Smriti Mandhana created history on Sunday, October 12, as she became the first player in women’s ODI history to score 1000 runs in a calendar year. Mandhana, who started the day on 982 runs from 17 matches, started off with a boundary off Kim Garth on the last ball of the first over to get…
After delivering a global hit ‘Gotilo’, which brought the lives of Gujarat’s seafarers, the Khalasis, to a wider audience, singer Aditya Gadhvi is back with another powerful anthem that highlights another unsung community of Gujarat – the salt farmers or Agariyas of Kutch. This time, his new song, ‘Meetha Khaara’, aims to highlight the daily…
Earlier this week on the India Today website, you might have seen a piece titled Why Desi Apps Fail in the context of Arattai, the viral sensation from Zoho. In that piece, I highlighted three big reasons. One of them touched the nerves of (some) readers. This was the privacy angle. Since then, there has…
Pakistan, rattled by the growing security crisis at home, has lodged a sharp diplomatic protest with Kabul, objecting to parts of the recent India-Afghanistan Joint Statement and remarks by Afghan Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi during his recent visit to New Delhi. In an official statement, Pakistan foreign ministry expressed “strong reservations” regarding the…
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer futuristic; it is part of how we live today. We rely on voice assistants to remind us of birthdays, apps to keep our medical records organised, and digital tools to suggest when it might be time for a check-up. These small conveniences make life easier, but they also raise…
Popstar Katy Perry and former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appear to have confirmed dating rumours after being spotted sharing a kiss aboard her yacht in Santa Barbara, California. The viral pictures, which surfaced online, show the two enjoying a relaxed afternoon together, seemingly putting months of speculation to rest. The sighting comes shortly after…
India’s Supreme Court recently told authorities that children need sex education well before Class 9. A bench of Justices Sanjay Kumar and Alok Aradhe noted that adolescents should learn about puberty changes and “the care and cautions to be taken in relation thereto” at a younger age. The court made this remark in a case…
India retained firm control of the second Test against the West Indies on Day 3, despite a late fightback from the visitors. John Campbell and Shai Hope put together a 100-run stand—the first century partnership for the West Indies in the two-match series—reducing the deficit to 97 by the close of play. IND vs WI,…
Senior Congress leader and former Union minister P Chidambaram described the 1984 Operation Blue Star as the “wrong way” to reclaim the Punjab’s Golden Temple, asserting that former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi paid the ultimate price for that decision. “No disrespect to any military officers, but that was the wrong way to retrieve the Golden…
A group of BJP leaders, including party leader Locket Chatterjee, were stopped from visiting the hospital in West Bengal’s Durgapur, where a MBBS student was allegedly gang-raped near the premises two days ago. The BJP leaders agitated over the gates being shut, sparred with the police personnel, questioning them why they were not being allowed…