IPL 2025

 ‘Why didn’t you give strike to Dhoni?’: Rachin Ravindra seals CSK’s victory, but fans wanted ‘Thala’ finish

hennai Super Kings' batters MS Dhoni and Rachin Ravindra after CSK won the IPL 2025 cricket match over Mumbai Indians, at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, Sunday, March 23, 2025.

The MA Chidambaram Stadium erupted as the man in the iconic yellow jersey, with the number 7 on his back, walked out of the pavilion during Chennai Super Kings’ (CSK) opening match against Mumbai Indians (MI) after Ravindra Jadeja’s dismissal in the Indian Premier League (IPL).

Everyone expected the match to end in typical ‘thala’ fashion, for Dhoni to “finish it off in style”, however, that was not what happened and many of the CSK fans could not accept that.

 With just four runs needed off six balls, it was Rachin Ravindra who sealed the victory with a stunning six, however, fans were not entirely pleased.

 While it was a moment to cherish for young New Zealand batter he was at the receiving end of hate messages on social media.

 In the second last over, Dhoni defended two deliveries, leaving it to Ravindra, who finished the game with a six on the first ball of the final over.

 "Why didn’t you give Dhoni a strike?" many fans questioned on his recent post about joining the CSK camp.

 "Thala ko chakka kyun nahi maarne diya?  (Why didn’t you let Dhoni hit a six?)"  wrote another.

Following the match Rachin Ravindra opened up about experiencing the Dhoni fandom firsthand.

 "It's difficult to soak it in when you're in the moment because you're simply focused on winning the game for the team," Ravindra said after the match.

 "It's hard to ignore, though.  You hear Dhoni come out to the whistles and the noise.  It’s cool to share the crease with him for the first time.  He's a legend of the game, and people love him here, so it's special."

 "All the crowd would have been hoping that I gave him the strike and he finished it.  But it's just about getting the job done.  He has finished so many games for CSK, and I'm sure there's plenty more to come."

 Earlier in the day, the match between Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) saw SRH come out on top against a determined RR after posting 286 runs, the second-highest total in IPL history.  RR fought hard till the end but was only able to score 242 runs while chasing.

MS Dhoni says 'there is a line' between him and Virat Kohli, refuses to reveal text message: 'He was never happy...'

MS Dhoni (L) and Virat Kohli are friends but...

The incomparable MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli played together for 11 years, but despite evolving as friends, there is 'a line' that continues to exist between them.  Yes, Dhoni, the former captain of India, has discussed his relationship with Kohli, revealing the particulars of their bond. Kohli debuted in 2008 when Dhoni was already a big name – he had led India to a T20 World Cup and a CB Series win in Australia.  Dhoni guided Kohli every step of the way as the youngster transformed into the best batter in the world, despite being hailed as India's "greatest captain" at the time. The two never lost their sense of camaraderie, even when Dhoni played his final game for India under Kohli in 2019.

In 2022, Kohli put out a random post on X – a picture with Dhoni during the 2016 T20 World Cup semifinal against Australia – referring to him as 'always my captain'.  Even in the IPL last year, Kohli and Dhoni gave each other hugs during the season opener between Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bengaluru, which made for a touching image. But as much of a brotherhood there is, Dhoni says there's always been a junior-senior thing between the two.

"Between me and Virat, right from the start, he was someone who wanted to contribute.  He was never happy with a 40 or a 60; he wanted to score a 100 and be not out till the end.  So, that hunger was there right from the start.  His determination to succeed and the way he improved his batting are what kept him going. He became more fit and was always present on the field. So he was always like that.  He'd show up and ask, "What could I have done now?" I could have done this'", Dhoni said in his interview with JioHotstar.

"We had a lot of conversations, and that opened us up.  Again, I gave him an honest opinion.  Things like 'You could have done this, delayed it by an over'.  Or 'this was a risk that you had to take'.  Just putting in the point, and that's how the relationship grew.  It was more like a captain and a newcomer at that point in time, but once you keep interacting, you become friends.  But I still feel we have that line in the middle – about the senior and a junior – although still friends.  We have that companionship now that both of are not captains.  Which means that we can have more time between us before the toss."

MS Dhoni won't speak about his text message to Virat Kohli

For Kohli, the end of his captaincy tenure remains an ultra-sensitive topic.  After stepping down as India's T20I captain at the end of the 2021 T20 World Cup, Kohli was sacked from the post in ODIs, leading to a clash between him and the then-BCCI president Sourav Ganguly.  A couple of months later, Kohli resigned as India's Test captain.  As much as the decision was his, it's tough to believe that being removed as ODI captain played a role in it.

Kohli later mentioned that only one person reached out to him when he stepped down from the post, and it was Dhoni.  For someone who isn't a mobile buff, the fact that Dhoni texted Kohli following one of the most important decisions of his career is something Virat will always cherish.  Dhoni refused to comment on what the text was about, explaining the rationale behind it.

