T20 WC: SA elect to bowl first against UAE

IANS | February 18, 2026 10:50 AM

New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) South Africa have brought in Jason Smith, Kwena Maphaka, Anrich Nortje and George Linde as captain Aiden Markram won the toss and elected to bowl against the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in their final Group D clash of the Men’s T20 World Cup at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Wednesday.

Swanand Kirkire says the shrinking shelf life of songs worries him

IANS | February 18, 2026 10:35 AM

Mumbai, Feb 18 (IANS) National Award-winning lyricist-singer Swanand Kirkire says what concerns him most about the current music landscape is the rapidly shrinking shelf life of songs, even as technological shifts and the rise of artificial intelligence begin to redefine the speed of production.

YouTube largely back online after facing global outage

IANS | February 18, 2026 10:19 AM

Mumbai, Feb 18 (IANS) Google-owned video platform YouTube said on Wednesday it restored large parts of its service after a global outage that left thousands of users reporting issues with the social media platform.