NEW DELHI: Young Mumbai and Punjab Kings all-rounder Suryansh Shedge, who earned his maiden India call-up on Tuesday after replacing the injured Nitish Kumar Reddy in India’s T20I squads for the series against Ireland and England, was naturally brimming with joy.“Actually, I still can’t sink it in, and I think I won’t be able to…
Alka Yagnik, Rohit Sharma NEW DELHI: President Drupadi Murmu on Tuesday conferred the Padma Awards at Rashtrapati Bhavan in the second civil investiture ceremony. A total of 65 Padma awards were conferred including two Padma Vibhushan, seven Padma Bhushan and 56 Padma Shri Awardees.The conferred awardees included actor Mammootty, singer Alka Yagnik, cricketer Rohit Sharma…
India is Telegram’s largest market with more than 150 million users. NEW DELHI: The government investigation has found that Telegram is being widely used for the circulation of child sexual abuse material and the execution of financial fraud schemes, news agency Reuters reported citing an internal report that also said authorities were “proactively monitoring” groups…
Former India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has strongly defended teenage sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi following the criticism that emerged after the youngster’s altercation with Sri Lankan players during the tri-series final in Dambulla.The incident took place after India’s defeat in the Super Over and quickly became a major talking point among fans and experts. However, Ashwin believes…
Photo credit: X/@gemsofbabus_ Planning to buy a home in Chandigarh? Be prepared to pay more.Earlier this year, the UT administration revised collector rates for residential, commercial and agricultural properties, making property purchases costlier across the city. The revised rates, which came into effect on April 1, have increased the government’s benchmark valuation of properties.Collector rates…
Hallucinations have recently been used to refer to a typical behavioral pattern that Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) models exhibit.AI hallucinations occur when a model generates a completely fabricated response. The plausible yet false answers have no ground in reality, or training data.The most peculiar aspect of these hallucinations is the tone: the response, though misleading…
Rishabh Pant, Kuldeep Yadav NEW DELHI: As first reported by TimesofIndia.com last week, former Rishabh Pant will return to Delhi Capitals for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2027 season. The IPL confirmed the move on Tuesday, with Pant agreeing to a salary of Rs 15 crore, Rs 12 crore less than the record Rs 27…
DRDO test fires the Very Short Range Air Defence (VSHORAD) missile. (Image credit: DRDO) The Ministry of Defence is preparing an initiative to strengthen the country’s defence industrial base by establishing seven specialised manufacturing clusters across the country. This framework, which is distinct from the defence industrial corridors located in Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu,…
BENGALURU: “Individuals shall have the right to complete and connected streets and the right to access any place in an urban area by walk or by cycle.” Those words sound like they could have come straight from the Supreme Court’s June 19 ruling declaring that safe walking is part of the fundamental rights guaranteed under…
Nitish Kumar Reddy and Suryansh Shedge (ANI Photo) NEW DELHI: BCCI has named Suryansh Shedge as the replacement for Nitish Kumar Reddy in the squads for the upcoming T20I series against Ireland and England after the all-rounder was sidelined by a quadriceps injury.Nitish reported discomfort in his left quadriceps after the third ODI against Afghanistan…