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IPL 2024 playoffs: ‘SRH won’t qualify’, Harbhajan Singh's picks RCB, CSK; Hyderabad fans react, ‘Lassi ka Nasha’ The decision of appointing Pandya as captain over Rohit Sharma had not gone down with the MI fans who had booed the all-rounder during the initial few matches of the IPL. However, MI's disappointing stint at this year's IPL had also given former cricketers and experts to question his ability as a captain. Former South African batter AB de Villiers had criticized Pandya in a video on his official YouTube channel where he stated that the 30-year-old's captaincy style is ‘ego-driven’ and ‘chest out’.

Also Read: Viral Video: Man makes paratha with diesel, netizens say ‘true recipe for cancer’ Besides its cheesy taste, the Brazilian snack holds immense cultural and historical significance. Its origin can be traced to the 17th century, when local communities used to collect the by-products of cassava plants while processing them. Local people turned the grainy tapioca flour produced while processing cassava plants into a dough, rolled it into small balls, and baked it.

export ban on onions 10 days ago, export demand has dried up as Indian onion is more expensive than Pakistan's. Besides, subdued exports dampened domestic onion prices by over 15 % in the last week. Exporters don't see demand coming for another 15 days as overseas buyers, who have stocked overpriced Pakistani onions when Indian onion was not available. They want to liquidate their stocks as India's entry has crashed the international onion prices by more than 50% in a week. «Most of the buyers from our traditional markets like Malaysia, Sri Lanka, UK and the UAE had stocked onions from Pakistan. They had not expected the Indian government to lift the export ban till the general elections were over,» said an exporter of onions from Nashik, who claims that the export orders, after spiking for a couple of days, have suddenly dried up. India's lifting of its export ban in May took the international markets by surprise. India has kept a minimum export price (MEP) of $550 per tonne with export duty of 40%.

demand in the European Union, West Asia and the US has boosted export order books by at least 10% from six months before, companies said, signalling a possible recovery from last year. Leather goods, footwear, and apparel are driving demand but engineering goods shipments for new projects are facing a challenge due to geopolitical tensions, exporters said. «Overall, compared to the last six months, the order position has improved 15-20% for leather footwear especially from the US and partially Europe,» said Rafeeq Ahmed, chairman, Farida Group, one of India's largest shoe manufacturers and exporters. «The demand for non-leather footwear is also coming up.» India's total goods exports in FY24 fell 3.1% to $437 billion from $451 billion in the previous fiscal. Apparel exporters cited an increase of over 10% in orders starting February, mostly from the UK, US and the EU. «The decline in demand has slowed and there are obvious signs of improvement. Industry has an ambitious target of $20 billion apparel exports in FY25,» said Mithileshwar Thakur, secretary general, Apparel Export Promotion Council.

voters carry the weight of keeping alive the Gandhi family's last political trace against BJP's relentless efforts to hoist its flag there. In his address here on Sunday, Union minister Amit Shah said if the essence of «400 paar» could be met with one seat, it was Raebareli. The remark underscores the perceptional value this seat carries in BJP's mission to trounce Congress, with Amethi already being vacated for a family 'representative' instead of a member. If Congress is invoking its over 100-year-old ties with the place, right from the time Jawaharlal Nehru provided strength to the non-cooperation movement led by farmers against the British in 1920-21 to Rahul Gandhi calling the place Indira Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi's karmabhoomi and the seminal work done by them for the area, BJP wants to root the fight in a local versus outsider debate, projecting Dinesh Pratap Singh as the one who will be there to address day-to-day woes.

Amid world-shaking crises in the Middle East, Europe and the Indo-Pacific, the news from Niger might seem unimportant. Yes, American troops are making an ignominious withdrawal as Russian forces sashay into the same Nigerien air base hosting U.S. personnel.

White Widow' jihadi bride Samantha Lewthwaite will soon hit the theaters across the UK. Don't worry. She will not carry out a terrorist attack. A film exploring her life, her exploits as a terrorist and the reasons for becoming a 'jihadi' will be depicted in the movie. 'The Sun' has reported that Bella Ramsey, best known for her role in 'The Last of Us' will play the mother-of-four who converted to Islam aged 17 in a movie titled 'Girl Next Door'.

go to the United Kingdomthis year, the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) recommended the continuation of the graduate route work visa, also known as PSW or post-study work visa, to continue in its current form. This visa enables international students to work for two years in the UK after graduating from a British university. For the unversed, the committee was entrusted with the task by Home Secretary James Cleverly to review the graduate route visa and submit the report on May 14.

The upcoming UK election is swaying towards Labour, but likely won’t change the trajectory of the Conservative’s crypto legislation efforts.

