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Day: 20 April 2024

IPL 2024: A ‘heated’ contest awaits Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bengaluru | Cricket News

[ad_1] KOLKATA: The city is in the grip of a heat wave, with the temperature soaring past the 40-degree Celsius mark. Afternoons, in particular, are extremely uncomfortable and the doctors’ advice is to stay indoors to avoid heatstroke and other related ailments. POINTS TABLE | RESULTS | ORANGE CAP | PURPLE CAPOn such an afternoon,…

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‘What is it with Sunrisers Hyderabad?’ Asks a baffled Sachin Tendulkar | Cricket News

[ad_1] Sunrisers Hyderabad’s power hitting has led them to three totals of 260-plus in this season of the Indian Premier League, and the feat has left batting legend Sachin Tendulkar surprised.IPL 2024: RESULTS | POINTS TABLE“What is it with @SunRisers that they’ve gotten past 260 thrice in this season alone! Today was a game where…

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Russia-Ukraine war: Have tanks become obsolete in modern warfare? | Explained News

[ad_1] In the last two months, Russia destroyed five out of the 31 American-made M1 Abrams tanks that the US sent to Ukraine last year, a US official told The New York Times. At least three more were damaged since they were sent to the front lines in early 2024. Not only this, since the…

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Watching carnage in IPL, Dale Steyn’s words describe why Jasprit Bumrah is a rare gem | Cricket News

[ad_1] Watching bowlers being smoked to all parts of the ground in the match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League on Saturday, former South African fast bowler said that while he is glad to be no longer bowling, the high-scoring games are the ones where a bowler can make himself…

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Iran, Israel Appear To Pull Back From Brink As US Approves Military Aid

[ad_1] Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed the aid bill (File) Iran and Israel appeared to step back from the brink of broader conflict as lawmakers in the United States approved new Israeli military aid on Saturday despite growing criticism of its ally’s war in Gaza. Iran downplayed Israel’s reported retaliation for its unprecedented drone…

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Have deaths of Quds Force commanders in Iran-Israel shadow war dented IRGC’s public image and confidence?

[ad_1] LONDON: Iran brought its decades-long shadow war with Israel into the open on April 13 when it mounted a combined drone and missile attack in retaliation for a suspected Israeli airstrike on its embassy annex in Damascus, which killed two senior commanders of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Conceived as the principal defenders of…

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HDFC Bank net profit rises 37 per cent to 16,511 crore

[ad_1] MUMBAI: HDFC Bank has reported a net profit of Rs 16,511 crore for the quarter ending March 2024. This is a 37 per cent increase from Rs 12,047 crore in the same quarter last year and a marginal increase from Rs 16,372 crore in the preceding quarter. The increase in post-tax profits was due…

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Our policies aim to attract manufacturers to India: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

[ad_1] AHMEDABAD: Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said the Centre has tailored policies to make India an attractive destination for manufacturing and services, and the aim was to produce not just for the domestic market but for exports as well. She was responding to a query on American tech billionaire Elon Musk postponing…

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EPFO added 7.8 lakh new members in February, 56% of them aged 18-25 years

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Retirement fund entity Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) added 15.5 lakh net members in Feb and nearly 7.8 lakh are new members, data released on Saturday showed.A key aspect of the data is the dominance of the 18-25 age group, constituting a significant 56.4% of the total new members added in Feb…

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Pakistan’s Mohammad Rizwan becomes fastest to 3,000 T20I runs | Cricket News

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Pakistan’s top-order batter Mohammad Rizwan achieved a significant milestone on Saturday, becoming the quickest batsman to reach 3,000 runs in T20 international cricket. Rizwan achieved the feat during the second T20I match against New Zealand in Rawalpindi.The 31-year-old reached the landmark when he got to 19 during his unbeaten innings of 45…

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