NEW DELHI: Opener Phil Salt smashed a 23-ball fifty — his fastest in the Indian Premier League (IPL) — as Royal Challengers Bengaluru stormed into the final of the 2025 season with a dominant eight-wicket win over Punjab Kings in a lopsided Qualifier 1 at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium on Thursday.RCB’s bowlers…
NEW DELHI: Can organs, say a kidney or the liver, retrieved from a deceased donor with a history of diabetes or hypertension be used for transplantation?In a first of its kind factual assessment and report, the Indian Society for Organ Transplantation (ISOT) has said the benefits far outweigh the risks involved and, therefore, such donations…
Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma NEW DELHI: Assam chief ministerHimanta Biswa Sarma said on Saturday that the Congress made a “historic blunder” by allowing Pakistan to become a nuclear power in the 1980s without taking action. He said Pakistan has since used “nuclear blackmail” to block international intervention.“At a time when nations today act…
MUMBAI: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) further upgraded its weather warning for Mumbai after an orange alert was issued on Monday morning. The IMD issued a red alert for Mumbai, Thane, and Raigad at 12:38pm today, warning of extremely heavy rainfall at isolated locations.The Southwest Monsoon made a historic early arrival over Mumbai on May…
Brazilian President Lula da Silva took a sharp dig at Donald Trump as the Brics summit wrapped up on Monday: “The world has changed. We don’t want an emperor”. His words came just hours after the US President took to his familiar playbook of tariff threats, warning the bloc of extra duties if they took…
An AI-generated image of Gujarati folk dancers performing Garba in front of the Olympic rings. An Indian delegation, comprising representatives from the union sports ministry, Gujarat government, and Indian Olympic Association president PT Usha, met with International Olympic Committee (IOC) officials in Lausanne on Tuesday to officially confirm Ahmedabad as India’s choice to host a…
Photo showed in press briefing NEW DELHI: During the press briefing on Operation Sindoor, the government on Saturday debunked the propaganda that Indian air bases were damaged in Pakistani military attack.In the press brief by the foreign secretary Vikram Misri, Col Sofiya Qureshi and Wing Commander Vyomika Singh, a photo of airbase was shown with…
Following phone calls with US President Donald Trump and several European leaders, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy voiced uncertainty over Russia’s readiness to commit to a ceasefire, citing a lack of trust in Moscow’s intentions. “I don’t know the principles from the Russian side,” Zelenskyy said. “As I understood from our dialogue with US President Trump,…
Ahmedabad plane crash (Photo: PTI) AHMEDABAD: Twenty-four-year-old Pinal Mistry from Anand was not supposed to be taking the ill-fated Air India flight. A change in her travel plan five days ago made her a victim.Pinal moved to England a year ago after completing her hotel management studies and ran an online business. Her father, Suresh…
SRINAGAR: A suspected thief posed as a soldier and entered a house in Srinagar’s Qazigund claiming to be part of a search operation party. When a family member suspected something amiss and confronted him, the thief stabbed him to death.The accused, Naseer Ahmad Sheikh, has been arrested and an FIR registered against him, police said….
