Allah Ghazanfar praises Rohit Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah. (Credit: X) Afghanistan spinner Allah Ghazanfar has expressed admiration for Indian cricket stars Rohit Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah, praising their character and performance while preparing for the upcoming Rising Stars Asia Cup 2025. The young bowler, who was recently signed by Mumbai Indians for the 2025 IPL…
Switzerland on Friday announced plans to invest $200 billion in the US through 2028 after finalising an agreement with the Trump administration to sharply reduce tariffs on Swiss goods.Economy Minister Guy Parmelin said the US has agreed to bring tariffs on most Swiss products down to 15%, matching the rate imposed on the European Union,…
Pune: Former leader of opposition and Congress MLA Vijay Wadettiwar on Friday said BJP had deliberately brought out the Mundhwa land deal issue to push its Mahayuti partner, NCP chief Ajit Pawar, on the backfoot before the civic polls.Wadettiwar said, “Ajit Pawar-led NCP has been defamed in the Mundhwa land deal issue and it is…
Women outshine men in voter turnout In the 2025 Bihar election, two headline-grabbing outcomes have captured the spotlight: a sweeping victory for the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and a record voter turnout unseen in more than seventy years. Yet, the most defining aspect of this election may well be who turned out to vote and…
Jasprit Bumrah left South Africa’s batting line-up in tatters as he tore through with a stunning fifer on Friday. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Jasprit Bumrah made use of his press conference after the day’s play in Kolkata to draw a clear line around the ongoing debate about his workload, shortly after leading India’s attack with a…
NEW DELHI: The National Democratic Alliance registered a resounding victory in the Bihar assembly elections on Friday, securing a combined tally of 202 seats. The Bharatiya Janata Party alone accounted for 90 seats, reaffirming its expanding political footprint in the state. The results mark one of the strongest showings for the NDA in recent cycles,…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday took a sharp dig at the Congress, remarking that the party had turned into “MMC” — the “Muslim League Maowadi Congress.”He made the comment during his victory address at the BJP headquarters after the Bihar assembly election results were declared. The BJP-led NDA registered a sweeping win…
PM Modi during a victory celebration at the BJP’s Delhi headquarters (AP photo) NEW DELHI: The Bihar election results on Friday upended every forecast and humbled every pollster as Magadh delivered a sweeping mandate to the Nitish Kumar-led NDA. The verdict was so emphatic that it pushed the opposition Mahagathbandhan to the brink of Bihar’s…
Tejashwi Yadav and Anant Singh (R) NEW DELHI: Many surprising wins and losses marked Friday’s results as Bihar finalised its mandate, delivering a sweeping victory to the NDA and extending its nearly two-decade-long dominance under chief minister Nitish Kumar, who has switched alliances several times over the years very conveniently.What was expected to be a…
UC Berkeley leads doctorates while Riverside tops MBA enrolment, according to UC data A report from the University of California, San Diego, exposes a stark rupture in foundational numeracy. Nearly one in eight incoming college students cannot meet middle school math standards. The study also records a thirty-fold rise in placements into remedial math over…
