Smriti Mandhana joined Mithali Raj and Harmanpreet Kaur as India’s joint-highest half-century scorer in Women’s T20 World Cup history with her fifth fifty in the tournament, helping India post 170 for 6 against Pakistan in their opening match at Edgbaston on Sunday.Mandhana scored 68 off 44 balls and shared a 91-run partnership with captain Harmanpreet…
NEW DELHI: Days after INDIA bloc’s meeting witnessed an intense discussion on NEET and other paper leaks, students’ woes and youth unemployment, Congress has announced that leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi will hold town hall discussions around the country on these issues.The first phase of the party’s nationwide campaign will start…
I spoke to three modern mothers about a feeling no one warned them about: The working-mother guilt This comes from one of the vivid memories from my earlier workplace. On what seemed like a normal office day, news broke that several schools across Delhi had received bomb blast threats. As a precautionary measure, classes were…
NEW DELHI: Leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi Sunday called PM Narendra Modi an “obedient servant” of foreign forces that kill Indians.Congress asked whether the PM would raise the killing of Indian seafarers and the “threatening language” of secretary of state Marco Rubio with the Indian the foreign minister in his upcoming…
Oil prices fell sharply on Sunday after US President Donald Trump declared a deal with Iran “complete” and announced the “immediate toll-free reopening of the Strait of Hormuz”, a key artery for global energy supplies.Brent crude dropped 3.9 per cent to $84 a barrel, while US crude fell 4.8 per cent to around $81 a…
US president Donald Trump US President Donald Trump announced that a deal with Iran has been finalised, declaring in a social media post that “the Deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran is now complete”.Trump said the Strait of Hormuz would reopen with immediate effect and that the US naval blockade would be lifted.“Congratulations to…
President Emmanuel Macron hosted PM Modi for bilateral talks NEW DELHI: India and France looked to further expand their strategic partnership in a range of areas, including defence, civil nuclear cooperation, trade and technology, as President Emmanuel Macron hosted PM Modi for bilateral talks. Adoption of an innovation roadmap to deepen cooperation in critical and…
NEW DELHI: Buzz is growing that assembly polls in Punjab may be brought forward to Nov 2026 from Feb 2027, as scheduled. Keeping this in mind, Congress is learnt to have started its preparations, while the ruling AAP has already kickstarted its campaign.Congress sources said the Punjab unit has held discussions on Nov polls, while…
NEW DELHI: A hug, a handshake and a pitch worth $1.5 billion. That was the texture of Sunday in Nice, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron jointly threw open ‘Bharat Innovates 2026’ — and where, hours earlier, Modi had quietly worked a room full of people who write the cheques. The…
NEW DELHI: New initiatives to strengthen Bihar’s inland fisheries ecosystem will be launched with the laying of foundation stones for an integrated aqua park at Bhojpur and a national fisheries development board regional centre in Patna Monday.“These initiatives aim to strengthen Bihar’s inland fisheries ecosystem through modern technologies, scientific resource management, employment generation and value…