Ashwani Kumar, left, and Hardik Pandya (Photo Source: X) A quick pep talk by skipper Hardik Pandya lifted the spirits of a nervous Mumbai Indians‘ (MI) debutant in Ashwani Kumar, who didn’t look back thereafter on a Monday evening in the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Wankhede Stadium, which he made his own with…
Listen to and follow ‘Hard Fork’Apple | Spotify | Amazon | YouTube | iHeartRadio This week, Google introduced a new way to search, which could mean that Googling as we know it is on the way out. It’s called AI Mode and it is essentially the company’s response to the growing number of people turning…
File Pic: PV Sindhu with coach Gopichand and her father Ramana. (TOI Photo) NEW DELHI: Former Asian Games bronze-winner in volleyball and the father of badminton superstar P V Sindhu, P V Ramana, offers a balanced perspective on the debate surrounding the challenges of pursuing sports in India, particularly for middle-class families.Ramana’s own journey, from…
BOSTON — When Drew Doughty got his first taste of best-on-best hockey, he was the youngest member of Team Canada at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, and things didn’t start so well for him. Naturally, it was a conversation with one of the “veterans” that helped him reverse course and turn the event into a career-shifting…
Former India captain Kris Srikkanth has criticised the Gautam Gambhir-led team management for altering KL Rahul’s batting position in the ODI series against England. Emphasising that Rahul has an outstanding record at No. 5, Srikkanth argued that citing a left-right combination to move the wicketkeeper-batter from his preferred spot in the ODI batting order is…
The median American household has a combined balance of $10,000 in its checking and savings accounts, according to a census estimate. For the last few years, anyone keeping this amount in a high-yield savings account has earned close to 4 percent annual interest, or about $400 a year. But the average savings account interest rate…
US President Donald Trump has wasted no time making sweeping changes to FBI, as he promised during the campaign, starting with the appointment of Brian Driscoll as acting director. The appointment follows the resignation of former FBI Director Christopher Wray and acting director Paul Abbate shortly before Trump assumed office on January 20. Driscoll, an…
Amid the global turmoil of this young new year comes a flurry of welcome developments that will help many people — especially retirees and those close to retirement — supercharge their savings, cut prescription drug costs, keep more of the money they earn and, possibly, raise their credit scores. Fair warning, though: It’s complicated. The…
PUNE: Deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar on Sunday lost his cool while speaking at a public event in Baramati. When his supporters flooded him with letters on various issues, Pawar said, “You voted for me, that does not mean you have become my boss. Have you made me a farm labourer now?”Cabinet minister Sanjay Shirsat…