 "I'll talk about the relationship, not the message.  I like to keep it the way it is because what it does is it lets other cricketers come to me and ask if they have anything in their mind.  "Say anything to him, and it will not come out, and it will not reach a third person," So that trust is very important; especially for cricketers who you haven't played with," added Dhoni.

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 What do Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni talk about?

What do Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni talk about? 

heirs was one of the smoothest captaincy transitions in international cricket, and the reason could well be that former India World Cup winning captain MS Dhoni was impressed with how committed Virat Kohli was to winning.

Speaking exclusively on Jio Hotstar's MS Dhoni Experience, the CSK talisman explained how their equation grew over the years with winning for India being at the core of it.

Dhoni recalled his first impressions.  "Right from the start, Virat was someone who wanted to contribute.  He was never satisfied with scoring just 40 or 60 runs—he always aimed for a century and wanted to remain not out till the end.  That hunger for success was there from the beginning," he told the show

The turnaround seems to have come about after the Sri Lanka series.  "If you look back at the Sri Lanka series in which he was a part of the team, he came back and played even better. He stood out because of the way he worked on his batting, improved his fitness, and maintained his determination to perform and keep getting better. Dhoni added, "He was always eager to learn."

They started thinking about run chases, where Kohli is the reigning deity and Dhoni is the original master of planning run pursuits. "He would come and discuss situations, analyzing what he could have done differently.  For example, in a run chase, if he got out at a crucial moment, he would talk about whether he could have delayed taking a risk by an over or handled the situation differently.  We had many conversations, and that helped both of us.  It was always an honest exchange of ideas—whether a certain approach was right or if an adjustment could have been made," Dhoni said.

Though Dhoni is six years Kohli's senior, the two had become friends now, and not being captains afforded them peace and glee to talk.  "Initially, it was more of a relationship between a captain and a young player, but over time, as we kept interacting, we became friends.  Even today, we share that bond, though there’s always a line of respect between a senior and a junior.  We have more time to talk before games now that neither of us is captain. Earlier, before the toss, we had to prepare and go, but now we can just stand and have a chat," Dhoni said.

Watch: Hardik Pandya Hugs MS Dhoni And Refuses to Let Go During Practice Session

 Hardik Pandya and MS Dhoni greet each other at Chepauk. (Screengrab/MI)

In an exciting matchup tonight at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians will kick off their IPL 2025 season. Between them, CSK and MI have won 10 IPL titles and are two of the most successful teams of the competition’s history.

For this particular match, MI will be without their captain, Hardik Pandya, who is serving a one-match suspension for an over-rate offense from last season. Pandya though is training with his MI teammates.

A clip of Pandya greeting CSK legend MS Dhoni has been shared by MI on their social media handles.  The allrounder, who played key roles in India’s T20 World Cup win last year and the recent Champions Trophy, hugged the legendary captain and then refused to let go of him.

The duo chatted for a while during the training session.

The duo shares a warm relationship with Pandya along with his elder brother Krunal once paying Dhoni a surprise visit at his home to celebrate the two-time world cup winning captain’s 39th birthday in July 2020.

Suryakumar Yadav will lead MI in his absence.

In addition to Pandya, the star pacer Jasprit Bumrah is expected to miss the first few games as his recovery from a back injury continues.

Suryakumar acknowledges that while it’s a challenge to find apt replacements for big players, MI have the players who can step up.

 “…it is difficult to fill the shoes of such amazing players.  It is a part of the game, and the show must go on.  There are boys who can take up the responsibility and are very keen to take the field tomorrow (Sunday)… we have guys who can take up the responsibility,” Surya said during a media interaction on Saturday.

MI has defeated CSK 20 times in their 37 previous encounters while losing 17 games.

'He makes 99% of decisions' - MS Dhoni tells why CSK made Ruturaj Gaikwad their captain

'He makes 99% of decisions' - MS Dhoni tells why CSK made Ruturaj Gaikwad their captain

'He makes 99% of decisions' - MS Dhoni tells why CSK made Ruturaj Gaikwad their captain (Source: BCCI)

Chennai Super Kings started their campaign with a great win over Mumbai Indians, under the leadership of captainRuturaj Gaikwad.  CSK legend and former skipper MS Dhoni also explained the reason behind giving the young Maharashtra batter the captaincy ahead of the IPL 2024, and why the change had to be made going forward.

There has been a lot of debate on ’s captaincy after CSK failed to qualify for the playoffs in IPL 2024.  Even though leadership changed, some people still believed that Dhoni was in charge of all the decisions, while Ruturaj let the "Captain Cool" lead.

However, the former CSK skipper has revealed the reason behind passing on the reins to the 28-year-old top-order batter where he also talked about the plans for the longer period and how well he has done as a player and a skipper.

“You have to look at the long-term picture.  More often than not, the batsmen who are part of your core squad and do well for you are the ones you can rely on for a longer period.  With bowlers, especially fast bowlers, there is always a tendency for injuries.  Ruturaj has been part of us for quite some time.  He has done well for us.  His temperament is very good—he’s very calm, very composed.  He and Fleming get along very well.  So those were the reasons we considered him for leadership,” he said via JioHotstar.

