Exclusive | Shimron Hetmyer: ‘Conversations with Andre Russell and Kieron Pollard helped me become a better six-hitter’ | Cricket News

Shimron Hetmyer has travelled the cricketing world, playing in different leagues. In an exclusive interview with the TimesofIndia.com, the West Indies and Desert Vipers star reflects on the modern-day challenges cricketers face — from constant travel to the mental toll of shifting time zones and cultures. Having been part of the ILT20 since its start,…

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‘It was right thing to do’: Jaishankar briefs Parliament on India permitting docking of Iranian ships | India News

External affairs minister S Jaishankar (ANI photo) External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Monday said that Iran had formally requested permission for three of its vessels to dock at Indian ports, a request that India granted the very next day.Amid rising tensions in the Indian Ocean after last week’s sinking of an Iranian warship by…

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Congress gotta beat BJP to even be king of opposition

Elections in Assam, TN, Kerala and WB might, finally, help resolve national opposition’s core dilemma. Will INDIA bloc evolve into a jointly led ‘coalition of equals’, or into a Congress-led front, as ‘first among equals’? Until this is resolved, opposition will likely remain in limbo, or “on life support”, as J&K CM Omar Abdullah put…

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‘Water bomb’: China building world’s most powerful mega dam in the Himalayas — how it impacts India | India News

China is pressing ahead with a massive hydropower project on the Yarlung Tsangpo river in Tibet, a move that experts and Indian officials warn could seriously endanger water security, ecology and livelihoods downstream in India.As the river enters India as the Brahmaputra, any large-scale intervention upstream is seen as a direct risk to millions who…

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Bactrian camels to Zanskar ponies: ‘Animal soldiers’ to join 6k military personnel at R-Day parade; S400 to be displayed, EU contingent to participate | India News

New Delhi: From Bactrian camels to Zanskar ponies, a rare contingent of “animal soldiers” will for the first time be seen marching down Kartavya Path joining the 6,050 military personnel during the 90-minute Republic Day parade on Monday.They will be under the command of Captain Harshita Yadav, daughter of a retired IAF officer, and from…

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