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Gujarat Titans’ skipper Shubman Gill (ANI Photo) Shubman Gill produced one of the greatest knocks in IPL playoff history on Friday, smashing a breathtaking century against Rajasthan Royals in Qualifier 2 and rewriting multiple records in the process. Chasing a daunting 215 after Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s stunning 96 and Donovan Ferreira’s late carnage had powered Rajasthan…
NEW DELHI: Nearly two-thirds of all live births in India – 66.4% – were first-born children, while the fourth child and births thereafter dwindled to barely 3.5%, shows the 2024 Sample Registration System Statistical Report. On birth spacing, a critical factor for maternal health and child development, the data shows that 53.5% of second or…
NEW DELHI: Even as India faces energy disruptions due to the West Asia crisis, more trouble could be looming for the economy. IMD on Friday confirmed its forecast of ‘below normal’ monsoon rainfall this year while further downgrading the extent of rains during the June-Sept season, with a high probability of ‘deficient’ rainfall, also known…
India has underscored its strategic priorities for a stable and secure Indo-Pacific through high-level diplomatic outreach and academic engagement in Singapore.In a post on X on Friday, the defence ministry said that defence secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh, on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue 2026, “engaged with leading think tanks and academia on strengthening the…
A US federal judge on Friday ordered the removal of President Donald Trump‘s name from the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and blocked plans to temporarily close the venue for a yearslong renovation, ruling that the institution’s board exceeded its legal authority on both counts.US District Judge Christopher Cooper directed officials to remove within…
Novak Djokovic of Serbia (AP Photo/Emma Da Silva) French Open 2026 delivered another massive shock as Novak Djokovic was knocked out in dramatic fashion in Paris. Teenager Joao Fonseca stunned Djokovic in a marathon five-set battle on Friday. Earlier on Thursday, Sinner’s title hopes collapsed after he struggled physically in extreme heat conditions.Brazil’s 19-year-old sensation…
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (Pic credit: IPL) NEW DELHI: Teenage batting sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi continued to rewrite IPL history on Friday with yet another breathtaking knock, smashing 96 off just 47 balls against Gujarat Titans in Qualifier 2 of IPL 2026 in New Chandigarh.The 15-year-old Rajasthan Royals opener once again missed out on a deserved hundred, falling…
A Note of Discord: US divided on the proposed Trump $250 bill TOI correspondent from Washington: America, a republic founded in rebellion against monarchy and once faintly embarrassed about personality cults, is now contemplating commemorating its 250th birthday by placing Donald Trump’s face on a brand-new $250 bill — a denomination so oddly specific it…
CHENNAI: Paid VIP darshan at Hindu temples is wrong and discriminatory, Madras high court remarked on Friday. It said no such practice is followed in churches and mosques.“Let ministers and MLAs not think that they could walk into a temple any time and that God would be waiting for them. Why do we need VIP…
NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal on Friday hailed the party’s victory after it won a majority of the urban local bodies in Punjab.AAP achieved an impressive victory in 102 civic bodies by winning 862 of the 1,765 wards counted so far. A total of 1,977 wards went to the polls on May…
