Riyan Parag (Image credit: BCCI/IPL) MUMBAI: Soon after he captained the Rajasthan Royals to the IPL-2026 playoffs with a 30-run victory over the Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium on Sunday afternoon in a must-win game, Riyan Parag received a ‘pat on the back’ from his team’s head coach Kumar Sangakkara. “I think I’ve seen…
KOLKATA: The BJP govt in Bengal has commissioned “holding centres” in all 23 districts for illegal Bangladeshi, Rohingya and other immigrants awaiting deportation, resuming a process stalled by the erstwhile Mamata Banerjee-led TMC govt for a year in defiance of MHA guidelines, report Debashis Konar and Srishti Lakhotia.The order, issued by the state home department…
In many families, the youngest child grows up in a world that is already full of voices, routines and expectations. By the time they arrive, parents have usually learned a little more, siblings have already set the tone, and the household has its own rhythm. That does not make the youngest child a copy of…
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (BCCI/IPL Photo) When Rajasthan Royals’ batting sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi walked out to bat against Mumbai Indians in their must-win IPL 2026 clash at the Wankhede Stadium, expectations were sky high. Fans expected towering sixes, blazing boundaries, a half-century or perhaps even another hundred from the teenage star.But Sooryavanshi endured a rare off day…
BENGALURU: A customer books a cleaner through an app. A worker arrives. But this time, there is a camera strapped to the worker’s head.The image has sparked widespread unease online after on-demand home services startup Pronto confirmed to TOI that a small subset of customers can opt into a programme where household jobs are recorded…
MUMBAI: After a bull run in the IPO market over the past two years, Indian startups are finding it hard to take the road to Dalal Street. The US-Iran war has thrown a spanner in their IPO plans with many companies delaying listing timelines and going slow on filing draft papers. PhonePe has pressed pause…
We often think of play as noise, movement, and a little harmless mess. But sometimes play becomes something far more revealing. Sometimes it shows us what a child understands about safety, belonging, and emotional warmth long before they have the words to explain it. In a video posted by MyZeroGravity on Instagram, a quiet moment…
MUMBAI: A proxy advisory firm is pressing India’s central bank to require Tata Sons to go public, arguing that its size and systemic importance demand disclosure standards closer to those applied to major financial institutions rather than those typical of private holding companies.InGovern, in a report titled “Tata Sons: The Listing Imperative,” said that where…
MUMBAI: IRDAI has asked the non-life industry to come up with a standard definition of claim and a uniform definition of claim settlement ratio for various lines of business. This followed different companies using different definitions for determining claim settlement ratio, a key metric that is an indicator of companies’ financial health and customer satisfaction.Some…
It is often said that the first impression is the last impression, and the entrance is the first impression that people get when they visit your home. It sets the mood for the rest of the interiors and creates a lasting first impression for guests. A well and thoughtfully designed entrance to your home not…