Defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru will host Gujarat Titans in their upcoming IPL 2026 clash at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium. The Rajat Patidar-led side has kicked off their season remarkably well, winning four out of their six matches so far in the competition. They have played a fearless brand of cricket with the bat and among bowlers, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Josh Hazlewood have done a remarkable job as RCB once again look the favourites to progress to the final.
In a big jolt to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday, its Rajya Sabha MPs including Raghav Chadha, Sandeep Pathak and Ashok Mittal quit the party. Addressing a joint press conference, Pathak said he was going to join the BJP. However, Chadha said that nearly two-thirds of AAP’s Rajya Sabha MPs have quit the party and will join the BJP as a faction. Chadha said several Rajya Sabha MPs including disgruntled party leader Swati Maliwal and Harbhajan Singh have also quit AAP. The three claimed that seven out of 10 Rajya Sabha MPs of AAP have quit the party.
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The government on Friday said the three-day talks with the US authorities on the first phase of the bilateral trade agreement (BTA) concluded on a constructive note, with both sides agreeing to stay engaged to sustain the momentum ahead. Both sides discussed several areas, such as market access, non-tariff measures, technical barriers to trade, customs and trade facilitation, investment promotion, economic security alignment and digital trade, the Commerce and Industry Ministry said in a statement.
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