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File Pic: Image from the historic India vs Australia Test in 2001 at Eden Gardens. This week, twenty-five years ago, few were giving Indian cricket any hope. Bruised, sullied from the match-fixing scandal barely a year before and fighting to save face, here was a rudderless team hosting Steve Waugh’s ‘Invincibles’. What unfolded would change…
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar held a phone conversation with Iran’s foreign minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi on Tuesday, to discuss regional developments and concerns over shipping security in the region. In a post on X EAM later described the talks as detailed and said both sides agreed to remain in touch. Modi Meets…
NEW DELHI: Former Indian cricketer Harbhajan Singh has criticised 1983 World Cup winner Kirti Azad for for questioning the Indian team leadership group — skipper Suryakumar Yadav, head coach Gautam Gambhir and International Cricket Council chairman Jay Shah — for taking the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 trophy to a temple after the team’s…
The United States said on Wednesday that its decision to allow India to buy limited quantities of Russian oil is a temporary step aimed at easing pressure on global energy supplies during the ongoing Middle East crisis.White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the move was designed as a short-term measure to stabilise markets as…
New Delhi: With oil prices on fire, flying will now cost more. Air India group will from March 12 levy a new fuel surcharge (FS) of Rs 399 on domestic flights and SAARC flights. Its West Asia flights will now have a FS of $10. And the existing FS on international flights to other destinations…
Team West Indies (AP Photo/Bikas Das) Several cricket teams have faced travel problems after the T20 World Cup in India due to the ongoing Israel–Iran conflict, which has led to airspace closures across parts of West Asia. Because of this, charter flights arranged by the International Cricket Council (ICC) were delayed, leaving teams like the…
MUMBAI/CHENNAI: Shockwaves from US and Israeli strikes on Iran may seem distant from India’s shores, but for Indian industry, the impact is already hitting home. Gas curbs, production cuts, export delays, and constantly rising operating costs are rippling through fertiliser plants, ceramic kilns, sanitary ware units, textile mills, and tyre factories. In Gujarat, Triveni Iron…
NEW DELHI: The Cabinet on Tuesday approved expansion of a highway project and two multi-tracking railway projects worth Rs 8,313 crore in Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal and Jharkhand. It also approved the proposal for declaration of Madurai airport in Tamil Nadu as an international airport.Information and broadcasting minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said the Cabinet gave go…
NEW DELHI: NCERT on Tuesday issued an “unconditional and unqualified apology” and withdrew its recently published Class VIII social science textbook after Supreme Court objected to a chapter discussing corruption and other challenges within the judiciary.In a statement, the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) said the book – “Exploring Society: India and…
NEW DELHI: Cabinet Tuesday approved a proposal to amend the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019, seeking to expand the definition of transgender persons in what is being cited as an attempt to make the law more “inclusive” so that all bona fide persons receive benefits and protection.There has been debate over the implementation…
