VATICAN CITY: The Vatican is sending new signals about how it intends to minister to LGBTQ+ Catholics in the Pope Leo XIV era, with signs of openness and limitations after Pope Francis ushered in a notable welcome during his 12-year pontificate.Catholic LGBTQ+ advocates cheered this week when a Vatican working group released a report featuring…
Gujarat Titans’ Rashid Khan and teammates celebrate (ANI Photo) Rashid Khan produced a vintage spell while Shubman Gill led the way with a brilliant 84 as Gujarat Titans thrashed Rajasthan Royals by 77 runs in a dominant IPL 2026 clash in Jaipur on Saturday. The comprehensive victory marked GT’s fourth consecutive win of the season…
New Delhi: Defence Research & Development Laboratory DRDL of DRDO on Saturday achieved a path-breaking milestone in the development of hypersonic missiles by successfully conducting an extensive long-duration test of its actively cooled full scale scramjet combustor.A run-time of over 1,200 seconds was achieved at the state-of-the-art scramjet connect pipe test (SCPT) facility in Hyderabad,…
Rajasthan Royals’ Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (ANI Photo) Vaibhav Sooryavanshi once again grabbed the spotlight in IPL 2026 after scripting a sensational world record during Rajasthan Royals’ clash against Gujarat Titans in Jaipur on Saturday. The 15-year-old prodigy became the youngest cricketer in history to smash 100 T20 sixes before turning 20 years old. He also broke…
Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan (Image credit: BCCI/IPL) NEW DELHI: Gujarat Titans openers Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan continued their sensational form in IPL 2026 during their side’s clash against Rajasthan Royals at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. The GT duo stitched together yet another century opening stand and, in the process, equalled a…
Hardik Pandya and Suryakumar Yadav (Image credit: BCCI/IPL) NEW DELHI: Sunday is set to witness a blockbuster IPL 2026 clash between Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bengaluru, but the match comes with a major setback for Mumbai Indians. Star allrounder Hardik Pandya will miss the high-profile encounter scheduled to be played at the Shaheed Veer…
Virat Kohli and Prince Yadav (Image credit: BCCI/IPL) NEW DELHI: Not just the fans, commentators or the Royal Challengers Bengaluru dugout, even Virat Kohli himself was left stunned after being bowled by an absolute beauty from Prince Yadav during the IPL 2026 clash between RCB and Lucknow Super Giants on Thursday. Prince dismissed Kohli for…
Coinbase experienced a service disruption last night attributed to “increased temperatures” in the AWS Health Dashboard. The crypto platform pointed to regional failure “in the AWS US-EAST-1 Region” – which is US East (N. Virginia) region. The outage, now resolved, came a day after Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong predicted a future where he said that…
NEW DELHI: There have been several broadcasting blunders over the years, but the one during the first Test between Pakistan and Bangladesh will surely stand out. During the opening Test in Dhaka, broadcasters mistakenly displayed India’s scorecard instead of Pakistan’s Playing XI.The error occurred after Pakistan won the toss and opted to field at the…
More than a decade after the launch of the Centre’s flagship Jan Suraksha programmes, claims amounting to nearly Rs 25,160 crore have been paid out under two major insurance schemes, with enrolments include several crores across life cover, accident insurance and pension initiatives. Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, marking 11 years of the Jan Suraksha schemes…
