Abhishek Sharma and Rohit Sharma (Agency Image) Abhishek Sharma produced a stunning display of power-hitting to rewrite the record books during India’s third T20I against New Zealand in Wellington on Tuesday, setting a new world record for the most sixes by a batter from a Full Member nation in a calendar year.The left-hander took his…
File photo: Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, and Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian Iranian-backed militias carried out a precision strike last month, hitting the pumping stations of Saudi Arabia’s most important oil pipeline. Days later, another attack hit a Saudi military air base, damaging an Italian fighter jet inside a hangar.Crucial to the strikes’ success was what…
HAGUE: India is open to promoting free and fair trade with China and hopes to expand its exports of goods and services to the neighbouring country and Asean region in the coming years, commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal said late Monday, signalling scope for deeper trade engagement with Beijing.Goyal told reporters that India believed…
File photo: Omar Abdullah SRINAGAR: J&K CM Omar Abdullah’s cabinet expansion triggered open dissent, protests and allegations of internal bias in National Conference after four ministers were inducted Tuesday. MLA Abdul Majeed Larmi, who had expected a berth until the last moment, broke down and other legislators accused the party brass of shutting them out.Lieutenant…
Frida Kahlo (Photo via Canva) Frida Kahlo was a Mexican painter who is popularly known even today for creating astonishing self-portraits. Her life began and ended in Mexico City, in her home known as the Blue House, as she had polio as a child and lived with injuries from a terrible road accident. She began…
Government has identified around 120 products for a domestic manufacturing push to cut import dependence (AI-generated image) NEW DELHI: Government has identified around 120 products, including intermediates and capital goods, for domestic manufacturing push and to reduce dependence on imports, with a separate plan for tunnel boring machines in the works after China imposed restrictions…
The dispute began after the seller rejected the couple’s repeated requests for a price reduction. (Representational photo) Buying a house was supposed to be a new beginning for a Michigan couple looking for more space for their growing family. Roger Lewis and Nicole Susser found a home in Franklin Village and agreed to pay $1.275…
File photo: Reserve Bank of India MUMBAI: India would already have been an 8% growth economy if it had not been grappling with an exceptionally difficult global environment, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) deputy governor Poonam Gupta said, arguing that improvements in digital infrastructure, public services, manufacturing and governance have strengthened the economy’s capacity to…
File photoMallikarjun Kharge NEW DELHI: A survey said Tuesday that a majority of respondents considered Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s controversial remark against PM Narendra Modi as an “affront to the dignity of the PM’s office”.Most respondents also believed that it was a reflection of the main opposition party’s “desperation”, the survey conducted by Matrize News…
I died for six minutes (Canva) There’s an interesting story shared on Reddit that has attracted thousands of upvotes. Titled “I died for six minutes in 2003. Heaven isn’t what we think it is,” the post turns a familiar near-death experience narrative into a disturbing tale. The story follows a narrator who claims that his…
