Author: Indmedia
India’s Jasprit Bumrah (AP Photo/Anupam Nath) NEW DELHI: India’s T20 World Cup 2026 opener against the USA on Saturday at the Wankhede Stadium began with a major talking point: Jasprit Bumrah’s absence from the playing XI. The pace spearhead was ruled out of the match due to illness, with Mohammed Siraj stepping in as his replacement.At the toss, India captain Suryakumar Yadav confirmed the development and outlined the team’s approach. Why Gautam Gambhir and Hardik Pandya had an intense chat before India vs USA T20 WCHe said, “We were looking to bat first. It looks good here. I played a…
A rare public spat broke out on X (formerly Twitter) after Cliff Asness, Co-founder of quantitative investment firm AQR Capital Management, posted a long and sharply worded rebuttal to what he described as “nasty” and “superficial” analysis of his firm’s performance.It stemmed from a critic by Bob Elliott, Co-founder and CEO, Unlimited Funds, who challenged AQR’s performance evaluation methods and compared the firm unfavourably to the SG Trend Index, a widely followed benchmark for trend-following strategies. Elliott shared a post on X and wrote that “every manager spins a narrative on why their approach is better,” adding that even Asness…
Navi Mumbai: The alertness of a Vashi couple helped them avert a cyber fraud by immediately contacting the police after being sent a malicious ‘apk link’ asking to open the link by claiming that Rs 15 lakh has been debited to their bank account due to purchase on Amazon delivery app. Shashikant Chandekar, SI of Vashi said the panicked husband-wife duo Nisha Suvarna and Ravi Suvarna came to police station and reported they had received a message on their mobile that Rs 15 lakh had been debited to their bank account for purchase on Amazon, when they had not made…
NEW DELHI: The Delhi government will roll out 500 new electric buses on capital roads on Sunday, chief minister Rekha Gupta said after laying foundation stone for development works worth Rs 400 crore in Matiala constituency in West Delhi district. The chief minister asserted that Delhi has emerged as the city with maximum number of electric buses nationwide, and said the number of e-buses in the capital will rise to 4,000 after the 500 new vehicles are flagged off on Sunday. The Delhi government has targeted to increase the number of e-buses to 11,000, Gupta said, adding that e-buses will…
Bengaluru: In a relief to Newspace Research and Technologies Private Limited, a city-based company engaged in unmanned aerial vehicle research, the Karnataka high court Friday stayed the investigation and all further proceedings in a case registered by Doddaballapur Rural police over allegations of criminal trespass by one of its drones.Justice M Nagaprasanna, while hearing the petition, directed inspector Sadiq Pasha to file an affidavit responding to the company’s allegations. The judge said appropriate action would follow if the officer failed to do so, noting that the petitioner had not been served a copy of the FIR, a basic procedural requirement.Newspace’s…
Hyderabad: Urging people to vote for the BRS in the upcoming municipal elections, BRS working president KT Rama Rao said that voting for the Congress would amount to endorsing the anti-people policies being implemented by the govt. He said that every vote against Congress in the polls should serve as a lesson for deceiving the people.Speaking during roadshows and corner meetings in Sircilla and Vemulawada on Friday, the former minister said people now have an opportunity to teach a lesson to the Congress govt, which failed to implement six guarantees made during the assembly elections. “If the Congress is not…
Chennai: Union railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Friday said a detailed memorandum of understanding (MoU) is being prepared by Tamil Nadu govt and the Railway Ministry for handover of the Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS) to the state govt. Govt sources told TOI that a draft MoU is expected from Southern Railways next week. “The city will get improved MRTS to metro standards by Jan 2029,” said a senior govt official.Chennai: Avian Flu Advisory, I-T To Auction Jayalalithaa Assets, EV Investment Plan And MoreVaishnaw’s announcement came in response to a query from DMK MP P Wilson regarding the status of…
Ahmedabad: A 21-year-old student of LD Arts College was found hanging in a guest house on the Gujarat University campus on Friday evening. Police said the student, identified as Maheshwari Khachar, was staying at the guest house as an attendee of the National Service Scheme (NSS) camp held at the university. This is the second student suicide reported in a week. On Monday, a first-year nursing student in Nadiad hanged himself for being accused of body-shaming a professor.According to Gujarat University police inspector Shilpa Bava, the incident came to light around 6pm when Khachar was seen hanging from a window…
Bhubaneswar: Suspected cancer patients and people who are already undergoing treatment for cancer will no longer need to stand in long queues in top govt hospitals for consultation, diagnosis and treatment, as the state govt is planning to create a digital platform for priority booking of appointments for these people.Patients’ appointments can be booked at their nearby district headquarters hospital (DHH). After the appointment is booked, the patients can approach the tertiary care hospital at the appropriate time slot. It will reduce their unnecessary travel and waiting time at the hospitals. They will come out of the fear of missing…
COIMBATORE: Two drunk youths were hit by a train while trying to cross the track near Mettupalayam railway station on Saturday morning. Critically injured, both are battling for their lives.The govt railway police identified the injured duo as V Vigneshwaran, 25, and his friend C Prakash, 21, both residents of Shanthi Nagar near Mettupalayam. They were labourers.“Vigneshwaran lost his right leg and right hand in the incident, while Prakash sustained head injuries. Both are admitted to the intensive care unit at the Coimbatore Medical College and Hospital (CMCH),” a police officer said.He said the incident occurred when the duo were…