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EAM S Jaishankar (left) with Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov (Picture credit: X/@DrSJaishankar) NEW DELHI: External affairs minister (EAM) S Jaishankar met with Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov on Thursday in Johannesburg on the sidelines of the G20 foreign ministers’ meeting (FMM). The two leaders reviewed the ongoing progress of India-Russia bilateral cooperation and discussed…

(L-R) Rashid Khan, Ibrahim Zadran and Noor Ahmad of Afghanistan (Photo by Robert Cianflone/Getty Images) NEW DELHI: Afghanistan enter the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy aiming to continue their trend of upsetting top-tier teams – a skill they’ve honed in recent years. In the 2023 ODI World Cup, they stunned England, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, while…

Veena Reddy serves as the current Director of United States Agency for International Development’s Mission in India and Bhutan | Photo Credit: Veena Reddy/X Ever since U.S. President Donald Trump spoke about a “$21 million USAID funding for voter turnout in India,” allegations of “foreign interference“ in Indian elections arose. The BJP has accused the…

Former Delhi Chief Minister Atishi. File | Photo Credit: ANI Former Delhi CM and AAP leader Atishi targeted the BJP government and Chief Minister Rekha Gupta for not approving the proposal to provide financial assistance of ₹2,500 to the women of Delhi in its first cabinet meeting as promised. Atishi accused the BJP of breaking…

The Board of Intermediate Education, Andhra Pradesh (BIEAP) is expected to release the AP Inter Hall Ticket 2025 soon on its official website, bieap.apcfss.in. Multiple media reports indicate that the AP Board hall tickets will be released today, on February 20, 2025. However, there is no official date for the release of Board exam admit…

BENGALURU: City police arrested an 18-year-old son of a madrasa in-charge for allegedly beating up a 11-year-old girl over a trivial issue. M Mohammed Hassan of Thanisandra was arrested on the basis of a complaint filed by the mother of the girl who is a student of a madrasa. Hassan’s mother is in charge of…

BENGALURU: If you are wondering what’s a quick fix to the city’s infrastructure woes and when it will be complete, here is Bengaluru development minister and deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar’s stark admission: Even if god were to descend and walk on Bengaluru roads, nothing can be done in within the next one, two or…

Quantum computing stocks rallied on Thursday, February 20, after software giant Microsoft revealed its new Majorana 1 chip, reigniting the debate about the technology’s timeline. Microsoft asserts this chip demonstrates that practical quantum computing is “years, not decades” away, contradicting recent claims from Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang that it’s still two decades off. This announcement…

VIJAYAWADA: A team of scientists in the United States, led by Indian origin astrophysicist Raga Deepika Pucha, have uncovered the largest samples ever of intermediate-mass black holes and dwarf galaxies hosting an active black hole. The samples, said to be more than three times the existing census of black holes and dwarf galaxies, will allow…

Shubman Gill celebrates his century in Dubai on Thursday. (ANI Photo) TimesofIndia.com in Dubai: Moments before the helmet came off and he broke into the trademark Shubman Gill bow to celebrate the three-figure mark, the 25-year-old was smiling ear to ear. There was a punch on the bat and the beaming smile didn’t leave his…