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NEW DELHI: A viral social media post by USA fast bowler Ali Khan sparked widespread speculation on Tuesday, with claims that India had denied visas to US cricketers of Pakistan origin ahead of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup. However, officials familiar with the process have clarified that no visas have been formally rejected and...

Iran is set to execute a 26-year-old man, Erfan Soltani, arrested just last week amid widespread protests. His family claims he received a death sentence within two days without a trial, with execution slated for Wednesday. This case raises alarms as potentially the first execution linked to the current unrest, prompting a strong warning from...

Image Credit: DK ShivaKumar/X BENGALURU: Karnataka deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar shared a cryptic post on Wednesday after his meeting with Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi.In the post on X, he said: “Even if the effort fails, the prayer does not fail.”The post follows a brief, exclusive interaction between Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and...

AP file photo Israel is set to immediately sever all contact with several United Nations agencies and international bodies following a review conducted after the United States’ withdrawal from dozens of international organisations.The move, Jerusalem said, was prompted by what it described as persistent bias, politicisation, and actions hostile to Israel by the affected bodies....

Budget 2026 for defence: FICCI has advocated for higher emphasis on ‘Atmanirbharta’ in defence, with modern techniques. (AI image) Budget 2026 for defence: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s Union Budget 2026 should look to prioritise growth-enhancing productive capital expenditure, with a special focus on the defence sector at a time when the global environment is marked...

Nvidia has received the green signal to export advanced artificial intelligence chips to China! The US commerce department on Tuesday, signalled a policy shift, approving the tech giant to sell its H200 chips to Beijing, under certain restrictions.The development follows an announcement by US President Donald Trump last month permitting exports of the H200, provided...

Deputy CM Ajit Pawar, in a pre-poll interview to TOI on Tuesday, admitted that bitterness between both groups of NCP has subsided after the alliance was forged for the elections to the Pune municipal corporation and Pimpri-Chinchwad civic body. He said the tie-up had made contest against BJP “tighter”. Ajit indicated at a possible reunion...

Image Used For Representational Purpose Only MEERUT: Police claimed to have cracked the murder case of a 50-year-old farmer who was beaten to death with a hammer in Bareilly on Saturday night and arrested his 30-year-old wife and her 26-year-old lover. The duo conspired to kill him for objecting to their affair, said police on...

No, China is not listening to CEO Jensen Huang on Nvidia chips. The Chinese government reportedly has set strict conditions for technology companies wanting to use Nvidia’s H200 AI chips. According to a report in The Information, the Chinese government has told some tech companies that it would only approve their purchases of Nvidia’s H200...

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday warned that the United States would respond forcefully if Iranian authorities begin carrying out hangings as part of their crackdown on a widespread uprising against the government.“We will take very strong action if they do such a thing,” Trump told CBS News in an interview, when asked about the...