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Rishabh Pant of India (Photo by Gareth Copley/Getty Images) India will head into the Asia Cup 2025 without Rishabh Pant, who has been sidelined with a fractured foot. The wicketkeeper-batsman picked up the injury on the opening day of the fourth Test against England and was forced to return home, missing the fifth Test as…

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday met Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi at his official residence, 7 Lok Kalyan Marg, in New Delhi, as India continues efforts to ease tensions in ties with China.The meeting took place against the backdrop of US President Donald Trump’s recent move to impose tariffs, including a 50…

Beau Skinner poses with a snake on family holiday (Image via: Getty Images) Edmonton Oilers goaltender Stuart Skinner enjoyed a well-deserved offseason break with his family, and wife Chloe gave fans a glimpse of their holiday through Instagram. The highlight came when their elder son, Beau, was photographed smiling confidently while posing with a snake…

NEW DELHI: The Karnataka Assembly on Tuesday passed a bill to rename Bengaluru City University as Dr Manmohan Singh Bengaluru City University, in honour of the former Prime Minister who passed away earlier this year.The Congress-majority assembly’s decision came months after Manmohan Singh’s passing.In June 2006, during his tenure as Prime Minister, Singh laid the…

BJP national spokesperson Syed Zafar Islam NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday downplayed the impact of US President Donald Trump’s decision to impose a 50 per cent tariff on India, asserting that India’s economy would be “least affected” by tariffs despite global pressures.Addressing a press briefing, BJP national spokesperson Syed Zafar Islam…

NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday slammed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for allegedly “crushing” a police constable during a roadshow in Bihar’s “Vote Adhikar Yatra.”In a social media post on X, BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla shared a video in which a car carrying Rahul Gandhi was seen running over a police constable. The…

Russia on Tuesday categorically said that there could not be any “long-term peace deal” with Ukraine without considering the security interests of Russians and “Russian-speaking people who live in Ukraine”. This comes a day after Zelenskyy-Trump talks, where the US president assured that he would talk to Vladimir Putin after the meet.“Without respect for Russia’s…

MUMBAI: Heavy rainfall continues to wreak havoc across Maharashtra, claiming the life of a 75-year-old woman in Raigad district on Tuesday morning. As per news agency PTI, the incident occurred in Mithekhar village, Murud tehsil, when a landslide struck her house. The deceased has been identified as Vitha Motiram Gaikar, police said.Murud tehsildar, along with…

Global population trends are drawing increasing concern from experts and public figures alike. Recently, political commentator Tim Pool highlighted declining birth rates and their far-reaching social and economic implications. Responding on X (formerly Twitter), Elon Musk emphasised that the population crisis is not a future threat—it is already underway. The “receding shoreline” signals early warning…