AI-generated photo for representational purpose President Donald Trump‘s second term started with a carefully maintained truce between the administration and Silicon Valley. Tech giants donated to Trump’s inauguration, their CEOs made visits to Mar-a-Lago and the White House. But a report by The Financial Times suggests that the truce appears to be shaking because of…
Laxman Sivaramakrishnan (Image credit: X) Former India leg-spinner Laxman Sivaramakrishnan on Friday announced his retirement from the Board of Control for Cricket in India commentary panel, citing a lack of opportunities to conduct toss and presentation ceremonies.Sivaramakrishnan said he was consistently overlooked for key on-air roles such as toss duties and post-match presentations, despite being…
TOAST OF A NATION: The women’s team’s ODI World Cup victory was the high point for Indian sport in 2025 (Photo: Getty Images) Lucknow: The biggest names in Indian sport will once again gather under one roof as the much-anticipated Times of India Sports Awards (TOISA) returns to Lucknow for the third consecutive time on…
MEERUT: A 30-year-old man in UP’s Bulandshahr district parted ways with his wife and allowed her to leave with her lover after screenshots of social media posts referencing “cement aur drum” (cement and drum) and “neela drum” (blue drum) were found on her phone, which he interpreted as a plot to kill him.The incident was…
Lobbying group Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers (CISPE) in Europe has urged EU antitrust regulators to temporarily stop U.S. chipmaker Broadcom from ending its VMware Cloud Service Provider programme in Europe. Ramping up its fight against the US tech company Broadcom, the trade body for smaller cloud providers is asking the European Commission to impose interim…
BENGALURU: Walmart-owned e-commerce firm Flipkart on Thursday said its group chief financial officer Sriram Venkataraman is quitting the firm as the company prepares for its next phase of growth and a potential public listing.Venkataraman will remain with the company for a period to ensure continuity and a smooth handover, Flipkart said. During this transition, Ravi…
Hastsal village in Delhi is under heavy security following a fatal Holi incident NEW DELHI: The narrow lanes of Hastsal village, usually vibrant with the overlapping buzz of Navratri hymns and Eid preparations, are shrouded in uneasy silence this time.Following the lynching of 26-year-old Tarun Butolia during Holi – it happened after his cousin accidentally…
A fire broke out at a US diplomatic facility near Baghdad airport in Iraq, according to security sources quoted by Reuters. A pro-Iranian militant group, Ashab al-Kahf, later claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement. Visuals shared online showed a large and intense blaze, with thick black smoke rising into the night sky.Earlier, the…
Angkrish Raghuvanshi (Image credit: KKR) NEW DELHI: Young batter Angkrish Raghuvanshi has given Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) management and head coach Abhishek Nayar a welcome selection headache with his explosive hitting in a pre-season intra-squad match at Eden Gardens on Friday.Batting at No. 3, the 21-year-old smashed a stunning unbeaten 103 off just 55 balls,…