Lt Col Shrikant Purohit (File photo) NEW DELHI: Lieutenant Colonel Prasad Shrikant Purohit, who was acquitted last year in the Malegaon blast case, has been cleared for promotion to the rank of brigadier, sources said on Friday. In July 2025, an NIA court acquitted Purohit and six others, including former BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur,…
Lucknow Super Gaints (Photo: IPL) In a major setback for the Lucknow Super Giants, star Sri Lankan all-rounder Wanindu Hasaranga has been ruled out of the ongoing IPL 2026 season. The franchise is expected to announce a replacement within the next 24 to 48 hours, ESPNcricinfo reports.“We are preparing for the fact that he isn’t…
Oil prices rose on Friday with Brent Crude climbing above $96 a barrel and West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude near $99 a barrel, as markets reacted to renewed supply risks in the Middle East.In the early hours of trade, Brent crude rose by 0.87% to $96.75 per barrel while WTI was up by 1.06% to…
Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis says his AI lab clawed its way back to the frontier over the past two to three years by doing something counterintuitive for a unit inside a $2 trillion company—acting like a startup. Speaking on the 20VC podcast with Harry Stebbings, Hassabis described a deliberate cultural and structural reset after…
Babar Azam in PSL (Photo: X) After facing comparisons with Virat Kohli over his inability to finish a recent chase against Hyderabad Kingsmen, Pakistan captain Babar Azam responded in style, by rewriting the record books.On Thursday in Karachi, while representing Peshawar Zalmi in the Pakistan Super League (PSL), Babar became the fastest player to reach…
FILE – President Donald Trump meets with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office of the White House, Oct. 22, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) US President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly criticised America’s Nato allies over their lack of support in the Iran war, “vented his frustration” at Nato secretary-general…
Satya Nadella, chairman & CEO, Microsoft Almost two years after Google CEO Sundar Pichai declared a company-wide ‘Code Red’ over AI, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has now deployed his own emergency overhaul, dubbed ‘Copilot code red’, according to a report by Benzinga. The report adds that Nadella is driving a sweeping effort to improve the…
NEW DELHI: Champions are never easily written off. Rashid Khan offered a sharp reminder of that at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Wednesday night, producing a spell of old quality as Gujarat Titans edged Delhi Capitals by one run in a high-scoring thriller.For some time, doubts had swirled around Rashid. That he was on the…
“Water of Tears” is one of the strangest names a lake can have, but there is an interesting story behind it. Far from the madding crowd in the heart of the hills in Meghalaya, just a short drive from Shillong, lies a gorgeous expanse of water which carries an emotional name and it is known…
NEW DELHI: In a key political development ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections, the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), led by Asaduddin Owaisi, has withdrawn its alliance with a party headed by Humayun Kabir, citing concerns over remarks attributed to him.In a strongly worded statement on early Friday, AIMIM said it “cannot associate with…