Shubman Gill (BCCI Photo) NEW DELHI: In a major decision, the national selection committee on Saturday left out out-of-form vice-captain Shubman Gill from the 15-member India squad named for the home T20 World Cup. All-rounder Axar Patel was appointed vice-captain, while in-form Ishan Kishan earned a recall, edging out Jitesh Sharma as the second wicketkeeper...

Panvel-Kanniyakumari National Highway 66. | Photo Credit: ANIL KUMAR SASTRY Udupi-Chikkamagaluru member of Parliament Kota Srinivas Poojary highlighted the need for an expressway along the Karnataka coast in view of the existing Kanniyakumari-Panvel National Highway 66 becoming highly congested. The proposed expressway between Talapady on Kerala-Karnataka border in Dakshina Kannada district and Karwar in Uttara...

Over the last decade, South Korea’s K-pop industry has experienced exponential growth, largely driven by the popularity of the Hallyu Wave. This popularity has helped the K-pop industry penetrate even previously difficult-to-break markets, like North America and Latin America. Following this success, the industry is now targeting India as its new challenge. Following the growing...

In this news report, India Today’s Amit Bharadwaj details a shocking incident at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport where an off-duty Air India Express pilot, Captain Virender Sejwal, allegedly assaulted passenger Ankit Dewan. The altercation began when Dewan, travelling with his wife and infant, objected to staff cutting the security queue. The pilot reportedly questioned...

India, the defending T20 World Cup champions, will co-host the tournament with Sri Lanka from February 7 to March 8, having defeated the Proteas in a thrilling final in 2024. (Image credit: BCCI) NEW DELHI: South Africa head coach Shukri Conrad described his team’s tour of India as “a very successful one” and expressed hope...

Sreenivasan | Photo Credit: H. VIBHU Renowned Malayalam actor, scriptwriter and filmmaker Sreenivasan, who redefined Malayalam cinema through his unique acting and compelling stories, died here on Saturday. He was 69. He had been ailing for sometime owing to cardiac and other ailments. He is survived by his wife, Vimala Sreenivasan, sons and actors Vineeth...

I first noticed how charming ChatGPT could be last year when I turned all my decision-making over to generative AI for a week. I tried out all the major chatbots for that experiment, and I discovered each had its own personality. Anthropic’s Claude was studious and a bit prickly. Google’s Gemini was all business. OpenAI’s...

India declares a no-fly zone over the Bay of Bengal, possibly for a missile test. Chinese ‘spy’ vessels move in, trying to be a ‘Dhurandhar’. Then, just days before the test, India pulls the plug. For the past two weeks, India and China seem to be locked in a quiet cat-and-mouse game in the Bay...

NEW DELHI: Air India Express grounded a senior pilot rostered for duty on Friday after he allegedly assaulted a passenger in front of his family at Delhi airport’s T1 over the latter being allowed to use a security-check lane where aircraft crew and other staff supposedly get priority.Passenger Ankit Dewan accused Captain Virender Sejwal, en...

SRM Institute of Science and Technology (SRMIST) signed an MoU with the National Institute of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship, and Management (NIFTEM), Thanjavur for academic and research collaboration on food science and technology. Both the institutions will facilitate student, faculty, and staff exchange programmes and internships. They would undertake joint research projects and promote knowledge exchange...