Category: Events

Shashi Tharoor with Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi. NEW DELHI: Have Shashi Tharoor and the Congress finally found a middle ground? The Congress MP from Kerala, whose many statements in the last one year have been at complete variance with the party’s official position, had recently claimed “all is good” and “we are all on...

India captain Suryakumar Yadav and Pakistan captain Salman Agha (Image credit: Agencies) NEW DELHI: Former Pakistan spinner Danish Kaneria believes the decision to boycott the T20 World Cup clash against India will hurt Pakistan cricket more than anyone else, warning that it projects a negative image and suggests that “Pakistan are scared of facing India,...

Team Pakistan (Photo by Sameer Ali/Getty Images) Former PCB Chairman Ehsan Mani believes the ICC cannot punish Pakistan for boycotting the India match in the T20 World Cup 2026. He says the ICC has no legal right to sanction the Pakistan Cricket Board.The Pakistan government has allowed the team to play the T20 World Cup....

<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-127859094,imgsize-962888,width-400,resizemode-4/dalai-lama.jpg" alt="‘Not a religious person’: China firmly opposes Grammy award to Dalai Lama" title=" Dalai Lama (PTI image) ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> Dalai Lama (PTI image) China on Monday criticised the Grammy Award conferred on the Dalai Lama, stating that it “firmly opposes” the Tibetan spiritual leader using the international recognition to carry out what...

Amazon has executed a massive round of corporate job cuts last week – second biggest layoff in less than six months – eliminating 16,000 roles. Even as the company’s offices reel from the loss of staff, leadership is urging remaining employees to “take care of each other” and more importantly, lean heavily on technology to...

Gaming giants faced massive stock drops after Google’s AI, Project Genie, was unveiled. While impressive, the tool generates basic, non-playable virtual worlds, not actual games. Investors’ fears of AI disrupting game creation are seen as an overreaction, overlooking the complex realities of game development and technical limitations. Major video game companies watched billions evaporate from...

Long before the one-horned rhinoceros became confined to the swampy grasslands and riverine forests of Assam and Bengal — and a lone national park in Uttar Pradesh — the massive animal thundered across landscapes far to the south. Archaeologists say rhinos once roamed the foothills of the Western Ghats near present-day Coimbatore, rewriting what we...

Amit Shah, Rahul Gandhi (C) and Rajnath Singh (R) NEW DELHI: The Lok Sabha witnessed a major showdown on Monday as leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi rose to speak during the debate on the Motion of Thanks to the President’s address.Rahul Gandhi began his speech by quoting excerpts from the memoir of former Army chief...

Harbhajan Singh, and Pakistan cricket team NEW DELHI: Former India spinner Harbhajan Singh has taken a sharp dig at Pakistan’s decision to boycott its Group A clash against India in the upcoming ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026, calling it an “unnecessary drama to mislead people.” The Pakistan government granted conditional approval for its team...

‘Border 2’ released on Janaury 23 and fans had huge expectations from it, considering it was a successor to the 1997 ‘Border’ which continues to remain iconic over the years. While it holds high sentimental values, ‘Border 2’ also did not disappoint fans. The film had a decent opening day number after good advance sales....