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The interiors of Tata-led Air India’s first aircraft Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner  | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement On the eve of its new operation between Mumbai-Frankfurt route, I find myself on an exclusive ferry trial flight between Delhi and Hyderabad. As I board, contemporary Indian design is visible throughout the new aircraft. I am fondly reminded of the maximalist, opulent décor that Air India’s cabin were known for in the ’70s and ’80s, from my childhood travels. Tata-led airline’s first customised aircraft and signals the beginning of its privatised, revamped phase. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Air India had been contending…

West Indies’s Shai Hope in action against Italy in the Men’s T20 World Cup at the Eden Garden in Kolkata on Thursday, February 19, 2026. | Photo Credit: RITURAJ KONWAR Skipper Shai Hope (75, 46b, 6×4, 4×6) found a gear between timing and intent to steer West Indies to 165 for six, setting up a 42-run win over Italy in their last Group-C match of the ongoing T20 World Cup at the Eden Gardens here on Thursday. His innings gathered pace without ever looking like it was trying to. It didn’t announce itself; it revealed itself, over by over. It…

Cinde Warmington launched a repeat bid for governor of New Hampshire on Wednesday, giving Democrats their first major challenger to GOP Gov. Kelly Ayotte in the purple state. Warmington, a former state executive councilor, ran unsuccessfully for governor in 2024, losing the Democratic nomination to former Manchester Mayor Joyce Craig who then went on to lose to Ayotte. She now enters a relatively open Democratic field, with just one other declared candidate. In a launch video posted to her campaign website, Warmington attacked Ayotte for “making your life more expensive.” She also accused the Republican of not standing up to…

When French President Emmanuel Macron stepped out for an early jog along Marine Drive, it was more than a personal fitness ritual. It was a subtle but powerful symbol. Marine Drive is not merely a promenade; it is a metaphor for Mumbai’s resilience, India’s economic dynamism, and the country’s quiet confidence in its own security architecture.To see the French President running freely along the Queen’s Necklace in 2026 evokes an unspoken comparison with the dark days of 26/11. The contrast is stark. What was once a city under siege is now a global hub that hosts leaders without anxiety, conducting…

Aabid Khan Kayamkhani is overcome with emotion at the loss of some of the finest works in the havelis of Nawalgarh. As a tour guide, he gives visitors a quick lesson in the place’s history and art. One such haveli has been painted over in cream and pink, leaving a mere door and the space around it as a reminder of the lost art.“We grew up hearing about and seeing the artwork of these havelis. Our generation has seen this place become this wonderful centre of art. There is no other place in the world that can match Nawalgarh’s havelis,”…

Two days have passed since fourteen former cricket captains from Australia, England, New Zealand, the West Indies and India — including Sunil Gavaskar and Kapil Dev — sent a letter to Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressing concern about the medical condition of imprisoned former Pakistani Prime Minister and cricket star Imran Khan. Surprisingly, the Pakistani authorities have not publicly responded to the captains’ appeal, which is more political than humanitarian. This is clever communication tactics on the part of Pakistan. It is contrary to its traditional practice of giving a quick and strong response to what it considers provocations.STORY…

For decades, India’s relationship with technology was largely consumptive. We adopted software, serviced global corporations, and fuelled digital economies. What is unfolding today marks a structural departure from that historical trajectory. The emergence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a national priority signals India’s transition from technology participant to technology architect.The India AI Impact Summit represents more than an innovation exhibition. It reveals a strategic realignment of the country’s development model — one where computational intelligence is positioned as core national infrastructure, much like highways, electricity, and telecommunications once were.STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS ADThis shift is not cosmetic. It reflects a…

India, despite making a sparkling start to the chase, crumbled in the end to finish at 144 for nine. Ashleigh Gardner claimed 3/22, while Kim Garth, Annabel Sutherland and Australia captain Sophie Molineux took two wickets each. Photo Credit: X@BCCIWomen A record opening stand between Georgia Voll and Beth Mooney paved the way for Australia to level a three-match T20I series with a 19-run victory against India in the second match in Canberra on Thursday (February 19, 2026).Voll and Mooney added 128 runs for the first wicket to register Australia’s highest opening stand against India in T20Is, with the hosts…

The Republican battle to become Texas’ next attorney general has turned into a MAGA purity test, with major implications for the future of the GOP after President Donald Trump leaves office. Rep. Chip Roy, a well known Freedom Caucus rabble-rouser and hardline fiscal conservative who has occasionally broken with Trump, is fighting to stay the front-runner for a job that has long been used to aggressively push the conservative agenda and served as a jumping-off point for higher office — like current Attorney General Ken Paxton, who’s running for Senate. The next Texas attorney general will help shape the future…

Bronte Parsonage Museum | Photo Credit: Bevan Cockerill An artist’s sketch of Haworth Parsonage, the former residence of the celebrated Bronte sisters — Charlotte, Emily and Anne — hangs in my childhood home. Nearly 40 years old, the framed casement cloth captures the parsonage as it was in their day — a Georgian house on a desolate landscape overlooking a churchyard with moss-covered tombstones askew. The famed Yorkshire moors lie beyond — bruised by rain, mist floating eerily above the sodden grass. A landscape that the sisters saw every time they looked outside the window and one that influenced much…