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Series reaching a tipping point

As cricket moves to Gabba, this is where one team might gain a psychological advantage over other

At the nets, Gill, Pant show they mean business

BRISBANE: There was a time when the eve of a match would mean that the venue would be a beehive of activity.

Winning ploy: Play long, tire Ding out

BENGALURU: Grzegorz Gajewski was on his way to dinner on Thursday night, running through lines for Friday's possible tiebreaks when Ding Liren blundered and lost in what was seemingly a drawn game.

Algo trading to open up for retail investors soon

Algorithmic trading, which has remained the preserve of large institutions, could soon be open to India's retail investors as well, with the market regulator proposing a framework with critical roles for brokers and stock exchanges.

Stock market surges as foreign investors bet big

About-turn

France's Macron names centrist ally Bayrou as PM

PARIS: Veteran centrist figure, Francois Bayrou, became France's fourth prime minister in a year, on Friday, after President Emmanuel Macron named his longtime ally as the new head of government.

US UNVEILS NEW $500MN MILITARY AID FOR UKRAINE

The United States on Thursday announced a new $500 million package of military aid for Ukraine, as Washington races to bolster Kyiv before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.

2nd impeachment vote for Prez Yoon on edge

SEOUL: South Korea's opposition leader on Friday urged ruling party lawmakers to side with the \"people\" and impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over his failed martial law bid, a day before a second parliamentary vote that appears on a knife edge.

Toying with words, hearts

In April 1947, while speaking to a creative-writing class at the University of Mississippi, American novelist William Faulkner, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1949, described his contemporary Ernest Hemingway in these words: \"He has never been known to use a word that might cause the reader to check with a dictionary to see if it is properly used.\"

Israeli strike kills 66 Palestinians in Gaza

CAIRO: An Israeli strike killed at least 30 Palestinians and wounded 50 others who were sheltering in a post office in central Gaza Strip, bringing the death toll on Thursday in the enclave to 66.

Burning green: Health costs of landscape fires

The cascading effects of forest fires and stubble burning on human health and environment are severe

Ratan Tata: In a class of his own

While Thomas Mathew's admiration for his subject is evident, Ratan Tata: A Life also explores the challenges that the Tata Group faced

Uniquely Indian traits that produce civic indifference

I often wish Richard Sennett, that great and inspiring writer on cities and civic life in the western world, had a chance to live in Bengaluru for a couple of months.

A coming of age for Indian chess

D Gukesh's rise as the youngest world champion is a tale with two pieces - one of individual and family sacrifice, and the other of legend Viswanathan Anand's payback to Indian sport

Rajnath leads govt charge on Day 1 of debate

Defence minister kicks off Constitution debate in Lower House with a sharp attack on Cong, even as Oppn leaders blame BJP for stoking unrest and attempting to dent India's 'armour'

Oppn submits notice in RS to impeach HC judge

More than 55 Opposition lawmakers from the Rajya Sabha on Friday submitted a notice to the secretary general of the Upper House for the impeachment of Allahabad high court judge, Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav, over his controversial remarks at an event organised by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad last week.

TMC MP's comment draws BJP anger

NEW DELHI: A comment by Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra referring to late judge BH Loya in her speech in the Lok Sabha on Friday led to an uproar and prompted two short adjournments, a sharp response from Union parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju, and support from senior opposition members.

MINORITIES ARE TARGETED IN U.P.: IQRA IN LOK SABHA

Samajwadi Party lawmaker Iqra Choudhary on Friday expressed concern over the \"rising attacks on minorities\" in Uttar Pradesh, accusing the BJP-led government in the most-populous state over the land and order situation.

It's Samvidhan, not Sangh ka Vidhan, says Priyanka

NEW DELHI: India's Constitution is not a set of rules dictated by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, Wayanad parliamentarian Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said in her first address in the Lok Sabha on Friday, adding that the Bharatiya Janata Party realized the Constitution cannot be changed after its loss of seats in the 2024 polls.

NDA allies slam Oppn 'hypocrisy'

NEW DELHI: Tearing into the Congress during a debate on the Constitution of India, Union panchayati raj minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh, alias Lalan Singh, on Friday said in the Lok Sabha that people who \"preyed on the Constitution cannot be its protectors\", accusing the grand old party of \"misusing\" the national document countless times.

RS adjourned again as Dhankhar, Kharge spar

NEW DELHI: Acrimonious exchanges involving the Opposition and the government, and between Rajya Sabha chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar and Leader of the Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge forced the Upper House to adjourn for the day on Friday without transacting business.

Deaths of bizman, wife trigger slugfest in MP

The deaths of a businessman and his wife have triggered sharp exchanges between the Opposition Congress and ruling BJP in Sehore district of Madhya Pradesh, after a purported suicide note accused an Enforcement Directorate (ED) officer of harassment.

Nicobar report not public due to strategic info

NGT FORMED THE PANEL LAST YEAR TO REVISIT THE CLEARANCE GRANTED TO THE GREAT NICOBAR INFRA PROJECT

'Misogyny': HC on order denying a woman kids' custody for her lifestyle

THE KERALA HIGH COURT GRANTED CUSTODY OF THE CHILDREN TO THE MOTHER, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THEIR WISHES TO STAY WITH HER

Remark made in court an observation: Ex-CJI

Unless last word of the court is printed in the judgment, whatever said is just an observation...it has no precedential value DY CHANDRACHUD, ex-CJI

HC GRANTS BAIL TO KEY ACCUSED IN PROF'S HAND CHOPPING CASE

KOCHI: The Kerala high court has granted bail to the main conspirator in the college professor hand chopping case of 2010.

HC sets aside order against award to Krishna

The Supreme Court on Friday refused an urgent hearing on a plea against a Madras high court decision allowing the Music Academy in Chennai to present an award instituted in the name of late Carnatic icon MS Subbulakshmi to singer TM Krishna, hours after the HC set aside an interim injunction barring the academy from conferring the award.

HC grants bail to Darshan, aides

BENGALURU: The Karnataka high court on Friday granted bail to Kannada actor Darshan Thoogudeepa, his friend Pavithra Gowda and five others in the Renukaswamy murder case.

Actor arrested over death at cinema, gets interim bail

HYDERABAD: Popular Telugu actor Allu Arjun was arrested on Friday and later granted interim bail in connection with the death of a woman during the premiere of his latest film Pushpa 2: The Rule at a Hyderabad theatre earlier this month.

22 IAS OFFICERS DEPLOYED AS POLL OBSERVERS IN PUNJAB

The Punjab State Election Commission on Friday deputed 22 IAS officers as election observers to oversee the arrangements for the conduct of polls to the municipal corporations, municipal councils and nagar panchayats in the state.