Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow, handlers say, predicting 6 more weeks of wintry weather Groundhog Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow when he emerged from his den in western Pennsylvania early Sunday with his weather forecast that there will be six more weeks of winter. If Phil had not seen his shadow, it could have meant…
Abhishek Sharma (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: Swashbuckling opener Abhishek Sharma on Sunday lit up the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, smacking the second fastest century ever by an Indian batter in the fifth and final T20I against England. Abhishek went all guns blazing against the English pacers, notching up his second T20I hundred off just 37…
Palmer Luckey, the American entrepreneur who sold his AR/VR hardware company Oculus to Facebook and founded defence technology comany Anduril, is skeptical of the recent hype surrounding Chinese AI startup DeepSeek and its claims about the cost of training its AI models. In a Fox Business interview, Luckey criticized the US media for what he…
In a show of solidarity, Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh expressed his support for Assam’s fight against illegal opium poppy cultivation, following a significant operation by Assam Police. The destruction of 170 bighas (over 56 acres) of poppy plantations in Goalpara was reported in January, with an estimated value of over Rs 27 crore.Assam’s…
Captain Rebecca Lobach’s name was initially not revealed at the request of her family. Later, her family consented to reveal her name as they also issued a statement. The name of Rebecca Lobach, the third pilot of the military Blackhawk that crashed with an American Airlines plane, was not released until yesterday while the identities…
Himanshu Sangwan (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: “Sangwan bhai, poora ground khaali kara diya!” – a fan shouted as Himanshu Sangwan took his position on the field after an eventful over, one that saw the dismissal of India’s batting legend Virat Kohli for six runs.Amid deafening cheers at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, Virat Kohli’s much-anticipated homecoming…
NEW DELHI: Delhi Police on Sunday assured Arvind Kejriwal of strict legal action after he posted on X a clip of men seen encircling AAP’s campaign van and tearing down the party’s posters.The New Delhi DCP, responding to Kejriwal’s post, claimed that “no PCR call or complaint was received in police station”. The top cop…
NEW DELHI: Union minister George Kurian’s remark on Sunday that Kerala should declare itself a backward state to secure better allocations in the Union Budget has ignited a major controversy.Addressing concerns raised by Kerala’s chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan and finance minister K N Balagopal regarding the centre’s budget, Kurian said: “If Kerala announces that it…
NEW DELHI: Union minister of state for petroleum and natural gas Suresh Gopi ignited a controversy by suggesting that the tribal affairs portfolio should be managed by individuals from the “upper castes.”Addressing a BJP election campaign event in New Delhi on Sunday, the actor-turned-politician contended that meaningful progress in tribal welfare could only be realized…
NEW DELHI: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday cited India’s “unblemished track record” of fiscal consolidation, even as credit rating agency Moody’s decided not to upgrade the country’s sovereign rating.Sitharaman said that India has never deviated from its fiscal consolidation and debt reduction targets.She also defended the government’s strategy of balancing fiscal prudence with growth,…
