The other day it was Jasprit Bumrah. On Friday, Josh Hazlewood faced the same treatment from the wonder kid Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, as the 15-year-old said that he “plays the ball” and “not the bowler”.Sooryavanshi scored 78 off 26 balls as Rajasthan Royals (RR) chased down Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s (RCB) total of 201 with two overs…
MUMBAI: The boardrooms of India’s most powerful philanthropic trusts are looking at an uncomfortable May 8 reckoning. The Sir Dorabji Tata Trust (SDTT) and Sir Ratan Tata Trust (SRTT), which together hold a 52% controlling stake in Tata Sons, will convene to review their nominee directors on the holding company’s board, among other agenda items.The…
Black garlic cannot be referred to as a new version of garlic since it is just another version that comes about after ageing ordinary garlic. When one keeps garlic bulbs in a warm and humid environment for weeks, the bulbs gradually cook due to ageing, and hence, it results in different flavours. In ageing garlic,…
Capital markets regulator Sebi will examine whether disclosure requirements for debt-only listed entities need to be relaxed as part of broader efforts to deepen India’s corporate bond market, Chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey said on Tuesday, PTI reported.Speaking at an event organised by CareEdge Ratings in Mumbai, Pandey said the regulator would also launch a pilot…
Thomas Stearns Eliot, better known as T. S. Eliot, was one of the most important poets, critics, and playwrights of the the 20th century. Born in the year 1888 in St. Louis, Missouri, he grew up in a family that was well-educated and culturally rich. His early exposure to literature, philosophy, and religion had a…
New Zealand police has launched an investigation after a racist graffiti threatning ‘All Indians’ was discovered outside a school gate in Auckland. The incident is said to have triggered widespread outrage and concern among community leaders and residents. The racially abusive message was found on a footpath near the Papatoetoe Central School in the suburb…
MUMBAI: Bonds rallied after govt and RBI announced measures to encourage foreign investment in govt securities on Friday. The yields on benchmark 10-year govt securities (G-Secs) softened to 6.94% in early trades, from 6.99% on Thursday, after the govt said foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) would be exempted from long-term capital gains and withholding taxes on…
Abhishek Banerjee (File Photo) KOLKATA: An FIR has been registered against TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee at the Bidhannagar North Cyber Crime Police Station for allegedly making inflammatory statements ahead of the elections, making remarks regarding the playing of DJs and issuing statements against Union home minister Amit Shah.On Friday, Banerjee accused the Centre of allowing…
People walk past the British cruise ship Ambition, as French authorities ordered 1,700 passengers & crew to stay on board due to a gastrointestinal illness outbreak, in Bordeaux, France French authorities on Wednesday eased restrictions on passengers aboard the British cruise ship Ambition after tests confirmed that a gastrointestinal virus, potentially norovirus and not hantavirus,…
There are few places in India where science and landscape come together quite as dramatically as Magnetic Hill in Ladakh. On a barren stretch of highway outside Leh, travellers stop their cars, shift into neutral, release the brake and watch in disbelief as the vehicle appears to move uphill on its own.For years, the phenomenon…