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Pat Cummins (Image credit: Agencies( South African sports broadcaster SuperSport has taken a dig at Australia ahead of their first Test series in South Africa since the 2018 ball-tampering scandal, also known as Sandpapergate. Australia will face South Africa in a three-match series, with the opening Test scheduled at Kingsmead in Durban on Friday, October…

Chennai: Less than four months after electricity minister C T R Nirmal Kumar blamed previous govts for costly short-term power purchases that caused heavy losses to the state power utility, the Tamil Nadu Power Distribution Corporation Ltd (TNPDCL) has floated tenders for similar purchases over six months to meet demand in summer 2027.The power purchase…

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (BCCI Photo) NEW DELHI: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi may still be waiting for his chance to play for India, but the 15-year-old made sure everyone noticed him during the team’s practice session ahead of the second T20I against the West Indies in Ranchi on Friday.The young batter went on an attacking spree in the nets,…

CHENNAI: Madras high court, hearing an election petition against the victory of chief minister C Joseph Vijay in Perambur constituency, asked whether an alleged encroacher of a govt property would be barred from contesting an election?Justice V Lakshminarayanan raised the question after counsel for the election petitioner, Dinesh, submitted that Vijay had claimed ownership of…

Abhishek Sharma (ANI Photo) Abhishek Sharma could turn Friday’s second T20I against the West Indies into another landmark night in his rapidly evolving international career. The India opener needs just 53 runs to complete 2,000 T20I runs, but the milestone itself is only half the story.If Abhishek gets there quickly enough, he could take down…

Composer Ilaiyaraaja is a sensation across ages and stages. Gen Z is the newest to discover why They did not queue up outside music stores for his cassettes. They did not wait for All India Radio to play his latest number, nor did they experience the frenzy surrounding an Ilaiyaraaja album release in the 1980s…

Satya Chakravarthy, founder & technical lead, ePlane, with Daniel Bircher, MD of Zurich Airport International, and Christoph Schnellmann, vice chairman of Noida International Airport Chennai: Ubifly Technologies, the parent company of The ePlane Company, aims to commercialise its electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft through airport-to-airport transit, intra-city commutes, along with air ambulance services…

In 1782, a year after a famine, Madras opened a ‘kanji-thotti’ (gruel house) to feed the poor. The centre became associated with the Monegar Choultry, which provided food and assistance. Today, it functions as a home for the elderly.Over the years, the city’s response to homelessness expanded from relief to housing. In the 1940s, corporation…

NEW DELHI: Lionel Messi’s final game for Argentina turned into an emotional farewell in Buenos Aires, with his wife Antonela Roccuzzo sharing a heartfelt message for the football superstar after his international career came to an end.Messi scored a penalty and set up Argentina’s other two goals as they beat Benin 3-0 on Tuesday. Soon…

TNCC senior leaders and cadres stage a demonstration in Chennai on Thursday, protesting the arrest of Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi and other INDIA bloc leaders and MPs in Delhi. The protesters were detained while marching to the Election Commission demanding the removal of CEC Gyanesh Kumar over allegations of voter-roll manipulation. Chennai: Tamil Nadu…