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Sanju Samson, front centre, being congratulated by head coach Gautam Gambhir (PTI Photo) Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has long been an admirer of Sanju Samson, who recently earned the Player of the Tournament award as India clinched a record third T20 World Cup title. Reflecting on the wicketkeeper-batter’s rise, Tharoor recalled telling a young Samson...

AI-generated image used for representation (Source: ChatGPT) The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Thursday said a “projectile hit” took place near Iran’s Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant, striking a structure about 350 metres from the reactor.In a statement posted on X, IAEA director general Rafael Mariano Grossi said the reactor itself was not damaged and...

HSBC is reportedly planning to cut thousands of jobs due to AI. According to a report by Bloomberg, the change – likely to span over the next three to five years – could affect about 10% or nearly 20,000 of its workforce. “HSBC Holdings Plc is weighing deep job cuts over the coming years as...

NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday announced its list of 88 candidates for the upcoming Assam assembly elections, with Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma set to contest from his traditional Jalukbari seat.The name of the candidate from Sissiborgaon constituency has been withheld. Under the new seat sharing arrangement, BJP will contest 89 seats,...

Virat Kohli of Royal Challengers Bengaluru lifts the IPL trophy (Getty Images) The Kerala High Court has rejected a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the use of the name “Indian Premier League” by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). The petitioner, Ashique Karoth, who described himself as a social worker, had argued...

The escalating confrontation between the United States and Iran is no longer defined solely by advanced fighter jets or billion-dollar missile systems. Instead, a new class of cheap, expendable drones has moved to the centre of the battlefield, reshaping how modern wars are fought. From the skies over the Persian Gulf to earlier conflicts in...

Joe Kent (AP file photo) Former Donald Trump aide Joe Kent, who recently resigned as director of the US national counterterrorism center, made strong claims about Iran’s nuclear programme, saying Tehran was not close to becoming a nuclear power.Kent also said that former supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in US-Israeli strikes, had...

Arjun Tendulkar and Rishabh Pant (Screen Grab) Arjun Tendulkar is preparing for a new chapter in his IPL career after moving to Lucknow Super Giants ahead of the 2026 season. After playing just five matches across five seasons with Mumbai Indians, the left-arm pacer was traded to LSG for ₹30 lakh prior to the mini-auction...

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman shared a social media platform earlier this month where he raised concerns over what he described as “double standards” by American tech companies in dealing with the US government. The comments come amid the ongoing dispute between Anthropic and the Pentagon after the AI company refused to provide access to its...