I'll try to stay away as much as possible: Dhoni

The Ranchi-born also went on to mention how much his involvement in the game is, and the kind of role he plays in handling the team as well as the players within the Chennai squad.

“We were quite sure Ruturaj would be good for us.  After IPL last year, I almost immediately told him, ‘90% you will lead next season, so start preparing yourself mentally’.  Before the start of the tournament, I also told him, ‘If I give you advice, it doesn’t mean you have to follow it.  I will try to stay away as much as possible.’  During the season, a lot of people speculated that I was making the decisions in the background.  But the fact is, he was making 99% of the decisions.  The most important calls—bowling changes, field placements—were all his.  I was just helping him out.  He did a brilliant job of handling the players,”  concluded.

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Irfan Pathan Sacked From Commentary Role In IPL 2025?  Big claim made in report 

The 18th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) kicked off with Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) taking on defending champions, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at the Eden Gardens.  The BCCI organised an opening ceremony before the season opener.  The broadcasters are also making every effort to make the league memorable. The IPL 2025 season is being televised and streamed live in multiple languages.

A notable omission from the season's star-studded commentary panel is one of the game's legendary players. The list of season commentators does not include Irfan Pathan. For many years, the former India all-rounder has been a regular in the commentary box. He took up commentary even before his retirement from the game.  Irfan has carved out a niche for himself and is among one of the best commentators.

 The Times of India has published a report that makes a significant claim and explains why he was not included in the commentary panel. As per the report, Irfan has been dropped for having personal bias against certain players.  It also says that the broadcasters weren't happy that he talked about his resentments on air. His channel on YouTube is now live. “A few years ago, Pathan had an argument with a few players. Since then, he has not shied away from referring to them aggressively.  The possibility that additional junior players were caught in the crossfire was brought up. Even though he did not name them, he has been accused of taking potshots at them on social media," sources told TOI. Five years back, Sanjay Manjrekar was sacked from the commentary panel.  He returned to the league few years later.  In 2016, Harsha Bhogle was also dropped from the commentary panel.  The veteran commentator also made his return to the commentary box a year later.

 Related video: Champions Trophy squad meeting on 18-19 January, IPL dates confirmed: Rajeev Shukla (India Today)

IPL 2025 Points Table Update: Check the latest standings, NRR, and Playoff Race after SRH vs. RR and CSK vs. MI.

IPL 2025 Points Table:

Matchday 2 of the Indian Premier League 2025 saw a cracking double-header with the Sunrisers Hyderabad and Chennai Super Kings beating the Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians respectively to get their campaign underway with their first points on the board.

SRH on the back of Ishan Kishan’s sensational century and Travis Head’s quickfire fifty were able to register the second-highest innings total in IPL history.  Sanju Samson and Dhruv Jurel put up a strong fight, each scoring a half-century, but the Royals lost by 44 runs and saw a big drop in their net run rate as a result of the pressure on the scoreboard. 

Meanwhile, in the evening fixture, CSK were able to showcase their class as they were dominant against the MI who were without key stars like Hardik Pandya and Jasprit Bumrah.  Nonetheless, they were able to put up a good fight in the spin-friendly conditions at the Chepauk stadium.

 Spinners were as expected the highlight with Noor Ahmad setting the tone with a four-wicket haul.  However, it's interesting to note that MI's uncapped star Vignesh Puthur stole the show with three wickets in his IPL debut. Despite MI's poor batting performance, there are encouraging signs given the absence of big-name stars.

SRH take the top spot in the points table with their big win boosting their net run rate.  Rajasthan Royals respectively have taken a big hit but the good news is that considering how batters are dominating, RR will have a chance of turning the tides in the coming season.

 To begin their season on a winning note, SRH and CSK have joined the Royal Challengers Bengaluru. Meanwhile, the defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders along with RR and MI have picked up a defeat in their respective opening games for the season.

Tomorrow the Delhi Capitals and the Lucknow Super Giants will meet to get their season underway at the ACA International Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam at 7:30 PM (IST).  Rishabh Pant, who leads LSG, will play against the team where he started his IPL career, and Axar Patel will make his Capitals debut as captain.

Khakee: The Bengal Chapter Review: Not As Unique As It Claims

 Khakee: The Bengal Chapter Review: Not As Unique As It Claims

Khakee: The Bengal Chapter Review: It is led by a quartet of Bengali movie stars who give it their all.

No matter where in the world the action takes place, the building blocks, barring a little bit here or a little bit there, hover in the realms of the familiar and the predictable when police officers go after criminals in conjunction with the powerful. Khakee: The Bengal Chapter is no different, but the setting and the nature of the tropes have an impact on how the thriller series looks and feels.

Working within the narrative parameters laid down in Khakee: The Bihar Chapter, which premiered on Netflix in 2022, showrunner Neeraj Pandey tries to pull off (with varying degrees of success) a shift in style, sound and substance in the second outing.

