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Former England cricketer Sir Alastair Cook (Photo by Gareth Copley/Getty Images) Former England captain Alastair Cook delivered a forthright critique of the Melbourne Cricket Ground surface after a chaotic opening day of the Boxing Day Test that saw all 20 wickets tumble, leaving batters from both sides searching for answers. From the outset, conditions proved…
2025 turned out to be a landmark year for Smriti Mandhana both professionally and personally. On November 2, she etched her name in history as the Indian women’s cricket team lifted the World Cup for the first time, a moment that made the entire nation proud. Around the same time, her wedding preparations with music…
A warm buzz is in the air, and it follows you around. The Moon sits in a friendly zone and Jupiter casts a soft, generous look, so family scenes turn sweet without you having to try too hard.You might attend a small celebration or a social get together, maybe a cousin’s visit or a neighbour’s…
The National Testing Agency (NTA) has started the application process for the Graduate Aptitude Test – Biotechnology (GAT-B) and the Biotechnology Eligibility Test (BET) 2026. Candidates who want to apply can visit the official website, exams.nta.nic.in, and submit their forms online. These exams are conducted for admission to postgraduate biotechnology programmes supported by the Department…
Prashant Narayanan, who is known for his villainous role in Emraan Hashmi starrer Murder 2, has weighed in on the ongoing debate around discrimination in the film industry, saying he was “genuinely hurt” after hearing certain accounts.According to him, “There are some people who have told me that just because they are Muslim, they are…
Adults ditch their names for many reasons, rooted in commerce, rebellion, and many things in between Firoz Anwar Banisrael, whose name appeared in yesterday’s TOI, had obviously taken some liberties with the name his family had given him. Such acts of self-authorship are a nice balm to all the handwringing over the zeitgeist of individualism…
Gold and silver began Wednesday’s session with strong gains on the Multi Commodity Exchange of India as intensifying US-Israeli air strikes on Iran and mounting geopolitical tensions spurred increased buying in safe-haven assets. April 2026 gold futures on the MCX climbed by more than Rs 2,157, or 1.33%, to trade at Rs 1,63,265 per 10…
Gangster Inderjit Singh Yadav. (Photo credit: Instagram) NEW DELHI: ED searches continued for the third day Thursday on the premises of close associates of gangster Inderjeet Singh Yadav, in Delhi-NCR with the agency having recovered fresh unaccounted cash of Rs 1.2 crore from Westend Greens farmhouse of businessman Sunil Gupta, taking the total cash recoveries…
New controversies hit FBI director Kash Patel, accusing him of spending FBI resources on personal trips. FBI director Kash Patel is unfazed by the new controversies over his past trips, where he allegedly mixed work with pleasure on the FBI’s money. A new report claimed that when Patel took a work tour across the South…
TOI Uttarakhand Transformation Dialogues 2026 NEW DELHI: The Times of India’s flagship Uttarakhand Transformation Dialogues 2026 brought together policymakers, academics and industry leaders in Dehradun on Friday, with a sharp focus on the state’s next phase of growth.Among the key sessions was a fireside chat featuring scientist and author Anand Ranganathan, who spoke on the…
