The 17-year-old shot 244.5 to finish second on the podium behind North Korea’s Kim Song Guk, who won the gold with a world record 246.5. Incidentally, the record he broke belonged to the Chaudhary who had shot 246.3 at an ISSF World Cup. Chaudhary, a World Cup and Asian Games gold medallist, had a great … Read more
The Spaniard, seeking a first title at the event and hoping to secure the year-end number one ranking for a fifth time, showed no sign of the abdominal injury sustained in Paris this month, but was comprehensively outplayed. Djokovic will finish the year as world number one if he wins the tournament and Nadal does … Read more
The research, published in the journal Stem Cell Reports, examined cell-level cardiac function and gene expression in human heart cells cultured aboard the International Space Station (ISS) for 5.5 weeks. Exposure to microgravity altered the expression of thousands of genes, but largely normal patterns of gene expression reappeared within 10 days after returning to the … Read more
Guru Nanak Dev spent more than 15 years at Sultanpur Lodhi in Kapurthala district and that is where he attained enlightenement. Many cities in Punjab are preparing for Prakash Parv celebrations. The Golden Temple in Amritsar has been decorated with flowers. Nagar Kirtan was also taken out on Monday in Amritsar. Union minister for I&B Prakash … Read more
Cyclone ‘Bulbul’, which made landfall between Sagar Islands in South 24 Parganas and Khepupara in Bangladesh has affected more than six lakh people in different parts of Bengal. It has left a trail of destruction in its wake, causng widespread damage to the crops and houses in the area. Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba took stock … Read more