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Mustafizur Rahman and Shashi Tharoor NEW DELHI: India and Bangladesh are once again at the centre of a cricket and political row. This time, it involves the T20 World Cup and the Indian Premier League.Bangladesh has asked that their matches at next month’s T20 World Cup not be played in India. Instead, they want the…
NEW DELHI: World chess champion D Gukesh will not be playing in the 2026 Tata Steel Chess India tournament in Kolkata. The organisers confirmed the news on Friday. The tournament begins on January 7, and Gukesh will be replaced by fellow Indian grandmaster Nihal Sarin.This event was expected to be Gukesh’s first tournament of the…
For more than two decades, the H-1B visa lottery served as a quiet stabiliser for the US technology economy. Its randomness was not flawless, but it still provided businesses with something they value very highly: Predictability. Corporations would be able to chart recruitment cycles, educational institutions could synchronize the graduation of their students, and worldwide…
‘Dhurandhar’ dominates 2025 box office while ‘Shararat’ with Ayesha Khan and Krystle D’Souza hits 100M YouTube views. Ayesha shared a theater clip, captioning her surreal joy and gratitude to casting director and producer. She vowed to rule with hard work, crediting family and team support. ‘Dhurandhar’ keeps the whole country hooked. The spy thriller tops…
When it comes to weight gain, Carbohydrates have received unjust criticism, especially in the last few years, but it is not the whole truth. The fact of the matter is that consuming the right carbs in the right quantity, does not lead to weight gain.Recently, lifestyle guru Luke Coutinho took to his IG handle to…
This week, Saturn requires you to choose depth over any kind of distraction. Whilst daily noise seems easy, true growth finds essence in focus and stillness. You must commit to what truly matters. Slow down, take time to reflect, and fully engage with that which brings meaning to your life. When you engage with what…
Nicolás Maduro started off as a bus driver before becoming the most powerful man in Venezuela, a trajectory so improbable that it once passed for proof of revolutionary possibility. In the end, he had to be kidnapped and extracted by plane, a final inversion that captured both the elevation he achieved and the emptiness of…
A US-led takeover or restructuring of Venezuela’s oil sector could bring a major financial and strategic gain for India, potentially helping recover nearly $1 billion in long-pending payments and restarting crude production from oilfields operated by Indian firms, according to analysts and industry sources.India was once among the largest buyers of Venezuelan heavy crude, importing…
NEW DELHI: Investigations into the blast near Delhi’s Red Fort on November 10 last year have revealed how a “white-collar” terror module relied on a sophisticated network of “ghost” SIM cards and encrypted messaging apps to stay in touch with Pakistani handlers.The accused, many of them highly educated doctors, used illegally obtained or fraudulently issued…
A sharp increase in taxes on cigarettes, along with a new excise duty structure on tobacco products, could trigger a surge in illicit trade and lead to significant revenue losses for the government, experts have warned.Earlier this week, the finance ministry notified amendments to the Central Excise Act, introducing a fresh excise duty ranging from…
