Bangalore, 18/2: Royal Challengers Bangalore have expectedly named senior India batter Smriti Mandhana as their captain for the inaugural Women’s Premier League (WPL). The left-handed India vice-captain was signed in the recent auction held in Mumbai for Rs 3.40 crore, the highest price for a player in the WPL auction. The announcement…
New Delhi, 18/2: The CBI has called Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia for questioning in connection with the Delhi Excise Policy case nearly three months after filing the charge sheet in the case, officials said Saturday. Sisodia, called on Sunday for questioning, has not been named as accused in the charge sheet, they…
Washington DC, 18/2: Twitter said on Friday it will allow only paid subscribers to use text messages as a two-factor authentication (2FA) method to secure their accounts. After March 20, “only Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to use text messages as their two-factor authentication method,” the company tweeted. Two-factor authentication, meant to make…
New York, 17/2: A terminal at New York City’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) will remain closed on Friday due to an electrical power outage, disrupting inbound and outbound flights at one of the world’s busiest airports. The outage began on Thursday in Terminal 1, which serves several international carriers, including Air…
Mumbai, 17/2: The Election Commission on Friday ordered that the Eknath Shinde faction of Shiv Sena will get the official name of Shiv Sena and the bow-arrow symbol of the Balasaheb Thackeray-founded party, amid an ongoing tussle between the Shinde faction and the Uddhav Thackeray faction over these rights. Following the rebellion spearheaded by Eknath…
Manchester, 17/2: Saudi Arabia has joined the race to buy Manchester United ahead of Friday’s nominal deadline, according to a report in Britain’s Daily Telegraph, raising the stakes in what could be the most lucrative deal in sports history. The American Glazer family, who completed their takeover of the 20-times English champions in…
Mumbai, 17/2: Former India batsman Shiv Sundar Das will be the new interim chairman of the selection committee after Chetan Sharma resigned. Sharma who was in an embarrassing situation following a TV Sting operation sent his resignation letter to the BCCI Secretary Jay Shah. BCCI has also accepted the same. However, a senior BCCI official…
Mumbai, 17/2: Hindustan Unilever Limited on Friday announced that its leading laundry detergent brand, Surf Excel has crossed the $1 billion turnover mark. With this, Surf Excel becomes one of the few brands in the entire consumer packaged goods sector in India to achieve this distinction. Purpose-driven marketing, on-trend innovations and superior product quality…
Mumbai, 17/2: BCCI chief selector Chetan Sharma on Friday resigned from his post, according to ANI. He sent his resignation to BCCI Secretary Jay Shah and the latter accepted it. This comes days after Sharma was caught in a controversy after he allegedly revealed classified selection matters during a sting operation conducted…
Moscow, 17/2: After a report this week renewed scrutiny on Moscow for deporting Ukrainian children and detaining others, President Vladimir Putin of Russia, ignoring widespread condemnations of human rights abuses, said more Russian families want to adopt Ukrainian children. In a meeting with Russia’s commissioner for children’s rights, Maria Lvova-Belova, on Thursday, Putin…
