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Kolkata: In the 2016 T20 World Cup semi-final against West Indies, four Indians batted, none of them left-handed. In the 2022 semi-final, there was only one—Rishabh Pant—among seven. In the 2024 final, that number had risen to a significant four out of eight, but only in tandem from No. 3 because openers Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli were right-handers. Now we have left-right batters in tandem from the top to No. 8 with the brief to not hold back. India’s Shubman Gill (R) and India’s Abhishek Sharma run between the wickets during the Asia Cup in Dubai. (AP) The results…

Marking a decade in India, the Google for Startups accelerator programme has supported more than 230 startups with mentorship, infrastructure, and access to AI-powered tools. The milestone comes as the tech giant steps up its focus on startup founders and developers in India.Since its founding in 2015, the tech giant’s accelerator programme has become one of the most prominent seed accelerators in the country, having given rise to startups like Namma Yatri, ShareChat, Magic Pin, Zypp Electric, and more. Every year, the three-month accelerator programme chooses startups focused on building Android apps with AI-powered features as part of its ‘apps-only’…

Published on: Sept 18, 2025 08:06 pm IST India A captain Shreyas Iyer scored 8 off 13 on Day 3 of the first unofficial Test against Australia A at the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow. Shreyas Iyer’s hopes to make a comeback to the Indian Test team hit a snag on Thursday after he registered a single-digit score on Day 3 of the first unofficial Test against Australia A at the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow. It was the star batter’s second appearance in competitive cricket in three months, having earlier played in the Duleep Trophy this month, but his stay at…

Tensor, the American AI and Robocar company, is all set to debut its fully self-driving car, which claims to be the world’s first personally owned Level 4 autonomous vehicle. The Tensor Robocar will debut at Dubai World Congress for Self-Driving Transport, which will be held on September 24 and 25 at the Dubai World Trade Centre. World’s first robocar with Level 4 autonomy Built by Silicon Valley-based Tensor, the robocar has Level 4 autonomy, which is capable of fully autonomous driving, including handling all driving tasks and complex situations, without requiring human intervention. “We are excited to bring Tensor to…

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has given a clean chit to Gautam Adani, Rajesh Adani and key Adani Group firms — Adani Ports & SEZ, Adani Power, and Adicorp Enterprises — on all charges levelled by US short-seller Hindenburg Research. The explosive allegations of insider trading, market manipulation, and violations of public shareholding rules collapsed under scrutiny, Sebi said after a detailed probe.The regulator made it clear that none of the charges in the show-cause notice could be proved. It also confirmed there was no violation of the Sebi Act concerning fraudulent or unfair trade practices. The…

Beef prices have increased over 50% since 2020, causing restaurants and stores to raise their prices. Getty Images/Emily Bogle/NPR hide caption toggle caption Getty Images/Emily Bogle/NPR NPR’s series Cost of Living: The Price We Pay is examining what’s driving price increases and how people are coping after years of stubborn inflation. How are higher prices changing the way you live? Fill out this form to share your story with NPR. What’s the item? Ground beef How has the price changed since before the pandemic? Up 51% since February 2020, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Why has the price…

Two ex-Pakistan Cricket Board chairmen – Ramiz Raja and Najam Sethi – got together with the incumbent Mohsin Naqvi in a common space to discuss a common crisis, celebrated a common “victory” and spoke to the media about the common goal of making Pakistan a great cricketing nation again. The visuals saw them hugging, smiling and shaking hands, like long-lost friends rather than antagonists who had flung accusations at each other over the last four years.Towards the end of the press conference, keeping aside the Dubai no-handshake drama, Naqvi momentarily reflected on his team’s performance in the tournament: “We will…

An artist in Germany who liked to draw outdoors showed up at the hospital with a bug bite and a host of symptoms that doctors couldn’t quite connect. After a month and several unsuccessful treatments, the patient started plugging his medical history into ChatGPT, which offered a diagnosis: tularemia, also known as rabbit fever. The chatbot was correct, and the case was later written up in a peer-reviewed medical study.Around the same time, another study described a man who appeared at a hospital in the United States with signs of psychosis, paranoid that his neighbor had been poisoning him. It…

File image of Gautam Adani | Photo Credit: Reuters Markets regulator, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), on Thursday (September 18, 2025) cleared Adani Group and its Chairman Gautam Adani of allegations levelled by U.S.-based Hindenburg Research of routing funds through three entities to hide related party transactions.In two separate orders, the regulator found no violations, noting that at the time such transactions with unrelated parties did not qualify as related party dealings (the definition was expanded only after a 2021 amendment).It also noted that the loans were repaid with interest, no funds were siphoned off, and hence there…

United States President Donald Trump announced late on Wednesday that he was designating the left-wing activist movement, antifa, a “terrorist” organisation.Here is what we know:Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listWhat has Trump said about antifa?On his Truth Social platform, Trump wrote: “I am pleased to inform our many U.S.A. Patriots that I am designating Antifa, A SICK, DANGEROUS, RADICAL LEFT DISASTER, AS A MAJOR TERRORIST ORGANIZATION.”He added: “I will also be strongly recommending that those funding Antifa be thoroughly investigated in accordance with the highest legal standards and practices.”What is antifa?Antifa, which is short for “anti-fascists”, is not…