Pakistan’s Shaheen Shah Afridi shakes hands with England’s captain Harry Brook after he is bowled out during the T20 World Cup cricket match between England and Pakistan in Pallekele, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. (AP) Already through to the semifinals, England defeated New Zealand by four wickets in their final Super Eights match of...
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Odisha horror: Woman raped twice in a day, dies after being thrown from 4th floor
KENDRAPADA: A 23-year-old woman’s boyfriend was among two persons held for allegedly raping her and then throwing her from the fourth floor of a house in Jagatsinghpur district, early on Monday.The boyfriend is aged 31 while the other accused, a resident of Dhanbad in Jharkhand, who works in a private company in Paradip, is 24...
Rinku Singh to rejoin India squad for virtual knockout after father’s demise
Rinku Singh NEW DELHI: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Devajit Saikia has confirmed that Rinku Singh will rejoin the India squad in Kolkata on Saturday ahead of the Super 8 match against West Indies cricket team in the T20 World Cup.“Rinku Singh will join the team tomorrow in Kolkata,” Saikia...
US attack on Iran imminent? UK pulls staff, China issues travel warning as tensions rise
<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-128859269,imgsize-118828,width-400,resizemode-4/untitled-design-2026-02-27t220309.jpg" alt="US attack on Iran imminent? UK pulls staff, China issues travel warning as tensions in region escalate" title=" File photo ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> File photo Britain, the United States and China have taken precautionary steps in the Middle East as fears of a possible conflict with Iran intensify.The UK government confirmed on Friday...
Court relief for Kejriwal: What it means for BJP, Cong and opposition
NEW DELHI: Arvind Kejriwal is back with a bang. A Delhi court today discharged the former Delhi chief minister, his ex-deputy Manish Sisodia and 21 others in an excise policy-related corruption case that had kept senior AAP leaders months in jail and had also played a key role in the eventual fall of their government.Special...
‘Snap’ decision: OPS trades Amma’s iconic portrait for Stalin’s smile
NEW DELHI: O Panneerselvam made a striking political statement on Friday by replacing a photograph of his late mentor J Jayalalithaa with one of Chief Minister M K Stalin in his car, moments before formally joining the DMK in Chennai.The carefully timed gesture, carried out as he arrived at Anna Arivalayam, the DMK headquarters, underscored...
Why employees of Europe’s biggest software giant are ‘angry’ with company’s bonus system
SAP employees have reportedly raised concerns over a newly introduced bonus system in the company. A Bloomberg report, citing people familiar with the matter, said employees at the German software company have raised concerns about the new bonus payout system that favours underperforming managers while placing stricter performance expectations on lower-ranking staff.The compensation package has...
IAEA flags Iran’s 60% uranium reserve — why the revelation matters
Iran has stored some of its most highly enriched uranium in an underground tunnel complex at its key Isfahan nuclear facility, the International Atomic Energy Agency disclosed in a confidential report, according to Reuters. The disclosure marks the first time the UN nuclear watchdog has publicly pinpointed the location of Iran’s near-bomb-grade stockpile.The tunnel complex’s...
OpenAI's $110 billion funding round draws investment from Amazon, Nvidia, SoftBank
OpenAI said on Friday it is raising $110 billion in a blockbuster funding round that would value the ChatGPT maker at $840 billion, in a deal that signals the feverish pace of investment in artificial intelligence. The funding round includes a $30 billion investment from SoftBank, $30 billion from Nvidia, and $50 billion from Amazon,...
Decoding 7.8% GDP growth: What it means for India’s road to become 3rd largest economy
Several methodological improvements have been made in the way GDP is calculated. (AI image) India has retained its tag of the world’s fastest growing major economy in the third quarter of the financial year 2025-2026, with a better-than-expected GDP growth of 7.8%. This is despite the third quarter being the first full three months of...
