Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has been the headline act of IPL 2026, breaking records on a regular basis and earning praise from across the cricket fraternity. The 15-year-old sensation recently surpassed Chris Gayle‘s long-standing record for the most sixes in a single IPL season.As his incredible rise continues, comparisons with some of cricket’s greatest names have become…
King Charles III and Queen Camilla will not meet survivors linked to the Jeffrey Epstein case during their upcoming state visit to the United States, Buckingham Palace has confirmed.Palace sources indicated that while there have been calls, particularly from victims’ families and advocacy groups, for such an interaction, it has been ruled out due to…
NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke on Thursday levelled a series of allegations against the Centre, claiming he received repeated threats during the student protests.Addressing a media interaction in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Dipke claimed he was under constant pressure during the protests. I was told that failing to join the BJP would spell…
No planes, no problem: Zero flight at Khajuraho, AAI’s ‘number 1 airport’ BHOPAL: Now boarding — Khajuraho Airport into top customer-ranking slot, without any flights.The airport in the Madhya Pradesh town – recently ranked India’s top airport in the Airports Authority of India’s latest Customer Satisfaction Index (CSI) – has produced a surprising result: it…
Gukesh, Praggnanandhaa with Norway Chess 2026 trophy, and Viswanathan Anand NEW DELHI: Five-time world chess champion Viswanathan Anand has praised R Praggnanandhaa’s recent form and suggested that world champion D Gukesh look to the young Grandmaster’s example as he tries to regain momentum. Praggnanandhaa recently became the first Indian to win Norway Chess, while Gukesh…
Spanish PM’s wife Begona Gomez barred from leaving country by court A Spanish court has ordered Begona Gomez, the wife of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, to stand trial by jury on corruption-related charges and barred her from leaving Spain.According to a court order released on Saturday, Judge Juan Carlos Peinado instructed Gomez to surrender her…
When Nasa flight director Zebulon Scoville was working a shift during the uncrewed Artemis I test flight, he realised the space agency wasn’t consistently livestreaming the spacecraft’s journey. “They said, well, we don’t have bandwidth, we’ve got to get all this vehicle and engineering data down,” Scoville recalled. “I was like – wrong.” “This program…
Tension gripped the White House complex on Sunday after series of gunfire were heard near the presidential compound, forcing journalists to rush into secure shelter areas while heavily armed law enforcement personnel sealed off parts of the zone. The incident unfolded as US President Donald Trump remained inside the Oval Office amid sensitive negotiations linked…
Magnus Carlsen’s table-slam outburst against D Gukesh in Norway Chess 2025 (Screengrabs) NEW DELHI: World No. 1 and five-time world champion Magnus Carlsen suffered his first classical chess defeat in almost a year after losing to Jorden van Foreest at the TePe Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament 2026 in Malmo on Monday. Carlsen, who rarely…
NEW DELHI: The National Human Rights Commission has issued notice to the National Medical Commission over allegations that postgraduate medical residents, including persons with disabilities (PwD), are being made to work “inhumane and unregulated” duty hours across medical colleges, calling for an action taken report within two weeks.Acting on a complaint filed by Dr Lakshya…