Chennai: Even as Union home ministry on Thursday directed all states and Union territories to ensure that Vande Mataram is sung or played before the national anthem at govt functions, Tamil Nadu govt on Saturday said it would continue with its existing practice of rendering Tamil Thaai Vaazhthu first at official events.In a communication to…
Tilak Varma, Ishan Kishan, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (PTI Photo) Mohammad Kaif believes India could face a major selection headache in the T20I format within the next six months, with the former batter predicting that Vaibhav Sooryavanshi will force his way into the first-choice side.Kaif feels the teenage sensation’s emergence could eventually leave either Tilak Varma or…
India’s team holds the national flag as they celebrate after winning the final T20I cricket match against Pakistan(PTI Photo) BCCI president Mithun Manhas praised India’s handling of pressure in the Asian Games 2026 men’s cricket final against Pakistan, while taking a dig at the quality of competition offered by the arch-rivals in recent years.India secured…
Police officers and rescue workers conduct search and rescue operations at a residence engulfed by a landslide due to heavy rain in Hirao, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, on June 27, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters A magnitude-6.1 earthquake rattled northeastern Japan on early Sunday (June 28, 2026), according to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the latest in…
Horoscope Today: Read daily horoscope predictions for June 17, 2026. Know all about the astrological events and influences that will be affecting each of the 12 zodiac signs. Our astrologer has analyzed the movements of the planets and the alignment of the stars to bring you the most accurate and up-to-date horoscope predictions for the…
Twenty years ago, Keenan Stadium watched MS Dhoni do something he rarely did: Open the innings in an ODI. Alongside Virender Sehwag, he tore into England’s attack and blazed his way to 96. International cricket never returned to Jamshedpur ever since. Ranchi, Dhoni’s hometown, took the spotlight, and the steel-town bastion of Jharkhand cricket went…
Houses damaged by the overflowing Mahaweli River following Cyclone Ditwah, in Kandy, Sri Lanka on December 4, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Shaky social media visuals of the Rasuwa floods in Nepal have rattled the world. With over 1,250 lives lost so far — over 4,000 people are still missing — the extent of devastation…
Army personnel stand amid the rubble following an explosion inside the police headquarters at Kohat in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on September 18, 2026. | Photo Credit: AFP At least 31 died from an explosion and gun attack at a police headquarters in northern Pakistan, a senior police official told AFP on Saturday (September 19,…
Presidency College, Chennai Chennai: Of the top five most preferred colleges in Tamil Nadu, four colleges are from Chennai. Presidency College came on top among 181 govt colleges, with the highest number of applications so far — 32,808 applications for 2,380 seats. The other four are Govt Arts College in Coimbatore, Dr Ambedkar Govt Arts…
Professors Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics this year “for microeconomic foundations of macroeconomic stabilisation”. In this piece, we take a longue durée view of macroeconomics to situate their work within the context of political economy. In many ways, the field has come full circle from the…