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https://ift.tt/8jFnkWx All that Abhishek Sharma needs is a start, but there hasn't been any discussion about the talented opener's wretched run in the T20 World Cup so far, bowling coach Morne Morkel said ahead of India's first Super Eights game against South Africa here on Sunday. Abhishek is yet to open his account in the current edition of the tournament and during Friday's training, he was seen spending considerable time with head coach Gautam Gambhir. Gambhir was seen trying to explain to him certain finer points and like a diligent student, the flamboyant southpaw nodded in agreement. After that he went for a high catch session. At times, excess training can prove to be counter productive and Abhishek was seen bowling to the other batters for better part of the game. When asked if there's discussion in general within the team on Abhishek, Morkel denied emphatically. "Absolutely no discussion. He's a world class player. So far in the tournament, lu...

https://ift.tt/EryTztP Actor Rajpal Yadav was released from Tihar Jail on Tuesday, twelve days after he surrendered in a case involving a Rs 9 crore cheque bounce and loan default. The Delhi High Court granted him interim bail on Monday, giving him temporary relief in the long-running financial dispute connected to his 2012 film Ata Pata Laapata . Now, a video of Rajpal Yadav dancing at his niece's wedding in Shahjahanpur district of Uttar Pradesh, his ancestral village, has gone viral. The 54-year-old is seen dancing to the song Teri Chunariya from Hello Brother (1999). Clad in a beige dhoti and kurta, Rajpal Yadav is all smiles as he joins the women of the house on the dance floor. जेल से छूटते ही डांस करते दिखे राजपाल यादव राजपाल यादव तिहाड़ जेल से रिहा होने के बाद सीधे अपने गांव शाहजहांपुर पहुंचे, जहां वह अपनी भतीजी की मेहंदी फंक्शन में डांस करते नजर आए #RajpalYadav | #ChequeBounceCase pic.twitter.com/HIIAOgMhEk — NDTV India (@ndtvindia) February 19, 2026 Rajpal Yad...

https://ift.tt/ULf7lZm Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri attended Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman's swearing-in ceremony on behalf of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, but a noticeable outreach effort can also be seen in the foreign secretary's meeting with Bangladesh Jamaat-E-Islami chief Dr. Shafiqur Rahman on the sidelines of the event.  The Bangladesh Jamaat-E-Islami has emerged as the largest opposition party in Bangladesh and notably won big in areas along the border with India.  One of the complaints that Bangladesh has had earlier with Indian foreign policy regarding Bangladesh, especially during the tenure of Sheikh Hasina and the Awami League, was that India did not engage with any other political group, and that was articulated by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party as well after it won the election. ভারতের বিদেশসচিব শ্রী বিক্রম মিস্রি বাংলাদেশের নতুন সরকারের শপথ গ্রহণ অনুষ্ঠানের অবকাশে বাংলাদেশের বিরোধীদলীয় নেতা ও বাংলাদেশ জামায়া...

https://ift.tt/vFU2V47 A video has gone viral on X , showing local mountain residents, known as Pahadis, confronting a group of bikers. Notably, the bikers who were from Haryana were riding through mountain passes using illegal exhausts that produced explosive, firecracker-like sounds. Apart from the noise nuisance, locals expressed frustration that such reckless riding on narrow, winding mountain paths significantly increased the risk of accidents. Frustrated by the noise and potential safety risks on narrow roads, locals caught the riders and forced them to sit near their own bikes while the engines were revved. This was intended to give the bikers a "taste of their own medicine" by making them endure the deafening roar up close. Social Media Reaction The video has fueled a broader debate on tourist behaviour and etiquette in sensitive ecological zones like Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand. One user wrote, "Individuals who rely on excessive engine noise to command ...

https://ift.tt/b50i413 The question of whether one particular strike was the straw that broke the camel's back and made Pakistan approach the Indian side and push for a ceasefire after Operation Sindoor last year has long been debated. One of the world's foremost aviation historians, analysts and experts may finally have the answer. Despite the Indian Air Force denying that it had struck Kirana Hills, one of Pakistan's main storage facilities for nuclear weapons and a former nuclear testing site, Tom Cooper is convinced the facility was hit and that "Pakistan was finished by then".  "It's a place you hit when you want to send a clear message without causing, let's put it this way, too much damage. It means, "Listen, guys in Pakistan, we can hit you severely where we want, whenever we want, with as much ammunition as we want. Stop it, finally'," Cooper told NDTV's Shiv Aroor in an exclusive interview on Tuesday.  "And consider...

