Harry Brook and Shreyas Iyer (BCCI Photo) NEW DELHI: India’s decision to bat first in the opening T20I against England surprised many. With overcast skies and rain around, most teams would have preferred to bowl first after winning the toss at the Riverside Ground in Chester-le-Street on Wednesday.However, India captain Shreyas Iyer chose to bat,…
File photo: Iran will never have nuclear weapon, says US Secretary of State Rubio US secretary of state Marco Rubio said Wednesday that Iran will never be allowed to acquire a nuclear weapon under US president Donald Trump, as Washington pushes Tehran to make a substantial reduction in its nuclear enrichment capacity as part of…
Rochdale grooming gang leader Shabir Ahmed Labour is considering bringing emergency legislation to deport the Pakistan-born ringleader of a Rochdale grooming gang.Alex Norris, minister for border security and asylum, when asked in the House of Commons whether govt could fast-track legislation to pave the way to deport Shabir Ahmed, said “all options are on the…
The Himalayan tahr is a large, shaggy mountain ungulate native to the Himalayas that has become an invasive species in New Zealand. In 1904, a gift from a British aristocrat brought a handful of shaggy mountain goats to the remote peaks of New Zealand’s South Island. The aim was to build up big game stocks…
Indian man convicted for elderly scam in Texas. Bhavesh Kumar Thakkar, a 45-year-old Indian man, has been convicted of two counts related to wire fraud and money laundering in Texas. According to court documents, Thakkar was part of an elaborate fraud scheme that went on from September 2022 to 2025 — with Rakesh Barot, Dhruv…
Javed Akhtar moved to Bombay, now Mumbai, in 1964 and spent the next six years struggling to establish himself in the Hindi film industry.In a recent conversation with Let’s Talk with Devna G, the veteran writer recalled surviving on occasional ghostwriting assignments and sometimes going without food for days. Despite the hardships, he said he…
Shreyas Iyer and Shubman Gill (Image credit: Agencies) NEW DELHI: India will have two captains during the five-match ODI series against New Zealand. Shubman Gill will lead the team in the first three matches, while Shreyas Iyer will take over for the final two games.Iyer, who will be Gill’s deputy in the first three ODIs,…
Stanley Milgram (Image source: Wikipedia) Most of us like to think we would never harm an innocent person just because someone told us to. We trust our own conscience to stop us. Stanley Milgram, a psychologist who studied this question, discovered something far more uncomfortable. Again and again, ordinary, decent people went along with orders…
General:The day can flow like a tired river that is slow and heavy, but not keen to move you forward. It can be difficult to see the results and even the most routine tasks might require longer than they need to. The Moon is weak today, which means mood and energy are required to be…
This entire town in California is on sale again. Campo, an entire town in California, just an hour away from San Diego, has been on sale for years. Now the price has hit its lowest as it did not get any luck. The town has its own local post office, a border patrol facility, a…
India’s labour market is changing, but the transition is not uniform. Over the years, employment has moved away from the agriculture sector towards non-farm activities and larger enterprises. Yet, agriculture continues to account for a major share of jobs, highlighting how it is still India’s job market backbone.The latest PLFS 2025 unit-level data by SBI…
Image: AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic A century-old shipwreck has resurfaced from the Sava River in Serbia as an intense drought leaves waterways across Europe at exceptionally low levels. The rusting remains of the Slovenian, a steam tugboat built in 1913, emerged near the Serbian town of Sremska Mitrovica earlier in August, revealing far more of the…
