JAMMU: J&K Police Wednesday claimed to have busted a major narco-terror nexus with links extending to Punjab and across the border, and arrested 20, including three alleged kingpins. The drug supply chain had been feeding narcotics into the Union Territory, SSP Jammu Joginder Singh said.Surajdeep Singh, Harpreet Singh alias Raju, and Jaspreet, who were arrested…
India has secured protection for a majority of its steel exports to the UK under the India-UK free trade agreement, with 85% of outbound shipments remaining outside Britain’s upcoming steel safeguard measures, according to an official statement issued on Wednesday, PTI reported.The announcement comes as India and the UK prepare to operationalise their Comprehensive Economic…
NEW DELHI: India captain Shubman Gill added another record to his name on Wednesday, becoming the third-fastest Indian batter to reach 150 in a One-Day International (ODI) innings.Gill brought up the milestone in the 42nd over of India’s innings against Afghanistan in the second ODI in Lucknow. Facing Allah Ghazanfar, he worked a delivery towards…
India Women continued their impressive run in the T20 World Cup with a comprehensive 95-run victory over the Netherlands on Wednesday. Powered by a dominant opening partnership from Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma, India posted 209/5 — their highest total in Women’s T20 World Cup history — before bowling out the Dutch side for 114…
Representational AI image The Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) has announced the launch of GMAT Superscore, a new feature that will allow candidates to present their best overall performance by combining the highest section scores from multiple GMAT attempts. The feature is expected to be rolled out in August and will be available at no…
Bollywood actress Preity Zinta has received permission from the Bombay High Court to institute a suit against Google LLC, Meta and several other entities over alleged misuse of her identity through AI-generated deepfakes, manipulated images, chatbot personas and other digital content.According to Live Law Biz, justice Abhay Ahuja on Tuesday granted Zinta leave to file…
NEW DELHI: Home minister Amit Shah on Wednesday directed the agencies engaged in detection and prevention of cyber crimes and frauds, to further strengthen the national cyber crime helpline ‘1930’, both in terms of technology and infrastructure.Chairing a review meeting here to discuss issues relating to the helpline, Shah said the ‘1930’ reporting and redressal…
Kevin Warsh (AP file photo) US Federal Reserve chairman Kevin Warsh-led FOMC on Wednesday kept the key interest rate unchanged in the 3.5% to 3.75% range. This is Kevin Warsh’s first policy review after taking over from Jerome Powell as US Federal Reserve chair.“The Committee decided to maintain the target range for the federal funds…
Gurnoor Brar has taken three-wicket hauls in both of his first appearances for India. (AP) TimesofIndia.com in Lucknow: Gurnoor Brar may have quickly earned attention for his pace, hard lengths and ability to trouble batters at the international level, but the right-arm pacer believes his journey is rooted firmly in the domestic circuit and the…
Shubman Gill and Ishan Kishan India captain Shubman Gill overcame intense heat and cramps to score 154, while Ishan Kishan struck his second ODI century as India beat Afghanistan by 170 runs in the second ODI in Lucknow on Wednesday and sealed the three-match series 2-0.After Afghanistan chose to bowl first in difficult afternoon conditions,…
