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273 Was Power. 270 Was Patience: Inside Ishan Kishan’s Reinvention
273 Was Power. 270 Was Patience: Inside Ishan Kishan’s Reinvention
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At 18, Ishan Kishan announced himself with 273. At 24, he smashed ODI cricket’s fastest double century and was left out of India’s next match. Mental fatigue, a lost central contract and three years o ...
NEPAL FLOODS | 1,356 Dead, Nearly 5,000 Missing as India-Nepal Team Pushes Deeper into Chilime Tunnel
5 min read
Rescuers have established a safety line and deployed heavy pumps to clear the mud-filled Chilime tunnel, while Indian forensic experts have processed more than 1,200 DNA samples. With 587 foreigners a ...
BRICS summit will help India hedge against global uncertainty
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The BRICS summit in New Delhi next weekend promises to be a significant gathering of world leaders and major and developing economies including Russia’s Vladimir Putin and China’s Xi Jinping at a time ...
Girlfriend Gives 0%. THECOS Gives 14.40%: Why is Chennai Arguing About the Wrong Interest?
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THECOS turned romantic rejection into an FD pitch inside Chennai Metro. The joke offended women, delighted the internet and gave an obscure credit society national reach. But can outrage be called adv ...
Ashley Noffke’s Mission: Can Australia’s Overlooked Quick Rebuild Pakistan’s Broken Pace Factory?
9 min read
Ashley Noffke played only three internationals but became one of Australia’s most respected development coaches. Now, amid sackings, selection panic and a dressing room gripped by uncertainty, Pakista ...
From ‘The Moon is ours’ to ‘Hormuz is American territory’: 5 of Trump’s wildest claims of 2026
4 min read
Donald Trump’s 2026 statements have stretched the boundaries of geography, sovereignty and even outer space. Here are five of the US president’s most eyebrow-raising claims and proposals this year.
'He said marks could be higher': Inside the JNU harassment allegations against a professor now under probe
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A complaint shared in a student WhatsApp group reportedly prompted others to come forward. Now, more than 10 students have accused a JNU professor of sexual harassment, and the university's Internal C ...
SATYA NIKETAN COLLAPSE | Delhi to Mandate Structural Audits for PGs, Schools and Nursing Homes
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After six people died in the collapse of a student PG, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said buildings used for public activity would require periodic structural audits and safety certification. Non-complia ...
Jensen Huang says ‘AGI has arrived’ after OpenAI launches GPT-6 Astra: What makes the new AI model different?
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OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra can browse the web, operate computers, write code, conduct research and tackle complex scientific problems. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says it has crossed the AGI line. But what does ...