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Mumbai: It almost felt karmic when Mohammed Siraj brought the curtains down on the final Test at The Oval after an enthralling hour’s play on Day 5 with his knockout punch – a yorker fired in with a scrambled seam grip to uproot Gus Atkinson’s off-stump. As the fast bowler flaunted his imitation of Cristiano Ronaldo’s signature celebratory move, the Indian section among the capacity crowd erupted in delirium. India’s Mohammed Siraj and Dhruv Jurel celebrate following the team’s victory in the fifth Test match against England, at The Oval. (PTI) Cricket Gods are not that cruel after all. If…

New Delhi: This English summer will be remembered for its combative Test cricket, but also for Shubman Gill’s emergence as Indian cricket’s heir apparent. His first assignment as Test captain was trial by fire. A team in transition after three stalwarts had retired and the challenge of managing his best bowler’s workload apart, the onus was also on bettering his own individual numbers. India’s captain Shubman Gill acknowledges the crowd after India won the fifth Test match against England, at The Oval. (PTI) But Gill will return with great memories. He produced one of the great individual performances by a…

A robotic arm attached to the International Space Station brings in the spacecraft carrying one of two Orbiting Carbon Observatory instruments, known as OCO-3, in 2019. NASA has put out a call for private groups to potentially take over the cost of maintaining the instrument, which measures carbon dioxide in Earth’s atmosphere. NASA TV/NASA hide caption toggle caption NASA TV/NASA The Trump administration has asked NASA employees to draw up plans to end at least two major satellite missions, according to current and former NASA staffers. If the plans are carried out, one of the missions would be permanently terminated,…

Former captains Michael Vaughan and Nasser Hussain shredded the England team after their humiliating six-run loss to India at The Oval, which resulted in the Shubman Gill-led side levelling the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy 2-2. England lost the Oval Test by six runs against India In the Bazball era, England have built a reputation as formidable chasers. Although no team had ever successfully chased 374 at The Oval, England had pulled off fourth-innings chases of 370+ twice in recent years — both against India, including one earlier in this series at Leeds. Riding on a century stand between Harry Brook and Joe…

One reason why Google Chrome has managed to be the go-to mobile browser for millions is that the tech giant often adds new and useful features that make it stand out from the competition. Back in Android 13, Google added a nifty little feature called Predictive Back, which lets you see what you will be switching to before completing the back gesture. Now,  Google is testing a similar functionality for Chrome. First spotted by Android Authority, the publication says that the new iOS-style page transition shows a dimmed preview of the last page in tabs with browsing history. Also, in…

File photo of U.S. President Donald Trump | Photo Credit: Reuters Less than a week after he announced a 25% tariff on imports from India “plus a penalty”, U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday (August 4, 2025) once again raised the issue of India buying oil from Russia and profiting from it. He stated that he would be “substantially” raising the tariff “paid by India to the USA”. It is important to note that such tariffs are paid by importers in the U.S., rather than the country on which the tariffs are levied.  “India is not only buying massive amounts of Russian…

Private promoters holding in the domestic capital market declined to an eight-year low of 40.58 per cent during the quarter ended June 30, down from 40.81 per cent as on March 31, 2025. In the April-June 2025 quarter, promoters sold Rs 54,732 crore worth of their holding on a net basis. In rupee value terms, private promoter holding stood at Rs 184.61 lakh crore as on June 30, 2025, according to a report by PRIME Database Group. This analysis is based on shareholding patterns filed by 2,086 of the total 2,131 companies listed on NSE (main board) for the quarter…

If you look at Akshay Kumar’s career trajectory, there has been phases of hits and flops. While his early films, including his debut Saugandh (1991), failed to earn him fame, Khiladi (1992) turned him into an overnight sensation. Between 1996 and 1999, his films Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi and Sangharsh worked in his favour, several of his other films flopped, making directors and producers “ridicule” and “reject” him. Around the same time, he teamed up with filmmaker Suneel Darshan for Jaanwar, a film that marked his comeback. The success made the same directors and producers who once dismissed him eager to work…

The group’s letter says the Israeli army has already achieved its objectives and the release of Israeli captives can be achieved only through a deal.More than 600 former Israeli security chiefs have urged United States President Donald Trump to bring an end to Israel’s war on Gaza as deaths of dozens of Palestinians from Israeli-induced starvation have caused global outrage.The appeal was made in a letter sent to Trump on Sunday. Its signatories include former Mossad chief Tamir Pardo, former Shin Bet chief Ami Ayalon and former deputy Israeli army chief Matan Vilnai. They called for pressure on Prime Minister…

The prospect of normal functioning of Parliament in the Monsoon Session seems to have faded due to the continuing face-off between the government and the Opposition over the latter’s vehement demand for a discussion on the Election Commission (EC)’s controversial special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar.The logjam over the SIR affair has already led to the proceedings of both the Houses being disrupted since the Monsoon Session got underway on July 21, barring a special debate on the Operation Sindoor and Pahalgam attack. On Monday, while the Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the day to mourn…