Rinku left for Delhi from Chennai at 5:00 AM: BCCI secy Saikia

IANS | February 27, 2026 10:47 AM

Chennai, Feb 27 (IANS) Secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Devajit Saikia expressed condolences to left-handed batter Rinku Singh and his family after the cricketer's father, Khanchand Singh, died following a prolonged battle with liver cancer.

Q3 GDP growth likely at 8.3 pc as GST cuts boost demand: Report

IANS | February 27, 2026 10:22 AM

New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) India’s gross domestic product growth for the third quarter of the current financial year (Q3 FY26) will likely remain elevated at 8.3 per cent, driven by demand fuelled by goods and services tax (GST) rate cut despite an unfavourable base effect, a report has said.

US Senators seek probe into Chinese surrogacy centres

IANS | February 27, 2026 10:17 AM

Washington, Feb 27 (IANS) Two senior Republican senators have urged the US Department of Justice to investigate what they described as foreign-operated surrogacy centres exploiting American citizenship laws, raising concerns that the practice poses a “serious national security risk”.