Virat Kohli has ruled out any possibility of returning to Test cricket, joking during the launch of his new footwear line that he would rather undersell the product than make a comeback to add more runs to his Test tally.The former India captain, who retired from Test cricket last year after scoring 9,230 runs, was…
NEW DELHI: National Testing Agency (NTA) and education ministry kept their fingers crossed until the final answer sheets of India’s largest entrance exam, NEET-UG, were sealed on Sunday, bringing to a close a high-stakes retest conducted under the shadow of the May 3 paper leak.Organised in 37 days, far short of the four-six months the…
MUMBAI: In a set of decisions that could reshape campus recruitment across the country’s premier engineering institutions, the All IITs Placement Committee (AIPC) has directed students across all 23 IITs to remove JEE ranks, GATE scores, percentiles and similar entrance examination credentials from their resumes. At the same time, the IITs have decided to take…
Belgian and Iranian flags are seen on the pitch before the World Cup Group G soccer match between Belgium and Iran in Inglewood, Calif., near Los Angeles, Sunday, June 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Jayne Kamin-Oncea) Belgium dominated possession and territory throughout a tense evening in Los Angeles, but a disallowed Mehdi Taremi goal, a goalkeeping masterclass…
NEW DELHI: Amid the West Asia conflict, goods exports rose nearly 15% during the first two-and-a-half months of the current financial year, sustaining the momentum seen during April.“Even now, if we see April, May and 14 days of June. I have data until June 14, it (exports growth) is 15%,” commerce and industry minister Piyush…
NEW DELHI: As Congress rethinks its organisational leadership in poll-bound Punjab, Rahul Gandhi Sunday met five key state functionaries ahead of a decision on a reshuffle.Leader of the opposition Partap Singh Bajwa, state chief Amarinder Raja Warring, ex-CM Charanjit Singh Channi, Sukhjinder Randhawa and Vijay Inder Singla met Rahul at 10, Janpath. Sources said Rahul…
Lamine Yamal wears flags of two different countries on his boots despite playing for Spain at the World Cup The Spain winger has become one of the faces of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, but a closer look at his boots reveals a tribute to two countries that continue to play an important role in…
NEW DELHI: India’s rapid renewable energy expansion is running into a serious bottleneck, with delays in transmission infrastructure forcing large-scale curtailment of green power.According to Ember, an energy think-tank, transmission constraints accounted for nearly two-thirds of the 470 gigawatt-hours of renewable energy curtailed in first quarter of 2026. The problem has become particularly acute in…
NEW DELHI: CBSE on Sunday began releasing the Class XII verification and re-evaluation outcomes, declaring results for around 87% of the candidates who had sought a review of their evaluated answer books.Revised marksheets of candidates whose scores have changed are being made available through DigiLocker. The remaining outcomes will be released in phases as applications…
New Zealand’s Matt Henry (Ben Whitley/PA via AP) NEW DELHI: New Zealand produced a commanding display to defeat England by 253 runs in the second Test at The Oval on Sunday, levelling the series and setting up a decider in Nottingham starting on Thursday.After suffering a heavy defeat in the opening Test at Lord’s, the…