Asian markets inched higher on Friday amid holiday-thinned trading, with several exchanges remaining closed for the Boxing Day holiday. Regional stocks extended gains after Wall Street ended the week at record highs, while most global markets were shut on Thursday for Christmas.Markets in Tokyo, Shanghai, Seoul and Taipei all posted gains. Japan’s Topix climbed to…
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (AP Photo) At just 14, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s cricketing journey has taken an extraordinary turn — from rewriting domestic records to being honoured on India’s biggest civilian stage for children. The Bihar batting prodigy is not part of his state’s Vijay Hazare Trophy fixture on Friday, not due to injury or loss of form,…
Gujarati film ‘Laalo’ has had a long and beautiful run in theatres. On day 77, the film collected Rs 15 lakh at the box office. The collections are now slowing down, but the film is still standing tall. Strong total collections ‘Laalo’ has done very well overall. The film has earned around Rs 119.88 crore…
NEW DELHI: On the occasion of Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s 101st birth anniversary, an exhibition titled ‘Atal Prashasti’ is seeking to bring to life various aspects of the former PM’s life including the many hats he wore, from that of a statesman to that of a poet and orator par excellence.The exhibition, which will be on…
Stock market today (AI image) Stock market today: Nifty50 and BSE Sensex, the Indian equity benchmark Indies, opened in red on Friday on lacklustre global and domestic cues. While Nifty50 was just above 26,100, BSE Sensex was down over 140 points. At 9:16 AM, Nifty50 was trading at 26,101.30, down 41 points or 0.16%. BSE…
England’s Josh Tongue with teammates during their Ashes Test match. (Image: AP/Hamish Blair) England surged through Australia on day one of the fourth Ashes Test, skittling the hosts for 152 as they seized early control at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Captain Ben Stokes won a crucial toss on a green pitch, and his pace trio…
As curtains draw on 2025, a few movies ruled the box office, while a few others tried their best to maintain a pace. Kapil Sharma’s ‘Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon 2’ falls in the latter category. Released on December 12, 2025, the movie stars Ayesha Khan, Manjot Singh, Parul Gulati, Tridha Choudhury and more, alongside Kapil…
NEW DELHI: A Congress MP-headed parliamentary committee, whose move to call a meeting on VB-G RAM G bill and comparing it with Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme had drawn protest from the panel’s BJP members, has revised the agenda of its Dec 29 sitting and omitted any direct reference to the new law….
The Japanese government on Friday approved a record budget for the upcoming fiscal year, to pay for everything from bigger defence spending to ballooning social security costs as inflation persists.The 122.3-trillion-yen ($782 billion) budget for the fiscal year from April 2026 will include some nine trillion yen for defence spending, as Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi…
MUM vs UT Live Score: Context, Contrast, and the Bigger Picture While Rohit owned Jaipur, the Vijay Hazare Trophy delivered plenty elsewhere too. Virat Kohli starred for Delhi with a commanding 131, becoming the fastest to 16,000 List A runs, while Punjab piled on 347 against Maharashtra thanks to Naman Dhir’s 97. Yet none of…
