Bengal’s Mohammad Shami during the Ranji Trophy Elite Group C cricket match between Delhi and Bengal, in Kalyani, West Bengal. (PTI Photo) If momentum is important in sports, then both Kerala and Bengal will carry it in abundance when they face each other in an Elite Group C Ranji Trophy match at the KCA ground,…
Shreyas Iyer, Mitchell Santner India, led by Shreyas Iyer, will look to extend their unbeaten run in T20I series in New Zealand as they begin a five-match rubber against the hosts on Thursday. The visitors, despite having limited time to rest, acclimatise and train after their arrival, will rely on their batting strength to take…
Shafali Verma scripts history (Image: BCCI/X) Shafali Verma continued her prolific run in women’s T20 internationals, smashing a 25-ball 55 as India thrashed Zimbabwe by nine wickets in the second T20I to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series on Sunday.The Indian opener set a new benchmark for the most 50-plus scores by…
Melinda French Gates and her daughters, Jennifer Gates Nassar and Phoebe Gates, joined other philanthropists in backing a $70 million initiative to improve women’s health and address gender-based violence. Launched in September 2025, the Women’s Health Co-Lab brought together donors through ICONIQ Impact and Co-Impact to support 22 organisations working on maternal healthcare, sexual and…
Chris Brown has received an eight-month suspended prison sentence in London after admitting affray over a 2023 nightclub bottle attack. (Photo: Instagram) Grammy-winning singer Chris Brown has avoided immediate jail time in the UK after being sentenced to eight months in prison, suspended for one year, for attacking music producer Abraham Diaw with a tequila…
Jess also became the fastest documented woman to complete the 48-state ride A Florida woman has completed a 7,000-mile motorcycle ride through 48 US states in six days and used the journey to raise $17,560 for Quantum House, CW34 reported on Monday. The organisation had supported her more than two decades ago when her newborn…
John Campbell (Getty Images) West Indies have brought back experienced opener John Campbell for their upcoming ODI series against India, while Kamil Pooran has received his first T20I call-up. The Caribbean side will face India in three ODIs and five T20Is from September 27 to October 17, with the series spread across eight cities.Campbell returns…
‘The Paradise’ box office collection day 15 vs ‘Don’t Trouble The Trouble’ Nani’s ‘The Paradise’ and Fahadh Faasil’s ‘Don’t Trouble The Trouble’ recorded further declines in their daily box-office collections on Thursday, October 8. According to Sacnilk, ‘The Paradise’ earned Rs 89 lakhs in India net collections on Day 15, while ‘Don’t Trouble The Trouble’…
Oil companies change ethanol recipe The government is changing the way oil companies source ethanol for blending with petrol, with sugar-based raw materials being taken out of the latest procurement tender for 2026-27.State-run oil marketing companies (OMCs) will no longer buy ethanol made from sugarcane juice, sugar syrup and B-heavy molasses under the tender. The…
India’s growth momentum holds as finance ministry sees 7.3% Q2 expansion (representative image) India’s economy is estimated to have grown 7.3% in the September quarter of the current financial year, slowing from the 7.8% expansion recorded in the April-June period, according to the finance ministry’s latest Monthly Economic Review released on Thursday.The ministry said the…
