Rana Ayyub | Photo Credit: The Hindu A Delhi court has directed the police to register an FIR against journalist Rana Ayyub for allegedly making some derogatory posts in 2016-17 that included “insults to Hindu deities, spreading of anti-India sentiment and incitement of religious disharmony”. The court said the plea before it disclosed the commission … Read more
Australia batter Marcus Harris has joined Lancashire for the 2025 season. The left-handed opener will be available for the club’s County Championship and Metro Bank One-Day Cup campaigns through to September. He is due to arrive in the UK ahead of Lancashire’s opening Championship fixture against Middlesex at Lord’s, which begins on April 4. Acquiring … Read more
Menstruation and its impact on women taking up and sticking with sport took centre stage at the Sportstar Conclave-Focus Bihar recently. Paralympic silver medallist and former Paralympic Committee of India president Deepa Malik bemoaned the taboo surrounding the subject of menstruation. Struggle for knowledge “I began my sporting career as a swimmer and when I … Read more
Highlights from the opening day of the sixth round of matches Rohit’s big miss on Ranji return Rohit Sharma’s Ranji Trophy return after nearly 10 years wasn’t as memorable as he’d hoped it would be. His 19-ball vigil brought him 3, and he was out caught off the leading edge while attempting a half-nudge, half-pull … Read more
A Royal Bengal Tiger that crossed into West Bengal from Jharkhand on January 12 is now camping in the State’s Junglemahal belt, a top forest department official said on Monday (January 28, 2025). The tiger, which had moved to Dalma forest range in Jharkhand on January 19-20, crossed over to Junglemahal belt — consisting of … Read more
Cricket Australia XI 214 (Hicks 64, Brown 5-21) and 33 for 1 trail England Lions 316 (Flintoff 108, Davies 76, McCann 51, Whitney 4-72) by 69 runs Rocky Flintoff struck his first century in an England Lions shirt on the second day of the tour match against a Cricket Australia XI at Allan Border Field … Read more
President Donald Trump he would sign an executive order to start building an “Iron Dome” air defense system for the United States. File | Photo Credit: AP President Donald Trump said Monday (January 27, 2025) he would sign an executive order to start building an “Iron Dome” air defense system for the United States, like … Read more
Kuldeep Yadav has been named in Uttar Pradesh’s (UP) squad for their Ranji Trophy match against Madhya Pradesh (MP) at the Holkar Cricket Stadium in Indore, starting on Thursday. Kuldeep is making a return after a hernia surgery and hasn’t played competitive cricket since October 2024. His last outing for India was the first Test … Read more
Akruti Book store, Basavanagudi. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Akruti Books has been a haven for the city’s book lovers, offering a curated collection of new and second-hand treasures in regional language and English. The bookstore and publisher has carved a niche as a cultural hub, regularly hosting literary events that bring readers and writers … Read more
Rangpur Riders and Fortune Barishal have opened up a lead at the top of the BPL points table but the race for the other two playoff spots are tight during the Chattogram phase of the tournament. Durbar Rajshahi and Dhaka Capitals have revived their campaigns and are closing in on No. 3, where Chittagong Kings … Read more
Amitav Ghosh thinks of the West as an empire of chaos. “Look at the mess the West had made,” says the award-winning writer, who was recently in Bengaluru to release his latest book, Wild Fictions, a collection of 26 essays centred around many of the themes he has explored in both his fiction and non-fiction … Read more
Heather Knight, England’s captain, has conceded the umpires made the correct call in taking the players off the field for rain with just five balls of the second T20I remaining, even though that denied her the chance to hunt down the 18 runs still needed to keep her side in with a chance of a … Read more
Representational image. | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters on Monday (January 27, 2025) that Microsoft is in talks to acquire TikTok and that he would like to see a bidding war over the app. Microsoft and TikTok did not immediately respond to Reuters‘ requests for a comment outside regular business hours. … Read more
Australia 185 for 5 (McGrath 48*, Mooney 44, Dean 2-28) beat England 168 for 4 (Wyatt-Hodge 52, Knight 43*, Schutt 2-32) by six runs (DLS method) Australia secured Ashes outright despite a fine hand from Heather Knight when the skies in Canberra parted for long enough for the game to resume after England had been … Read more
A file image of Baba Siddique’s son Zeeshan Siddique | Photo Credit: PTI Zeeshan Siddique, former MLA and son of the late Nationalist Congress Party leader Baba Siddique, told the police on Tuesday (January 28, 2025) that the Bandra Slum Redevelopment Project (SRA) had a key role in his father’s death and named BJP leader Mohit … Read more
