- Sunday, March 09, 2025
IPL franchise Royal Challengers Bengaluru on Thursday (13) named Rajat Patidar as its captain for the upcoming season starting March 21, replacing South African Faf du Plessis who was released from the squad last year. Patidar was among RCB's retained players before the mega auction in November 2024 and has…
PRIME MINISTER Narendra Modi will come bearing gifts when he meets Donald Trump on Thursday, hoping concessions on tariffs, fresh business deals and the prospect of cooperation on China will win the US president's favour. Modi wants to avoid the US president's wrath on tariffs and immigration - when they…
INDIA completed a 3-0 series sweep against England after Shubman Gill's fluent hundred, helped by some incisive bowling, secured their victory by 142 runs in the final one day international in Ahmedabad on Wednesday. Gill smashed 112 to help India rack up 356 before being all out in exactly 50…
MEDIA giant Walt Disney has said it is changing its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programmes to focus on business outcomes, according to media reports. The company joins a slew of US businesses scaling back diversity initiatives, in response to the Trump administration's efforts to dismantle DEI initiatives. Since taking…
A 53-YEAR-OLD man died of Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) at a hospital in Mumbai, the first fatality in the city due to the nerve disorder, officials said on Wednesday. The patient, a resident of Mumbai's Wadala area and working as a ward boy in a civic-run hospital, had visited Pune, which…
THE Reserve Bank of India on Wednesday (12) said it will soon issue ₹50 denomination banknotes bearing the signature of Governor Sanjay Malhotra. Malhotra assumed office in December 2024 replacing Shaktikanta Das who demitted office after the completion of his extended term. "The design of these notes is similar in…
IRISH actor Nicola Coughlan, known for her role as Penelope Featherington in Netflix's “Bridgerton,” has said that the upcoming fourth season of the show will draw parallels to the classic fairytale “Cinderella.” The new season will centre around Benedict Bridgerton, played by Luke Thompson, and his romance with Sophie Baek,…
SEXUAL intercourse, including unnatural act, by a man with his adult wife, even without her consent, can not be treated as an offence, the Chhattisgarh High Court held while acquitting a Jagdalpur resident who was convicted of rape and other charges. Justice Narendra Kumar Vyas made the observations while acquitting…
RELIANCE INDUSTRIES Chairman Mukesh Ambani visited Maha Kumbh on Tuesday (11) with his family and took a dip in Sangam, officials here said. The family also participated in a yagya at Parmarth Triveni Pushp in Arail. According to Reliance Industries Limited, Ambani along with his mother, Kokilaben, sons Akash and…
MAHANT Satyendra Das, the chief priest of the Ram Janmabhoomi temple in Ayodhya, passed away at a hospital in Lucknow on Wednesday. The 85-year-old was admitted to the Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGI) earlier this month after he suffered a brain stroke. The hospital authorities said…
