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L-R: Ricky Ponting, Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya NEW DELHI: India and Australia are set to battle in the first semi-final of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 in Dubai on Tuesday, marking their first ODI meeting since the 2023 World Cup final. Despite Australia’s dominant win in Ahmedabad, former captain Ricky Ponting believes India will…

President Donald Trump ordered a “pause” on US aid to Ukraine on Monday following a tense Oval Office meeting, aiming to push Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy toward peace talks with Russia.White House official, speaking anonymously, said that Trump wants Zelenskyy to show full commitment to ending the war, which has continued for over three years…

In this file image taken form video, Grei Mendez, centre, is escorted by law enforcement personnel from a New York Police station, September 19, 2023, in New York. | Photo Credit: AP A woman who owned a New York City day care centre where a toddler died after ingesting fentanyl has been sentenced to 45…

First lady Melania Trump made her first solo public appearance since returning to the White House, lobbying on Capitol Hill Monday for a bill that would make posting intimate imagery online—real or fake—a federal crime.Calling the issue “heartbreaking,” she urged the Republican-controlled Congress to prioritise the well-being of young people, highlighting the lasting harm such…

SpaceX delayed the eighth test flight of its Starship Super Heavy rocket on Tuesday after computers detected technical issues. The company plans to try again on Wednesday, CNN reported. The announcement came during a livestream after multiple holds were triggered by both Starship and the Super Heavy booster, stopping the countdown just 40 seconds before…

The WFP said it had launched a multiyear plan to streamline its structure in 2023 but as “the donor funding outlook becomes more constrained, we have been compelled to accelerate these efforts.” File | Photo Credit: Reuters The United Nations’ World Food Program is closing its southern Africa office in the wake of the Trump…

All India Adivasi Congress chairman Vikrant Bhuria addresses a press conference, at AICC HQ in New Delhi on March 3, 2025. | Photo Credit: ANI NEW DELHI The BJP government in Madhya Pradesh plans to privatise 40% of the State’s forests and seeks to displace tribals from their natural habitat, the Congress party alleged on…

Khammam Excise officers seized marijuana worth ₹11 crore over the past year, making them the top-performing district in Telangana in terms of drug enforcement. In 2024, the Telangana Excise department seized a total of about 6,000 kilograms of marijuana, with Khammam alone accounting for 2,225 kilograms, said an official release. Khammam Excise police achieved these…

Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Airport handled a total of 1.8 lakh metric tonnes of cargo in 2024. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) at Shamshabad handled a total of 1.8 lakh metric tonnes (MT) of cargo in 2024, marking a 22% increase over the previous year. This surge was driven…

The BJP-backed candidate Malka Komaraiah emerged victorious in the Telangana Legislative Council elections from The Medak-Nizamabad-Adilabad-Karimnagar Teachers’ constituency spread across 15 districts. He won the seat with a margin of more than 5,700 first preference votes against his nearest rival Vanga Mahender Reddy of the PRTU (TS). Mr Komaraiah secured 12,959 votes while Mr Mahender…