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Rishabh Pant can make Virender Sehwag-like impact: Angelo Mathews
Rishabh Pant (Getty Images) NEW DELHI: Sri Lanka’s last Test win against India came under Angelo Mathews in 2015 in Galle—the venue for the first Test starting on Saturday. He was a new captain thenWhile all the talk leading up to the series has been around spinners playing the key role, Mathews highlighted that playing…
Anti-Red fighters bag bulk of police gallantry awards
President Murmu approved 78 gallantry awards NEW DELHI: Govt Friday approved 78 gallantry awards, including 13 posthumous, to defence forces and central armed police forces personnel on the eve of the 80th Independence Day. Paramilitary and police personnel engaged in the successful anti-Maoist operations dominated the police gallantry awards, with 197 of the 301 medals…
Emraan Hashmi starrer opens with Rs 27 crore haul; becomes actor’s biggest opener
Emraan Hashmi’s ‘Awarapan 2’ was off to a strong start at the Indian box office. The film that opened amid stiff competition at the box office, emerged on top, by drew in audiences by the number.As per early estimates on Sacnilk, the film earned an estiamtd estimated Rs 21 crore net on its first day,…
Reliance to partner Rolls-Royce to develop fighter jet engines
The AMCA is being developed as a twin-engine, medium-weight stealth fighter for the Indian Air Force. NEW DELHI: In a boost to India’s fifth gen fighter programme, Mukesh Ambani‘s Reliance Industries Ltd and Rolls-Royce Friday announced they plan to jointly develop a sovereign indigenous combat engine for India’s Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA).As part of…
What happened in 1st, 100th, 200th, 300th, 400th and 500th Tests?
(clockwise from top left): Dravid, Yuvraj and Kaif after Jamaica Test; Brian Lara falls; R Ashwin in Kanpur; Mohammed Shami after his wicket of Mark Craig in Kanpur; A picture of All India Cricket side which played first Test in 1932. Ninety-four years after Colonel Cottari Kanakaiya Nayudu (CK Nayadu) led a motley crew of…
Two American jets with same flight number avoid mid-air disaster
The two jets were kept at different altitudes and remained safely separated as they passed through the same area. A potential aviation disaster was narrowly avoided near Phoenix after an air traffic controller noticed that two American Airlines jets were operating under the same flight number while approaching and departing the airport at almost the…
7.7 magnitude earthquake strikes off the coast of Indonesia
The earthquake struck offshore in the Flores region A 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia’s Flores region early Saturday, prompting a tsunami warning for parts of East Nusa Tenggara, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS).The earthquake struck at around 3.28am IST, with the epicentre located at 8.557°S latitude and 121.181°E longitude. The…
Caste, bank accounts, Covid jabs…
Data will remain confidential, can’t be used for legal evidence, govt benefits or public disclosure NEW DELHI: The second phase of Census 2027 — involving population enumeration — will, for the first time, capture caste “as declared by the respondent” among its 40 fields, which include new ones such as number of bank accounts, place…
Man killed by wife, daughter over inter-caste relationship dispute
The victim was identified as Chhote Lal Pasi, a resident of Barain Majre Hilalganj village under Harchandpur police station LUCKNOW: A man from Rae Bareli district was allegedly killed by his wife and daughter after he opposed his daughter’s relationship with a man from a different caste, police said. The victim’s skeletal remains were recovered…
Trump vows to claim Hormuz as US territory; Iran hits back
Trump’s remarks came days after he claimed that the US had “total control” over the Strait of Hormuz and described the American naval blockade as a “WALL OF STEEL”. US President Donald Trump Friday said the United States will soon declare the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz a territory of the US, escalating his rhetoric…