Jay Shah, the ICC chair and ex-secretary of the BCCI, has joined a new Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) advisory board, which will replace the club’s world cricket committee. Shah was a notable absentee when MCC staged the inaugural World Cricket Connects forum last year, which saw over 100 leading voices gather at Lord’s to discuss … Read more
FILE PHOTO: Nvidia shares dragged U.S. stocks lower, sinking 17% and wiping $593 billion, a record one-day loss for any company. | Photo Credit: Reuters Japanese technology shares fell on Tuesday as a global market rout sparked by the emergence of a low-cost Chinese artificial intelligence model entered day two, with investors questioning the sky-high … Read more
Rohit Sharma’s return to the Ranji Trophy was a short-lived one – he lasted 19 balls and scored just three in Mumbai’s Group A fixture against Jammu and Kashmir at the Sharad Pawar Academy in BKC in Mumbai. Rohit, India’s Test and ODI captain who has been going through a terrible run of form, was … Read more
FILE PHOTO: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman called DeepSeek’s R1 AI model “impressive.” | Photo Credit: Reuters OpenAI CEO Sam Altman called Chinese startup DeepSeek’s R1 AI model “impressive” on Monday, but emphasized that OpenAI believes greater computing power was key to their own success. DeepSeek, a low-cost Chinese artificial intelligence model, grabbed global attention last … Read more
Matthew Kuhnemann has been cleared to join the Australia Test squad in Sri Lanka after recovering sufficiently following surgery to repair a thumb fracture. Kuhnemann, the left-arm spinner, had broken his right thumb while playing in the BBL last week, but has been able to bowl in training this week. He will reach Sri Lanka … Read more
Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh | Photo Credit: AFP Dera Sacha Sauda chief and rape convict Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh has been granted 30-day parole. He will be walking out of the Sunaria jail in Haryana’s Rohtak on Tuesday (January 28, 2025) after being granted parole, sources said. Ram Rahim Singh is serving a 20-year sentence … Read more
After retaining the Ashes in Sydney, Beth Mooney didn’t want to get drawn into talk of a whitewash before the series was won but with that box ticked team-mate Grace Harris now wants to “embarrass” England with a 16-0 scoreline. Australia prevailed in Canberra amid a flurry of DLS calculations – England were ahead when … Read more
FILE PHOTO: DeepSeek’s new open-source AI model surpassed Stability AI and OpenAI’s models in benchmarks for image generation. | Photo Credit: AP DeepSeek’s new open-source AI model surpassed Stability AI and Microsoft-backed OpenAI’s models in benchmarks for image generation, the Chinese startup said in a technical report on Monday. The company said its Janus-Pro-7B AI … Read more
Cricket Australia has appointed Adam Griffith, a highly experienced coach and former Tasmania fast bowler, as the new national pace bowling coach in a role that has been recreated to help develop Australia’s next generation of fast bowlers. The role was first advertised back in October as an Australia-based position to oversee the management of … Read more
Police personnel raid Torres Showroom. File. | Photo Credit: ANI The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Mumbai Police, which is investigating the multi-crore Torres investment fraud, has arrested the company’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Tausif Riyaz from Lonavala, officials said. Riyaz, also known as John Carter, had been absconding since a financial fraud case was … Read more
Cricket’s global player union has called for the introduction of “basic global protections” to ensure franchise leagues pay players on time. The World Cricketers’ Association (WCA) say that long-standing issues around late payments are “not getting better” but fear that cricket is incapable of “solving transnational issues” under its current structure. Late payments have become … Read more
Watch: Trump vows tariffs on nations that ‘harm’ US; names India, China as high-tariff countries The United States will impose tariffs on the countries that “harm” America, President Donald Trump has said, as he named China, India and Brazil as high-tariff countries. President Donald Trump named China, India and Brazil as high-tariff countries. File | … Read more
“I’m concerned about everyone’s form at the moment, including mine.” That’s how Durban’s Super Giants (DSG) coach Lance Klusener summed up the team’s fortunes in a season where they are languishing at the bottom of the points table, a year after they made the SA20 final. With just one win in seven games, they need … Read more
U.S. President Trump said that DeepSeek should act as spur for American companies. | Photo Credit: AP U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that Chinese startup DeepSeek’s technology should act as spur for American companies and said it was good that companies in China have come up with a cheaper, faster method of artificial … Read more
The batters did it for Pakistan, though they were helped along by indiscipline on the part of the inexperienced Samoa bowlers, who conceded 21 extras, including 18 wides, after opting to field. The major contributions for Pakistan came from opener Maham Anees, who scored 28 in 42 balls, and Fatima Khan, who hit 25 in … Read more