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Chennai:Ravi Shastri, during his days as the coach of the Indian team, enjoyed playing with two wrist-spinners in the XI. Now, as Surya Kumar Yadav’s Team India prepares for the Asia Cup in the lead-up to the T20 World Cup next year, the former India all-rounder feels it will be a great option to have Varun Chakravarthy and Kuldeep Yadav in the XI. During an exclusive chat with TOI , Shastri, who will be doing commentary for the Asia Cup, spoke about India’s probable combination, Surya’s captaincy, and a lot more. Excerpts:How do you see SKY as a T20 captain?…

Crypto markets are getting more solid and are showing resilience this Saturday, and so many news outlets predicting a breakout soon. As of today, the global market cap is steadying at $3.8T to $3.9T, and people are looking for a big Q4 rally amid neutral Fear & Greed. Bullish vibes continue building as altcoins show their strength. (source – crypto market cap, CoinGecko) BTC ▲0.69% hovering around $110K, ETH ▲0.58% also bouncing at around $4.3K, and SOL ▲2.62% strong at above $200. Institutional inflows on ETH ETFs has blasted past $16B, and optimism grows with rate cut talks. Coins like…

Enjoyed this article? Share it with your friends! John Deaton, an attorney who represented XRP XRP $2.85 holders during Ripple’s legal dispute with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), shared in a post on X that community participation helped shape the outcome of the case. He noted that the thousands of statements submitted by XRP users led the judge to recognize that the token, in some cases, was not sold as a security.The legal fight began in 2020, when the SEC accused Ripple and two executives of selling XRP without proper registration. Did you know? Want to get smarter…

The New Zealand dollar gained significantly against the Canadian dollar after Canada reported weaker-than-expected job numbers. Can a key resistance area slow down NZD/CAD’s climb? Or do NZD bulls and CAD bears still have gas in their tanks? We’re taking a closer look at NZD/CAD’s 4-hour chart for clues. NZD/CAD 4-hour Forex Chart by TradingView In case you missed it, the Canadian dollar took it on the chin Friday after August’s jobs report came in soft across the board. Not only did it miss forecasts, but it also fueled BOC interest rate cut expectations. Meanwhile, the New Zealand dollar picked…

The world’s most famous organ piece, played on the world’s largest ful­ly func­tion­ing pipe organ. That’s what you have above. Here, organ­ist Dylan David Shaw per­forms Bach’s Toc­ca­ta and Fugue in D minor on the famous Wana­mak­er organ. Orig­i­nal­ly built for the St. Louis World’s Fair in 1904, the organ end­ed up in Philadel­phi­a’s Wana­mak­er’s depart­ment store in 1911. More than a cen­tu­ry lat­er, the organ still resides in the same store. But Macy’s even­tu­al­ly took over Wanamaker’s, and Macy’s now plans to close the store, leav­ing the fate of the organ unknown. Where will the 28,000-pipe organ find a…

Ariana Grande made her grand return to the 2025 MTV VMAs after a long hiatus from the awards show — and made sure to bring her A-game with every look she wore during the star-studded night. The pop star was styled by Law Roach for the evening, who pulled a total of four looks that ranged from a custom Fendi dress that took inspiration from the 1980s, to a fluffy ballerina-inspired tutu dress made to look as if she were floating in the air. Ariana Grande at the VMAs. Christopher Polk/Billboard via Getty Never miss a story — sign up…

Some see cinema as a form of theatre, and others see it as a form of circus. The great American filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola sits very much in the latter camp, having across nearly seven decades produced a litany of cinematic spectacles custom-primed to scintillate and delight. From his canonical classics of the 1970s, his chic style exercises of the 1980s, and his idiosyncratic studio epics of the 1990s, to the more personal, moody, experimental works of the new millennium, Coppola is the type of ringmaster who needs to feel that he himself is being satisfied artistically before he can think about how…

Although conversations between economists are essential — sharpening our thinking, challenging assumptions, and refining concepts — it’s easy to forget just how intractable and unintuitive economics often appears to those outside the discipline. The concepts we handle daily, often with shorthand or implicit understanding, can seem opaque or even paradoxical to non-specialists. For this reason, it’s not only worthwhile but often refreshing to engage with individuals who, although they may lack formal economic training, bring curiosity and practical insight to the table.  Last year, I made note of a comment shared with me after a talk, which sparked a thought-provoking…

Some off beat reads for the weekend: Multi-Alignment is India’s Superpower (Shashi Tharoor) The Case for a US alliance with India (Foreign Affairs) The West has been given a rude awakening (RT) How China is broadcasting its might (Time) Is China’s mercantilism cracking up? (Engelsberg) Syria’s deadly reckoning (Guardian) The quiet War for Lebanon (ORF) US intervention in Venezuela (Crisis) What a Ukraine end game may look like (NI) Hindu Hatred in the West (Arnab Ray) The rise of Jamaat-e-Islami in Kashmir (Open) Why wealthy Gurugram is a failed city (Scroll) Emperor Hadrian’s Revenge (TOI) Why European Royals loved playing…

Ahead of her return to competitive cricket in the Women’s Caribbean Premier League (WCPL), Indian all-rounder Shreyanka Patil engaged in a fun and thought-provoking exercise: picking her dream T20 team. After missing almost a year of action due to a finger injury and facing a tough snub from the Indian World Cup squad, Shreyanka’s CPL stint with the Barbados Royals is a crucial step towards her comeback. Her dream T20 side is a unique and captivating mix of male and female cricketers from various eras and nations, offering a glimpse into her ideal playing style.Shreyanka Patil reveals dream T20 XI…