Khakee: The Bengal Chapter has a lot going for it, whether it's well-mounted, well-lit, well-focused, or well-acted. It does what it sets out to - deliver a police drama that wends its way through the neighbourhoods and streets of Kolkata where, in the early noughties, politicians and underworld assassins make life difficult for an overstretched police force.

The seven-episode series only scratches the surface of the political and criminal landscape, settling for predictable twists and standard characters such as a never-say-die police officer, a sophisticated political wheeler-dealer, a ruthless mafia don, and two hitmen surrounded by a variety of cops, goons, and power brokers working in opposition. No matter how tangled things get, there is little in the show that catches us by surprise.

The precursor, which was adapted from the memoir of a Bihar police officer, used some dramatic license to piece together actual events. Khakee: The Bengal Chapter is a fictional story that takes place in recognizable locations and draws parallels to actual events. An IPS officer wages war on crime in turn-of-the-millennium Kolkata and burns in fingers in the process.

 The underbelly of a sprawling city, where law enforcement officers are caught in a climate of distrust, gives way to the mixed urban-rural setting of Khakee: The Bihar Chapter. The relocation does not, however, lead to anything that could be deemed strikingly fresh.

 Khakee: The Bengal Chapter, a Netflix series produced by Friday Storytellers, is in essence just another Mumbai underworld saga masquerading as a Kolkata thriller about people in power and the games that they play with their foot soldiers.

 Be that as it may, if you do not look for depth in this exploration of the admixture of crime, politics and deadly violence, you might be reasonably entertained.  The series plunges us into a politically volatile city overrun by kidnappers, murderers and smugglers of human organs and into the inner workings of a compromised police hierarchy.

 The cast of Khakee: The Bengal Chapter is led by a quartet of Bengali movie stars who give it their all.  The series presents a view of an underworld that stretches all the way from the top echelons of power to the dregs represented by a brutal don who runs his empire of crime with impunity.

Jeet, who has built his career around a long string of action films and is coming off Chengiz, a Neeraj Pandey-written period crime thriller, plays maverick IPS officer Arjun Maitra, who navigates a broken law enforcement system.

Prosenjit Chatterjee, a flagbearer of commercial Bengali cinema until he diversified into middle-of-the-road and non-mainstream films, dons the guise of a manipulative ruling party heavyweight Barun Roy, a man who wields enormous power.

The confrontations (often very gory) that erupt in the streets and bylanes of the city are not directly between Arjun and Barun but between the former and a dreaded don, Shankar Baruah alias Bagha, played by Saswata Chatterjee, and his lethal young lieutenants, Sagor Talukdar (Ritwik Bhowmik) and Ranjit Thakur (Aadil Zafar Khan).

The crime lord's blood-soaked domain has no place for mercy.  His ruthlessness is the benchmark that guides both Sagor and Ranjit.  The two young men, inseparable friends, are temperamentally poles apart.

Parambrata Chatterjee makes a special appearance as the fourth Bengali star, playing an upright police officer who follows the law rather than Arjun Maitra, who is sent by the government to start a city cleanup. It smacks of an eyewash.

This is a man's world that firebrand Opposition leader Nibedita Basak (Chitrangada Singh) tries very hard to gatecrash.  She does occasionally get a fiery word in edgewise, but she does not come into her own until the run-up to the final act.

A strand of the story is Nibedita's ferocious and concerted fight against her political opponents. This fight adds an intimate personal drama to a male-dominated plot in which the female characters are marginalized. The lawman-protagonist of Khakee: 

The Bihar Chapter had to grapple with issues of an emotional nature even as professional pressures mounted on him.  The cops and criminals in The Bengal Chapter also have their fair share of domestic problems, but not to the extent that they could overshadow the larger drama.

One police officer's wife is pregnant.  Another's worries over the dangers that he courts in the line of duty.  A young police officer on Arjun Maitra's team is Aratrika Bhowmick (Aakanksha Singh), whose voice in the soundtrack helps to piece together the story.

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 Suryakumar Yadav is named the new captain of the Mumbai Indians following Hardik Pandya's exclusion from the CSK match in the IPL 2025.

Suryakumar Yadav will captain Mumbai Indians in their IPL 2025 opener against CSK, with Hardik Pandya serving a one-match suspension for slow over-rate.

Suryakumar Yadav will lead Mumbai Indians in their first IPL 2025 match against Chennai Super Kings on March 23 (Sunday) at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. Hardik Pandya, MI's regular captain, will not play in the season opener because he was suspended for one game last year for multiple over-rate offenses. MI were deemed short of the required over rate in their last match in IPL 2024 against the Lucknow Super Giants at the Wankhede Stadium.  Captain Hardik was also slapped with a 30% fine on his match fee, as it was his third offence last year.

"Surya also leads India. During MI's pre-season press conference in Mumbai on Wednesday, Hardik stated, "He is the ideal choice in this format and an exciting one as well."

