India’s coach Gautam Gambhir, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli (PTI Photo) As India prepare to begin their three-match ODI series against the West Indies on Sunday, head coach Gautam Gambhir has highlighted the value of having Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli around captain Shubman Gill.Rohit and Virat are both set to feature in the playing…
Taliban government spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid had denied on Wednesday that Afghan Taliban forces carried out attacks against Pakistan. Pakistan said early Thursday that it had carried out airstrikes on 10 sites in Afghanistan that it said were used to launch drone attacks against Pakistan.Pakistan’s information minister Attaullah Tarar said the strikes targeted sites linked to…
Apple has opened the claims window for its $250 million (about Rs 2,200 crore) settlement over the delayed Apple Intelligence upgrade to Siri. Eligible iPhone owners in the US can now file for a payout of $25 per device. That figure could rise to $95, depending on how many people come forward.The class action, Landsheft…
India’s Naorem Roshibina Devi (PTI Photo) Indian wushu player Naorem Roshibina Devi settled for a silver medal at the Asian Games after losing the women’s sanda 60kg final 0-2 to China’s Zhang Xiaoyu.Zhang won both rounds 5-0 to clinch the gold medal.Zhang had reached the final after an impressive run, which included a victory over…
Who is Fariba Hashimi? Meet the Afghan cyclist who trained disguised as a man wins Asian Games silver after fleeing Taliban. For Fariba Hashimi, becoming a top cyclist didn’t start with dreams of gold medals or crossing epic finish lines; it started with figuring out how to ride a bike at all. Growing up in…
US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping speak as Xi arrives ahead of a state visit at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. (Reuters image) Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Washington on Wednesday for a three-day state visit that began with an unusual gesture from US President Donald Trump, who personally went to Joint…
NEW DELHI: US ambassador to India Sergio Gor made a rare appearance at a Chinese event here on Wednesday, as White House rolled out a red carpet for President Xi Jinping for a potentially landmark visit.Gor joined Chinese ambassador Xu Feihong for a reception hosted by the latter at a 5-star hotel to celebrate the…
SRINAGAR: Tap water existing only on paper, people in some areas still having to hire horses for “transporting drinking water to their houses”, water pipes abandoned and littered around at some places are some of the damning observations in the report by a J&K assembly committee that was formed to probe alleged irregularities in the…
SRINAGAR: J&K CM Omar Abdullah said Wednesday his elected govt had no role in deciding which books are banned or withdrawn from libraries, distancing his administration from the removal of 4,249 books after a screening of more than 21 lakh volumes across the Union territory over the past two months.“I have my own views on…
The proposed ban comes as diesel prices have surged amid disruptions linked to the Trump administration’s war against Iran, which began in February, and Ukrainian attacks on Russian oil refineries. Farm-state Republicans have been pressing the administration to act as fuel costs rise. The Trump administration is preparing a 90-day ban on US diesel exports…
