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Steve Waugh has some advice for Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, and Ajit Agarkar as Indian cricket undergoes a transition. Australian legend Steve Waugh has shared a couple of key pieces of advice for three of the most prominent faces of Indian cricket at the moment. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, whose ODI futures face uncertainty on their roads to the World Cup 2027, and Ajit Agarkar, who will play a key role in shaping that path, have received very contrasting suggestions from the former Australian captain. Waugh knows what it’s like to be in Kohli and Rohit’s shoes, as about…

Ajit Pawar said that his son Parth and his business partner were not aware that the land in Pune, which their company purchased, belonged to the government. Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar on Friday said that the 300-crore land deal in Pune, allegedly involving his son Parth Pawar, has been scrapped. Pawar said that his son Parth and his business partner were not aware that the land in Pune, which their company purchased, belonged to the government. The deputy CM also announced that the state government will conduct an impartial probe into the land deal and submit its report in…

The Federal Aviation Administration ordered a 4 per cent reduction in flights at 40 airports across the US to cut traffic starting Friday. More than 800 flights were cancelled in United States even as the flight cuts announced at 40 airports – including New York, Los Angeles and SanDiego – are set to kick in on Friday. This comes after the Federal Aviation Administration ordered a 4 per cent reduction in flights at 40 airports across the US to cut traffic starting Friday, even as operations remain impacted amid the government shutdown. Following the FAA order, several major airlines preemptively…

The US Department of Labour had launched Project Firewall in September to push companies towards hiring qualified Americans for job positions. The United States Department of Labour has said that it has launched 175 investigations into what it terms potential abuses of the US H-1B visa program. The investigations come even as the Donald Trump-led administration has initiated a crackdown on immigration, and is seeking to reform the H-1B program to geared towards reducing the number of foreign workers hired by companies in the US. The US labour department had launched Project Firewall in September to examine compliance of the…

Randhir Jaiswal made the remark while responding to a question on Trump’s recent remark that Pakistan has secretly been testing nuclear weapons. India on Friday hit out at Pakistan over its alleged nuclear weapons testing, saying the “clandestine and illegal nuclear activities” were consistent with Islamabad’s history. Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal, while addressing a weekly briefing, said Pakistan’s nuclear history is centered around “decades of smuggling, export control violations, secret partnerships and AQ Khan network”. Jaiswal made the remark while responding to a question on Trump’s recent remark that Pakistan has secretly been testing nuclear weapons. “Clandestine…

Sachin Tendulkar wanted to have a crack at Australia but was immediately told to ‘shut up’. Sachin Tendulkar made a career out of two things – Being the best batter of his time and remaining one of the most non-controversial figures while doing so. Throughout Tendulkar’s 25-year-long career, the Master Blaster hardly lost his composure – or even if he did, Sachin hardly let it dictate his emotions. Skip the one-off incident of the verbal assault he unleashed on Glenn McGrath during the ICC Champions Trophy Knockout in Nairobi. He might have given the Aussie a mouthful, yet Tendulkar remained…

Bihar Deputy CM Vijay Sinha crossed paths with RJD MLC Ajay Kumar in Lakhisarai, and the two traded big allegations on the road. Political blame game moved to the streets in Bihar’s Lakhisarai on Thursday as deputy Chief Minister Vijay Sinha clashed with an RJD legislator in the middle of the road. As people moved to polling booths to vote in the first phase of the Bihar Assembly elections, Sinha and RJD MLC Ajay Kumar traded big allegations on the road. “Daaru peekar kaise muh mehak raha hai… (look how your mouth stinks due to alcohol),” Sinha said to Kumar,…

Revenue minister Chandrashekhar Bawankuke said the probe committee will check if the exemption in stamp duty was given as per the law. Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday ordered a probe into the allegations of irregularities in a Pune land deal involving Parth Pawar, son of deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar. “I have sought all the information. A probe has also been ordered…will bring out the truth in this matter,” said Fadnavis as the state government suspended a sub-registrar and constituted a three-member committee to probe the deal. The sub-registrar’s office allegedly waived the stamp duty of ₹21 crore…

For the JNUSU Presidential race, Aditi Mishra from the Left alliance secured victory after receiving 1,937 votes against ABVP’s Vikas Patel, who got 1,488 votes. The Left Unity registered a massive victory in the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU) election, sweeping all the four central panel posts against RSS-backed ABVP candidates. The Left Unity, comprising the All India Students’ Association (AISA), Students’ Federation of India (SFI) and Democratic Students’ Federation (DSF), was in close contest with the ABVP. For the JNUSU Presidential race, Aditi Mishra from the Left alliance secured victory after receiving 1,937 votes against Vikas Patel of…

According to the Centre’s forecast, the city’s air quality will continue to remain in the ‘very poor’ bracket. Delhi and NCR remained engulfed in a thick haze of smog as the pollution levels in the national capital slipped to ‘very poor’ category after two days of slight improvement. While the Air Quality Index (AQI) in Delhi on Thursday morning was 278, the pollution levels breached into ‘very poor’ category again, with the AQI reaching 311. On Wednesday, Delhi had recorded an AQI of 202, under the ‘poor’ category. According to the Centre’s forecast, the city’s air quality will continue to…