Quinton de Kock (Photo by Robert Cianflone/Getty Images) Mumbai Indians (MI) approached the IPL 2026 mini auction with the smallest available purse, just Rs 2.75 crore, after retaining most of their core squad. Despite the limited funds, they secured South African wicketkeeper-batter Quinton de Kock for only Rs 1 crore, a move praised by former…
Good morning. You’re reading the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. Today’s top stories With two days until Congress’s scheduled holiday recess, lawmakers will likely leave Washington without extending Affordable Care Act health insurance subsidies. The…
A Parliamentary Standing Committee report found little improvement in India’s air pollution levels and recommended revisions to standards, better monitoring, and coordinated action across sectors and states. The report highlights gaps in implementation, uneven monitoring networks, and limited scope of current programmes, while urging long-term measures, crop diversification, and incentives for cleaner transport and…
Congress MLAs Arekapudi Gandhi and Danam Nagender, along with corporators, addressing the press after meeting the Mayor and GHMC Commissioner, on December 15, 2025. | Photo Credit: The Hindu In a major political development, Telangana Legislative Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar has dismissed the disqualification petitions filed against five Bharat Rashtra Samiti MLAs. The Speaker,…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Golf legend Phil Mickelson has weighed in on the recent shooting at Bondi Beach, Australia shooting on the first day of Ha which killed two students and left more injured. Mickelson, in a post on X, responded to a video of Australia Prime Minister Anthony Albanese calling…
Deep in a sea cave in Greece’s northern Sporades, a bulky shape moves in the gloom. Someone on the boat bobbing quietly on the water close by passes round a pair of binoculars and yes! – there it is. It’s a huge Mediterranean monk seal, one of the world’s rarest marine mammals , which at…
She travels. And in short order, the questions that come are mostly layered, and mildly exhausting. Alone? Isn’t it unsafe? Who’s minding the store back home? Why don’t you just wait for someone to join you? It’s in the space between concern and curiosity that I think the assumption settles in even before the words…
Tim Cook, CEO of Apple Inc., during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference at Apple Park campus in Cupertino, California, on June 9, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images One of the biggest launches in Apple’s history is supposed to come next year, and it’s got nothing to do with hardware. The company…
Mortgage rate locks could be beneficial for homebuyers now that rates are cooling again. porcorex/Getty Images Mortgage interest rates remain volatile, and for homebuyers, a mortgage rate lock could mean paying thousands of dollars less over the life of a loan. While timing plays a role in securing the lowest possible mortgage rate, experts say…
During the first days of the January firestorms, Los Angeles became a case study in what can go wrong with emergency alerts and evacuations. In Pacific Palisades there was chaos Jan. 7 as people in the foothills tried to flee, only to hit traffic gridlock. Then when the Eaton fire erupted in Altadena, evacuation orders…