Lieutenant Commander Prerana Pravin Deosthalee will lead an all-male crew. She is currently the first lieutenant of INS Chennai, the missile destroyer that rescued a foreign merchant ship hijacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia last week.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday said 97.76 per cent of the Rs 2000 denomination banknotes have returned to the banking system, and only Rs 7,961 crore worth of the withdrawn notes are still with the public. On May 19, 2023, the RBI announced the withdrawal of Rs 2000 denomination banknotes from circulation.
Former India skipper Sourav Ganguly said on Saturday that Rishabh Pant is "fully fit" but added that the wicketkeeper-batter should be given some more time to prepare himself for India team selection for the upcoming T20 World Cup in the West Indies and USA.
Virat Kohli hopes RCB will keep the focus and execute things properly to maintain the momentum.
Their campaign back on track after five successive defeats in the UAE leg, defending champions Mumbai Indians take on two-time title winners Chennai Super Kings at the Wankhede Stadium on Saturday.
'We have got enough internal accruals, and we are able to do acquisitions on our own.'
'I am excited to join CSK again.'
Chennai Super Kings will take on holders Mumbai Indians in the opening match of the Indian Premier League, which has retained its earlier match timings, weeks after considering the broadcaster's request for a change in schedule.
Their campaign off to a disastrous start, defending champions Mumbai Indians would be gunning for their first win in the seventh edition of IPL but it won't be easy as they take on formidable Chennai Super Kings.
Delhi Capitals have also signed on Shane Watson as an assistant coach.
'You can focus on Vande Bharat but focus on the common man too.' 'You can have both. They are mutually exclusive.'
Thailand's Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk produced a superb comeback against Ajay Jayaram in the deciding fifth rubber to help Chennai Smashers edge out Mumbai Rockets 4-3 in a thrilling final to clinch the Premier Badminton League season 2 title.
It remains to be seen if the right-arm spinner will be available for SRH's home fixture against Chennai Super Kings on April 5.
A depleted Gujarat Titans bowling attack will have to raise its game by quite a few notches to stop a marauding Sunrisers Hyderabad, fresh from its record total against Mumbai Indians, in the upcoming afternoon IPL match in Ahmedabad on Sunday.
Inconsistent SRH take on LSG in push for play-offs spot
Tata Group-owned Air India, under its new chief executive officer and managing director Campbell Wilson, is optimising its domestic strategy under which the carrier is "densifying" its presence on metro-to-metro routes and exiting from unviable ones, Business Standard has learnt. Wilson took charge on July 25. Air India has increased its flights on metro-to-metro routes such as Delhi-Mumbai, Delhi-Bengaluru, Mumbai-Chennai, Mumbai-Bengaluru, and Hyderabad-Mumbai between June and November this year.
Let us see what the cost is today for a two-day stay in the city and the air fare as train tickets are no longer available.
England all-rounder Ben Stokes criticised the slow track at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai and hopes that teams competing in the IPL do not end up regularly scraping to low scores because of wickets that are "trash".
Under intense scrutiny, Iyer looked rusty at the start of the IPL and got out for a two-ball duck in their opener against SRH. He had some significant contributions later on but his efforts were all overshadowed by Narine and Salt's explosive batting.
Ravi Shastri expects big-hitting Shivam Dube to set the T20 World Cup alight
Shaw was retained by the Capitals ahead of the season and didn't feature in the first two games. In his first game of IPL 2024, he struck a quick 43 off 27 balls against Chennai Super Kings.
While Chennai reported the least hiring activity, cities like Mumbai and Delhi also saw a dip of 5 per cent from its February performance.
Shubman Gill's return to form will provide a big boost to Gujarat Titans as they square off against table-toppers Kolkata Knight Riders in their must-win IPL game in Ahmedabad on Monday.
They said the agency has found 35 instances in which youngsters were taken to Russia after being lured with false promises of high-paying jobs via social media channels and local contacts and agents.
Shivam Dube has worked on his weakness against short-ball quite well and it has a lot to do with Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
It will be a battle of equals when mighty Chennai Super Kings meet formidable Mumbai Indians in the first play-off match of the Pepsi Indian Premier League in Delhi on Tuesday.
Images from the Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings match in Mumbai, on Saturday.
Bengaluru outpaced Mumbai, Delhi, and Pune in 2023 to become India's leading city for electric car registrations. The city's tech-savvy workforce, increased acceptability, zero road tax, subsidised electricity for EV charging, and a wide charging station network contributed to this surge. Electric car registrations in Karnataka's capital surged more than threefold in 2023 to 8,690 units, overtaking the growth witnessed in the other three cities, according to data from Jato Dynamics
'The World Cup alone is expected to create an additional 100,000 jobs, most of which will comprise gig workers in the delivery space, transportation, hospitality and event management.'
'What happens in the real estate market is that once the prices go up it goes on to stay at that level.' 'It might not increase and at the same time the prices will not come down too.'
Jet Airways is offering special night fares from Mumbai to Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Chennai, Delhi and Kolkata.
The avoidable stresses and strains in ties helped in one way. It showed for the entire region how a matured India handled diplomatic relations, especially with a smaller and suspicious neighbour, with practised dignity and patience, unruffled by provocations in word, deed and action, observes N Sathiya Moorthy.
Indian team vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane, senior batsman Rohit Sharma and pacer Shardul Thakur arrived in Chennai on Tuesday for the first two Tests against England.
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Mustafizur-less CSK face unpredictable Sunrisers Hyderabad
Marcus Stoinis struck a half-century as LSG picked up their sixth win of the season.
The coming weeks are sure to have a lot of drama unfolding in Maharashtra, predicts N Sathiya Moorthy.
The Australian wicketkeeper-batter will be playing in the Sheffield Shield final for Tasmania from March 21 to 25.
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