Ishan Kishan and Abhishek Sharma (ICC Photo) AHMEDABAD: Coming into the T20 World Cup, much of the hype around Indiaâs title defence revolved around a top order that worked like a killing machine against bowling attacks. However, at the halfway stage of the tournament, the team management has replaced words like âconfidenceâ and âclarityâ with…
Inside Jeffrey Epsteinâs âLolita Expressâ. For nearly a decade, the Boeing 727 once owned by Jeffrey Epstein has sat motionless on an outdoor slab in Brunswick, Georgia â its once-polished fuselage streaked with grime, its engines removed, its interior frozen in a kind of disquieting time capsule.Nicknamed the âLolita Expressâ by the press, a moniker…
NEW DELHI: Jolted by two crashes involving small charter aircraft within a month that killed 12 people, India may soon rank non scheduled operator permit (NSOP) or charter and private jet operators based on their safety record.While this ranking is proposed to be released on the Directorate General of Civil Aviation’s (DGCA) website, operators will…
He told the media while leaving the group’s HQ, Bombay House.When asked what changes for the group following the development, he said, “Nothing.”The matter of extending Chandrasekaran’s chairmanship was not listed on the main board agenda but was introduced as a supplementary item, said people familiar with the development.At the meeting, Noel Tata listed out…
UPSC extends CSE 2026 deadline to February 27 after portal disruption and heavy traffic The Union Public Service Commission has extended the last date for submission of online applications for the Civil Services Examination 2026 following technical disruptions and heavy traffic on its portal. Candidates can now apply until February 27, 2026, up to 6…
Ever since Vijay announced that âJana Nayaganâ would be his final film before entering public life, anticipation across Tamil Nadu has surged â but the excitement has also been accompanied by growing tension over its release. The film was originally slated for a Sankranti debut, yet the censor certificate failed to arrive on time, forcing…
LONDON: Padma Viswanathan, a Canadian writer of Indian heritage, was on Tuesday named on the 2026 International Booker Prize longlist as the English translator of a “haunting” Portuguese language novel by Brazilian author Ana Paula Maia. ‘On Earth As It Is Beneath,’ described by judges as a stark exploration of power and corruption, is among…
Princy Parikh with South African batter David Miller (Screengrabs) NEW DELHI: After Indiaâs heavy loss to South Africa in the T20 World Cup 2026, a video posted by social media influencer RJ Princy Parikh with South African batter David Miller went viral. In the clip, Parikh was seen circling Miller, with the caption âDavid Miller!…
NEW DELHI: Global communications company Viasat on Tuesday said societies cannot function without reliable access to space, describing satellite communications as the âdual use oxygen” that supports missions ranging from weather forecasting to early warning systems.âWithout assured, resilient global SatCom, we would all be in the dark,â Ben Palmer, President of Viasat Commercial, said while…
MUMBAI: Navigating twin disruptions – intensifying geopolitical uncertainty and the rapid rise of AI-native competitors – India’s technology industry is leaning on its strengths of scale, engineering depth and delivery resilience. Despite AI-led disruption that rattled stock prices, India’s tech sector is on track to grow 6.1% to $315 billion in FY26, according to Nasscom.The…
