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<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-130450617,imgsize-64764,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4/ashwini-vaishnaw-at-cabinet-briefing.jpg" alt="Vaishnaw sets target for top rail officials after reality check of 'lightweight tools' for trackmen" title=" . ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> NEW DELHI: A quick check by railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday showed how there is a gap between what officials claim and the ground reality. At a track maintainers’ conference, he asked...

LSG suffer shocking 40-run defeat to RR (BCCI Photo) NEW DELHI: Lucknow Super Giants skipper Rishabh Pant admitted that his team’s batting collapse is becoming the biggest concern after they suffered their fifth defeat in seven matches, a 40-run loss to Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2026.“I think it is difficult to explain. Like it’s definitely...

LSG suffer shocking 40-run defeat to RR (BCCI Photo) NEW DELHI: Lucknow Super Giants’ batting collapsed in shocking fashion as they lost to Rajasthan Royals by 40 runs in an IPL match on Wednesday. Chasing 160, LSG were bowled out for 119 in 18 overs after failing to handle pressure and throwing away their wickets...

Aman Sanger is emerging as one of the key Indian-origin figures in the global artificial intelligence boom. A co-founder of Cursor, he is part of the team behind one of the fastest-growing AI coding platforms in the world. Recently, SpaceX confirmed it had secured an option to acquire Cursor for around $60 billion, or alternatively,...

Representative image NEW DELHI: Govt-authorised fertiliser importing agency India Potash Ltd (IPL) is set to import 25 lakh tonnes of urea in the $935-$959 per tonne range — almost double the rate two months ago — in what is being seen as an impact of the ongoing West Asia crisis on the prices of the...

Lucknow Super Giants’ Mukul Choudhary, attempts unsuccessfully to run Rajasthan Royals’ Donovan Ferreira (AP Photo) In a match where Lucknow Super Giants largely controlled proceedings with the ball, a moment of chaos in the field involving Rishabh Pant stood out as a costly lapse.The incident came during Mayank Yadav’s over when Ravindra Jadeja tucked a...

Germany expects to finalise a major $8 billion submarine cooperation agreement with India “soon,” Berlin’s defence minister Boris Pistorius said on Wednesday.“I am very, very confident that I will be able to sign it soon,” Pistorius told Reuters, adding that he expected the deal to be concluded within the next three months.The proposed $8 billion...

Suvendu Adhikari, Mamata Banerjee, MK Stalin and EPS NEW DELHI: The stage is all set for high-stakes electoral battle as West Bengal and Tamil Nadu head to the assembly elections on Thursday (April 23).Tamil Nadu is voting in a single phase across all 234 seats, while West Bengal will vote for 152 seats in this...

TOI correspondent from Washington: Amid expected taunts of TACO – Trump Always Chickens Out – US President Donald Trump on Tuesday extended the ceasefire with Iran indefinitely, hours after threatening fresh bombardment and predicting an imminent deal with Teheran. The decision, presented by the White House as a strategic pause to facilitate diplomacy, has instead...

AI-generated photo for representation purpose Iranian news agency has reported that the Iran’s Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) issued a warning, suggesting that the undersea data cables running through the Strait of Hormuz are highly vulnerable to accidental or deliberate action. The report, published Wednesday by the Tasnim news agency, cautioned that “simultaneous damage to several major...