India’s captain Shubman Gill (AP Photo/Manish Swarup) Shubman Gill‘s remarkable purple patch continued on Wednesday as the India captain produced another batting masterclass, prompting high praise from Sunil Gavaskar after India’s emphatic ODI series-clinching victory over Afghanistan in Lucknow.Gill has enjoyed a stunning run of form over the past three weeks, piling up runs across…
Representative image | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphotos The agreement on social security that India and the U.K. have signed and that will come into force on July 15 will save Indian companies and workers there about $500 million worth of social security payments that they otherwise would have had to pay in the U.K., according…
Haemato-oncology Centre Chennai Chennai: The ₹53-crore Advanced Centre for Haemato-oncology and Transplantation at the Institute of Child Health and Hospital for Children at Egmore has started functioning four months after its inauguration. The delay is due to the Model Code of Conduct (MCC).This is the state’s first dedicated building for haemato-oncology, which combines haematology, a…
According to Hindu religion, Chaturthi tithi is devoted to worship Lord Ganesha. Most of the people observe fast on this sacred day to appease Ganesh ji. The day holds a great religious and spiritual significance among Hindus. There are two Chaturrthi observances in a month during Krishna Paksha and Shukla Paksha. Devotees observe fast from…
KRISHNAGIRI: The additional district sessions court in Hosur on Thursday sentenced two men to life imprisonment for the murder of a temple guard during a theft. On March 24, 2009, a group entered the Dakshina Tirupati Temple in Gobasandiram village near Hosur with the intention of stealing money and valuables from the temple. “When the…
The grand pooja ceremony for the upcoming multistarrer ‘Venky Anil 5’ was held in Hyderabad with much fanfare. The film is directed by Anil Ravipudi and features Venkatesh, Kalyan Ram, Keerthy Suresh and Krithi Shetty in the lead roles. Many veterans from the film industry were seen at the launch ceremony including the renowned director…
FIFA World Cup 2026. Image via: Getty Images New Delhi: At a time when India’s absence from the 2026 FIFA World Cup is dominating social media timelines once again, Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. — the broadcaster of the tournament in India — has committed to contributing a 15 percent of the revenue it earns from…
U.S. President Donald Trump, right, and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. File picture | Photo Credit: AP A top Kremlin aide said on Thursday (June 18, 2026) that European leaders had probably pumped Donald Trump with harmful ideas at this week’s G7 summit, but that the U.S. president was a strong leader who stuck to his…
Chennai: Tamil Nadu govt has decided to appoint more special public prosecutors (SPPs) to speed up the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act case trials and cut delays in filing charge sheets in order to ensure curb crimes against women and children.The decision was taken at a joint high-level review meeting held by…
You are in a daring mood today, Gemini. The kind that says yes before the full plan arrives. Mars pushes courage into your speech and actions, so you may take on an unusual task, travel at short notice, or handle something others were avoiding. It can be exciting. It can also get messy if you…