Hardik responded that he was not responsible for the one-game suspension. “That is out of my control.  What happened last year is part of the sport. We bowled the final over two and a half minutes late. I had no idea what would happen at the time. It was unfortunate, but the rules state that I must follow the procedure. The higher authorities will decide whether or not the penalty should be applied in the following season.

Suryakumar is the national T20 captain and recently led the side to a 4-1 triumph over England at home.  However, his batting form wasn't particularly impressive and he managed just 38 runs in the five outings during the series.

MI head coach Mahela Jayawardene said the BCCI has communicated the one-match ban on Pandya to the team owing to three slow over-rate violations by his team last season.

MI had finished at the bottom of the heap, managing just four wins against 10 losses in 2024, which was Pandya's debut year as captain.  He took over from Rohit Sharma, who led the side to five trophies but struggled at that stage.

Hardik stated that all they needed to do to turn things around was play good cricket. "It doesn't take much science. We just need to play good cricket with a big smile, stay close to each other, and support each other."

On March 29, Hardik will be available for the Mumbai Indians' second game against the Gujarat Titans. Jasprit Bumrah won't play in the IPL. Ace fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah's return date is not yet confirmed, revealed Jayawardene.  Bumrah, who missed the Champions Trophy after suffering a back injury during the last Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in January this year, is currently at the NCA.

 “Jasprit Bumrah is at the NCA.  We must wait to hear what they have to say about him. At the moment, it is going well; the progress is on a day-to-day basis,” said Jayawardene during MI’s pre-season press meet here on Wednesday.  He is in good spirits, and it is difficult to live without him. He is the best bowler in the world,” he added.

 Bumrah’s return is uncertain, but MI skipper Hardik Pandya said having an experienced campaigner like the 30-year-old in the dressing room will help him.

In the first week of April, Bumrah is expected to connect with Mumbai colleagues and may continue his rehabilitation with the team. “I am lucky that I have three captains playing with me — Rohit, Surya and Bumrah.  They always place an arm around my shoulder and are there when I need any help,” said Pandya.

elon musk

 Elon Musk (born June 28, 1971, Pretoria, South Africa) is a South African-born American entrepreneur who cofounded the electronic-payment firm PayPal and formed SpaceX, maker of launch vehicles and spacecraft.  He also served as Tesla's chief executive officer and was one of the company's initial significant investors. In addition, Musk acquired Twitter (later X) in 2022.  Musk leads the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in U.S.  Pres.  The second administration of Donald Trump. Musk is the world’s richest person, with a net worth of $393 billion, as of 2025.

Early years

Musk was born to a Canadian mother and a South African father. He displayed an early talent for computers and entrepreneurship.  He developed a video game and sold it to a computer magazine when he was 12 years old. In 1988, after obtaining a Canadian passport, Musk left South Africa because he was unwilling to support apartheid through compulsory military service and because he sought the greater economic opportunities available in the United States.

PayPal and SpaceX

Musk received his undergraduate degrees in physics and economics from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia in 1997 after transferring from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, in 1992. He applied to Stanford University in California to attend graduate school in physics, but he dropped out after just two days because he thought the Internet had more potential to change society than physics. He established Zip2, which provided online newspapers with business directories and maps, in 1995. In 1999 Zip2 was bought by the computer manufacturer Compaq for $307 million, and Musk then founded an online financial services company, X.com, which later became PayPal, which specialized in transferring money online.  PayPal was acquired by the online auction site eBay in 2002 for $1.5 billion.

Musk had long held the belief that humanity must evolve into a multiplanet species in order for life to continue. However, the high cost of rocket launchers dissatisfied him. To produce rockets at a lower cost, he established Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) in 2002. The Falcon 1 rocket, which was launched for the first time in 2006, and the larger Falcon 9 rocket, which was launched for the first time in 2010, were the company's first two rockets. Both of these rockets were made to be much less expensive than rival rockets. A third rocket, the Falcon Heavy (first launched in 2018), was designed to carry 117,000 pounds (53,000 kg) to orbit, nearly twice as much as its largest competitor, the Boeing Company’s Delta IV Heavy, for one-third the cost.  The Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy eventually dominated the launch vehicle market, and in 2024 more than half of the world’s orbital launches were done by SpaceX.

SpaceX has announced the successor to the Falcon 9 and the Falcon Heavy: the Super Heavy–Starship system.  The Super Heavy first stage would be capable of lifting 100,000 kg (220,000 pounds) to low Earth orbit.  The payload would be the Starship, a spacecraft designed for providing fast transportation between cities on Earth and building bases on the Moon and Mars.

The Dragon spacecraft, which carries supplies to the International Space Station (ISS), was also developed by SpaceX. Dragon can carry as many as seven astronauts, and it had a crewed flight carrying astronauts Doug Hurley and Robert Behnken to the ISS in 2020.  The first test flights of the Super Heavy–Starship system launched in 2020.  In addition to being CEO of SpaceX, Musk was also chief designer for the Dragon, Starship, and Falcon rockets. As part of NASA's Artemis space program,

 SpaceX is contracted to construct the lander for the astronauts returning to the Moon by 2026. The Starlink satellite network, which provides Internet service, was also developed by SpaceX. As of 2025 there are about 7,000 working Starlink satellites, accounting for more than half of all active satellites.  Starlink is a megaconstellation, or satellite Internet constellation, with more than three million subscribers as of 2024.

