Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill (Photo by Francois Nel/Getty Images) The BCCI’s long-term leadership plans are slowly falling into place, and Shubman Gill now sits at the centre of it. With Gill recently appointed India’s T20I vice-captain, his elevation as the country’s all-format skipper is viewed as a matter of when, not if. Already leading…
Lucknow: Senior govt officials, cybersecurity specialists, and technology leaders on Wednesday called for mass awareness and collective digital training to protect India’s growing cyber ecosystem from evolving online threats.Speaking at the Empower Governance with Technology conclave, organised jointly by The Economic Times and Cisco India, experts said that as India accelerates its digital transformation, it…
From a modest home in Madurai to the billionaires’ club: Sundar Pichai has come a long way. The soft-spoken CEO of Google and Alphabet Inc. started life with limited technology and resources. Little did his folks know, his bright mind and his parents’ belief in education would propel him to the front row seat in…
Nearly 8,000 Indian schools with zero enrolment employ 20,000 teachers, says MoE data Nearly 8,000 schools across India reported zero student enrolment in the 2024–25 academic session, employing over 20,000 teachers, according to Ministry of Education (MoE) data. West Bengal accounted for the highest number of such schools and teachers, followed by Telangana and Madhya…
Mandhira Kapur, sister of late Sona Comstar chairman Sunjay J Kapur, has hit out strongly at those sidelining her family in the wake of his sudden demise. In an emotional statement, she vowed to stand firmly by her 80-year-old mother, Rani Kapur, as they fight to keep the family’s inheritance from being taken away.Sunjay Kapur’s…
AHMEDABAD: A tailor’s broken promise left him Rs 7,000 poorer after he failed to deliver a blouse for a wedding. His client from Navrangpura had one straightforward requirement: a traditional blouse for her relative’s wedding on Dec 24, 2024.She paid Rs 4,395 upfront to the tailor, who runs his shop on CG Road in Nov…
Stocks rose on Wall Street on Thursday, brushing aside fresh worries over US President Donald Trump’s latest round of tariffs that kicked in on dozens of countries. The S&P 500 gained 0.5% in early trading, hovering just below its all-time high set last month while Dow gained 200 points and Nasdaq climbed 1%. DJIA was…
Arshad Warsi has started filming Shah Rukh Khan’s action movie ‘King’ in Poland. The movie, directed by Siddharth Anand, features Shah Rukh as a skilled assassin mentoring Suhana Khan in her debut. The star-studded cast includes Deepika Padukone, Abhishek Bachchan, and others. Warsi also stars in Jolly LLB 3, a courtroom drama with Akshay Kumar….
Lucknow: Hindi translations help readers who are not familiar with English engage with Nobel Prize-winning author Alice Munro‘s writing, said Anand Yashpal during a literary session titled, ‘Pustak Lokarpan: Main Tumse Kuch Kehna Chahti Hoon,’ held at the Metaphor Lucknow Litfest 2025.The session was organised to mark the release of the Hindi translation of selected…
Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli The auction for the 2026 season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is scheduled for December 15–16. The venue for the auction has not been confirmed yet, but likely to be held in Abu Dhabi.The 2025 IPL season was one of the ages as the man in number 18, Virat Kohli,…
