Ajit Agarkar and Rishabh Pant (ANI Photo) MUMBAI: This is perhaps the toughest phase of Rishabh Pant’s international career. On Tuesday, his recent setbacks acquired an official colour. From being removed from the Test vice-captaincy to giving way to the in-form Ishan Kishan in ODIs, little seems to be going right for the 28-year-old Pant.Once…
Human history feels straightforward when seen in textbooks. A neat timeline with a clear rise from simple tools to complex cities. But archaeology keeps disturbing that picture slowly and quietly. Then suddenly. A buried temple appears that is older than farming itself. A lost city rises out of the jungle. A tomb untouched for thousands…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi met his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni over dinner shortly after arriving in Rome on Tuesday for the final leg of his five-nation tour, before the two leaders took a late-evening walk through the iconic Colosseum.Sharing pictures from the evening on X, PM Modi wrote, “Upon landing in Rome, had…
Darshan Thoogudeepa and Vijayalakshmi Darshan completed 23 years of marriage on May 19. Posting on Instagram Stories, she expressed her commitment in moving words that quickly drew widespread attention online.Vijayalakshmi Darshan wrote, “I will hold your hand through every storm and every silence. Even when situations try to pull us apart, my heart will always…
Russia’s Putin gets red carpet welcome in China; high-stakes tea meeting with Xi in focus (Image credit: PTI) Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday met his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping as he began a high-profile two-day state visit just days after US President Donald Trump wrapped up high-stakes deliberations in China.Putin was received at the…
The drama continues to brew in the Jolie-Pitt family, and there is no intention to cool off. Zahara, the daughter of the ex-couple Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, recently took over the headlines after she dropped the actor’s surname from her name during her commencement program. While the 50-year-old actress attended the event along with…
MSCI’s broad Asia-Pacific index excluding Japan dropped 0.7% during Wednesday trading. Japan’s Nikkei slid 1.6%, while South Korea’s Kospi lost 2%.Chinese blue-chip shares weakened 0.4%, and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index fell 0.7%. European stock futures also pointed lower, with pan-European futures down 0.5%. Nasdaq futures were largely unchanged, while S&P 500 futures slipped 0.1%….
The horrifying incident at Dubare Elephant Camp, in Karnataka, raises an uncomfortable truth: wildlife tourism has crossed the line from appreciation into dangerous entitlement. A 33-year-old woman lost her life during what was supposed to be a routine elephant bathing session in the Cauvery River. Two elephants (one of which succumbed to injuries) reportedly turned…
MI captain Hardik Pandya and KKR skipper Ajinkya Rahane. (Pic credit: IPL) KOLKATA: One cannot but help remember the adage ‘cricket is a great leveller’ on seeing Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians meeting in what seems to be an inconsequential match at the business end of a tournament they have dominated over the years….
Now, over a year after the Pahalgam attack and India’s strong retaliatory action, Pakistan has made a bizarre claim of engaging and hitting two airbases in India that do not even exist, after being hit hard last year during counterterror operations under Operation Sindoor.The strong military action under Operation Sindoor was met with a Pakistani…