Tesla

Musk had been interested in the potential of electric cars for a long time, and in 2004, he became one of the major investors in Tesla Motors, which was later renamed Tesla. Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning, two businessmen, had started the electric car company. The Roadster, Tesla's first vehicle, was released in 2006; it could travel 394 kilometers (245 miles) on a single charge. It was a sports car that could go from 0 to 60 miles (97 kilometers) per hour in less than four seconds, in contrast to the majority of previous electric vehicles, which Musk thought were boring and uninteresting. In 2010 the company’s initial public offering raised about $226 million.  Two years later, Tesla introduced the Model S sedan, which was praised for its performance and design by automotive critics. With the introduction of its Model X luxury SUV in 2015, the business received additional praise. The Model 3, a less-expensive vehicle, went into production in 2017 and became the best-selling electric car of all time.

Tesla announced several models to be released early in the 2020s, including a semitrailer truck (the Tesla Semi) and a pickup truck, the Cybertruck.  Although the Cybertruck was slated for production in 2021, supply chain disruptions, design, and production issues pushed its rollout back two years.  By the time Tesla began making Cybertruck deliveries in late 2023, it boasted a reservation backlog of two million vehicles, despite the boxy angular design that excited controversy when it was first unveiled.

Dissatisfied with the projected cost ($68 billion) of a high-speed rail system in California, Musk in 2013 proposed an alternate faster system, the Hyperloop, a pneumatic tube in which a pod carrying 28 passengers would travel the 350 miles (560 km) between Los Angeles and San Francisco in 35 minutes at a top speed of 760 miles (1,220 km) per hour, nearly the speed of sound.  Musk claimed that the Hyperloop would only cost $6 billion and could accommodate the six million people who travel that route annually with pods departing on average every two minutes. However, he stated, between running SpaceX and Tesla, he could not devote time to the Hyperloop’s development.

X (previously Twitter)

X (formerlyMusk joined the social media service Twitter in 2009, and, as @elonmusk, he became one of the most popular accounts on the site, with more than 85 million followers as of 2022.  He tweeted in August 2018 about taking Tesla private for $420 per share, noting that he had "secured funding," and he expressed reservations about the company's public trading. (The value of $420 was seen as a joking reference to April 20, a day celebrated by devotees of cannabis.)  The following month the U.S.  Musk was sued for securities fraud by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), who claimed that the tweets were "false and misleading." Shortly thereafter Tesla’s board rejected the SEC’s proposed settlement, reportedly because Musk had threatened to resign.  However, a harsher deal was ultimately accepted after the news sent Tesla stock plunging. It stipulated that Musk would be removed from his position as chairman for a period of three years, though he would be permitted to continue as CEO; that Tesla lawyers would have to approve Musk's tweets in advance; and that both Tesla and Musk would be subject to fines of $20 million. Twitter)

Musk was critical of Twitter’s commitment to principles of free speech, in light of the company’s content-moderation policies.  Musk had purchased more than 9% of Twitter in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) at the beginning of April 2022. Shortly thereafter, Musk made the announcement that he would not be joining Twitter's board of directors. Instead, Musk offered $44 billion for the entire company at a value of $54.20 per share. Twitter’s board accepted the deal, which would make him sole owner of the company.  Musk stated that his plans for the company included “enhancing the product with new features, making the algorithms open source to increase trust, defeating the spam bots, and authenticating all humans.”  In July 2022 Musk announced that he was withdrawing his bid, stating that Twitter had not provided sufficient information about bot accounts and claiming that the company was in “material breach of multiple provisions” of the purchase agreement.  Bret Taylor, the chair of Twitter’s board of directors, responded by saying that the company was “committed to closing the transaction on the price and terms agreed upon with Mr.  Musk.”  Twitter sued Musk to force him to buy the company.  In September 2022 Twitter’s shareholders voted to accept Musk’s offer.  Facing a legal battle, Musk ultimately proceeded with the deal, and it was completed in October.

Musk was critical of Twitter’s commitment to principles of free speech, in light of the company’s content-moderation policies.  Musk had purchased more than 9% of Twitter in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) at the beginning of April 2022. Shortly thereafter, Musk made the announcement that he would not be joining Twitter's board of directors. Instead, Musk offered $44 billion for the entire company at a value of $54.20 per share. Twitter’s board accepted the deal, which would make him sole owner of the company.  Musk stated that his plans for the company included “enhancing the product with new features, making the algorithms open source to increase trust, defeating the spam bots, and authenticating all humans.”  In July 2022 Musk announced that he was withdrawing his bid, stating that Twitter had not provided sufficient information about bot accounts and claiming that the company was in “material breach of multiple provisions” of the purchase agreement.  Bret Taylor, the chair of Twitter’s board of directors, responded by saying that the company was “committed to closing the transaction on the price and terms agreed upon with Mr.  Musk.”  Twitter sued Musk to force him to buy the company.  In September 2022 Twitter’s shareholders voted to accept Musk’s offer.  Facing a legal battle, Musk ultimately proceeded with the deal, and it was completed in October.

