R Ashwin and Hardik Pandya (Photo by PTI and BCCI) NEW DELHI: Former India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has questioned a key decision by Hardik Pandya during Indian Premier League 2026, after Mumbai Indians’ loss to Chennai Super Kings. The debate centres around Pandya asking young pacer Krish Bhagat to bowl crucial death overs, which went…
Shreyas Iyer, Priyansh Arya and Prabhsimran Singh (BCCI/IPL Photo) NEW DELHI: Who would have thought even 264 wouldn’t be enough in a T20? But that’s exactly what unfolded as Punjab Kings pulled off the highest successful run chase in IPL history, defeating Delhi Capitals by six wickets in their IPL 2026 clash on Saturday.After Delhi…
Salman Khan‘s much-anticipated war film ‘Maatrubhumi: May War Rest in Peace’ continues to remain in release limbo, and it is not alone. Now, films built around the 2020 Indo-China Galwan Valley clash are running into serious roadblocks, with government directives and diplomatic sensitivities making it increasingly difficult to bring these stories to the screen. While…
SINGAPORE: US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth took another swipe at Washington’s NATO and European partners on Saturday, saying those that do not hike defence spending sufficiently “will face a clear shift in how we do business”.NATO members pledged last year to ramp up defence-related spending to five percent of GDP but, despite increased efforts, many…
Nasa’s Boeing rocket just propelled astronauts farther into space than ever before, but the Trump administration is looking to competitors for a replacement. About a week before the $24 billion Space Launch System (SLS) pushed the four crew members of the Artemis II mission around the moon, Nasa asked Boeing rivals what options they could…
A ruling by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 20 struck down the reciprocal tariffs introduced by Donald Trump. (AI image) India-US trade deal: The Indian delegation’s visit to America for trade deal talks has concluded and US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer has called New Delhi a ‘tough nut to crack’. The…
Deep in the cold darkness beyond our Solar System, Oxford-led astronomers have discovered a world that defies easy categorisation: a small, rocky world with a mantle of molten rock thousands of kilometers beneath its surface. The world, named L 98-59 d, orbits a small star 35 light-years from Earth as part of a small, closely…
Israeli authorities placed Bani Mufleh under administrative detention in June 2025 and released him in January 2026. Two photographs of Palestinian journalist Mujahid Bani Mufleh, one taken before his detention and another after his release from Israeli custody, have drawn fresh attention to allegations surrounding conditions inside Israeli prisons. Citing his case, the Palestinian Prisoner’s…
Tata Steel on Friday reported a more than two-fold jump in consolidated net profit to Rs 2,965 crore for the January-March quarter of FY26, supported by higher revenues from its India operations and improved volumes, PTI reported. The company had posted a consolidated net profit of Rs 1,201 crore in the corresponding quarter of the…
US inflation rose in line with expectations in February, with further upside risks emerging from the Iran war, a trend that could delay interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve, Reuters reported.The personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index –the Fed’s preferred inflation gauge– increased 0.4% in February after a 0.3% rise in January, data from…