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In a significant overhaul of retirement withdrawal norms, exiting the National Pension System (NPS) has become more flexible for non-government subscribers. Under amended rules notified by the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA), eligible NPS members can now withdraw up to 80 per cent of their retirement corpus as a lump sum at the...

IPL Auction. (Photo/BCCI) Kolkata Knight Riders splurged a record-breaking Rs 25.20 crore to land top Australian all-rounder Cameron Green and Rs 18 crore to acquire the services of Sri Lankan pacer Matheesha Pathirana in the Indian Premier League players’ auction in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday.Uncapped Indian players were also a big hit with Uttar Pradesh’s...

Cameron Green, Matheesha Pathirana & Liam Livingstone (Agency Image) The IPL Auction 2026 wrapped up with plenty of drama, surprise twists and big-money moves. Here is the list of the most expensive signings for all 10 franchises this season.Kolkata Knight Riders stole the headlines with the biggest buy of the auction. Australian all rounder Cameron...

Cameron Green & Matheesha Pathirana (Agency Image) NEW DELHI: Kolkata Knight Riders were the biggest spenders in the IPL players’ auction on Tuesday, shelling out a record Rs 25.20 crore to sign Australian all-rounder Cameron Green and investing a further Rs 18 crore to bring in Sri Lankan fast bowler Matheesha Pathirana.Uncapped Indian talent drew...

TOI correspondent from Washington:President Trump has “an alcoholic’s personality.” Vice-President JD Vance is an opportunist who became a Trump supporter not out of conviction but political convenience. Trump’s name is in the Epstein files and he was on Epstein’s plane, but there is no evidence that Bill Clinton ever visited Epstein’s private island. Elon Musk...

From left, this combo of file pictures shows cricketers Prashant Veer, Auqib Nabi Dar and Kartik Sharma. (PTI) The IPL 2026 player auction began with limited action in the uncapped players’ category before Prashant Veer and Kartik Sharma were signed by Chennai Super Kings for Rs 14.20 crore each, setting a new record for uncapped...

Rejected at last year’s IPL auction, Tejasvi Singh Dahiya rebuilt himself under a harsh, gurukul-style training regime in Bhopal. Son of two schoolteachers and armed with a fearless batting mindset, the Delhi batter’s Rs 3 crore KKR deal now offers him a chance to turn sacrifice, discipline and six-hitting flair into an IPL breakthrough. NEW...

CLAT 2026 result: The Consortium of National Law Universities (CNLUs) has officially declared the Common Law Admission Test 2026 (CLAT 2026) results on December 16, 2025. Candidates who appeared for the national-level law entrance examination can now download their official scorecards by logging in to the CLAT 2026 portal available at consortiumofnlus.ac.in.CLAT 2026 was conducted...

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma (File photo) NEW DELHI: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday warned that India would not remain silent and teach a “lesson” if politicians in Bangladesh continued to make remarks about India’s northeastern region.His comments came a day after Hasnat Abdullah, a senior leader of the newly formed National...

TL;DR: Driving the newsChina’s economic engine sputtered hard in November, with retail sales rising just 1.3% – the weakest since December 2022, when “zero-Covid” ended – and industrial production slowing to 4.8%, a 15-month low.Meanwhile, fixed-asset investment dropped 2.6%, the worst performance in decades, and property investment plunged nearly 16%. Even the usually robust auto...