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Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana MUMBAI: Former India captain Diana Edulji feels it’s time to appoint vice-captain and superstar batter Smriti Mandhana as captain of the Indian women’s team “in all three formats of the game.”Mandhana became the leading run-getter in women’s internationals, en route to her hundred (124) in the Women’s Asia Cup 2026 on…
NEW DELHI: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday, January 27, participated in the traditional Halwa Ceremony, marking the start of the final phase of preparations for the Union Budget 2026–27, scheduled to be presented on February 1.The ceremony was held at the Budget Press in North Block, New Delhi.At the ceremony, Sitharaman was accompanied by…
What makes things strange sometimes is when we see something for a long time, and it suddenly disappears. Eventually, the same thing happened with a land bridge that used to connect Britain and Europe. Thousands of years ago, Britain and Europe were connected by a bridge, Doggerland. This large area contained a variety of different…
India won gold medals in both men’s and women’s kabaddi events. NEW DELHI: India returned to the top 10 of the Asian Games medal standings on Saturday after a seven-medal haul, highlighted by two gold medals in kabaddi. The country’s gold rush in the sport, along with medals in athletics, shooting and squash, took the…
Alibag in Maharashtra is known as the “Hamptons of Mumbai,” for a reason. The coastal town, just a few hours from Mumbai, has undergone a wealthy transformation in the last few years. From being a quiet and underrated coastal town to becoming India’s one of the most exclusive elite real estate destinations, Alibag has come…
FILE – Feminist Gloria Steinem speaks at a rally organized by Women’s March NYC in New York on Jan. 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File) In the late 1950s, Gloria Steinem, a young American journalist travelled to India and spent two years here. She was far from the feminist movement she would later help define,…
A Pune trekker’s (L) death at Lohagad fort, initially ruled an accident, has taken a shocking turn. Police now suspect his fiancée (R) and her male friend deliberately pushed him into a deep gorge. PUNE: Pune police on Tuesday said the death of 26-year-old trekker Ketan Vishal Agarwal, initially believed to be an accident, is…
New Zealand’s critically endangered kākāpō, the world’s heaviest parrot, has reached a remarkable conservation milestone after decades of intensive efforts to pull the species back from the brink of extinction. Its population has climbed to 325 birds after 90 chicks from the 2026 breeding season were officially added to the count, marking the highest population…
Lady Gaga embraces motherhood away from the spotlight, reportedly spending her days bonding with her months-old baby. Lady Gaga has reportedly welcomed her first child with fiance Michael Polansky, with the singer recently spotted cradling her baby after months away from the public eye. According to a recent report by the Daily Mail, the baby…
The United States has imposed visa restrictions on the owner and several associates of an India-based online pharmacy accused of trafficking illicit fentanyl-laced drugs into the US.US state department spokesperson Tommy Pigott said on Tuesday that visa restrictions were being imposed on 13 individuals associated with KS International Traders and its owner.“The US department of…
