West Indies Cricket Team (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: For a team with two ODI World Cup titles, West Indies have found themselves in an unfamiliar position again. The Caribbean side will not qualify automatically for the 2027 World Cup and must now negotiate the qualifying route to make the tournament in South Africa, Zimbabwe and…
MUMBAI: Even as gold loans grew 50.4% in FY26 to emerge as the primary driver of retail credit, the home loan portfolio expanded only 9.4%, with growth largely led by higher ticket sizes, while credit card outstandings remained the slowest segment with flat year-on-year growth. According to a latest report by CRIF India, the March…
Patrick Mahomes (Image via Getty Images) Patrick Mahomes remains at the top of the NFL quarterback hierarchy, even after a difficult 2025 season and a serious knee injury. Yet a new anonymous scouting assessment has sparked attention for an unexpected reason. While league insiders still view the Kansas City Chiefs star as an elite quarterback,…
Exiled Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen in Kolkata. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Exiled Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen on Saturday described her return to India after nearly two decades as proof that “injustice can be long but cannot be permanent.”She made the remarks at an event in Kolkata, nearly two decades after she was forced to leave…
For generations, parenting has largely meant guiding and controlling. Parents decide what their child should study, how they should behave, which hobbies are worth pursuing and sometimes even what kind of person they should grow up to be. Sadhguru’s concern is with what happens when parents already have a fixed picture of who their child…
Madhav Tiwari (BCCI Photo) NEW DELHI: Delhi Capitals’ IPL 2026 campaign was hanging by a thread when 22-year-old Madhav Tiwari was handed his first game of the season against Punjab Kings. DC needed 41 runs off 21 balls, and David Miller had just departed. Facing the very first ball of his IPL career, Madhav stayed…
According to Kepler observations, the most abundant kind of planets in the Milky Way is the super-Earths. These planets are larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune, and they have been observed in many planetary systems of the galaxy. Super-earths range in size from 1 to 4 times larger than Earth and exist in many…
The idea sounds like something lifted from satire rather than municipal policy. Yet for years, a handful of French towns became known for issuing decrees that appeared to forbid residents from dying within their boundaries. The orders attracted international attention because of their obvious impossibility. Death, after all, does not wait for administrative approval.Behind the…
Virat Kohli returned to form with his ninth IPL century as Royal Challengers Bengaluru defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by six wickets in their IPL 2026 match in Raipur on Wednesday. Chasing 193, RCB reached the target with five balls remaining, powered by Kohli’s unbeaten 105 off 60 balls.Coming into the match after two successive ducks,…
Kolkata: Hockey India secretary general Bhola Nath Singh was on Sunday elected unopposed as Hockey Jharkhand president for a fourth consecutive term during the association’s 13th Annual General Meeting in Ranchi.The election, however, comes amid a legal challenge over Singh’s eligibility to continue in office.The National Sports Governance Act, 2025 states that “a person may…