Motera pitch in focus ahead of the grand finale

Across nine venues and 10 matches over the past six weeks, Rahul Dravid's routine as head coach on days leading up to a game hasn't changed.

On the bounce, can Australia take on India's incredible pace battery?

Game on: Maxwell says the teams that started slowly against India in the Powerplay became sitting ducks

'Pillar-IV of IPEF will enhance info-sharing among its 14 members'

The fourth pillar of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF), which aims to create a fair economy, will enhance information-sharing among its 14 members to facilitate asset recovery and strengthen crossborder investigations and prosecutions, commerce minister Piyush Goyal has said.

Lenders take heat as RBI cracks whip

Fear of higher capital costs, slower credit growth swept shares of financial firms

Ashneer Grover, wife Madhuri Jain stopped at Delhi airport

The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Delhi Police stopped former BharatPe managing director Ashneer Grover and his wife Madhuri Jain from taking a flight at New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport on Thursday night, Sindhu Pillai, joint commissioner of police (EOW), said.

Biden, Xi vie for allies at summit

US President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping made rival bids to win over Asia-Pacific allies at a summit in San Francisco Thursday, just a day after the two leaders met in a bid to reduce tensions between the superpowers.

Tiktok to prohibit all videos promoting viral bin Laden letter

TikTok is removing videos on its platform that promote Osama bin Laden's letter justifying the September 11 attacks against the US, saying that the user-generated content \"clearly violates\" its rules on \"supporting any form of terrorism.\"

UN says starvation imminent in Gaza, no let-up in Israeli assault

UN aid deliveries to Gaza were suspended on Friday due to shortages of fuel and a communications shut down, deepening the misery of thousands of hungry and homeless Palestinians as Israeli troops battled Hamas militants in the enclave.

PEP norms in focus as MPs say kin denied loans

THE LAWMAKERS THE ISSUE BELIEVE IS WITH THE PEP NORMS OF THE FINANCIAL ACTION TASK FORCE

5 LeT terrorists killed in Kulgam

Security forces killed five Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists in south Kashmir's Kulgam district on Friday in one of the fiercest gunbattles this year in the Union territory, police officers said, adding that several of them were involved in attacks on Pandits and migrant labourers earlier this year.

'For how long can we stay brave': Kin of workers face uncertainty

His 17-year-old face is tired and haggard; he hasn't slept in six days.

MP, Chhattisgarh seal their mandate for crucial contest

Over 52 million people voted on Friday across all 230 assembly constituencies in Madhya Pradesh and 70 of 90 seats in Chhattisgarh, marking the biggest polling day in the ongoing five-state elections that will have significant ramifications on political dynamics in the run up to next summer's general elections.

₹2,500 relief for women part of Cong manifesto

Monthly financial assistance of ₹2,500 for women, LPG cylinders at ₹500, 200 units of free electricity for all households are among the six guarantees announced by the Congress in its manifesto for the Telangana assembly elections.

PM raises concerns over tech misuse, deepfakes

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday expressed concerns over misuse of technology and artificial intelligence (AI) to create deepfakes, and said the media can play a role in raising awareness since a large section of society does not have the wherewithal to ascertain the veracity of content.

'G20 underlined importance of climate finance'

The New Delhi declaration of G20 countries released in September captured the importance of providing climate finance to developing countries, Union environment minister, Bhupender Yadav said at the Environment Minister's Session during the second edition of Voice of Global South Summit on Friday.

Global South should focus on self-reliance: Jaishankar

The Global South should focus on self-reliance by diversifying production, building reliable supply chains and promoting local solutions to overcome the \"perils of dependence...on far away geographies\", external affairs minister S Jaishankar said on Friday in a thinly veiled swipe at China.

Atishi reviews Chhath preparations

Ahead of the four-day Chhath festival, revenue and water minister Atishi inspected the Chhath ghat at ITO on Friday and assessed the ongoing preparations.

Kejriwal to party workers: Our LS campaign starts now

Delhi chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said the AAP is the country's fastest growing political party that has left behind all other parties in terms of its growing representation across states.

Punjab logs 1,150 farm fires, police in areas with most incidents get notice

The number of stubble fires in Punjab remained above the 1,000mark on Friday, as farmers in the state set fire to vast swathes of paddy fields, openly defying Supreme Court orders to halt the annual practice that covers most of north India under a toxic smog jacket.

Delhi's air remains in 'severe' zone

12 out of 17 days in Nov have been severe or close to severe (AQI of 390-plus), and IMD predicts no relief till Nov 21, when wind speeds may pick up

Grap imposed, but provisions openly flouted across Capital

Waste burning adding to PM2.5

Ggm industries say HC order welcome, needed

Hours after the Punjab & Haryana high court quashed a Haryana government law providing reservation to locals for private sector jobs, industry owners and associations across the state on Friday welcomed the verdict, calling the law an anti-business move that militated against the spirit of entrepreneurship.

AAP minister makes new charge against chief secy

The Delhi government-run hospital Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS) signed an agreement to illicitly benefit a company co-founded by chief secretary Naresh Kumar's son, according to a new report submitted by vigilance minister Atishi to the chief minister Arvind Kejriwal that accuses the top bureaucrat of irregularities, although the hospital denied any wrongdoing and called the allegations baseless.

Acing the game of 'tournament play'

You'd have probably come across the phrase 'peaking at the right time' over the past few days with regards to Australia and the 2023 ODI World Cup.

Does success of WC mean ODIs are back?

First the good news. World Cup 2023 is a grand success. This is the last instalment of the International Cricket Council's (ICC) events cycle (2015-23), for which media rights were sold nine years back. Market spends have increased enormously since, to the benefit of the ICC as well as its broadcasters.

Two uncanny narratives 20 years apart: Can India return the favour to Australia in 2023?

Australia are in the final of an ODI World Cup. Experiences in this century alone tell us that they can hammer 281/4 in just 38 overs when rain affects proceedings and cruise to victory even if it's a farcical climax in fading Barbados light.

Tunnel rescue hits another hurdle on Day 6 of ordeal

The efforts to rescue workers trapped in a collapsed under-construction tunnel in Uttarkashi appeared to be faltering on Friday, as a second drilling machine suffered damage, prompting authorities to slow down operations, call in another auger machine, and prepare a contingency plan.

HC quashes Hry law on 75% quota in pvt sector

The Punjab and Haryana high court on Friday struck down a Haryana law that reserved 75% private sector jobs, paying up to ₹30,000 a month, for local candidates and found it unconstitutional, delivering a setback to the Manohar Lal Khattar government less than a year before assembly polls.

Modi condemns civilian deaths in W Asia conflict

The developments in West Asia are throwing up new challenges and the time has come for countries of the Global South to speak in one voice for the greater global good, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday, condemning civilian deaths in the Israel-Hamas conflict.

AAP Says It Will Remove Toxic Foam In Yamuna, BJP Hits Out

The Delhi Jal Board (DJB) on Thursday began sprinkling defoamers in the Yamuna river at Okhla barrage to remove the toxic white foam floating on the water's surface - an issue that comes up every year ahead of the Chhath Puja festival.