Image credit: BCCI/IPL NEW CHANDIGARH: The last time Mohammed Siraj ran in at Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, the contest lasted only a couple of overs, but still captured the mood of this IPL season. After being swatted for six in the first over, and then hit for three boundaries in Siraj’s second, the Gujarat Titans pacer banged...
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Smaller states beat richest on healthcare spending
Representative image NEW DELHI: Several northeastern and other smaller states are spending proportionately more on healthcare than richer states such as Maharashtra, Karnataka and Telangana, reveals National Health Accounts 2022-23 data. Manipur health expenditure as a proportion of its GSDP was the highest in the country at 5.5%, up from 4.6% in 2021-22.Meghalaya spent 4.4%...
‘God’s gift to Indian cricket’: Gavaskar’s massive Vaibhav Sooryavanshi verdict
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (ANI Photo) Sunil Gavaskar has declared Vaibhav Sooryavanshi a “God’s gift to Indian cricket” after the teenage sensation’s breathtaking performances in IPL 2026, with the batting legend even backing the 15-year-old for a place in India’s upcoming T20I tour of England.Sooryavanshi has emerged as the biggest story of the IPL season after producing...
‘Drishyam 3’ BO day 8: Mohanlal’s mystery drama sees marginal dip
Mohanlal’s ‘Drishyam 3’ continued its consistent theatrical run on its eighth day, showing only a slight slowdown in earnings.As per Sacnilk the film collected around Rs 6.50 crore (net) on Day 8. This shows a marginal 2.3 percent decrease from Day 7, when the film earned Rs 6.65 crore. The film was screened across 3,453...
Centre may use IAF planes to fly NEET retest papers, PM Modi monitoring security: Report
Image used for representative purposes NEW DELHI: To prevent paper leak in NEET-UG, Centre is actively exploring the use of IAF aircraft for transporting question papers for the June 21 retest, as part of a wider “whole-of-govt” security strategy involving the home ministry, central agencies and state police networks, reports Manash Gohain.The proposal was discussed...
Dharmendra Pradhan defends on-screen marking, owns up to glitches
Dharmendra Pradhan NEW DELHI: Education minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday defended CBSE‘s newly introduced ‘On-Screen Marking (OSM)’ system as a “progressive instrument” aimed at bringing greater transparency and accountability to the evaluation process, even as he took responsibility for glitches in the evaluation mechanism that have left students and parents worried.“I take responsibility. It will...
Child marriage persists despite national decline, West Bengal tops list: Data
NEW DELHI: Child marriage persists in several Indian states despite years of campaigns promoting girls’ education and delayed marriage, with West Bengal and Jharkhand reporting the country’s highest share of girls marrying before the legal age of 18 years, according to the latest Sample Registration System (SRS) Statistical Report 2024.The report – released by the...
‘I had to stop him!’ Shastri reveals when Kohli nearly lost control in Australia
Virat Kohli (AP/PTI) Virat Kohli’s fierce competitive streak has long defined his battles against Australia, with the former India captain repeatedly thriving in hostile conditions and high-pressure moments Down Under. Whether it was his recent verbal exchange with Travis Head during an IPL clash or his unforgettable duels during Test series in Australia, Kohli has...
Out-of-pocket spending on healthcare still high: National Health Accounts
NEW DELHI: Even after a sharp decline over the past decade, Indians continue to spend more from their own pockets on healthcare than people in several neighbouring and developing countries, according to the National Health Accounts (NHA) Estimates 2022-23 released by the health ministry.The report’s international comparison of out-of-pocket expenditure (OOPE) showed India’s per capita...
TMC MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar accuses Kalyan Banerjee of ‘verbal abuse’ inside LS
NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar on Thursday accused fellow party MP Kalyan Banerjee of “verbally abusing” her inside Lok Sabha and urged Speaker Om Birla to punish him, saying other women members of the House too have been at the receiving end of his “misogyny”.Her complaint underscored the deep churn within TMC,...
