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Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (BCCI Photo) NEW DELHI: All eyes will be on 15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi when India take on Ireland in the first T20I of the two-match series in Belfast on Friday.The teenage batting sensation has become one of the biggest talking points in world cricket, with fans eagerly waiting to see if he will make...

The twin earthquakes, measuring 7.2 and 7.5 in magnitude, struck within a minute of each other on Wednesday evening Rescue workers and volunteers continued a desperate search for survivors across northern Venezuela on Thursday (local time) after two powerful earthquakes devastated large parts of the country, with the death toll rising to at least 235...

The murder case of Gahunje realtor Ketan Agarwal has taken a fresh turn after the two accused — his fiancée Siya Goyal (C) and her ‘partner’ Chetan Chaudhary (L) PUNE: The murder case of Gahunje realtor Ketan Agarwal has taken a fresh turn after the two accused — his fiancée Siya Goyal and her ‘partner’...

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (BCCI Photo) Teenage batting sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi will have separate changing room facilities during India’s T20I series in Ireland and England because of child safeguarding regulations in the United Kingdom.The 15-year-old is in line to make his India debut during the two-match T20I series against Ireland, which begins on Friday at Stormont in...

Amazon to ramp up India investment to record $48bn by ’30 NEW DELHI: Amazon on Thursday announced fresh investment of $13 billion, which will largely go towards AI and cloud businesses, taking its recent commitment to $48 billion by 2030 and making it the largest overseas investor in the country.“If you look at the combination...

India’s envoy to Bangladesh Dinesh Trivedi NEW DELHI/DHAKA: In a decision that underscores the importance New Delhi attaches to its diplomatic engagement with Dhaka, India’s new high commissioner to Bangladesh Dinesh Trivedi has been accorded status equivalent to Union cabinet minister.Soon after presenting his credentials to President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Thursday, Trivedi — the first...

Representative image NEW DELHI: Congress’s decision to take a fresh look at the composition of its Punjab leadership in the run-up to assembly polls seems to have sown confusion rather than settle the prevailing factionalism.The flurry of review meetings and interviews of senior state functionaries has opened the idea of a change of team at...

AB de Villiers, Rishabh Pant Former South Africa captain AB de Villiers has said he was not surprised by Rishabh Pant‘s return to Delhi Capitals ahead of IPL 2027, pointing to signs of frustration during Pant’s time with Lucknow Super Giants.Pant returned to Delhi Capitals in a trade involving Kuldeep Yadav, ending a two-season stint...

Thousands of Venezuelans were feared dead on Thursday after two powerful earthquakes wreaked havoc in and around capital Caracas, trapping people beneath the rubble of collapsed buildings and setting off powerful aftershocks.A magnitude 7.2 earthquake hit about 160km west of Caracas Wednesday afternoon, followed less than a minute later by a magnitude 7.5 tremor, according...

India has quake warning system for Himalayan region (Photo credit: AP) NEW DELHI: India, like any other country, does not have scientifically proven earthquake prediction technology, but it does have seismic monitoring networks and regional earthquake early warning (EEW) systems in the Himalayan region that can provide a few seconds of advance notice just after...