Sushil Kumar won Rs 5 crore in the fifth season of the quiz show Kaun Banega Crorepati, hosted by megastar Amitabh Bachchan. While winning such a large sum of money may inspire one to live a dream life, it may also have a negative impact. And such was the case with Sushil Kumar, who...
Read MoreRBI Monetary Policy LIVE Updates: The Reserve Bank of India has hiked the repo rate by 50 basis points to 5.4 per cent with immediate effect. The RBI Monetary Policy Committee raised the policy repo rate by 90 basis points in May and June. RBI retained its economic growth projection at 7.2 per cent...
Read MoreA Russian court on Thursday found US basketball star Brittney Griner guilty of smuggling and storing drugs and sentenced her to nine years in prison. The court “found the defendant guilty” of smuggling and possessing “a significant amount of narcotics”, judge Anna Sotnikova told a court in the town of Khimki just outside Moscow....
Read MoreFor some of the Indian wrestlers like Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat and Sakshi Malik, this could be their swansong Commonwealth Games. No, they haven’t announced their retirements, there’s another reason altogether.
Read MoreIndia on Friday witnessed an uptick in the number of new Covid-19 infections as it recorded 20,551 cases in the last 24 hours, according to the data shared by the ministry of health and family welfare. The country also reported 70 deaths during the same period. Stay with TOI for all updates —
Read MoreA 25-year-old teacher with suspected symptoms of monkeypox has been admitted in the government-run GG Hospital in Jamnagar. The patient, living on the outskirts of Jamnagar city, approached the dermatology department of the hospital on Thursday, with skin rashes and fever.
Read MoreAt least nine people died after allegedly consuming spurious liquor at Bhatha village under Maker police station area in Bihar’s Saran district on Thursday.
Read MoreA gang rape survivor who filed an FIR against two men, family acquaintances who had assaulted her when she was just 12, an attack that left her pregnant a year later, has appealed to “women like me to come forward and fight for justice”. She said she “needed to say this, even if 28...
Read MoreTelangana is not just high on liquor, but also the beer capital of the south, bubbling over its neighbours in guzzling the foamy beverage. The state topped the charts with 11 litres annual per capita consumption and was distantly followed by other southern states, including Andhra Pradesh that consumed just 4.43 litres per capita....
Read MoreSreeshankar clinched the silver medal in the men’s long jump final with a mark of 8.08m, becoming the first Indian male athlete to win a Commonwealth Games medal in long jump. Para-powerlifter Sudhir won India’s first gold in the event at the Commonwealth Games. So far, India has won 20 medals and is at...
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