Pakistan captain Babar Azam with Shaheen Shah Afridi (PTI Photo) Pakistan have entrusted Sahibzada Farhan with the captaincy for the men’s cricket competition at the 2026 Asian Games, which will take place in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, during September and October. The selectors have opted for a youthful and largely experimental 15-member squad, with several uncapped players…
CHENNAI: Like Aladdin rubbing the magic lamp to set the genie free, Bharathiraja liberated an intense version of Tamil cinema that had long remained bottled up within studio sets and shooting floors. With 16 Vayadhiniley (1977), he blazed a trail and revealed the rugged and lush beauty of Tamil Nadu’s countryside to both filmmakers and…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi (File photo) NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday surpassed the record of country’s first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, to become the country’s longest-serving elected PM in uninterrupted tenure.As PM Modi completed 4,399 consecutive days in office, leaders from India and around the world congratulated him on the milestone and…
Public roads and footpaths are meant for unrestricted public use, but disputes often arise when structures such as ramps, staircases, extensions, kiosks or temporary installations spill over into these spaces. To address such encroachments, civic authorities across India periodically conduct anti-encroachment drives, removing structures found occupying public land without permission.Let us understand the laws and…
Anger often lingers after perceived slights, but spiritual leader Neem Karoli Baba offered a powerful perspective: forgiveness is the ultimate weapon. He taught that true strength lies not in retaliation, but in the ability to release anger, becoming unshakeable. This practice, though challenging, liberates individuals from the burden of grudges, fostering inner peace and resilience….
NEW DELHI: Reliance Industries Limited Wednesday announced a partnership with Meta Platforms, Inc for a data centre project in Jamnagar, Gujarat, positioning RIL as a single-window solutions provider for hyperscale AI infrastructure in India. RIL will develop a data centre with 168 MW capacity within two years, with an option to scale. This will be…
Yamini Rangan, an Indian-origin technology executive who serves as the Chief Executive Officer of HubSpot, a software company that provides marketing, sales and customer relationship management tools to businesses worldwide.Her rise to the top of the technology industry did not happen overnight. Over more than two decades, she worked across engineering, strategy, operations and customer-focused…
India’s Hardik Pandya (PTI Photo) TimesofIndia.com in Mullanpur: Hardik Pandya is set to miss the upcoming three-ODI series against Afghanistan due to a leg sprain. It is understood that the premier all-rounder was at peak fitness and had been training hard at the BCCI Centre of Excellence since June 2. He was supposed to link…
Salesforce is reportedly carrying out another round of job cuts. In the latest round of layoffs, affected employees include those who were working on the company’s Agentforce artificial intelligence (AI) platform, a report claims. The latest layoffs come months after Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff suggested that the company could eventually adopt the Agentforce name as…
Donald Trump on Wednesday launched retaliatory strikes against Iran after Tehran shot down a US Apache helicopter near the troubled Strait of Hormuz. The escalation came amid months of tensions in the Middle East following the launch of the US mega military campaign against Iran – Operation Epic Fury.The US military’s Central Command (CENTCOM) said…