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New Delhi: Was it just one bad game that Australia needed to shake off before the World Cup? Or was it the statement win India needed to carry confidence into the tournament? Australia’s Nicole Faltum during a practice session on Friday. (PTI) As the top two ODI sides head into the series decider at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Saturday– after India sealed their biggest-ever win over Australia in the second ODI — plenty is at stake. For India, the timing is particularly sweet. Fresh off their first-ever series win in England, the hosts now have a chance to tame…

It seems digital transformation has shaken up India’s retail sector. Now, more than ever, shoppers are adopting emerging technologies while retaining old habits. The latest Retail Rewired Report India 2025 shows how consumers across the country – from metros to Tier 2 cities – are combining traditional ways with technology to create unique shopping experiences. AI is also affecting shopping patterns. According to the report, 87 per cent of shoppers believe that AI tools help them shop faster. Overall, 60 per cent of Indian consumers said that they are ‘very comfortable’ using new technologies for everyday tasks. Mostly all respondents,…

The Indian fans were hoping for a strong start from their openers in their last league stage game of the Asia Cup 2025 against Oman. Given how Abhishek Sharma has batted in the tournament and the recent form of Shubman Gill, there was no wrong in resting faith on the opening duo of India. Shubman Gill bowled vs Oman(AFP) However, they were stunned by the left-arm seamer of Oman, Faisal Shah. On the third delivery of the second over, Shah knocked over the off-stick of the Indian vice-captain. The magic delivery exploited the biggest weakness of Gill, an incoming delivery…

U.S. President Donald Trump, left, shakes hands with China’s President Xi Jinping. File | Photo Credit: AP U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke by phone on Friday (September 19, 2025), Chinese state media reported, as they seek an agreement to help keep the video app TikTok online in the U.S. and ease tensions between the two superpowers locked in a standoff over trade.The report from Chinese state broadcaster CCTV did not provide any details of the conversation.Also Read | China urges U.S. & Japan to withdraw Typhon missile systemThe White House did not immediately respond to…

In a fresh set of reforms to bring ease of operation to the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), subscribers will now get all key services and access to their Employees’ Provident Fund account details using a single login on the members’ portal, Union Labour Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Thursday. Mandaviya said EPFO has introduced a new facility called ‘Passbook Lite’ within its member portal (pls hyperlink: https://unifiedportal-mem.epfindia.gov.in/memberinterface/). This feature will enable members to easily check their passbook and related summarised view of the contributions, withdrawals and balance in a simple and convenient format through the member portal itself without…

At the centre of Vala: The Story of a Bangle is, well, a bangle, which everybody seems to want. There is a legend attached to this precious stones-encrusted bangle of Arabian origins, which could lead the audience to think that maybe the film is along the lines of Padakkalam – an antique object with supernatural powers. No, the bangle doesn’t possess such powers. Vala is almost about greed, hubris, and redemption, among other things, but falls short despite the offbeat premise.Written by Harshad, who scripted Unda, Dayom Panthrandum (which he also directed), Puzhu, and Kadina Kadhoramee Andakadaham, Vala has been…

THE Uttar Pradesh government has started taking note of growing complaints by leaders of the ruling BJP and its allies against state officials, especially the “high-handedness” of police, with prompt action taken where the complaints were found to have a basis.This follows murmurs within the BJP that officials call the shots in the Yogi Adityanath-led government, sidelining elected representatives, and that the party may pay a price for this in the 2027 Assembly elections. Last week, the state government ordered a Special Investigation Team probe and suspended six police personnel, including a Station House Officer, in Ghazipur district of Eastern…

The Supreme Court on Friday directed that the draft Constitution of the All India Football Federation (AIFF) be placed before a general body meeting and adopted within four weeks. The draft was first prepared by a court-appointed Committee of Administrators in 2022 and later refined under the supervision of retired Justice L Nageswara Rao. A Bench of Justices P S Narasimha and Joymalya Bagchi also confirmed that the present office bearers, led by AIFF president Kalyan Chaubey, will continue until 2026. Fresh elections are to be held after their tenure ends. The court clarified that only limited modifications would be…

The year is 1956. You’re a researcher working at International Business Machines, the world’s leading tabulating machine company, which has recently diversified into the brand-new field of electronic computers. You have been tasked with determining for what purposes, exactly, your customers are using IBM’s huge mainframes.Sign up here to explore the big, complicated problems the world faces and the most efficient ways to solve them. Sent twice a week.The answer turns out to be pretty simple: computers are for the military, and for the military alone. In 1955, the year before, by far the biggest single revenue source for IBM’s…

The Gulf Cooperation Council’s (GCC) Joint Defence Council held an emergency session in Doha, Qatar, on Thursday, to discuss urgent regional security measures in response to the recent Israeli strike on a Hamas office in Qatar’s capital, which killed six people.GCC Secretary-General Jasem Mohamed AlBudaiwi said the attack on the State of Qatar can be considered an attack on all GCC countries.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listAlBudaiwi said member states would activate joint defence mechanisms, enhance intelligence sharing, coordinate aerial positions, activate an early-warning system against ballistic missiles and carry out joint training exercises, including a regional air…