BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia (AFP Photo) MUMBAI: On Tuesday, the BCCI announced that Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya have been selected for the series against Afghanistan, subject to fitness clearance by the BCCI. Ace fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah (workload management) and senior left-arm spinning allrounders Ravindra Jadeja (injured) and Axar Patel have been rested from…
Dewald Brevis with MS Dhoni (Dewald Brevis’s Instagram) NEW DELHI: South African batter Dewald Brevis has revealed how a simple piece of advice from MS Dhoni has stayed with him since his very first IPL season in 2022. Brevis, who joined Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2025 as a replacement player, said Dhoni taught him…
Mumbai: Indian bank branches continue to draw their heaviest footfall from entrepreneurs, rural customers and affluent clients, while younger, digital-native users remain the least likely to walk in, according to a report by EY, which also noted that 55% of customers want better digital support across apps, websites and chatbots.The report finds that middle-age entrepreneurs…
Arsenal are the Premier League champion (John Walton/PA via AP) Arsenal F.C. end 22 years jinx and became the Premier League champions after two decades of heartbreak. After Manchester City F.C. were held to a 1-1 draw by AFC Bournemouth at the Vitality Stadium on Wednesday, as confirmed by the Premier League website. The triumph…
Mumbai Indians’ Tilak Varma (ANI Photo) NEW DELHI: Star batter Tilak Varma has reaffirmed his deep commitment to Mumbai Indians, declaring that he will not leave the franchise until he helps them lift another IPL title. The 23-year-old batter made the emotional statement after MI’s disappointing IPL 2026 campaign, where the five-time champions failed to…
China has signalled that it is willing to accept a certain level of US tariffs while pushing for an extension of the ongoing trade truce with Washington, a move that could indicate further stabilisation in ties between the world’s two largest economies, Bloomberg reported.According to a statement issued by China’s Commerce Ministry on Wednesday, Beijing…
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) is developing a large language model (LLM) platform and deploying artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) tools to strengthen public sector auditing, improve risk detection and enable faster identification of procurement concentration and cartel-risk indicators, PTI reported.Comptroller and Auditor General K Sanjay Murthy on Wednesday said the country’s…
The spectacular planetary nebula, NGC 6302, resembling the delicate wings of a cosmic butterfly is located nearly 4,000 light-years away in the constellation Scorpius. The Hubble space telescope captured the remarkable details, revealing the final stages of a star’s life. Spanning over 3 light-years across, this glowing cloud of gas shines intensely in ultraviolet light,…
SQUADS: Kolkata Knight Riders: Ajinkya Rahane (c), Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Manish Pandey, Rovman Powell, Rahul Tripathi, Finn Allen, Tejasvi Singh, Tim Seifert, Sunil Narine, Anukul Roy, Ramandeep Singh, Cameron Green, Sarthak Ranjan, Daksh Kamra, Navdeep Saini, Vaibhav Arora, Umran Malik, Matheesha Pathirana, Kartik Tyagi, Varun Chakaravarthy and Prashant Solanki. Mumbai Indians: Hardik Pandya (c),…
In US, single Gen Z women are buying homes at a significantly higher rate than their male counterparts even as overall first-time homebuying activity has fallen to its lowest level in decades, according to survey data from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) as reported AP.Single Gen Z women accounted for 35 per cent of…
