Jammu and Kashmir’s Auqib Nabi, right, celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket of Bihar’s Vaibhav Suryavanshi during a Syed Mustaq Ali Trophy 2025 cricket match between Bihar and Jammu and Kashmir, at the Eden Gardens, in Kolkata. (PTI Photo) A total of 350 cricketers, including 240 Indians, will be available at the IPL auction...
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New Year’s Eve terror plot: FBI foils major attack; 5 held for planning bombings
US federal authorities have arrested five people accused of plotting coordinated bomb attacks across Southern California on New Year’s Eve, disrupting what officials described as a major terror plot, according to the FBI and the Department of Justice.The suspects are alleged members of a “radical offshoot” of the Turtle Island Liberation Front (TILF), an extremist...
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New Delhi’s Air Quality Crisis: Toxic Smog Hits Hazardous Levels
Toxic Smog Engulfs New Delhi; Air Quality Plunges to Hazardous LevelsNew Delhi, 15 December 2025: Delhi and the surrounding National Capital Region (NCR) are facing a severe air pollution crisis, with thick smog shrouding the city, drastically lowering visibility, and bringing everyday life to a standstill. The Air Quality Index (AQI) in many parts of...
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Sri Lanka to arrest 1996 World Cup-winning captain Arjuna Ranatunga
Arjuna Ranatunga. (Photo/social media) Sri Lankan authorities plan to arrest the country’s former men’s cricket team captain, Arjuna Ranatunga, on corruption charges linked to his tenure as petroleum minister, a court was told on Monday.Ranatunga and his brother are accused of altering the procedure for awarding long-term oil procurement contracts and instead making spot purchases...
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Rob Reiner killed: Trump posts shocking rant; ‘he drove people crazy’
US President Donald Trump on Monday claimed that the killing of Hollywood actor-director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner were linked to Reiner’s “massive, unyielding, and incurable” criticism of him. He termed it as a disease known as “TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME.” Reiner and his wife were found dead at their Brentwood home on...
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Delhi airport chaos: 228 flights cancelled amid dense fog; airlines issue advisory
Representative image (AI-generated) NEW DELHI: Flight operations at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport were severely disrupted on Monday as dense fog and low visibility led to the cancellation of around 228 flights, with five others diverted, airport authorities said.According to Delhi Airport, the cancellations included 131 departing flights and 97 arriving flights, as visibility levels...
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Clean energy debate: Musk backs solar energy; Says we have free fusion reactor in sky
Elon Musk dismisses Earth-based fusion reactors as “super dumb,” championing the Sun as the ultimate “free fusion reactor.” He urges tech firms to cease funding “puny little reactors,” advocating for solar energy instead. This stance contrasts with Silicon Valley’s significant investments in nuclear fusion, with AI playing a crucial role in accelerating its development. Elon...
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‘A dream and a duty’: ‘Fan’ Sunil Chhetri reflects on meeting Messi
Argentine footballer Lionel Messi, right, with Indian footballer Sunil Chhetri during the ‘GOAT India Tour 2025’, at Wankhede Stadium, in Mumbai. (PTI Photo) Sunil Chhetri has played long enough, seen enough, and carried Indian football on his shoulders for years. Yet, when Lionel Messi stood in front of him at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium on Sunday,...
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Toxic Capital: No offline classes for students till Class V; AQI stays above 400
Increasing air pollution in Delhi (PTI image) NEW DELHI: The Delhi government on Monday directed schools to shift students up to Class V from hybrid to fully online mode in view of the capital’s worsening air pollution.According to a circular issued by the Directorate of Education (DoE), physical classes for students from nursery to Class...
