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India’s players celebrate a wicket during an ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 cricket match between India and the Netherlands, at the Narendra Modi Stadium, in Ahmedabad, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI A nearly 69,000-strong crowd, the biggest of this T20 World Cup, bore witness to India’s 17-run win against the Netherlands on Wednesday (February 18, 2026) as the defending champion maintained its winning streak to march into the Super Eight with a spotless record.Chasing 194, the Dutchmen’s score of 118 after 15 overs was identical to that of India’s at that stage. However, replicating Shivam Dube…

President Donald Trump’s MAGA movement furiously denounced Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl LX halftime show, denigrating the Puerto Rican superstar and claiming he does not truly represent America. Trump, who previously called Bad Bunny a “terrible choice” to head up the NFL’s largest annual broadcast, chimed in with complaints about the show’s first-ever mostly-Spanish performance: “Nobody understands a word this guy is saying,” he wrote in a lengthy Truth Social post, calling it “one of the worst, EVER!” At Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, Bad Bunny delivered a 13-minute homage to his homeland, weaving through a sugarcane field studded with…

The Rann of Kutch is a salt marsh in the Thar desert, bordering Pakistan. Located in the Kutch district of Gujarat, and is 7,500 km2 , making it one of the largest salt marshes in the world. With a size that big, it is divided into two sub areas: The Great Rann and the Little Rann. A salty formationNature has its own special way of creating things, no matter how strange they may seem. And that’s just how this marsh was formed.Earlier, it was a shallow part of the Arabian Sea, which eventually became a salt-filled basin due to tectonic…

The sweeping victory of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) in the February 2026 parliamentary elections, with over 200 seats and Tarique Rahman poised to become prime minister, has been viewed in New Delhi as a welcome return to relative pragmatism. After the 2024 upheaval that ousted Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League government and the interim period under Chief Adviser Mohammed Yunus, the BNP—comparatively more moderate and secular-leaning than its main rival—offers a partner for stabilising bilateral ties on trade, connectivity and counter-terrorism at the national level. Relations had deteriorated sharply under Yunus, with accusations of sheltering anti-India elements and strained border…

Pakistan’s captain Salman Ali Agha, left, celebrates with Usman Khan after winning T20 World Cup cricket match against Namibia in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on February 18, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Describing his team’s 102-win over Namibia as a “complete performance”, Pakistan skipper Salman Agha on Wednesday (February 18, 2026) expressed confidence in his spinners’ ability to fire in their first Super Eights game of the T20 World Cup against New Zealand. Pakistan rode on Sahibzada Farhan’s maiden hundred and their spinners’ excellent display to crush Namibia and make the next stage of the tournament, bouncing back from the heavy…

Not all Americans’ votes are equal. And some have a way bigger impact than others. Every four years, a small handful of swing states are bombarded with advertising, candidate visits and more when the country picks the next president, while a majority of other voters are mostly ignored. But even in the key swing states, some House contests, governor’s races and even legislative districts are far more competitive than others. That’s why the nonpartisan nonprofit Power Moves is rolling out a new Voter Impact Index — the details of which were shared first with POLITICO — to help people take…

PHOTO: Freepik The wordBushi was the term used to refer to warriors, and a warrior family was called a buke. And it wasn’t used to refer to just any warrior. Those who called themselves bushi saw war and battle as their way of life (unlike those conscripted into the military). When the word ‘samurai’ first appeared, it was a colloquial term that held many meanings over time. Its original definition did not hold any military connection, and instead only referred to domestic servants. It was during the 12th Century that the word ‘samurai’ first held military association. Following this, it…

When a 62-year-old goes into withdrawal over Instagram, it’s time we confronted an uncomfortable truth: Social media is no longer harmless entertainmentIn Vadodara, Gujarat, a 62-year-old woman’s life took an unlikely turn: she became addicted to Instagram reels. It began innocently enough, a few minutes of scrolling after lunch, an innocent escape from the activities of the day. It wasn’t long before her entire day was dedicated to the steady stream of reels. When I read this news report, I was intrigued. Whilst we assume new generations of native digitals do run a real risk of becoming addicted to social…

A file image of Sri Lankan bowler Dilshan Madushanka. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Pacer Dilshan Madushanka was on Wednesday approved as the replacement for injured Matheesha Pathirana in the Sri Lankan squad for the T20 World Cup.Pathirana has been sidelined after suffering a muscle strain during Sri Lanka’s Group B fixture against Australia on Monday (February 16, 2026), which the hosts won by eight wickets at Pallekele.“The Event Technical Committee of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 has approved Dilshan Madushanka as a replacement for Matheesha Pathirana in the Sri Lanka squad,” the ICC said in a release.The…

A New Hampshire magnate with ties to power players in both parties has appeared in successive batches of the Epstein files, roiling politics in his home state and threatening its two most influential political dynasties. Documents recently released by the Department of Justice suggest that entrepreneur Dean Kamen, the inventor of the Segway and other devices, kept in contact with Jeffrey Epstein long after Epstein pleaded guilty to soliciting prostitution from a minor in 2008, with emails indicating he visited the disgraced financier’s Caribbean island in 2013. Kamen has not been accused of wrongdoing and did not respond to requests…