India’s Akash Deep celebrates the dismissal of England’s Ollie Pope on day five of the second cricket test match between England and India at Edgbaston in Birmingham, England, Sunday, July 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell) Birmingham: Akash Deep tends to get excited at the prospect of representing the country and playing on the biggest stage,…
Unmukt Chand (Pic credit: LAKR) “Cricket is a universal game and even though the means might change, the end goal is still the same – to play cricket at the highest level,” Unmukt Chand had written in his retirement post in 2021.Unmukt has endured one too many swings of misfortune in his cricketing sojourn. From…
Magnus Carlsen got the better of D Gukesh in the opening round of Norway Chess. (Image: Norway Chess) World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen praised Indian grandmasters Dommaraju Gukesh, Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa, and Arjun Erigaisi on the sidelines of the Norway Chess 2025. At the tournament, Carlsen started with a win against Gukesh and followed it up…
Virat Kohli‘s decision to rely on out-and-out pace was a leaf out of the young Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi’s decision as captain in the early 1960s to bank on a magnificent battery of spinners“Let’s give them 60 overs of hell!” Years down the line, when historians will revisit Indian Test cricket in the 21st century,…
Ramkeval, who went from carrying wedding lights for Rs 250 a day to becoming the first student in his village to pass the Class 10 board examination since India’s Independence. In a world where academic triumphs are often taken for granted, one teenager from a small village in Uttar Pradesh has lit up his future—quite…
SALT LAKE CITY — Nick Bjugstad walked out of a meeting with the Utah coaching staff following Friday’s morning skate still in full uniform when somebody yelled, “Five minutes ‘til the first bus!” “I can do it,” Bjugstad, in his 13th season, yelled back while laughing as he began to strip out of his gear….
BENGALURU: The e-commerce landscape in India is witnessing a convergence where quick commerce delivery services meet online retailers in their distinct ways. Major players such as Flipkart and Amazon ventured into 10-minute deliveries via small-format dark stores. At the same time, rapid-delivery specialists Swiggy, Blinkit, and Zepto are enlarging their warehouses to stock larger products,…
NEW DELHI: Govt on Friday said that it was disappointed with 5.4% GDP growth in the Sept quarter but remained hopeful of the economy expanding at 6.5% during the current fiscal year, arguing that the projection was “not in danger”. “Real GDP growth print of 5.4% is on the lower side and it is disappointing,…