Among Musk’s first acts as Twitter’s owner were to lay off about half the company and to allow users to purchase for $8 a month the blue check-mark verification, which had previously been bestowed by Twitter upon notable figures.  In addition, he dissolved the content-moderation body on Twitter and reinstated a number of banned accounts, most notably the account of former US President Donald Trump, which had been suspended following the U.S. Capitol attack on January 6, 2021.  As more businesses removed their advertisements from the platform, advertising revenue decreased significantly. In July 2023, Musk changed the company's name from Twitter to X. (With the change, tweets became posts.)

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Motorola Edge 60 Fusion India launch date, price and specs leaked 

Motorola is said to launch Moto Edge 60 Fusion on April 2 and the device is expected to be priced under Rs 25,000.  Here are the details.

In Brief

Motorola is said to launch Moto Edge 60 Fusion on April 2

 Ahead of the launch event, the specs and sale date have leaked online

 It is anticipated that the upcoming Moto Edge 60 Fusion will cost less than Rs. 25,000.

The Moto Edge 60 Fusion, a new smartphone from Motorola, will join the company's popular mid-range Moto Edge series, which is quite popular in India. It will be a successor to the Moto Edge 50 Fusion device, which was launched back in May 2024.  As a result, it was time for a new upgrade. The good news is that the new Motorola phone's specifications have also been leaked online, despite the fact that the release date is said to be April 2. The anticipated Moto Edge 60 Fusion price in India has also been mentioned. Here are the details.

Moto Edge 60 Fusion: Leaked launch date

Tipster Abhishek Yadav has claimed that the upcoming Moto Edge 60 Fusion will launch in India on April 2, with the first sale scheduled to take place on April 9.  Motorola has only teased the arrival of a new Edge unit and hasn't said when the next Edge Fusion phone will be released. Despite the fact that the tipper has a good track record of providing accurate information prior to official launch events, people are advised to take the information with a grain of salt.

Price of the Moto Edge 60 Fusion in India (expected)

The Moto Edge 60 Fusion is anticipated to be priced below Rs 25,000, following in the footsteps of its predecessor, despite the fact that Motorola has not officially announced the pricing of the device. To recall, the Moto Edge 50 Fusion was launched at Rs 22,999.  According to leaked renders, the phone is expected to be available in blue, pink, and purple colors.

Moto Edge 60 Fusion: Full list of leaked specs

A 6.7-inch quad-curved AMOLED display with a 120Hz refresh rate is said to be included in the upcoming Motorola Moto Edge 60 device. Under the hood could be a MediaTek Dimensity 7400 chipset, built on TSMC’s advanced 4nm technology.  There are four Cortex A55 cores (clocked at 2.0 GHz) and four Cortex A78 cores (clocked at 2.60 GHz) on this chip.

When it comes to photography, the Motorola Edge 60 Fusion is tipped to feature a 50-megapixel Sony LYT 700 primary camera and a 13-megapixel secondary sensor.  Leaked images of the device suggest that there might be a third camera, though the exact specifications are still unclear.  The phone is expected to have a 32-megapixel front-facing camera for taking selfies.

The Edge 60 Fusion may come with the MLT 810 STD military-grade certification, which will make it resistant to shocks and harsh conditions in terms of durability. It will also have an IP69 rating for solid resistance against both water and dust.

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 NVIDIA Announces DGX Spark and DGX Station Personal AI Computers

Powered by NVIDIA Grace Blackwell, Desktop Supercomputers Place Accelerated AI in the Hands of Developers, Researchers and Data Scientists; Systems Coming From Leading Computer Makers Including ASUS, Dell Technologies, HP and Lenovo

GTC—The NVIDIA Grace Blackwell platform-based NVIDIA DGXTM personal AI supercomputers were unveiled today by NVIDIA.

DGX Spark — formerly Project DIGITS — and DGX Station™, a new high-performance NVIDIA Grace Blackwell desktop supercomputer powered by the NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra platform, enable AI developers, researchers, data scientists and students to prototype, fine-tune and inference large models on desktops.  Users can run these models locally or deploy them on NVIDIA DGX Cloud or any other accelerated cloud or data center infrastructure.

The Grace Blackwell architecture's power, which was previously only available in the data center, is now available on the desktop with DGX Station and Spark. Global system builders to develop DGX Spark and DGX Station include ASUS, Dell, HP Inc. and Lenovo.

“AI has transformed every layer of the computing stack.  It stands to reason a new class of computers would emerge — designed for AI-native developers and to run AI-native applications,” said Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA.  "AI can span from desktop and edge applications to cloud services with these new DGX personal AI computers."