https://ift.tt/xjT4f65 The world today is chasing one thing with an urgency usually reserved for oil, rare earths, or strategic minerals. That thing is an NVIDIA chip. Or more accurately, an NVIDIA GPU, the Graphics Processing Unit, that has become the engine of artificial intelligence. Governments want them, technology companies cannot get enough of them, and nations that hope to shape the future of AI know that without access to these chips, ambition will remain just that, ambition. NDTV brings a rare touch-and-feel of this much sought-after technology. What stands on display is not a small chip or a plug-in card, but an imposing rack of machines, the kind that now defines computing power in the AI era. India currently has about 38,000 such NVIDIA Graphics Processing Unit (GPUs), a number publicly cited by Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnav, who has also said that the government has approved orders for another 10,000. Even so, in a world where artificial intelligence is becoming centr...

https://ift.tt/PHRrosl Former Indian Premier League (IPL) champions Rajasthan Royals (RR) are set to approach India head coach Gautam Gambhir to join them as CEO, mentor, and partner, according to a report. Gambhir, who took over as India head coach in July 2024, currently has a contract with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) which will expire after the 2027 ODI World Cup. According to a report in Dainik Jagran , RR is set to undergo a change in ownership, with one of the three potential owners has offered Gambhir a minority equity stake - believed to be in the region of 2-3 per cent - in the franchise. Gambhir had a highly successful association with the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the IPL, helping the franchise lift three titles, two as a player and one as a mentor. He also had a fruitful stint during his two seasons as mentor of the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), who qualified for the playoffs in both campaigns. However, Gambhir is unlikely to join RR due to his cu...

https://ift.tt/3Xio9IU A quadruped machine that can navigate rubble, climb stairs, and diagnose mechanical failures without human intervention is the centre of attention at the India AI Summit. This robot, developed for industrial "Physical AI" by Tata Consultancy Services, is designed to operate in industrial environments such as construction sites, warehouses, manufacturing plants and distribution centres.  By mimicking the movement of an animal and combining it with high-performance onboard processing, the unit can patrol construction sites, factories, and warehouses to perform inspections in complex, noisy, and risky environments. Today, inspections in such places are mostly manual, which increases the risk while checking equipment, recording readings and pointing out errors.  In heavy industries, even a small, unnoticed issue like a pressure drop or voltage fluctuation can turn into major downtime or a serious safety incident. That's where this quadruped changes ...

https://ift.tt/k7YosZM Mani Shankar Aiyar's opinion that Pinarayi Vijayan will be back again as the Chief Minister of Kerala has sparked a furore in the Congress. In a post on X, senior Congress leader Pawan Khera said, "Mr. Mani Shankar Aiyar has had no connection whatsoever with the Congress for the past few years. He speaks and writes purely in his personal capacity". The CPM - to which Pinarayi Vijayan belongs -- and the Congress are at loggerheads in Kerala and the two parties were voted in alternately every assembly election till the last, when the Left-led Front came to power for a second term.  Aiyar has now predicted a third term for Vijayan.  Applauding Kerala as the country's leader in Panchayati Raj at an event that was also attended by Vijayan, he said, "So, in the presence of the Chief Minister, who I am confident will continue in office, I renew my plea: to reinforce Kerala as the best Panchayati Raj state in the country, state law should be amen...

https://ift.tt/d86oysh Startup founder Ashutosh Gupta, Chief Business Officer at Praper Media, recently shared a LinkedIn post sharing how hiring a candidate with a fake resume resulted in a loss of over Rs 2 lakh and four months of productivity. Gupta explained that the candidate's hiring happened at a time when Praper was smaller and the company relied heavily on interviews and instinct. "Background verification felt unnecessary. So we hired based on interviews and gut feeling. If someone seemed good in the interview, we brought them on," Gupta wrote. According to the founder, Chirag came across as confident and experienced. He claimed he was earning Rs 40,000 at his previous agency. The team offered him Rs 45,000 - a raise that seemed fair for someone with three years of experience. However, Gupta said concerns began to surface about 2 months into the role when the candidate failed to perform basic tasks, such as taking two days to complete a standard video edit that...

