Veer Chotrani (Instagram Photo) NEW DELHI: Veer Chotrani doesn’t remember learning to love squash, mainly because there was never a version of his life without it. “I’ve been around squash for the last 20 years,” the 24-year-old told TimesofIndia.com during an exclusive interaction. “I was literally born on a squash court, because my father (Manish...
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Six Wall Street giants back Nvidia as company answers ‘circular financing’ claims
US investment giants including Apollo Global Management, Blackstone, BlackRock and Brookfield Asset Management are partnering with chip giant Nvidia to source $500 billion in financing for artificial intelligence infrastructure. Nvidia announced partnerships with five of the biggest American financial institutions to establish independent financing platforms designed to mobilize hundreds of billions to support the buildout...
North Korea fires second ballistic missile in a week ahead of US-South Korea war drills
A TV screen shows a file image of North Korea’s missile launch during a news program at Seoul Railway Station (Picture credit: AP) North Korea fired a ballistic missile towards the sea off the Korean Peninsula’s east coast on Wednesday, South Korean and Japanese authorities said, marking Pyongyang’s second reported ballistic missile launch in less...
‘I go by Secret Service, military’: Trump confirms switching planes in Turkey over Iran threat
Trump confirms secret flight switch US president Donald Trump has acknowledged that he was moved to a different aircraft while leaving Ankara last month, saying he followed instructions from the Secret Service and military after being told the plane he had initially boarded would face a “greater risk”.“I go by Secret Service and the military....
Thane teen kept Nagpur girl under ‘digital arrest’ for 3 months before sexual assault
AI Image Used For Representational Purpose Only NAGPUR: The 19-year-old Thane youth accused of raping and trying to kill a 16-year-old girl in Nagpur allegedly kept her under “digital arrest” for nearly three months, using mobile phone access, threats and constant video calls to control her, police said Tuesday.The girl was held hostage at a...
2 killed, 2 injured after landslide hits Mumbai’s Kurla; several feared trapped
The landslide brought down debris onto two to three rooms of the nearby chawl structure. MUMBAI: Two persons were declared brought dead, and two others injured after a landslide hit Gaushiya Chawl in Chirag Nagar, early Wednesday morning.Six to eight people are feared trapped under the debris, according to local residents.The incident was reported at...
2.5-year-old among 2 dead in Mumbai’s Ville Parle building fire
A fire ignited in two flats situated on the 11th floor of a Vile Parle building MUMBAI: Two people, including a 2.5-year-old child, died and six others were injured after a fire broke out in two flats on the 11th floor of a residential building in Vile Parle (West) late Tuesday night.The fire erupted around...
Kaif ‘surprised’ by BCCI’s struggle to hire medical professionals amid injury crisis
Mohammed Kaif and BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia (Images: Agencies) India’s growing injury crisis has raised fresh questions over the functioning of the BCCI’s Centre of Excellence (CoE), with former cricketer Mohammad Kaif expressing surprise that the world’s richest cricket board has struggled to recruit some of the world’s leading medical and rehabilitation professionals.The latest setback...
States ignore Supreme Court, differ on NEET-PG seat norms
In a representation to PMO in July, a parent sought uniform implementation of the SC judgement NEW DELHI: More than a year after Supreme Court ruled that residence or domicile cannot be the basis for postgraduate medical admissions under the state quota, parents of NEET-PG aspirants say admission rules still vary across states, leaving students...
US court drops graft case against Gautam Adani
A few months ago, the US department of justice (DoJ) had moved court to dismiss the case. A US federal judge in New York dismissed on Monday a nearly two-year-old criminal case alleging bribery and fraud against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani and seven others.Since the charges were brought in Nov 2024, the Adani Group has...
