Jasprit Bumrah, Rohit Sharma Mumbai Indians will have a third captain leading the side in IPL 2026 when they face Punjab Kings at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamsala on Thursday.Regular captain Hardik Pandya is currently injured, while stand-in skipper Suryakumar Yadav has not traveled to Dharamsala for the match, as TimesofIndia.com reported.That…
Lights out in Havana: Protests erupt as ‘absolutely no fuel’ left in Cuba (Image credit: AP) Cuba has completely run out of diesel and fuel oil, energy minister Vicente de la O Levy has said, as a US-led blockade chokes supply and plunges parts of Havana into blackouts lasting up to 22 hours a day.“The…
NEW DELHI: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday took a veiled swipe at the US over its sanctions-led foreign policy, cautioning against “unilateral coercive measures” as India voiced concern over the worsening West Asia crisis and its fallout on global energy and trade routes.Speaking at the opening session of the BRICS foreign ministers’ conclave,…
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), under a new vetting protocol rolled out in end April, requires its officials to resubmit fingerprints for pending cases to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI’s) upgraded background check system before applications can be approved.The revised checks, required for better national security, apply to a broad range…
Former Indian captain Sunil Gavaskar showered praise on Virat Kohli after the RCB star’s record-breaking century in Raipur, saying that while discussions continue around the rise of the new generation of power-hitters, Kohli has once again proved that the “old generation is still the best.”Virat Kohli produced a stunning comeback after back-to-back ducks, and perhaps…
NEW DELHI: Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi arrived in New Delhi on Wednesday for the BRICS foreign ministers’ meeting aboard an aircraft carrying a pointed message from Tehran: Minab168. The inscription on the plane is a reference to the 168 schoolchildren Iran says were killed in a US strike on a school in Minab on…
Mumbai Indians are set to face Punjab Kings in Dharamsala as they look to restore some pride after being officially eliminated from the IPL 2026 playoff race. However, ahead of the crucial clash, there remains major uncertainty over the availability of captain Hardik Pandya.Pandya missed Mumbai’s previous two matches against Lucknow Super Giants and Royal…
Amazon has announced another round of job cuts, this time affecting its Selling Partner Services division after cutting around 30,000 jobs in the last six months. This division works closely with millions of third-party merchants on onboarding, logistics and account support. According to a report by Business Insider, a company spokesperson confirmed that that the…
Delhi Police have registered a case after a woman alleged she was gangraped on a private bus in the capital, officials said on Thursday. NEW DELHI: Delhi Police have registered a case after a woman alleged that she was gang-raped in a private bus, officials said on Thursday. Based on the woman’s statement, an FIR…
Eight people infected in the hantavirus outbreak linked to the cruise ship MV Hondius have tested positive for the Andes virus, the only hantavirus strain known to spread between humans, the World Health Organisation said on Wednesday.According to AFP, the WHO said, “eight cases were laboratory-confirmed for Andes virus (ANDV) infection, two are probable, and…
