India’s Tilak Varma (PTI) Tilak Varma‘s fighting half-century was one of the few positives for India in their dramatic one-run defeat to Ireland in the second T20I on Sunday, but the left-hander also found himself on an unwanted list after registering one of the slowest fifties by an Indian in T20 Internationals.Walking in with India…
Turning tide: NHAI hits fast lane in arbitration on stricter monitoring NEW DELHI: NHAI, which handles the highest number of arbitration cases among govt agencies, seems to have seen its fortune change in some recent outcomes due to a greater focus on quality of arbitrators, stricter monitoring of cases and use of AI. Last week,…
Medical device makers set for quicker clearances NEW DELHI: Manufacturers of blood pressure monitors, cardiac stents, hip and knee implants and other medical devices could soon get regulatory approvals up to 25 days faster, with the Centre proposing changes to streamline the licensing process while retaining existing quality, safety and performance standards. Union health ministry…
Representative image (AI) NEW DELHI: Newborns and young children identified as being at high health risk will receive more intensive homebased care, including additional follow-up visits by frontline health workers, under a new national programme that the Centre will launch Monday to strengthen care during the first three years of life. Health minister JP Nadda…
NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi Sunday became the first Indian PM to address Seychelles’ National Assembly and was honoured with the country’s first-ever “Guardian of the Blue Horizon” distinction — twin firsts on a State visit that reasserted India’s position as western Indian Ocean’s security and development anchor amid China’s expanding presence along key sea…
George Russell capitalises on Verstappen’s crash to clinch pole (Image: AI) It was Red Bull ring in Austria GP but who would have thought the Red Bull’s Max Verstappen will crash out in the Qualifying round. Race begins today at 6: 30 PM with Mercedes’s George Russell again starting with pole position and sharing the…
US, Iran agree to halt attacks after counter-strikes The United States and Iran have agreed to halt counter-strikes and resume talks on Tuesday in Qatar’s capital, Doha, to resolve their dispute over the Strait of Hormuz after days of military escalation threatened to derail the fragile ceasefire.The announcement came after multiple rounds of strikes around…
LUCKNOW/NEW DELHI: A 22-year-old trainee pilot from New Delhi was hit on the back by a still-running propeller after stepping off a twin-engine trainer aircraft at Kanpur’s Chakeri airport, prompting Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to order a probe and ground the plane. Riya Batra suffered back injuries after deboarding Garg Aviation’s Tecnam P2006T…
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (PTI Photo) Former England captain Michael Vaughan believes teenage sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has already changed the way teams approach T20 batting, but feels the 15-year-old still has one aspect of his game to refine before establishing himself across all formats.Speaking on Ajinkya Rahane‘s YouTube channel ahead of India’s five-match T20I series against England…
PM Modi hails fight against superstition that saved rare stork in Assam NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi had a word of praise in his ‘Mann Ki Baat’ broadcast for those who rely on science, experience and logic to challenge superstitions as he hailed a successful campaign led by a biologist in Assam to save a…