BCCI secretary Jay Shah had clarified a few days ago that Rahul Dravid will have to apply for the post like any other application if he wants to continue coaching the Men in Blue. While there have been reports suggesting that Dravid may not be interested in another stint as head coach, a new name has just emerged in the race to take charge of India.

The UK unemployment rate estimates rose to 4.3% in Q1 2024, up from 3.8% seen in the previous quarter, according to data from the Office for National Statistics. Overall, the employment rate has fallen to 74.5%, down against the previous year and quarter, while economic inactivity has increased to 22.1%. BoE forecasts UK GDP will continue to grow despite elevated interest rates Vacancies were down by 26,000 in the three months to April to 898,000, the 22nd consecutive period of decline. However, the figure remained above pre-Covid levels of job openings, the ONS said. Despite th...

OpenAI unveils GPT-4o, a faster, more efficient and smarter AI platform: All you need to know GPT-4o is said to match the performance of GPT-4 Turbo in English language text, OpenAI's last flagship model unveiled last year, while offering significant improvements in non-English languages. Moreover, GPT-4o has a more wider advantage over its predecessor when it comes to understanding vision and audio inputs. Also Read | OpenAI Unveils GPT-4o: Here's how the Internet reacted to the AI conversation OpenAI President Greg Brockman showcased in a video on Monday how two GPT-4o AI's are capable to having a conversation in real time.

The UK government’s Insolvency Service has shut down a London-based crypto advisory firm that claimed to offer investment advice in cryptocurrencies.

BCCI, the new head coach will have a three-and-a-half-year tenure, starting immediately after the T20 World Cup and ending in December 2027, just after the conclusion of the next ODI World Cup. Announcing the update in a release, BCCI secretary Jay Shah stated, “The BCCI on Monday invited applications for the position of Head Coach of the Senior Men’s Team.

Oil prices rose on Tuesday as the supply-demand balance looked set to tighten on operational disruptions, stronger demand and voluntary output cuts. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures rose 18 cents to $79.30 a barrel by 1224 GMT. Brent crude futures gained 19 cents, reaching $83.55 a barrel.

Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes on Monday: Incyte, Squarespace rise; Chimera Investment, Amazon fall

OpenAI has introduced a new artificial intelligence model

Japanese technology company SoftBank Group says it trimmed its losses for the fiscal year through March to about a quarter of the red ink it racked up a year earlier, as investment losses declined

Competition is hardwired in all competitive sports. But a competition can be rendered mediocre if the outcome is a 'foregone conclusion'. Which is why this season, international football has been so rich. Take English Premier League that's going into its last leg with Arsenal and Manchester City neck to neck in the title race. Across the channel, Champions League has also thrown up the finest to reach the final, but without the 'same old, same old' algorithm at play. This time, CL 'giants' Real Madrid are pitched against 'giant killer' Borussia Dortmund. In EPL, two top sides are duelling it out to the end. This is unlike last year's 'monopoly' when City claimed the crown, with Arsenal No. 2 by a distance. It was only in the latter stages of this year's tournament that Liverpool fell out of contention, and marquee sides like Man Utd and Chelsea made to languish behind the likes of Aston Villa and Newcastle. This is what makes EPL the most exciting football league in the world. Borussia Dortmund ploughing through the CL final on June 1, after beating fellow German giants Bayern Munich and others deemed 'Europe's best', has also catalysed the tournament. The irony isn't lost that in Germany's domestic league, Dortmund languishes at No. 5, with relatively unheralded Bayer Leverkusen having already won their first Bundesliga title, significantly ahead of 32-times winner Bayern. This, too, is good for the league.

Splendid works of art are inspired not only by positive aspects of life and nature; they are also born of the dark side of life. For example, the recent splash of colour, of aurora borealis, the Northern Lights, has resulted in rainbow brushstrokes across a vast sky canvas, worldwide. Northern Lights are normally visible only in the upper reaches of the northern hemisphere at certain times of the year, a popular tourist attraction in Scandinavia. Suddenly, these multi-hued lights have broken free, becoming visible in many countries of Europe and in America, in the UK and in Ladakh, India. The cause is solar flare-ups gone rogue, creating violent solar storms. To protect us, the earth's magnetic field deflects the flare particles back to the sun; the ensuing reaction brings on the spectacular celestial show. Wartime poetry is known to tug at the heartstrings, and evoke deep reflection on why we are such a violent species. Bloggers' outpourings on their search for inner peace while suffocated by negative events are lyrical essays and poems that give expression to deep self-doubt and for some, later, self-discovery and illumination.

bones, mental health-related issues and weak limbs? One of the main factors could be due to Vitamin D deficiency. Now, a leading fitness Doctor from the UK has explained the benefits of this important Vitamin in preventing dementia and Colon Cancer. This has been reported by ‘Mirror’ in the UK.