Varanasi, June 18 (IANS) Sunit Chowrasia of Kolkata carded a final-round of three-over 73 to secure a four-shot victory at the inaugural INR 25 lakh DP World PGTI NexGen – Varanasi played at the BLW Greens Golf Course in Varanasi on Thursday.Chowrasia (67-64-73) finished the week at six-under 204 to claim his third consecutive title on the DP World PGTI NexGen. The victory follows his triumphs at the Alpha Sports Academy Golf Championship hosted by Patna Golf Club in March and last week’s Vija…
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New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) Artificial intelligence (AI) upskilling is delivering significant career gains in India, with professionals reporting an average salary increase of nearly 150 per cent, while nearly half of AI-enabled career outcomes now lie outside traditional engineering roles, according to a report released on Thursday.The report by Scaler highlighted how AI is evolving from a specialised technical skill into a workforce-wide capability across industries.AI upskilling is driving sala…
Greater Noida, June 14 (IANS) Farmers who gave up several thousand acres of their land for the Noida International Airport will be a part of the first flight that takes off from the airport on Monday.Preparations are complete for the historic flight from Jewar. It’s perhaps for the first time that the very farmers who gave up their land for construction of the airport will become passengers on the first flight departing from there, said Jewar MLA Dhirendra Singh.The first flight from the Noida I…
Dharamshala, June 12 (IANS) India’s fast bowling coach Morne Morkel has indicated that the team will experiment with the number three batting position in Virat Kohli’s absence during the three‑match ODI series against Afghanistan, starting at the HPCA Stadium on Saturday.Kohli was ruled out of the three ODIs against Afghanistan due to a hamstring injury picked up while hitting a match-winning 75 not out in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 final against the Gujarat Titans in Ahmedabad. …
Mumbai, June 12 (IANS) Filmmaker Shoojit Sircar brought together powerhouse performers Amitabh Bachchan and Ayushmann Khurrana, for the first time in the 2020 laughter ride, “Gulabo Sitabo”. As the movie marked 6 years of release on Friday, Shoojit Sircar shared a memorable scene from the drama on his social media handle, where Big B and Ayushmann were seen locking horns over the parking of the latter’s two-wheeler in the house, where Ayushmann is one of the tenants.Commemorating the occasion, t…
New Delhi, June 12 (IANS) An IndiGo flight carrying around 180 passengers from Lucknow to Delhi was grounded on Friday after a bomb threat was discovered written on a tissue paper inside one of the aircraft’s lavatories, triggering a comprehensive security response at the airport.The flight, scheduled to depart from Lucknow at 10:45 a.m., was preparing for take-off when crew members were alerted to a possible security threat on board.The aircraft was immediately halted at the apron and prevented…
New Delhi, June 12 (IANS) The Railway Protection Force (RPF) swung into action after some miscreants pelted stones on the Shatabdi Express last evening, on which Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief was travelling and apprehended two suspects.The RPF and UP police, in a joint operation zeroed in two suspects, believed to be rag-pickers after scanning the CCTV footage and apprehended them.The stone-pelting incident happened on Thursday evening when Lucknow-New Delhi Swarn Shatabadi Express, wi…
Lucknow, June 10 (IANS) The 31-year-old Sunit Chowrasia of Kolkata fired a bogey-free eight-under 62 to surge into a two-shot lead after round two of the inaugural Rs 25 lakh DP World PGTI NexGen Vijay Kumar Memorial being played at Lucknow Golf Club in Lucknow on Wednesday.Chowrasia (70-62), the nephew of Indian golfing legend SSP Chawrasia, who had shot an opening round of 70, climbed from tied 13th to the top of the leaderboard at a total score of eight-under 132. The Kolkata golfer, currentl…
New Delhi, June 9 (IANS) India all-rounder Hardik Pandya has been ‘almost declared fit’ by the BCCI’s Centre of Excellence (CoE) to participate in the upcoming three-match ODI series against Afghanistan starting on Sunday in Dharamsala. Pandya was battling back spasms, which forced him to miss a few games for Mumbai Indians in IPL 2026. As a result, he was sent to the CoE in Bangalore for his fitness regime. He was named in the 15-member squad for the Afghanistan ODIs; however, his availab…
Lucknow, June 9 (IANS) An auto-rickshaw driver, accused of harassing and assaulting two young women who were travelling to appear for an examination in Uttar Pradesh’s Lucknow, was injured in a police encounter during the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday, officials said. According to police, the incident took place in Lucknow’s Para area on Monday when the two girls, who had arrived from Charbagh and were on their way to take an examination in Raebareli, allegedly became victims of th…