‘Why is he always retained?’: Ashwin fires back at Mayank Yadav’s critics

Spread the love       India’s bowler Mayank Yadav (AP Photo/Wonder Mashura) Mayank Yadav’s return to international cricket could hardly have gone better, and former India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin believes the young fast bowler deserves patience after overcoming a difficult spell with injuries. Playing his first international match since October 2024, Mayank announced his comeback in style during the opening T20I against...

OpenAI poses a ‘key credit risk’ to Oracle after the company lost $498Bn: S&P

Spread the love       Oracle has lost about $498 billion in market value in less than 10 months. Recently, credit rating agency S&P Global Ratings identified Sam Altman‘s OpenAI as a “key credit risk” for the company. In a report explaining its decision to downgrade Oracle’s credit rating, S&P said the software giant’s aggressive push into AI infrastructure has made it...

From selling vegetables to e-rickshaw driver: Bihar’s Jhand is now India’s first CWG 2026 medallist

Spread the love       Jhandu Kumar (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: For years, Jhandu Kumar’s days began at a vegetable market and ended in a gym. When life became tougher during the COVID-19 pandemic, he swapped the market for an e-rickshaw, working long hours to support his family while refusing to give up on his dream of representing India.On Friday in Glasgow,...

CWG 2026: India’s complete schedule, timings and medal events on Day 3

Spread the love       Pranati Nayak India will compete in five sports on Saturday, July 25, at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, with 3×3 wheelchair basketball joining boxing, bowls, swimming and artistic gymnastics on the day’s schedule.It is expected to be a relatively quiet day for India in terms of medal chances, with no confirmed medal events involving Indian athletes unless...

Government objects to China illegally occupying Indian territory

Spread the love       NEW DELHI: India has been consistent in not violating China’s sovereignty, but China continues to illegally occupy Indian territory in J&K and Ladakh, said govt, days after external affairs minister S Jaishankar’s meeting with his counterpart Wang Yi.The assertion was in response to a question at a media briefing on the Chinese readout of the meeting in...

20-yr-old army officer’s son dies after car falls into open drain in south Delhi

Spread the love       The circumstances that led to the crash are being probed, say police NEW DELHI: A 20-year-old student home from US was killed when the car he was driving overturned and plunged into an open drain in south Delhi’s Vasant Kunj early Friday.A young woman travelling with him escaped from the vehicle and survived.The victim was identified as...

Cape Verde’s WC hero Vozinha finds new club; it’s not Messi’s Inter Miami

Spread the love       Vozinha and Lionel Messi Cape Verde goalkeeper Vozinha has found a new club after his memorable FIFA World Cup campaign, signing for Colo Colo as a free agent. The move ends weeks of speculation linking the veteran shot-stopper with Lionel Messi‘s Inter Miami during the summer transfer window.The 40-year-old was without a club after leaving Portuguese side...

3 years on, SIT probe complete in just 10% of Manipur riot cases

Spread the love       NEW DELHI: More than three years after Kuki-Meitei ethnic clashes singed Manipur and claimed 260 lives, Supreme Court was informed Friday that probes into only 10% of the 3,000-odd cases had been completed by SITs of state police while CBI had investigated the majority of the 31 cases referred to it.Appearing for the CBI, additional solicitor general...

SpaceX launches Starship on another test flight, this time with the most advanced Starlinks

Spread the love       Towering 407 feet (124 metres), Starship soared from the company’s base at the southern tip of Texas. NASA monitored the flight, a critical step toward using the Starship as a lunar lander for moon crews. Elon Musk’s SpaceX replaced six of the 33 engines on the first-stage booster after they failed to ignite last week, resulting in...

‘That’s the world we live in’: Head breaks silence on wife’s abuse after Kohli row

Spread the love       Travis Head and Virat Kohli (ANI Photo) NEW DELHI: Australia batter Travis Head has spoken publicly for the first time about the controversy involving Virat Kohli during the IPL 2026 match between Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB). The incident gained attention after cameras appeared to show RCB star Kohli skipping a handshake with SRH’s...

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