NEW DELHI: India, one of only four countries globally to have installed over 100 gigawatts of solar capacity, is already a solar superpower, delivering results where some govts only talk, said UN Climate Change executive secretary Simon Stiell. The other three in the list of top four are China, the US and Germany. Addressing a…
Parth Rekhade. (Pic Credit – X) NEW DELHI: Left-arm spinner Parth Rekhade turned the game on its head with a stunning three-wicket burst in an over, leaving Mumbai reeling at 188 for 7 in response to Vidarbha’s first-innings total of 383 on Day 2 of the Ranji Trophy semifinal in Nagpur on Tuesday. Trailing by…
Varun Chakravarthy and Kuldeep Yadav (BCCI Photo) MUMBAI: While naming the spinners for the Champions Trophy, India’s national selec-tors, led by Ajit Agarkar, surprised many by replacing opener Yashasvi Jaiswal with mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy.The surprise didn’t end there. Varun was added to the squad despite the presence of four spinners who were already in…
Gautam Gambhir and Rohit Sharma. (BCCI Photo) NEW DELHI: A year before the 50-over World Cup at home in 2023, India played 30 ODIs in order to find the right balance and the right combination. As a result, India had a near faultless show – up until that forgettable evening in Ahmedabad.With the ICC Champions…
NEW DELHI: The unemployment rate for people aged 15 years and above in urban areas dipped to 6.4 per cent in the October-December quarter, according to the National Sample Survey Survey (NSSO). Joblessness, or unemployment rate, is defined as the percentage of unemployed people in the labour force. The unemployment rate in the December quarter…
ITR filing: The zero-tax income threshold has been increased from Rs 7 lakh to Rs 12 lakh. Income Tax Slabs FY 2025-26 after Budget 2025: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s big announcement that taxpayers will no longer have to pay tax for income up to Rs 12 lakh from FY 2025-26 onwards has been met with…
India captain Rohit Sharma during the net session. (Video grab) TimesofIndia.com in Dubai: It’s been three days since the Indian cricket team landed in Dubai and the majority of that time has been spent at the ICC Academy. There is very little gap between their first two games versus Bangladesh (February 20) and Pakistan (February…
The S&P 500 has demonstrated remarkable performance, with gains of 24% in 2023 and 23% in 2024. Given the robust economic conditions, substantial corporate earnings and advancements in artificial intelligence (AI), analysts project continued growth for the S&P 500 in 2025.Historical data from The Motley Fool showed the S&P has delivered positive returns 78% of…
Jasprit Bumrah. (Pic Credit – X) NEW DELHI: Former India opener Shikhar Dhawan believes that Rohit Sharma’s team will ‘strongly feel’ the absence of pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah in the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy.Bumrah has been ruled out of the eight-team tournament due to a lower back injury, with Harshit Rana named as his replacement…
The Internal Revenue Service has opened the 2025 tax filing season and is accepting and processing federal individual tax year 2024 returns.Where is my IRS tax refund?The IRS typically processes refunds within 21 days for electronic submissions and eight weeks for paper filings in 2025. Recent staffing adjustments at the IRS might cause delays. Monitor…
