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Marsh’s potential return will be a big boost for Australia. | Photo Credit: Getty Images The beleaguered Australian team that finds itself in the midst of injury setbacks and poor form could finally have something going its way in the T20 World Cup.In what is welcome news, captain Mitchell Marsh could feature in its crucial Group-B clash against Sri Lanka at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium on Monday (February 16, 2026).The opening batter, who was supposed to participate in a training session on Sunday, had suffered internal bleeding following a blow to the groin ahead of the match against Ireland.…

A view of the paddy fields at Midori | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Charanya Ramesh and Anil Jose are an interesting duo. Despite being avid travellers, these friends-turned-partners spent many years in different parts of the world, with Anil donning the role of a corporate executive, and Charanya establishing her travel business. It was COVID that forced them to pause as a family.“In the past, when we needed a break, we’d quickly fly to Bali. COVID meant that we could not move around as easily as before. Access to fresh grass and the scent of the earth was missing. Our…

What explains Washington’s blow hot, blow cold relationship with India? It’s not a new phenomenon under Donald Trump’s erratic presidency. The US has played fast and loose with India since Independence in 1947.Successive US presidents have used Pakistan and economic sanctions to keep India off-balance. Washington made Pakistan a non-NATO ally, sold it lethal weaponry including F-16 fighter jets, and cosied up with Pakistan’s military dictators. Trump does this openly. His predecessors did it behind closed doors.STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS ADThe US was never comfortable with India’s leading role in the non-aligned movement (NAM) along with former Yugoslavia and Egypt.…

When Sachin was denied admission for an undergraduate course due to his disability, his mother Padma petitioned the State Commission for the Welfare of the Differently-Abled. And that initiative set the ball rolling towards a significant reformation Source link

With regard to the new income tax forms, it said that they have been simplified to a large extent for the ease of the taxpayers. Representative Image | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The tax department on Saturday (February 7, 2026) released draft rules and forms under the new Income Tax Act, 2025, which proposes to simplify the provisions and reduce compliance burden for ease of understanding and make it taxpayer-friendly. A new and simplified Income Tax Act, 2025, which will replace the over six-decade-old Income Tax Act of 1961, will come into effect from April 1. Is the new Income…

India’s Ishan Kishan plays a shot during an ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 cricket match between India and Pakistan, at R. Premadasa Stadium, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on February 15, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI Pakistan head coach Mike Hesson said it was Ishan Kishan’s counter-attacking knock, rather than a top-order collapse, that proved to be the difference between the two sides in its 61-run submission to India in Colombo.Hesson said that his bowlers felt the pressure against the opener and ended up conceding 25 runs more than the par-score for the conditions. “The ball was spinning quite a…

Elephants Ekalavya and Bheema in a playful mood on the premises of Aranya Bhavan in Mysuru. | Photo Credit: M.A. SRIRAM Dasara elephants, led by Abhimanyu — the Ambari elephant — that arrived in Mysuru on Monday following the grand ‘Gajapayana’ event near Nagarahole forests, will be formally welcomed onto the Mysuru palace premises on Sunday, August 10.Earlier, the district administration had planned to welcome the jumbos into the palace on August 7, Thursday, but the event was rescheduled and is now fixed for August 10.The elephants will be traditionally welcomed into the palace premises, which will be their abode…

Syrians were jubilant as one year since the fall of Assad and the onset of President Ahmed Al Sharaa was celebrated. Sharaa has taken a pragmatic approach, and the Arabs, as well as Turkey and the West—especially President Donald Trump—have adopted him and helped mainstream him. It was a successful whitewash, transformation, and transition from his terroristic past. No one talks about the millions of dollars’ bounty that the US itself had placed on him. He first met Trump in Riyadh, courtesy of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and was later invited to the White House, where he was…

“Under the Tamil Nadu Urban Road Infrastructure Programme, a total of 1,178 road works to the extent of 1,583 km have been taken up at a cost of ₹812.21 crore.” | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Tamil Nadu government on July 21 listed various welfare programmes being implemented by its Municipal Administration and Water Supply (MAWS) Department. It included ‘AMRUT 2.0’ being implemented at ₹2,391.72 crore, including various road projects, and urban development programmes. An official release issued by the State Government on July 21 said 515 road works and 11 bridge works were completed during the past three years…

Addressing a press conference, Union Minister Piyush Goyal said “There are several sectors that will attract zero duties when exported to the U.S., such as gems and diamonds, pharmaceutical products, smartphones will continue to attract 0% duty. Several agricultural exports will see zero duty from 50%, such as spices, tea, coffee, copra, coconuts and coconut oil, vegetable oil, areca nut, Brazil nuts, cashew nuts, chestnuts, several fruits and vegetables, such as avocados, bananas, guavas, mangoes, kiwis, papaya, mushrooms, material for vegetable plating, vegetable sap, vegetable roots, cereals like barley, some processed foods.”Zero duty: Aircraft parts, machinery parts, generic drugs, pharma…