R Vaishali (Photo by Niki Riga) NEW DELHI: A round-robin format like the Candidates was always going to have a fair share of surprises for every player, and India’s Vaishali Rameshbabu was served a cold one on Sunday evening at the Cap St Georges Hotel & Resort in Cyprus.Just twenty-four hours earlier, we were celebrating…
NEW DELHI: India ended the Asian Boxing Championships 2026 on a high, finishing second overall but with the highest number of total medals. Leading the charge was young boxer Vishvanath Suresh, who won gold in the men’s 50kg category after defeating Japan’s Daichi Iwai with a clear 5:0 verdict in the final. His performance stood…
“My Very Excellent Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas.” Growing up, many of us memorised the planets through playful mnemonics. Over time, however, a revised version emerged: “My Very Educated Mother Just Sent Us Nuts,” reflecting a significant change in our solar system. The poem this time ended on Neptune.Pluto, once considered the ninth planet,…
NEW DELHI: Congress on Wednesday extended its support to actor-turned-politician Vijay’s TVK after it emerged as the single largest party in the Tamil Nadu assembly elections, but failed to cross the majority mark.In a letter, the party which won 5 seats in the 243-membered assembly, said that its support will be conditional upon the TVK…
Delhi Capitals’ Sameer Rizvi celebrates his fifty (AP Photo/Manish Swarup) NEW DELHI: “Tayyar rahio, ek challenge aane wala hai”That was Axar Patel’s message to Sameer Rizvi ahead of IPL 2026. What Rizvi did not know then was how quickly that challenge would arrive—or how decisively he would stamp his authority on it.When it did, the…
According to independent metals trader Tai Wong, fears surrounding the fragile geopolitical situation have rattled broader financial markets. “The US and Iran are engaged in a dangerous standoff, raising concerns that the ceasefire could collapse at any moment. That possibility has driven crude oil sharply higher, putting pressure on a range of assets, including gold,”…
Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh are expecting their second child, with Deepika sharing a cute social media post hinting at her baby bump. The couple, married in 2018 in Italy, already welcomed daughter Dua in 2024, and fans are thrilled as their family grows once again. Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh are gearing up to…
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff says AI coding agents have made the company’s 15,000 engineers over 30% more productive—and that’s exactly why Salesforce didn’t hire a single new engineer in fiscal year 2026. Speaking on The Future Live, Benioff said engineers are shifting from writing code to supervising AI agents. He also revealed AI now handles…
NEW DELHI: Two important MoUs in the areas of LPG and Strategic Petroleum Reserves are likely to be concluded during PM Narendra Modi’s stopover in the UAE on Friday on his way to Europe, official sources have said. Govt said that energy security will be a key focus area of Modi’s three-hour stopover in the…
Satinder Sartaaj’s iconic Sufi aesthetic, now inseparable from his music, began spontaneously in 2003. While working on a project with Yami Gautam’s father, Mukesh Gautam, Sartaaj, then a student, was inspired by a black curtain to drape his turban, creating a look that has since become his signature. There’s something about Satinder Sartaaj that feels…