Pakistan’s Shaheen Shah Afridi, left. celebrates with teammate Babar Azam (AP Photo) Former Pakistan batter Basit Ali has claimed that a fallout between Babar Azam and Shaheen Shah Afridi over the captaincy played a major role in the national team’s decline.Basit’s comments came after Pakistan’s miserable showing in England, where they have already surrendered the…
PM Modi hailed India’s 7.8% GDP growth, says youth dreams need sustained effort NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday urged Indians to embrace the ‘vocal for local’ mantra, asking people to avoid foreign holidays, hosting weddings abroad and buying gold unless necessary, while hailing the country’s robust GDP growth. He linked the appeal…
Have you ever gone to bed thinking, “I have to wake up at 6 tomorrow” and then opened your eyes at 5:57, just minutes before the alarm? It can feel almost uncanny. No ringtone, no sunlight, no one calling your name, just a sudden sense that it is time to get up. It is as…
Shailene Woodley recently opened up about her feature in ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’ being cut after a year of filming the scenes. (Instagram) Actress Shailene Woodley, best known for her leading roles in ‘The Fault in Our Stars’ and the ‘Divergent’ franchise, was also once cast in a ‘Spider-Man’ film. During one of her recent…
Dehradun schools, Anganwadi centres closed today amid heavy rain, lightning forecast Dehradun has declared a one-day holiday for all government, private and non-government schools from Classes 1 to 12 and Anganwadi centres on Tuesday, September 1, after an Orange alert was issued for heavy to very heavy rainfall, lightning and spells of extremely heavy rain…
At a time when laundry was one more task competing with school, travel and family responsibilities, a Kerala schoolgirl began thinking about a surprisingly simple alternative to the washing machine she did not have. Remya, who was studying in the 10th standard, was already spending hours travelling to school each day and helping her twin…
Peter Handscomb and Sam Konstas (Agency Image) Peter Handscomb has been given another route back into Australia’s Test set-up after being selected in the Australia A squad for the upcoming tour of India.The 35-year-old batter is the most experienced member of the four-day squad and will get an opportunity to make his case for an…
5-kg cylinder refill is now costlier by Rs 2 NEW DELHI: The prices of commercial Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinders and Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) have been increased from Tuesday, September 1.The latest hike reverses two consecutive months of cuts in commercial LPG rates and is likely to raise fuel costs for airlines and operating…
Unable to remember her mother’s phone number, the girl tried to help police by drawing her instead. A seven-year-old girl in China had one job when she found herself at a police station after getting lost: helping officers identify her parents. There was just one small problem. She did not know her parents’ phone numbers….
Jake Reiner, son of Rob and Michele Reiner, recently tied the knot with his girlfriend, Maria Gilfillman. (Instagram) According to recent reports, the late Rob and Michele Reiner’s son Jake Reiner recently tied the knot with his partner, Maria Gilfillan. The news comes 8 months after his parents passed away in his childhood home, and…