US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that it may not be “appropriate” for the Iran national football team to attend this year’s FIFA World Cup, which is being co-hosted by the United States, citing safety concerns as the two countries are currently at war.“The Iran National Soccer Team is welcome to The World Cup,”…
Ishan Kishan and Sanju Samson (ANI Photo) As Team India embarks on a new cycle that will culminate in the ODI World Cup next year, will Sanju and Ishan’s T20 WC heroics be good enough for them to be candidates in the set up?The bubbly of euphoria of the T20 World Cup triumph was still…
Hyundai Motor India recently launched the new Hyundai Verna facelift in the Indian market. The updated Verna receives cosmetic upgrades, new features, added safety and much more. It’s now priced between Rs 10.98 lakh and Rs 18.25 lakh (both prices ex-showroom) and continues to compete with the Honda City, VW Virtus and Skoda Slavia. Interested…
In her recent book ‘Having It All’ gender economist and associate professor of business economics and public policy at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Corinne Low talks about how women are caught in a ‘squeeze’ and what they must do to escape it.What made you write this book?I was caught in “the squeeze”- that…
National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) has selected 20 bankers for its long-awaited initial public offering, the exchange said in a statement.The selected bankers include Kotak Mahindra Capital, JM Financial and Axis Capital, as well as the Indian units of Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase & Co and HSBC Holdings. Eight law firms have also…
South Africa’s Kagiso Rabada, center, celebrates with teammates (AP Photo/Bikas Das) Former England captain Michael Vaughan has stirred debate after the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 by suggesting that the South Africa national cricket team made a tactical mistake by defeating the West Indies cricket team in their Super 8 clash.The encounter, played at…
MUMBAI: A technical tweak in the way banks report fortnightly balance-sheet data may swell India’s credit numbers by more than Rs 2 lakh crore this year and lift measured loan growth by over a percentage point. The change concerns the date on which banks report credit and deposit figures to the RBI, a schedule that…
Abrar Ahmed and Kavya Maran NEW DELHI: Pakistan spinner Abrar Ahmed was signed by Sunrisers Leeds during the Hundred Auction 2026, but the move sparked backlash online. After the franchise announced the signing on X, the post was flooded with negative comments, with some fans criticising an IPL-linked team for picking a Pakistani player. EXCLUSIVE:…
BENGALURU: With the West Asia crisis escalating and recent Iranian strikes targeting the UAE, several IT companies and global capability centres (GCCs) have activated their business continuity plans (BCPs), introducing measures such as work-from-home, travel advisories and temporary office closures.Amid rising geopolitical uncertainty, many tech firms and GCCs are increasingly relying on India as a…
India’s retail inflation edged higher in February, largely on the back of rising food prices, according to official data released on Thursday.Data from the National Statistics Office (NSO) showed that inflation measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose to 3.21 per cent in February, up from 2.74 per cent in January. Despite the increase,…