https://ift.tt/pctxYVs Arch-rivals India and Pakistan are set to take on each other in a T20 World Cup 2026 Group A match at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo on Sunday. A Super Eight spot will be in sight when the two teams face off. Days ahead of the match, a snake appeared in the Pakistan dugout. It happened in the evening on Friday, just when Salman Agha and Co. were about to reach the venue for training. The video of the incident is going viral on social media. Watch it here: #T20WorldCup | #IndVsPak pic.twitter.com/Q39JKq2iFM — NDTV India (@ndtvindia) February 14, 2026 Pakistan are likely to go with four specialist bowlers -- two spinners and two pacers -- in their T20 World Cup blockbuster game against arch-rivals India, claimed a PTI report. A source close to the team told the news agency that head coach Mike Hesson and captain Salman Ali Agha were keen to go into the match with both specialist spinners Abrar Ahmed and Usman Tariq and also two specialist fast bowlers in S...

https://ift.tt/SNbYf3z Seven people, including six school students, were killed in a horrific multi-vehicle accident early Friday morning near M Sathyavara village in Bengaluru Rural district. The tragedy occurred on the Hoskote-Dabaspete National Highway when a speeding Mahindra XUV 700, with a group of students on an early morning joyride, triggered a chain collision involving a motorcycle and a Canter truck. The identities of six of the victims have been confirmed as Ashwin Nayar (17), Arhaan Sharif (17), Ayaan Ali (17), Bharat (18), Ethan George (17), and the bike rider, Gagan, a private company employee. The seventh victim is yet to be identified. The students, aged between 17 and 18, were in Classes 10 and 12. Gagan, the motorcyclist, was returning home after finishing his 5 pm-3 am shift at work when he was struck. His family revealed a heartbreaking story of loss. Gagan was the sole breadwinner for his mother, who is visually impaired. According to preliminary police re...

https://ift.tt/OMqDm4i A 21-year-old man allegedly beheaded two of his neighbours with a sharp weapon during a religious ritual in Madhya Pradesh's Singrauli district early Thursday morning. Two others who tried to intervene were also brutally attacked and remain in critical condition. The incident took place between 4 am and 5 am in Atarwa village. According to the police, the accused, Chhatrapati Singh, had invited his neighbours, Phool Kumari Singh (50) and Kemla Singh (65), to his home for a puja. However, shortly after they arrived, Singh allegedly attacked them in his courtyard. Two other villagers, Sumitra Singh and Rambhajan Singh, rushed to the house after hearing screams but were also attacked. Both are currently being treated at a local hospital. Initial investigations suggest the killings may be linked to 'black magic'. Police found that the accused's wife had recently suffered a miscarriage, leading Singh to believe that a deity was "angry" and...

https://ift.tt/f9C7KkH Actor Rajpal Yadav's recent surrender at Tihar Jail in connection with a long-running cheque bounce and loan default case has brought renewed attention to his personal and professional journey.  Amid the legal developments, an old interview of Nawazuddin Siddiqui with The Lallantop has resurfaced, offering a glimpse into a lesser-known side of Rajpal. What Did Nawazuddin Siddiqui Say About Rajpal Yadav? Nawazuddin recalled that many struggling actors depended on Rajpal for basic sustenance. He had said, "A lot of people would eat at his home when Rajpal began to get good work, and he never complained. He always helped people. Not just me, when a lot of actors were struggling, his house was like a langar. Anybody could come and eat there. He jokes a lot, but in reality, he is a very sensitive human being." Nawazuddin and Rajpal's friendship began long before either became a familiar face in Hindi cinema. The two trained together at Bharate...

https://ift.tt/vacpwdl A decade-old moment of admiration involving Amitabh Bachchan and Rajpal Yadav has resurfaced amid the latter's ongoing legal troubles. What Amitabh Bachchan Said About Rajpal Yadav At the music launch of Rajpal Yadav's film Ata Pata Laapata in 2012, veteran actor Amitabh Bachchan made a special appearance. Speaking at the event, he said, "I feel very honoured that Rajpal has invited me here today and I have had the good fortune of working with him in the past." He also acknowledged the struggles Rajpal had faced throughout his journey in the film industry and praised his dedication to his craft.  Inside Rajpal Yadav's Decade-Long Legal Battle Rajpal Yadav's legal troubles began in 2010, when he borrowed around Rs 5 crore from M/s Murali Projects Pvt Ltd to fund his directorial debut, Ata Pata Laapata . The film failed to perform at the box office, resulting in heavy financial losses and limited returns. Unable to repay the loan, ...

