Shreyas Iyer breaks Virat Kohli’s T20I captaincy record; Babar Azam still ahead on the list NEW DELHI: Captain Shreyas Iyer created a new record for India in T20I cricket after scoring a stunning unbeaten century against the West Indies in Lucknow on Tuesday evening. With the score, he surpassed one record held by legendary Virat…
Chennai: DMK has hit out at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday for his alleged silence on the impact of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Tamil Nadu assembly elections.On a day when Rahul Gandhi led a protest against chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar in New Delhi and got arrested, DMK sought to know the Congress…
Harmanpreet Kaur, the captain India had Harmanpreet Kaur‘s captaincy began with a final and ended with one.In 2012, with Mithali Raj and Jhulan Goswami unavailable, Harmanpreet was handed the captaincy as a stand-in for the T20 Asia Cup final against Pakistan. Fourteen years later, her final match in charge was another final – India’s 147-run…
Chennai: Amma Unavagams promise a square meal to anyone who walks in, but several infrastructure issues continue to plague the dining experience. With the northeast monsoon approaching and the city having only 111 community kitchens, Chennai is expected to rely heavily on Amma Unavagams to provide food during emergencies and floods.TOI visited Amma Unavagams across…
Neeru Dhanda, left, and Kumkum Mohod (Agency Image) New Delhi: India’s 21-gold campaign at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games has thrown up an interesting set of numbers: champions who reached the continental podium despite receiving relatively modest targeted financial assistance under the govt’s elite-athlete programmes.Their stories do not diminish the broader support extended to Indian sport….
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu higher education department is verifying credentials and service records of senior-most professors in 10 state universities to select vice-chancellors-in-charge within the next few days.The universities have submitted details of four to seven senior professors to the govt. Of the 13 state universities under the higher education department, only Mother Teresa Women’s…
Roma have blocked Paulo Dybala and Nahuel Molina from attending Lionel Messi’s final Argentina farewell due to scheduling and travel concerns/ Image: Instagram Lionel Messi’s final Argentina appearance was supposed to bring together almost the entire group that helped him win the 2022 World Cup, but two familiar faces will be missing from the occasion….
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu Government Collegiate Teachers’ Association (TNGCTA) has opposed the state govt’s decision to permit the University of Western Australia to establish a campus in Chennai, alleging that the move revealed an attempt to privatise higher education.The association also criticised the govt for relaxing norms for setting up private universities while failing to…
Coco Gauff after winning her round of 32 match against China’s Sun Xinran. (Reuters Photo) Coco Gauff has hit back at an “insane” wave of racist abuse on social media after her controversial China Open victory over home teenager Sun Xinran on Monday.The American, a two-time Grand Slam champion, defeated the 16-year-old 7-5, 6-1 to…
Chennai: A 39-year-old woman who posed as a doctor and stole gold jewelry from the women’s hostel at Govt Stanley Medical College was arrested on Tuesday.The hostel, located on the medical college campus, had reported a series of thefts involving students’ jewellery and expensive mobile phones. Students had complained to the hostel administration about the…