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Sanju Samson has served another reminder to Gautam Gambhir and Suryakumar Yadav with another fiery half-century in the Kerala Cricket League. The swashbuckling opener has been in sensational form in the domestic T20 league as he scored 83 runs off 41 balls against Alleppey Ripples on Sunday night. Samson stood tall for Kochi Blue Tigers in the tricky 177-run chase and helped his team register another win. Sanju Samson has registered four back-to-back 50-plus scores in KCL 2025.(X Image) It was another display of brute power from Samson as he smashed 9 sixes to make life difficult for the opposition…

Published On 1 Sep 20251 Sep 2025The Global Sumud Flotilla carrying aid to the Israeli-blockaded Gaza Strip has been forced to turn back due to poor weather, according to a statement by the group and sources travelling with the mission.The flotilla said on X that strong winds on Sunday of more than 30 knots (55.6 kilometres per hour, or 34.5 miles per hour) on the Mediterranean Sea could have posed a problem for smaller boats in the convoy.“The decision was made by the [flotilla] steering commission … to turn back towards Barcelona’s La Vela port, where they arrived after 22:00…

The West Delhi Lions lifted the Delhi Premier League (DPL) 2025 title by ousting Central Delhi Kings with a comfortable six-wicket victory in a high-octane final at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Sunday. Skipper Nitish Rana once again rose to the occasion, delivering a match-winning unbeaten 79 to guide his side to glory. Nitish Rana starred with the bat as West Delhi Lions win DPL 2025 While pursuing 174, the Lions were jolted early as Central Delhi Kings’ bowlers Simarjeet Singh and Arun Pundir struck in quick succession, leaving them struggling at 48/3 inside the fifth over. The pressure of…

NewsFeedA music teacher in Gaza has transformed the sound of Israeli drones into a powerful song honouring those killed in Israel’s genocide. Ahmed Muin Abu Amsha uses music to help displaced and traumatised Palestinian children cope amid war and devastation.Published On 1 Sep 20251 Sep 2025

With the GST compensation cess set to lapse sooner than expected, industry is grappling with uncertainity over whether the GST rate on coal — currently at 5 per cent — will be raised to 18 per cent. Coal is among a handful of items such as tobacco, aerated drinks, and certain vehicles that attract the cess, which compensates states for revenue loss under the GST regime.The Centre, keen on boosting coal production and adding 80 GW of thermal capacity by 2032, may prefer to hold the rate at 5 per cent. In the absence of the compensation cess, coal-bearing states…

Uttiya Barua, Radhika Vairavelavan and P.Sundaresan’s refreshing interpretations of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, Sarada Devi and Swami Vivekananda. | Photo Credit: B. Jothi Ramalingam The stage was bare, save for the three dancers seated in silence. Before a note of music was played, Uttiya Barua and Radhika Vairavelavan bowed as Ramakrishna and Sarada Devi, while P. Sundaresan stood before them in quiet worship. This moment set the tone for the evening’s performance. From this opening, the narrative unfolded into Ramakrishna’s early spiritual journey. Uttiya Barua’s abhinaya portrayed his devotion to goddess Kali, his longing, and his moments of transcendence. In a striking…

A magnitude 6 earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan near the border with Pakistan just before midnight local time on Sunday, according to the United States Geological Survey. Several aftershocks followed.At least 800 people were killed and 2,500 were injured. The epicentre of the earthquake was at a depth of about 8km (5 miles), which seismologists consider shallow, making the ground shaking more intense and destructive, particularly for fragile homes and communities.Most earthquakes occur at shallow depths, and in this visual explainer, we show why those near the surface often cause more destruction than deeper ones, even when their magnitude is the…

IT’S far from a surprise that Jagdeep Dhankhar, who has remained out of public view since he stopped down as former Vice-President more than a month ago, has picked Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) chief Abhay Singh Chautala’s farmhouse in Delhi’s Chhatarpur Enclave to stay in, as he waits for his official residence.The ties between Dhankhar and the Chautalas go back nearly 40 years, to 1989, when Abhay’s grandfather Devi Lal – Haryana’s foremost Jat leader and then Chief Minister – identified the young lawyer from Rajasthan as a potential “leader”. In turn, Dhankhar, also a Jat, always referred to…

Nitish Rana came into his own in the final stages of the Delhi Premier League. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement When Nitish Rana re-entered the Delhi set-up around two months ago, it was perceived as an acknowledgement of his lack of success with Uttar Pradesh over the previous two domestic seasons. After a lean run for Delhi in the 2022-23 campaign, the 31-year-old had sought greener pastures by moving to the neighbouring State. But his indifferent form persisted, and he wasn’t able to justify his reputation as a senior batter in the UP side.It was only natural, then, to wonder…

FILE PHOTO: Meta’s newly formed Superintelligence Lab is struggling with high-profile exits and turbulence just two months after CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced it.  | Photo Credit: Reuters Meta’s newly formed Superintelligence Lab is struggling with high-profile exits and turbulence just two months after CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced it. Areport from The Verge revealed that at least three researchers have resigned already, with two of them returning to OpenAI. Avi Verma and Ethan Knight, both of whom who had previously worked with OpenAI, re-joined the ChatGPT-maker while the third exiting employee was another researcher, Rishabh Agarwal, who didn’t clarify where he would…