Akshita Kapoor

[ad_1] MS Dhoni (Image credit: BCCI/IPL) NEW DELHI: Chennai Super Kings captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and opted to bat first against Gujarat Titans in their Indian Premier League (IPL) match on Sunday. For Gujarat, who have 18 points from 13 matches with nine wins, a victory is vital as it would secure a top-two finish heading into the playoffs.For CSK, already out of playoff contention, the match offers another opportunity to test their young players and try new combinations."We will bat first. It (pitch) looks nice and hard, think it will remain the same throughout the 40 overs. It's quite hot, looks like a good track. It's (his body) surviving. Every year is a new challenge. It needs a lot of maintenance. Didn't trouble me enough when I was playing international cricket. Chennai is very nice after […]

[ad_1] REJUVENATED AND THRIVING: Once on brink of extinction, the 92-acre lake is now referred to as ‘an oxygen bank’ by visitors BENGALURU: A lake doesn't vanish overnight — it disappears in slow motion. The water turns murky, fish die, birds leave, and finally, the land is claimed, concreted, or forgotten.Sarakki Lake in JP Nagar was heading in that direction since over a decade. However, a different story unfolded for the 92-acre lake was choked by sewage, weeds, and encroachments — the one led by nine determined citizens, who took on apathy and ecological collapse and revived the lake.In 2012, Prof KS Bhat, Hariprasad Y, Ramachandra Joisa, Manjunath MP, Sudarshan G, Manish A, KR Sooryanarayana, Shankar Sastry, and Srivatsan — most of them retired professionals — formed the Sarakki Lake Area Improvement Trust (SLAIT). Their journey began with getting the […]

[ad_1] Shubman Gill (Image credit: BCCI) NEW DELHI: India’s newly-appointed Test captain, Shubman Gill, called the opportunity to lead the national side in the red-ball format a tremendous honour and a significant responsibility. Gill, who has featured as both an opener and No. 3 in India’s Test line-up, steps into the leadership role following Rohit Sharma’s retirement from the format earlier this month. In 32 Tests, Gill has scored 1893 runs at an average of 35.1, with five centuries and seven fifties to his name.“As a young kid, when anyone starts playing cricket, they want to play for India. Not just play for India, but play Test cricket for India for a very long time. To be able to get this opportunity is a great honour and like you said, it’s a big responsibility," Gill said in a short video […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: A US intelligence assessment report has painted a sobering picture of Pakistan’s military ambitions for the coming year, highlighting a continued focus on nuclear modernization, cross-border tensions given that it gets consistent economic and military support from China. The report titled '2025 World Threat Assessment' was prepared after India and Pakistan agreed to cease military operations against each other on May 10, retreating from the possibility of a full-blown war."During the next year, the Pakistani military’s top priorities are likely to remain cross-border skirmishes with regional neighbors, rising attacks by Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan and Baloch nationalist militants, counterterrorism efforts, and nuclear modernization. Despite Pakistan’s daily operations during the past year, militants killed more than 2,500 people in Pakistan in 2024," it said.In response to the Pahalgam terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir, the Indian Armed Forces launched […]

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[ad_1] KOCHI/THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Twenty-one of the 24 crew members onboard a Liberia-flagged container vessel which began tilting dangerously around 38 nautical miles off Kochi coast were rescued on Saturday. It is reported that some containers with hazardous cargo have fallen off the ship.By Saturday night, 21 crew members were rescued, three crew members (captain, chief engineer and 2nd engineer) remained onboard to facilitate planned salvage operations. Indian Coast Guard (ICG) and Indian Navy ships, along with ICG aircraft, were continuing to coordinate and monitor the situation. Some containers have fallen due to vessel tilting, risk assessment is in progress. All efforts are on to maintain stability of the vessel, said the defence PRO in a post on X.Meanwhile, Kerala state disaster management authority (KSDMA) warned the people against coming in contact with the hazardous cargo — marine gas oil and very […]

[ad_1] Representative image (Picture credit: AP) Russia unleashed its largest aerial attack since the war began, striking more than 30 cities and villages across Ukraine overnight into Sunday. At least 12 people were killed and dozens injured as 367 missiles and drones rained down in a second straight night of intense bombardment, reported the news agency AP.Ukraine’s Air Force spokesperson Yuriy Ihnat confirmed that Russia deployed 69 missiles and 298 drones, including Iranian-made Shahed UAVs. “It was the most massive strike in terms of the number of air attack weapons on the territory of Ukraine since the beginning of the full-scale invasion in 2022,” he was quoted as saying by AP.The airstrikes coincided with Kyiv Day, a national holiday, turning what is usually a celebratory occasion into one of mourning. Four people died and 16 were injured in Kyiv alone, […]

[ad_1] AI Image (Representative) GHAZIABAD: This year, across India, among the millions of parcels being delivered every day are small packages addressed to different police offices and stations. These are from people who are returning stolen phones.One such sender is a 35-year-old Pulwama resident, who had picked up a handset "at a discount price" from a local shop six months ago. Like any second-hand phone buyer, he was only interested in the mobile's condition, not its history. Reception OK? Battery life good? Satisfied, he closed the deal.The handset, the Pulwama resident would come to know a month later, belonged to Ranjeet Jha, a software engineer based in Ghaziabad. In the blur of daily life in Delhi, Jha's memories of Oct 16, 2023 are vivid. He had set out from his house in Ghaziabad, crisply attired for a job interview in […]

[ad_1] Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohlirecently visited Premanand Maharaj in Vrindavan after the latter announced his retirement from test cricket. The couple served goals as they are seen together being completely being soaken into spirituality and religion.They were also seen doing 'Jap Naam' and Anushka got teary-eyed overflowing with love. Fans haven't yet gotten over this video of the couple and now Anushka and Virat were seen visiting the Hanunam Garhi temple in Ayodhya.The priest at the temple adorned them with a garland from the Lord and did 'teeka' on Anushka's forehead. Their devotion and love was hard to miss as they won the internet again with this video going viral. It was shared by ANI.Here's how netizens reacted. A user said, "Things I like about kohli ❤️🙏" Another one said, "I choose Right men as idol no trophy bigger […]

[ad_1] Keira and Krish Arora (MyLondon/BPM Media) British-Indian twins Krish and Keira Arora, 11, have been taken in by the elite Mensa membership club of children with a high intelligence quotient (IQ), after each successfully cleared a tough set of challenges.Between the two, Krish was the first to be accepted. He achieved 162 marks, the highest score in a Mensa-supervised IQ Test session, placing him in the top 0.26 per cent of children with high IQ.Not to be left behind, Keira followed soon. Recently, she scored 152 on the Cattell III B scale, placing her in the top 2 per cent.Mauli Arora, the siblings' mother, said the twins are "extremely competitive.""They are very competitive, and Keira was inspired to give the Mensa test due to Krish," PTI quoted Arora, a Delhi-born senior IT manager who studied computer engineering in Pune, […]