Rohit Sharma and Pat Cummins NEW DELHI: Australia captain Pat Cummins has set a new record for the most dismissals of an opposing captain in Test cricket, having dismissed India’s Rohit Sharma six times. Cummins’ latest dismissal of Rohit in the captain-versus-captain battle surpassed the previous record of five dismissals held by Richie Benaud against…
MUMBAI: Health insurers paid out only 71.3% of the Rs 1.2 lakh crore claims that were registered and outstanding during FY24, according to Irdai data.According to the insurance regulator’s report, insurers registered over 3 crore claims during the year for Rs 1.1 lakh crore, in addition to the 17.9 lakh claims for Rs 6,290 crore…
Motilal Oswal Financial Services has a ‘buy’ recommendation on JSW Infrastructure, the second largest private port operator in India with a target price of Rs 375 (+16%). At 22% growth in cargo volumes in FY18-24, the company has significantly outpaced industry growth of about 4%. It plans to expand capacity significantly by FY2030 and has…
Jasprit Bumrah and Shoaib Akhtar NEW DELHI: Jasprit Bumrah has etched his name in history by surpassing Shoaib Akhtar‘s record of 12 five-wicket hauls in Test cricket. With his 13th five-wicket haul in the Boxing Day Test against Australi at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Bumrah has now taken his tally to 203 wickets from 44…
Suchir Balaji’s parents, Balagi Ramamurthy and Ramarao, vehemently dispute the findings, alleging foul play and demanding an FBI investigation. The mysterious death of Suchir Balaji, a former OpenAI researcher and whistleblower, has left his family demanding answers. Balaji, 26, was found dead in his San Francisco apartment on November 26, with the medical examiner ruling…
NEW DELHI: Contemplating a terrorist act for years, even without executing it, constitutes a terrorist act, the Delhi high court has said.“The definition of ‘terrorist act’ under Section 15 of UAPA clearly includes the expressions ‘with intent to strike terror’, by any other means of whatever nature to cause or likely to cause. Such an…
To erase this perception of lineage trumping merit or a judicial officer getting priority over first-generation lawyers in getting recommended for appointment as high court judges, one of the collegium judges recently mooted the idea of instructing high court collegiums not to recommend lawyers or judicial officers whose parents or close relatives were/are judges of…
Though there will mostly be clear skies during the day, the maximum (day) temperatures in the region are expected to be in the range of 12-16 C. In the plains, a cold wave is considered when the minimum (night) temperature of a station is 10 C or less and it is at least 4.5 below…
NEW DELHI: The sites being considered for former PM Manmohan Singh’s memorial include the area near Kisan Ghat, the memorial of former PM Chaudhary Charan Singh, and Rashtriya Smriti Sthal which is the designated spot for the last rites of presidents, vice-presidents and PMs. Both sites are close to the Yamuna and a decision is…
HYDERABAD: An ancient Sanskrit inscription discovered on a rock outside Gilgit in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir was decoded by ASI’s epigraph division. Written in Brahmi script, it dates back to approximately 4th-century CE, reports U Sudhakarreddy. According to ASI epigraphy director K Muniratnam Reddy, the inscription reads: “Pushpasingha, for the merit of his guru (name partially lost),…
