Image credit: BCCI Women NEW DELHI: India pacer Kranti Gaud has been fined 10 per cent of her match fee for breaching the ICC Code of Conduct during the Women’s Asia Cup final against Sri Lanka in Dubai on Sunday.Gaud was found guilty of a Level 1 breach of the ICC Code of Conduct for...
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UP polls and the fight for Muslim votes: Decoding SP, Congress’s Owaisi problem
Owaisi faces his biggest test in UP. “I am ready to join hands. I am ready to form an alliance. Today is the time to talk. Don’t cry later after the elections are over. We don’t want the BJP to come to power again.” Asaduddin Owaisi, AIMIM That was Asaduddin Owaisi‘s outreach-cum-warning to Samajwadi Party...
Munir fails Mecca test: Why Pak’s field marshal is not riding to rescue MBS
Asim Munir As Houthi forces seized Mokha and Perim Island last week, Pakistan’s army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir spent the moment on the phone with Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi.Munir seems in no hurry to mobilise Pakistan military against Saudi Arabia’s attackers.Why it matters: Saudi Arabia’s Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) planned the Mecca...
Char Dham rail boost: Rishikesh-Karnprayag line hits 41 tunnel breakthroughs
The completion is particularly significant given the difficult geological conditions along the Himalayan alignment. (Image for representative purpose only) The 125 kilometres long Rishikesh-Karnaprayag new railway line, which is currently under construction, has achieved a major milestone with a new tunnel breakthrough. Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL), which is the implementing body for the project,...
‘Someone from that ward voted for me’: BJP candidate gets 1 vote in Rajasthan
BJP candidate says his vote was in another ward NEW DELHI: BJP candidate Kailashchand in Rajasthan’s urban local body elections found himself at the centre of attention after the results declared that he had received only one vote from the ward that he contested.Kailashchand contested from Ward 13 of the Parbatsar municipality in Didwana-Kuchaman district.According...
Anthropic says Claude AI used to build missiles, hunt Uyghurs and spy on phones
Anthropic says Claude was used to write missile guidance code, profile Uyghurs and run a 25 million-SIM surveillance platform. Anthropic has published its most detailed threat intelligence report so far, and the picture it paints of how its Claude models are being misused is far less abstract than the extinction argument currently dominating the AI...
‘We should not play Pakistan’: WC winner after India refuse Asia Cup trophy from Naqvi
Image credit: Agencies Former India cricketer Madan Lal reacted after the Indian women’s cricket team did not accept the Asia Cup trophy from Asian Cricket Council (ACC) chairman Mohsin Naqvi after winning the title on Sunday.Harmanpreet Kaur-led India defeated Sri Lanka by 72 runs to win a record-extending eighth Women’s Asia Cup title. However, the...
When Mark Zuckerberg told his execs to ‘learn’ from Apple, Google on social issues
An old, confidential internal communication sent by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to the company’s top leadership has surfaced online. In the email, sent on September 15, 2021, the Meta CEO questioned whether the company should overhaul its strategy on internal safety research, arguing that industry rivals like Apple, Google’s YouTube and Snap (parent company of...
‘Won’t reveal my face, will file FIR today’: Gurgaon woman biker issues statement after hit-and-run
The incident took place on Sunday when the biker, Sia, was riding her sports bike GURGAON: Woman biker Sia, whose video alleging a hit-and-run on Golf Course Road went viral on Monday, said she will file an FIR with her lawyer by Monday evening and take legal action in the matter.In an Instagram story, Sia...
Homeless pianist went viral after church performance; 2 years later, he has a home
The new home has also given him a quieter place to continue playing music In January 2024, homeless man Rhys Wynne-Jones walked into St. Mary’s Church in Penzance, England, on a freezing night and asked if he could play its piano. His performance of Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” was recorded by a volunteer and posted on...
