New Delhi: The selectors continued their relentless push towards the future as World Cup winning batter Sanju Samson was on Monday left out from India’s squad for the three T20Is in Zimbabwe later this month. India will tour Zimbabwe for three T20s on July 23, 25 and 27 and the matches will be played at…
Online Sports Desk Mikel Merino’s stoppage-time strike snatched Spain victory over Portugal at Dallas Stadium and a FIFA World Cup 2026™ quarter-final place. Luis De La Fuente’s team will now head to Los Angeles Stadium to play the winners of the USA-Belgium. The first half was shot-high but goal-shy. Mikel Oyarzabal spurned Spain’s best chance,…
Manama (Bahrain): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday met with King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa in Bahrain and discussed ways to further strengthen bilateral partnership. Jaishankar arrived in Bahrain from Qatar on the second leg of this four-nation visit to the Gulf, which also includes Kuwait and Oman, from July 5 to 10….
Mumbai: Traffic on the Mumbai-bound carriageway of the Mumbai-Pune Expressway’s ‘Missing Link’ bypass section resumed on Monday night after remaining shut for more than 18 hours following a landslide triggered by overnight heavy rains, officials said. A senior official of the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) told PTI that traffic resumed at 10.10pm after…
New Delhi: India and the European Union (EU) are expected to complete the legal scrubbing of the free trade agreement text in the next 15-20 days, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Monday. India and the 27-nation bloc announced in January the conclusion of negotiations for the trade pact. After the legal scrubbing…
MS Sparsha As India steadily moves towards cleaner fuels through its Ethanol Blended Petrol (EBP) programme, the introduction of E20 petrol has triggered an equally vigorous debate. Social media posts, rumours and anecdotal accounts have fuelled fears that E20 could severely damage vehicle engines. But what do the available facts actually suggest? The first point…
India’s Gold Monetisation Scheme (GMS) is a government programme that lets households, temples and institutions deposit physical gold with banks, get it tested and melted into standard bullion, and receive a deposit that pays interest in rupees and returns in gold or cash at maturity. In plain terms, it tries to turn “idle” home gold…
When the Telangana government launched the Hyderabad Disaster Response and Asset Protection Agency (HYDRAA), it promised a new era of urban governance. The stated objective was noble and necessary—to reclaim government lands, protect lakes and water bodies, restore drainage channels, and prevent Hyderabad from sinking under the weight of decades of illegal encroachments. Few could…
Upadhyayula Lakshman Rao In the measured cadence of the Trishtubh, the sage Agastya raises his contemplative voice to the divine twins, the Ashvins, whose presence bridges the luminous realms of heaven and the sustaining fields of earth. His prayer unfolds not merely as devotion, but as a profound inquiry into the cosmic cycle, wherein nourishment,…
Sanjaya, addressing Dhritarashtra, spoke with grave intensity: “O King, listen with a steady mind. The Pandavas, impelled by urgency to rescue the valiant Abhimanyu, advanced with irresistible force, cleaving through your armies and casting the resources of the Kauravas into confusion and despair. The warriors of Panchalas, Yadavas, Pandyas, Kekayas, and Matsyas, along with King…
