NEW DELHI: Cricket fans are used to seeing the famous ‘Snicko’ technology helping umpires determine whether a batter has edged the ball. But on Monday, a similar piece of technology made an appearance during a FIFA World Cup 2026 match between Sweden and Tunisia at the Stadio Monterrey.While Sweden’s dominant 5-1 victory grabbed headlines, it…
NEW DELHI: Rebel Trinamool Congress (TMC) MPs on Monday said they would fight for control of the party’s election symbol, asserting that they remained part of the organisation and were seeking to “rectify” it, a day after 20 dissident lawmakers announced their merger with the Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI).Speaking to reporters, Arup Chakraborty…
Navneet Kaur (File photo) The Indian women’s hockey team came from two goals down to defeat the USA 3-2 in its opening Pool A match of the FIH Nations Cup in Auckland on Monday.Deepika scored twice for India, while Navneet Kaur added the third goal. Ashley Sessa and Madeleine Zimmer scored for the USA. The…
TOI correspondent from Washington: When Sundar Pichai was studying at Stanford in the 1990s, he once skipped class to go to Las Vegas. When he returned to Stanford to deliver the commencement address on Sunday, some students skipped Sundar Pichai.It was a very Silicon Valley graduation ceremony: the CEO of Google, one of the most…
The rupee rose against the US dollar for a second straight session on Monday, helped by a sharp decline in crude oil prices after a preliminary US-Iran agreement to end the conflict and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, Reuters reported.The currency also extended gains seen after the Reserve Bank of India’s June 5 measures to…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday delivered a sharp rebuke to an RTI (Right to Information Act) activist while refusing anticipatory bail to him and another accused in a case linked to the alleged obstruction of road construction work in Punjab.A bench of Justices Sandeep Mehta and Vijay Bishnoi rejected the plea of RTI…
Uttarakhand CM Dhami promotes organic farming, ploughs field at private residence in Khatima Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Monday personally operated a tiller to plough a field at his private residence in Nagla Tarai in Khatima and applied natural cow dung manure to the soil, conveying a message in support of organic and…
Daniel Cormier (Image Source: Getty) Eric Trump has strongly denied claims that he privately contacted UFC commentator Daniel Cormier before UFC Freedom 250. The controversy began when a screenshot appeared online showing an alleged conversation between Trump and Cormier. The messages suggested that Trump had asked whether any fighters were injured and whether any bouts…
Commerce Secretary Rajesh Agrawal (ANI) A delegation from the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) will visit India on June 23-24 for discussions aimed at advancing the proposed India-US trade agreement, Commerce secretary Rajesh Agrawal said on Monday.The visit follows a round of negotiations held in New Delhi from June 1 to 4,…
NEW DELHI: India’s groundwater crisis is becoming increasingly severe, with several regions reporting alarming levels of depletion, drinking water shortages and contamination. Among the major cities, Hyderabad has become India’s worst-affected metropolitan region for groundwater depletion, overtaking larger cities such as Delhi and Mumbai, according to the Dynamic Groundwater Resource Assessment Report 2025 released by…