The 30-ball ton was, oddly, the least surprising part of what Abhishek Sharma did at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. It isn’t even his fastest hundred. What’s odd about the innings is what it says about the number sitting next to that extraordinary strike rate: his average.Somewhere in Abhishek Sharma’s memory, though, there’s a faster century…
Trump and Xi continued to discuss future US arms sales to Taiwan. US President Donald Trump sought to downplay Washington’s pending arms sale to Taiwan by telling Chinese President Xi Jinping that the US sells weapons to countries around the world, and even asking whether China would like to buy some, according to US ambassador…
Faulty road design can turn an everyday drive into a deadly crash. NEW DELHI: Even seven years after a penal provision was introduced to hold road contractors, designers and road-owning agencies accountable for crashes caused by faulty road design, construction or maintenance resulting in death or disability of victims, not a single agency has been…
Shubman Gill and Virat Kohli (PTI Photo) India captain Shubman Gill believes the best way to get the most out of Virat Kohli is to simply let the star batter be himself.Kohli smashed an unbeaten 139 off 88 balls as India beat West Indies by eight wickets in the first ODI at the Greenfield International…
NEW DELHI: Overall acreage of kharif (summer-sown) crops in the country declined by just over 1% this year compared with last year and while the dip was expected due to deficient monsoon rainfall this year, the sowing season still ended up recording higher than ‘normal’ (average of last five years) acreage. Though only marginally above…
PM Modi’s stern message to Pakistan: ‘Time for sponsoring terror to go unpunished is long gone’ NEW DELHI: In a stern message to Pakistan, PM Modi said on Sunday the time when its role in sponsoring terror attacks on India would go unpunished is long gone, and his govt has made it clear with its…
Virat Kohli‘s century against West Indies on Sunday was not just another hundred. It came with a string of milestones and records as the India star continued to show his ability to score quickly even at this stage of his career.Kohli hit 139 not out off 88 balls in India’s eight-wicket win in Thiruvananthapuram. His…
Tidal flooding reaches homes, as a strong nor’easter coastal storm batters the US northeast coast, in Hampton, New Hampshire, US Residents of coastal communities in the Northeast slogged through floodwaters for a second day as a powerful nor’easter pummeled the shoreline Sunday, knocking out power to tens of thousands of homes.Tidal surges swamped low-lying neighborhoods…
Health Ministry warns against misuse of painkillers, antibiotics over kidney disease risk. NEW DELHI: Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has issued a fresh advisory on rational consumption of painkillers and antibiotics, in view of their repeated use, without proper medical advice, putting people at the risk of kidney complications and other adverse effects.The drug…
India’s Ancy Sojan Edappilly during the women’s long jump final. (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: Ancy Sojan came agonisingly close to giving India its first athletics gold at the Asian Games 2026, but had to settle for silver after China’s Yingying Huang produced a decisive final jump in the women’s long jump in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, on…