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September 21, 2026

‘No technique’: Sooryavanshi’s Test prospects questioned by ex-England great

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has already achieved more at 15 than most cricketers do in an entire career. His rapid rise through T20 cricket has now prompted a different question: can the teenager eventually build a game suited to all three formats? Former England spinner Monty Panesar has his doubts. Speaking on the Beyond23 Cricket Podcast, Panesar […]

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El Niño Effect leaves no water for Ganpati Visarjan as devotees leave idols on dry land in Andhra Pradesh

Parts of Andhra Pradesh are witnessing an unusual situation this Ganesh Chaturthi, with devotees leaving Vinayaka idols on dry riverbeds as water levels remain critically low across several regions of the state. In Anantapur district, dry riverbeds and depleted water levels have left devotees with few options for the traditional Ganesh Visarjan, or idol immersion.

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AI “Actor” Tilly Norwood glitches out during interview, starts rambling in Chinese

The AI-generated “actor” Tilly Norwood suffered an embarrassing glitch during a live interview with British political commentator Piers Morgan, abruptly breaking into Mandarin mid-sentence before being cut off. During the interview, Morgan’s guest, actor Tom Conti, asked Norwood whether the other actors in her films were real people or AI creations. The AI persona initially

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India clash gives Japan cricket a chance to step out of the shadows

For Japanese cricket, Tuesday’s T20I against India in Sano represents much more than a match. It is an opportunity to put a sport that has grown quietly over the past decade in front of an audience far larger than its existing following. The Sano International Cricket Ground has been upgraded for the occasion, with temporary

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Why a new Pakistan-China Border Pact has irked India

Pakistan and China have formalised a boundary agreement in a disputed part of the Himalayas that India claims as its own, prompting a sharp response from New Delhi. The two countries signed the Pakistan-China Boundary Joint Commission, which Pakistan described as a significant milestone aimed at deepening cooperation on border management, trade and connectivity. India

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Iran rules out reopening Strait of Hormuz, returning to US talks until conditions met

Iran has ruled out reopening the Strait of Hormuz or returning to its earlier framework of negotiations with the United States until Washington meets Tehran’s conditions, Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said, as tensions between the two countries continue to escalate. According to Iran’s Tasnim news agency, Ghalibaf said Tehran had conveyed its demands

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Sugar retail prices down 10% ahead of festive season, Govt eases stock cap

The Centre has relaxed the stockholding limit for bulk sugar consumers ahead of the festive season, allowing them to hold stock for up to 30 days instead of the earlier 15-day limit, as retail sugar prices have eased by nearly 10 per cent over the past three weeks. The move comes as retail sugar prices

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Smriti Mandhana moves past Suzie Bates to become women’s T20I’s leading run-scorer

Smriti Mandhana’s record-breaking year continued in Japan as the India opener became the highest run-scorer in women’s T20I cricket during the Asian Games semi-final against Bangladesh. Mandhana needed seven runs to move past New Zealand great Suzie Bates’ tally of 4,758 and reached the landmark in the third over, hitting Bangladesh pacer Marufa Akter for

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IIM Jammu warns students of Rs 500 fine for skipping PM Modi’s birthday event

The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Jammu has run into controversy after students were allegedly warned of a Rs 500 fine for failing to attend a Deepak Prakashan, or earthen lamp lighting ceremony, held on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday. According to a purported communique issued by the IIM Student Council, students who were absent

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CM Rekha Gupta, former CM Kejriwal among those to get notices amid Delhi SIR

Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal are among 33.1 lakh electors in the Delhi draft electoral roll who have received notices, either due to “logical discrepancies” in their voter details or because their details could not be mapped to the previous Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise. The Delhi Chief Electoral

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