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MI legend Pollard ends IPL career
Mumbai: After straddling in the Blue and Gold for 13 long years, during which he pulled off many stunning heists with his explosive batting and athletic fielding and playing an integral role in their five title triumphs, Mumbai Indians ‘great’ Kieron Pollard has finally called time on his memorable IPL career.
'There will be major movement with players choosing formats'
Kiwi Skipper Williamson Says Playing Multiple Formats Helps Players Improve
'I would love to see either Messi or Ronaldo win the Cup'
From being a prodigious talent, learning his trade on the streets of Croxteth area of Liverpool, Wayne Rooney has travelled the whole spectrum of the game with emotion and effervescence. His frenetic pace and taste for the spectacular are part of Old Trafford folklore. Long gone are those flamboyant days but Rooney is still very much part of the game, as he chose coaching after hanging up his boots. Ready for his first trip to India, Rooney talks exclusively with TOI at length about the World Cup starting on Sunday.
China Covid lockdown frustrations spark unrest in Guangzhou
A videograb of people protesting in Guangzhou, China
Indian languages on decline in Britain
There has been a significant decline in British students taking exams in Indian languages despite talk of a living bridge between the UK and India, the trade deal and the UK’s Indo-Pacific tilt.
Who's the Loser Now: Murdoch news organisations and The Donald
The Speed At Which Conservative Press Turned On Trump Was As Dizzying As The Invectives Were Harsh
He joined coaching with family's entire savings
When his elder brother decided to forgo his dream of pursuing BTech due to financial constraints, it sparked something in a young Binoop Thankappan.
Programming & AI are starting to play big role in biology
Nobel laureate Richard Roberts was in Pune recently. The molecular biologist, who won the Nobel prize in 1993 for physiology or medicine, told us that lack of respect for dogma and a keen sense of questioning everything that people tell, has been the central theme of his career.
Mastercard CIO says global commerce is turning on its head
Money, says Ken Moore, is being reimagined. The definition of money, he says, is expanding to include assets such as data, digital goods, CBDCs (central bank digital currencies), cryptocurrencies, NFTs (non-fungible tokens) and even solar credits.
FIFA World Cup 2022 will set new standards in stadium technology
The bulk of the Qatar tech team consists of Indians
Anger, Power, Control, Fantasy ... Savagery
A Clinical psychologist writes on what experts know, and don’t know, about the mind of those who commit crimes as horrific as the murder of Shraddha Walkar
Doctored Care
When medical negligence is evident, action must be taken fast. A tragic death in Chennai is a case in point
Tales From The Money Crypt
Crypto exchange FT-X’s implosion shows a bear market is the only cure for silly financial greed
8 Billion & Falling
India, soon to be the world’s most populous country, has a narrow window to encash its demographic dividend
ADIA commits $500mn to Kotak's $1bn realty fund
KIAL has raised, managed or advised on over $3.3bn under its real estate funds
PSBs look to clean up edu loans
Chennai: Public sector banks (PSB) are rolling out several initiatives to recover legacy non-performing assets (NPAs) in education loans.
WhatsApp India head, Meta's policy chief quit
Head of WhatsApp India Abhijit Bose left) Meta’s public policy chief in India Rajiv Aggarwal
US orders AI to refund $122mn for cancellations
Apart from AI, the America’s department of transportation (DoT) has asked five more foreign airlines — Frontier, TAP Portugal, Aero Mexico, EI AI, and Avianca — to collectively pay $600 million in refunds and penalties.
Exports shrink for 1st time since Feb '21
Trade Deficit Expands To 27Bn In Oct Even As Imports Grow At Slowest Pace In 21 Mths
9 banks can trade in ₹ with Russia
New Delhi: Nine banks have been given permission to open special vostro accounts for rupee trade with Russia with IndusInd Bank being one of them.
Passing on of rate actions slow due to barriers: RBI
‘Lending Rates Not Linked To Repo Causing Delay In Impact?
Import of screen protectors from China under lens
Govt Concerned Over Massive Tax & Duty Evasions, Loss Of Employment & Investments
India climbs two spots, scores 8th rank on climate action index
New Delhi: India climbed two spots to rank eight out of 63 in the Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) 2023, thanks to its low emissions and the increasing use of renewable energy.
AIR dismisses NGO's Christian hymn charge
New Delhi: Public Service Broadcaster All India Radio has denied a claim by a civil society organisation that a Christian hymn was dropped from the Public Service Broadcasting Day celebrations on November 12 and said the NGO, Jan Prasar, failed to turn up for the rehearsals and the main event at the headquarters on November 11 and 12.
'We will need coal despite green push'
Coal is making a comeback everywhere, said Pralhad Joshi
Mindful utilisation of resources key tool in climate change fight: India
Activists at the COp27 summit i in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on yTbesday
Drains choked, anger bursts: Why some MLAs are getting the jitters
Vadodara/ Rajkot/ Ahmedabad: Even before the Gujarat poll schedule was announced and he was declared the Congress candidate for the Anand assembly seat, sitting MLA Kanti Sodha Parmar had begun preparing for the campaign.
'Kalash' comes up at 'dome' bus stop, but MP wants it razed
Mysuru: A day after BJP MP from Mysuru-Kodagu, Pratap Simha, set a four-day deadline for officials to remove the ‘gumbaz’ (domelike structures) atop a newly constructed bus shelter in Mysuru, pictures of the domes with a ‘kalash’ on them were widely shared on social media.
Maha will take steps to form its panel, own ST says CM Shinde
Nashik: Chief minister Eknath Shinde on Tuesday said the government will take all steps necessary to form a separate commission for the scheduled tribes (ST), reports Abhilash Botekar.
IRCTC to offer diabetic & baby foods, to serve regional dishes
New Delhi: Soon you won’t have to choose the food items during your train journey from the monotonous menu provided by the IRCTC. The railways’ catering arm will offer regional cuisines, seasonal delicacies and diabetic and baby food.