India players celebrate (AP) India captain Shreyas Iyer has indicated that the team management is likely to make changes to the playing XI for the third and final T20I against Zimbabwe after pacer Prince Yadav suffered a hamstring injury during the second match of the series. Having already secured the three-match contest with a 2-0…
China issues highest red alert ahad of Typhoon Noul(X videos) China’s national weather authority has issued a red alert, the highest warning in its four-tier typhoon warning system, as Typhoon Noul approaches the country’s southern coastline and is expected to make landfall in Guangdong province.According to the National Meteorological Centre (NMC), Typhoon Noul, the 12th…
CRPF director general Gyanendra Pratap Singh NEW DELHI: CRPF director general Gyanendra Pratap Singh on Saturday said the force would conduct a professional post-analysis of the action taken by personnel of Rapid Action Force (RAF), a unit of CRPF, against anti-NEET paper leak protestors, including during the July 20 march to Parliament. “Now, since agitation…
India’s Abhishek Sharma (AP Photo) India all-rounder Abhishek Sharma etched his name into the record books after registering the best bowling figures by an Indian opener in T20I cricket during the second T20I against Zimbabwe on Saturday. The left-arm spinner returned figures of 3/17, surpassing every Indian opener to produce the finest bowling performance in…
Ishan Kishan and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (AFP Photo) NEW DELHI: India wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan has backed teenage sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, saying the 15-year-old has all the qualities to become a match-winner for the national team.Kishan’c comments came after India’s 90-run win over Zimbabwe in the second T20I in Harare on Saturday. India were in early trouble…
Nepal seeks India’s approval for biometric National Identity card as travel document (ANI image) Nepal has formally requested India’s approval to recognise its biometric National Identity (NID) card as an official travel document for cross-border journeys, alongside passports and citizenship certificates.At present, Nepali citizens travelling to India, particularly by air, must carry either a valid…
NEW DELHI: Kavem Hodge scored an unbeaten 83 to guide West Indies to 194/3 at stumps on a rain-affected opening day of the first Test against Pakistan at the Brian Lara Stadium in Trinidad on Saturday.Only 67 overs were possible on Day 1 as rain and bad light reduced play. Hodge stayed at the crease…
My earliest memory of chess is from when I was seven years old.Walking into the venue of my first international tournament, my hand tucked inside my mother’s, I stopped beneath the emblem of FIDE, the international federation governing chess. Three words, printed in a language I didn’t understand, caught my eye. Gens Una Sumus.As I…
CHANDIGARH: Twenty-seven years after leading the Army during the 1999 Kargil War, former Army chief General VP Malik (retd) said the conflict’s hard lessons – from equipment shortages and intelligence gaps to the need for self-reliance – transformed India’s military capabilities, enabling the precision strikes on Pakistani airfields during last year’s Operation Sindoor without crossing…
NEW DELHI: As India’s athletes chase medals at the ongoing Commonwealth Games, an equally important contest is unfolding away from the spotlight. Behind every performance is the Indian Olympic Association’s (IOA) medical team, working round the clock to ensure athletes stay fit, recover quickly and remain competition-ready through the demanding schedule.Headed by noted orthopaedic surgeon…