NEW DELHI: India captain Rohit Sharma is going through a horrifying run with the bat. Poor Test returns in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Australia have definitely added to the pressure on the Indian captain.But with the ODI series against England set to begin from February 6 in Nagpur, the ‘Hitman’ is looking to bounce back…
NEW DELHI: After an exhilarating 2024, a new dawn awaits Indian chess. As it prepares for its first major event of 2025, the world’s top Grandmasters have gathered in the Netherlands for the prestigious Tata Steel Chess Tournament. Hosted in the picturesque town of Wijk aan Zee, the event will run from January 17 to…
Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal apologised for charging Rs 2 fee for veg-mode enablement and said that it is “stupid on our part.”Responding to a LinkedIn post that criticised this charge and called it “Zomato’s latest masterstroke,” Deepinder Goyal said the charge will be removed and will be fixed. He after few minutes again commented removed…
Blinkit, the quick-commerce platform, has announced the launch of a temporary store at the Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj to cater to the needs of pilgrims and tourists attending the event. Albinder Dhindsa, Blinkit’s CEO, shared the news in a post on X (formerly Twitter), detailing how the 100 sq. ft. store is strategically located…
KOTA: An 18-year-old NEET aspirant from Odisha died by suicide in his hostel room in Ambedkar Colony under Vigyan Nagar police station in Kota on Thursday night. He was found hanging from the ceiling fan.The police placed the body in the mortuary for a post-mortem examination to be carried out after the arrival of his…
Pulitzer-winning cartoonist Darrin Bell has been arrested for possession of child pornography. Darrin Bell, a Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist, was arrested in California on charges of possessing over 100 videos of child pornography, some of which were computer-generated, according to authorities.Investigators linked Bell, 49, to an online account that had shared 134 files depicting child sexual…
India’s gems and jewellery exports in December 2024 declined by 10.29 per cent compared to the same month last year, according to figures released by the Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC). Exports in December stood at USD 1967.98 million, compared to USD 2193.82 million in December 2023 due to the economic uncertainty looming…
NEW DELHI: India assistant coach Abhishek Nayar is now on a sticky wicket as the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has added Sitanshu Kotak to the support staff as a batting coach. The Indian cricket board didn’t have a “batting coach” under head coach Gautam Gambhir but Nayar is understood to have…
“We are only falling off every year in terms of the large budget films. These dependencies kind of increasing every year,” says Karan Taurani, Sr VP, Elara Securities.What do you make of this? Is there a heightened interest around Emergency and the other movies in the pipeline?Karan Taurani: So, if we look at Emergency, there…
NEW DELHI: Indian president Droupadi Murmu honoured D Gukesh, the youngest-ever world chess Champion, with the prestigious Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Friday. Gukesh’s extraordinary achievements this year have redefined the landscape of chess, not just in India but globally.At just 18 years old, Gukesh clinched the World Chess Championship…
