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Pakistan opener Sahibzada Farhan created history in the must-win Super 8 clash against Sri Lanka in the T20 World Cup 2026, going past Virat Kohli to register the highest number of runs in a single edition of the tournament on Saturday.Kohli had scored 319 runs in six innings during the 2014 T20 World Cup, a record that had stood for years. Devajit Saikia exclusive: BCCI secretary on J&K Ranji win and future of Aquib NabiFarhan, however, overtook that mark with another fluent knock at a crucial time for Pakistan, emphasising his dream run in this year’s competition.The big moment came…
Mumbai: Just over seven months after Eli Lilly launched Mounjaro (tirzepatide) in India, the diabetes and weight-loss medicine has emerged the country’s highest selling drug, racing past top-selling legacy drugs like antibiotic Augmentin.When Mounjaro debuted in March, the market was on the cusp of a transformation – driven by consumers showing greater willingness to use medical therapies for weight management amid rising cases of obesity and diabetes. But few had anticipated the pace at which it would dominate.Top officials and industry insiders attribute this ascent to a flurry of reasons – from the US drug maker’s shrewd marketing strategy and…
National College of Ireland (NCI) has announced scholarships worth INR 75,00,000 for need- and merit-based Indian postgraduate students as part of its 75th anniversary initiatives. The announcement is aimed at strengthening academic mobility, skills development and long-term education collaboration between India and Ireland.The event brought together Irish diplomatic representatives and Indian academic leaders, including Kevin Kelly, Ambassador of Ireland to India. Discussions focused on the growing demand among Indian students for international postgraduate programmes that combine academic quality with strong employability outcomes.Speaking at the event, NCI President Gina Quinn said institutions must support international students not only academically but also…
Deepika Padukone has been in the news post her exit from ‘Spirit’ and then ‘Kalki 2’. Reportedly, one of the demands of the actress was an eight hour work shift and that perhaps did not go down well with the makers of these movies. Meanwhile, that led to a debate around the shift timings, especially for actresses who have embraced motherhood. Many celebrities have given their insights on this discussion. Adding her perspective to the discussion, columnist Shobhaa De argued that only a select few stars have the clout to push for such conditions.In an interview with Rediff Originals, De…
Greg Abel, Warren Buffett’s chosen successor at Berkshire Hathaway, has issued his first annual letter to shareholders after taking over as chief executive in January, outlining his leadership approach while reaffirming continuity at the conglomerate, AP reported.The letter comes as Berkshire recorded a $4.5 billion write-down related to the value of its investments in Kraft Heinz and Occidental Petroleum, marking an early financial backdrop to Abel’s tenure.Opening the message with a tribute to Buffett, Abel emphasised that Berkshire’s long-standing culture and operating philosophy would remain unchanged. “I am honored by our board’s decision to appoint me CEO of Berkshire and…
In the final episode of Yes Minister – before the show graduated to Yes, Prime Minister with Jim Hacker’s elevation as the premier of Great Britain as a ‘compromise candidate’ – the minister has a fantastic idea where he decides that he is going to take money from selling a popular art gallery and pour it into his local football club, which would make him very popular with his constituency. Obviously, this leaves Sir Humphrey Appleby aghast, because the idea of taking money from the arts and giving it to football is his idea of a civilisation being destroyed by…
New Delhi: A day after the Rouse Avenue Court discharged them in the Delhi excise policy case, AAP’s Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia offered prayers at Hanuman Mandir in Connaught Place on Saturday.”Today, along with my wife Sunita and other party colleagues, I bowed my head at the feet of Lord Bajrang Bali Ji at Pracheen Hanuman Mandir located in Connaught Place. May the Lord maintain happiness, peace and courage in everyone’s life. May He bring welfare to all,” Kejriwal said later. The court on Friday discharged AAP national convener and former chief minister Kejriwal, former deputy CM Manish Sisodia…
DoneHyderabad: As part of ‘Operation Crackdown 1.0′, aimed at targeting gangs opening mule accounts in Telangana and supplying them to cyber fraudsters, the Telangana Cyber Security Bureau (TGCSB) booked nine cases against 495 bank account holders and others on Friday. According to officials, these 495 bank accounts were linked to nearly 2,000 cyber fraud complaints received from across the country.Upon examining the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal (NCRP) data, the TGCSB found that 35 current accounts were opened in Mercantile Bank, Jubilee Hills, and were flagged in 876 cyber frauds. “We also noticed that 17 of the 35 account holders…
Bhubaneswar: The East Coast Railway will run 132 Holi special trains from its jurisdiction to facilitate smooth and comfortable travel during the upcoming festival. Besides, 150 more Holi special trains coming from different parts of the country will pass through ECoR stations.Passenger movement during Holi and Dola Purnima increases as people travel to celebrate with their family members and friends. Keeping this in view, the special trains will operate from the last week of Feb until the end of March.Majority of the special trains will run on these rail routes: Bhubaneswar-Yesvantpur, Bhubaneswar-Dhanbad, Sambalpur-Erode, Puri-Patna, Visakhapatnam-Tirupati, and Visakhapatnam-Shalimar.The railways has made…
The committee comprised Delhi commericial court representatives and advocates COIMBATORE: A private industrial unit in Gandhi Nagar here was sealed on Saturday by a committee appointed by a Delhi commercial court on charges of manufacturing and selling counterfeit adhesive products. According to sources, the company used the deceptively similar brand name “HQ,” imitating the registered “HP” brand of Adhesives Limited, a Mumbai-based firm.Following complaints that adhesive products bearing the “HQ” mark were being sold in packaging that closely resembled genuine “HP” products in branding style, logo placement, colour combination, and overall trade dress, the brand’s owner approached the commercial court…