spelt 32 of the 35 words correctly in 90 seconds. Parikh, an 8th-grade student, beat 7th grader 12-year-old Ishaan Gupta. 12-year-old Sarv Dharavane finished third. Parikh also be...

May 29, 2026 8:41 PM

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Badminton: Indian shuttlers make way to semifinals of doubles & Mixed doubles 

India’s men’s doubles pair, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty advanced to the semifinals of the Singapore Open Super 750 badminton tournament today. Rankireddy and Chirag beat the Malaysian pair of Aaron Tai and Kang Khai Xing 19-21, 21-17, 21-13. Their next clash will be against the world n...

May 29, 2026 8:18 PM

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IIMC launches its AI academy in Delhi

  The Indian Institute of Mass Communication, IIMC, has launched its Artificial Intelligence in Media and Entertainment, AIME Academy in New Delhi today. Speaking on the occasion, Secretary, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Chanchal Kumar said that the Academy will function on five key pill...

May 29, 2026 8:13 PM

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CBSE’s Post-Result Activities portal  to be operational from 1st June

The Central Board of Secondary Education CBSE today informed that its Post-Result Activities portal will now be operational from Monday 1st of June. CBSE said, it has been done to ensure a transparent and glitch-free process for verification and re-evaluation of answer books of students who intend t...

May 29, 2026 7:47 PM

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Asian markets surge, European indices trading  mixed 

Most Asian stock market indices surged today. South Korea’s Kospi index soared over three and a half per cent, Japan's Nikkei 225 index climbed more than two and a half per cent, Singapore’s Straits Times Index jumped one per cent, and Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index rose 0.7 per cent. Conversely, China...