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The BCCI has announced India’s squad for the Test series against South Africa, with Rishabh Pant returning as vice-captain. The BCCI Men’s selection committee has announced India’s squad for the upcoming two-match Test series against South Africa. Notably, the Indian Test vice-captain Rishabh Pant has returned to the side after recovering from his toe fracture. Gill continues as the captain, as Pant takes his place back as his deputy. The two matches in the series will be played in Kolkata from November 14 and Guwahati from November 22 as a part of the 2025-27 World Test Championship cycle. The squad…

The tweet is from 2021, when Zohran Mamdani, then a relatively unknown New York assemblyman, seemingly referenced the Timothée Chalamet-starrer Dune. Zohran Mamdani broke the internet with a ‘Dhoom Machale’ moment at the end of his victory speech after winning the New York City mayoral polls on Tuesday night. Now his old tweet has resurfaced, which seems eerily similar. Mamdani, 34, has scripted history by becoming the first-ever Muslim mayor of New York City. He is also the youngest person to win the mayoral election in a century. Mamdani, a Democratic socialist, won the mayoral election on the basis of…

Pakistani officials reportedly told at least 14 Hindus from Delhi and Lucknow that they could not travel with the Sikh group. Several Hindus were reportedly sent back to India after crossing over to Pakistan as part of the Sikh Jatha (group), which had gone to the country for the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev Ji, the founder of Sikhism. Pakistani officials told at least 14 Hindus from Delhi and Lucknow that they could not travel with the Sikh group as they weren’t a part of the religion. “Pakistani officials told us you are Hindu, you cannot go with a…

As Zohran Mamdani concluded his speech, the song ‘Dhoom Machale’ from the Abhishek Bachchan-John Abraham-starrer started playing in the background. Zohran Mamdani has scripted history with a massive victory in the New York mayoral election, not just defeating his opponents but taking on tall leaders, including US President Donald Trump. The first Indian-origin, African-born and the first Muslim to have won the “Big Apple” mayor race, Mamdani’s victory speech was immersed in symbolism, with references to India’s first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru and the 2004 Bollywood anthem “Dhoom Machale”. As the newly-elected Democratic Mayor ended his speech, taking on President…

Union minister Kiren Rijiju alleged that Rahul Gandhi “is in collusion with anti-India forces” and said that the “games he is playing will never succeed”. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s press conference on the alleged “vote chori” in Haryana drew sharp reactions from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), with Union Minister Kiren Rijiju advising the leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha to discuss “serious issues.” Rijiju brought up Minta Devi, a woman whose photograph Gandhi had used in a previous press conference. The union minister said that Minta Devi had ‘scolded’ Congress for that act. “It clearly shows…

Reddit acknowledged the issue of the outage and said in a statement that it had deployed a fix to resolve it. The social media platform Reddit experienced an outage in several countries on Tuesday, including the United States and India. A website that documents tech outages, more than 20,000 reports of issues with Reddit were submitted by users in the United States. In India, the number stood at 521 at its peak on Tuesday evening. Reddit acknowledged the issue and said in a statement that it had deployed a fix to resolve it. “The issue has been identified and a…

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was speaking in Bihar’s Kutumba on November 4, the last day of campaigning for the first phase of voting in the assembly election. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has listed corporates, the bureaucracy and even the armed forces as placed where upper castes “have total control” and Dalits, backward classes and minorities, who he said form 90% of India’s population, are not adequately represented. He was speaking in Bihar’s Kutumba on November 4, the last day of campaigning for the first phase of voting in the assembly election set for November 6. “Take out the list of…

Laura Wolvaardt, captain of South Africa, expressed her desire to overcome India in the Women’s ODI World Cup final and silence the home crowd. South Africa captain Laura Wolvaardt said her team would love to “silence” a packed Indian crowd by beating the hosts in Sunday’s Women’s ODI World Cup final — echoing Australian skipper Pat Cummins’ famous words before his side stunned India in the men’s 2023 World Cup final in Ahmedabad. Speaking to reporters on the eve of the title clash at the DY Patil Stadium, Wolvaardt said the Proteas were not dwelling on past results, including their…

As the India women’s team prepares to face South Africa in the Women’s ODI World Cup final, members of the men’s team extended their wishes. The Indian men’s cricket team, currently in Australia for the T20I series, extended their good wishes to the women’s team ahead of their historic World Cup final against South Africa on Sunday. “On behalf of the entire support staff and the Indian team, I want to wish the women’s team all the very best. Enjoy the occasion, be fearless, don’t be scared of making a mistake, you’ve already made the entire country proud. Wishing the…

The Ministry of Railways has released the schedule for the upcoming Bengaluru–Kochi Vande Bharat Express, which is expected to begin operations soon. Indian Railways is reportedly going to launch four new Vande Bharat Express trains, further expanding its network of semi-high-speed services across the country. The Ministry of Railways has released the schedule for the upcoming Bengaluru–Kochi Vande Bharat Express, which is expected to begin operations soon. Meanwhile, Three additional Vande Bharat trains will operate on the Firozpur Cantt–Delhi, Varanasi–Khajuraho, and Lucknow–Saharanpur routes. While the Firozpur Cantt–Delhi Vande Bharat will connect several cities in Punjab to Delhi, the Varanasi–Khajuraho train…