https://ift.tt/JY0G6VH A resurfaced clip from Koffee With Karan has once again brought Akshaye Khanna's reserved personality into the spotlight. As the actor enjoys renewed attention for his performance in Dhurandhar , an old confession by Kangana Ranaut about trying to flirt with him - and getting no response - has gone viral. When Kangana Ranaut Recalled Being Ignored By Akshaye Khanna The moment dates back to Season 3 of Koffee With Karan, when Kangana Ranaut appeared on the show alongside Anil Kapoor and Sanjay Dutt. During a candid chat, host Karan Johar asked if she had ever tried to flirt with someone who completely ignored her. Kangana did not hesitate before naming Akshaye Khanna. She replied, "I tried to talk to him, but he never spoke to me. He doesn't talk, he doesn't talk to anybody." Backing her statement, Anil Kapoor added humorously, "Yeah, she told me ki yaar yeh dekhta hi nahi hai meri taraf (he doesn't even look at me)." ...

https://ift.tt/X6r2DUM India opener Abhishek Sharma skipped Thursday's training session as he continues to recover from a stomach upset, casting a small cloud over his availability even as the team stepped up preparations for the T20 World Cup game against Namibia. "Yeah, Washington joined the team yesterday, he'll train today. Abhi's still got a few issues with his tummy; we hope he'll be available for the game in a few days' time," assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate said ahead of the match against Namibia on Thursday. There was reassuring news on Jasprit Bumrah . The spearhead looked fully fit, initially taking a few easy strides to get a feel before changing his spikes and bowling at full tilt to skipper Suryakumar Yadav . During one fiery spell, Bumrah beat Surya for pace and forced him to play on to his stumps - a reminder of just how sharp the premier quick can be at full fitness. "He's been off for 10 days without bowling, but he's...

https://ift.tt/wQdEq6B A 51-year-old man allegedly died by suicide during bank foreclosure proceedings in Indore on Monday evening. The man has been identified as Hemant Brahmvanshi, an employee of the Indore Public Cooperative Bank According to preliminary information, a team from a government bank, acting on a court order, had arrived in Vijay Nagar to take possession of Hemant's mortgaged house. As officials carried out paperwork on the first floor, Hemant allegedly retreated to a room around 5:30 pm and fatally shot himself with a licensed firearm. He was declared dead on the spot. The incident immediately caused a stir in the area, with residents gathering outside the house as sirens wailed. Police sources said the weapon used was licensed in the name of Hemant's father, S.D. Brahmvanshi. Investigators revealed that Hemant had taken a loan of Rs 2.5 crore from the Bank of Maharashtra by mortgaging his house. He had reportedly failed to pay installments for nea...

https://ift.tt/2hO4506 The India-US trade deal has sparked huge concern among the country's farmers, who feel that cheaper American products coming into the country will add to the challenges they face. The dairy sector, however, feels that those concerns might be misplaced.  In an exclusive interview with NDTV, Amul's Managing Director  Jayan Mehta said the agreement strongly protects the farmers and the agriculture sector and give them invaluable access to the US market.  "Market access is a very important part and a trade negotiation is always a two-way thing," he told NDTV.  "The negotiations were necessary to get larger market access and that was done with this deal. More importantly, the tariffs also coming down from 50 to 18 per cent, will bring in the Indian products, getting better access to those markets and paving a way for the brighter future for all those associated with this sector," he added.  "One of the key important aspects of the ...

https://ift.tt/dluRo7f A disturbing video documenting three men catcalling and following a woman while she was walking to a temple in India has surfaced on social media. The incident has sparked significant outrage and debate regarding women's safety. Chiro, who is from Northeast India, shared the video on Instagram, opening up about the incident. She mentioned that the men assumed she didn't understand Hindi. She wrote, "They thought I didn't understand Hindi, and, to be honest, this is so f wrong but then also, these kinds of things are happening to me just because I look a little different." In the video, she's heard saying, "The weirdest species in the world would be Indian men when they see a girl walking alone. I'm on my way to the temple, and these guys have been catcalling me non-stop." The video shows three men following her, smiling, singing a Bollywood song loudly, and gesturing towards the camera. Despite being filmed, the three men ...