Iran’s Mohammad Mohebbi (8) celebrates after scoring his side’s second goal. (AP Photo) Iran showed resilience on and off the pitch as Team Melli twice fought back from behind to secure a 2-2 draw against New Zealand in a politically charged FIFA World Cup opener on Monday night.Mohammad Mohebbi’s 64th-minute equaliser capped a spirited comeback…
NEW DELHI: Rebel TMC MPs merged with Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI) to dodge disqualification provisions under the anti-defection law. Now they have taken over the party.Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, a longtime confidant of TMC chairperson Mamata Banerjee and who became the face of party’s Lok Sabha MPs’ rebellion against her leadership, was elected president…
Sunita Agarwal said she and her husband, Brij Agarwal, prefer to keep their philanthropic work out of the spotlight. Sunita Agarwal and her husband Brij Agarwal do not like to advertise their philanthropic works. After the Indian- American couple’s $5.5 million donation to the St Luke’s Foundation in Texas launched them into the limelight, Sunita…
A district court in the Netherlands has sentenced a Syrian national to 26 years in prison for crimes against humanity, including the torture and rape of detainees held by forces loyal to former country’s president Bashar al-Assad during the country’s civil war.The man, identified only as Rafiq al Q under Dutch privacy regulations, was convicted…
NEW DELHI: Teenage batting sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi could find himself under scrutiny after an ugly post-match altercation with a Sri Lanka A player overshadowed India’s dramatic Super Over defeat in the tri-series clash.The 15-year-old prodigy, who has emerged as one of India’s brightest young stars, was involved in a heated exchange that escalated into physical…
UPSC Prelims result 2026 shows sharper competition as Mains shortlist shrinks NEW DELHI: The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has announced the results of the Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2026, but beyond the list of successful candidates, the numbers tell a bigger story. Compared to last year, significantly fewer aspirants have been shortlisted for both…
Israeli airstrike in central Beirut, Lebanon (File photo) The US-Iran peace deal already seems to be under strain as Israel and Hezbollah exchanged strikes in southern Lebanon, despite Tehran’s insistence that Lebanon is part of the broader framework to end regional hostilities.The Israeli military said Hezbollah launched multiple rocket attacks, as well as anti-tank missiles…
AMD CIO Hasmukh Ranjan flagged that employee AI token usage could cost a company up to $900 million a year—a hidden bill many CEOs cutting jobs over AI are overlooking. Companies have spent this year cutting staff and pointing at AI as the reason. Almost nobody in the corner office, though, has done the simple…
CHENNAI: DMK’s official organ ‘Murasoli’ on Monday launched a sharp attack on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, charging that his “political immaturity” and “dishonesty” were the reasons for the criticism faced by Congress from its allies at the recent INDIA bloc meeting in New Delhi.In an editorial, Murasoli accused Congress of repeatedly undermining its alliance partners…
Morgan Stanley has decided to open its trillion-dollar wealth management funnel to artificial intelligence (AI). The Wall Street major has said that it will allow AI agents used by corporate clients to directly access data and insights from its stock administration platforms. This will mark one of the earliest examples of a major American bank…