Developing New Ideas Using DGX Spark

DGX Spark is the world’s smallest AI supercomputer, empowering millions of researchers, data scientists, robotics developers and students to push the boundaries of generative and physical AI with massive performance and capabilities.

At the heart of DGX Spark is the NVIDIA GB10 Grace Blackwell Superchip, optimized for a desktop form factor.  GB10 features a powerful NVIDIA Blackwell GPU with fifth-generation Tensor Cores and FP4 support, delivering up to 1,000 trillion operations per second of AI compute for fine-tuning and inference with the latest AI reasoning models, including the NVIDIA Cosmos Reason world foundation model and NVIDIA GR00T N1 robot foundation model.

The GB10 Superchip uses NVIDIA NVLink™-C2C interconnect technology to deliver a CPU+GPU-coherent memory model with 5x the bandwidth of fifth-generation PCIe.  This lets the superchip access data between a GPU and CPU to optimize performance for memory-intensive AI developer workloads.

NVIDIA’s full-stack AI platform enables DGX Spark users to seamlessly move their models from their desktops to DGX Cloud or any accelerated cloud or data center infrastructure — with virtually no code changes — making it easier than ever to prototype, fine-tune and iterate on their workflows.

Full Speed Ahead With DGX Station

NVIDIA DGX Station brings data-center-level performance to desktops for AI development.  The NVIDIA DGX Station is the first desktop system to use the NVIDIA GB300 Grace Blackwell Ultra Desktop Superchip. It has a massive 784GB of coherent memory space to speed up large-scale training and inferencing tasks. Best-in-class system communication and performance are provided by the GB300 Desktop Superchip's NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra GPU, which is connected via NVLink-C2C to a high-performance NVIDIA GraceTM CPU and features Tensor Cores of the most recent generation and FP4 precision.

DGX Station also features the NVIDIA ConnectX®-8 SuperNIC, optimized to supercharge hyperscale AI computing workloads.  The ConnectX-8 SuperNIC enables high-speed connectivity of multiple DGX Stations for even larger workloads and network-accelerated data transfers for AI workloads thanks to its support for networking at up to 800Gb/s.

Combining these state-of-the-art DGX Station capabilities with the NVIDIA CUDA-X™ AI platform, teams can achieve exceptional desktop AI development performance.

In addition, users gain access to NVIDIA NIM™ microservices with the NVIDIA AI Enterprise software platform, which offers highly optimized, easy-to-deploy inference microservices backed by enterprise support.

Availability

Reservations for DGX Spark systems open today.

DGX Station is expected to be available from manufacturing partners like ASUS, BOXX, Dell, HP, Lambda and Supermicro later this year.

Watch the NVIDIA GTC keynote to learn more, and you can register for sessions at the show, which runs through March 21, with NVIDIA and industry leaders.

About NVIDIA

NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) is the world leader in accelerated computing.

By putting the NVIDIA Grace Blackwell Superchip on every desk and at the fingertips of every AI developer, NVIDIA empowering millions of people to shape the future of AI; and with new DGX AI supercomputers, software providers, government agencies, startups, and researchers being able to prototype, fine-tune, and run large AI models — transforming the way they work and create — these statements constitute forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause results to be materially different from expectations Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include: global economic conditions; our reliance on third parties to manufacture, assemble, package and test our products; the impact of technological development and competition; development of new products and technologies or enhancements to our existing product and technologies; market acceptance of our products or our partners' products; design, manufacturing or software defects; changes in consumer preferences or demands; changes in industry standards and interfaces; unexpected loss of performance of our products or technologies when integrated into systems; as well as other factors detailed from time to time in the most recent reports NVIDIA files with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, including, but not limited to, its annual report on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q.  Copies of reports filed with the SEC are posted on the company's website and are available from NVIDIA without charge.  NVIDIA disclaims any obligation to update these forward-looking statements to reflect future events or circumstances, except as required by law. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof and are not guarantees of future performance.

© 2025 NVIDIA Corporation.  All permissions reserved. NVIDIA, the NVIDIA logo, Connect-X, CUDA-X, DGX, DGX Station, NVIDIA Grace, NVIDIA NIM and NVLink are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of NVIDIA Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries.  Other names of businesses and products might be trademarks of the businesses with which they are associated. Features, pricing, availability, and specifications are subject to change without notice.

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 ICAI CA Foundation, Inter Results January 2025: When and where to check scorecards at icai.org

ICAI CA Foundation, Inter Result January 2025 Date, Time, Direct Link: Students who appeared for the ICAI CA Foundation and Intermediate exam in January 2025 will be able to check their results at icai.org and icai.nic.in.

The results of the Chartered Accountants Intermediate and Foundation Examinations held in January 2025 are likely to be declared on Tuesday, the March 4, 2025 and the same can be accessed by candidates on the website – icai.nic.in”, a statement on the icai.org website said.

The number of candidates who appeared in the ICAI CA Foundation exam is 1,20,609.

When is ICAI CA Foundation, Inter result?

On March 4, the inter and foundation ICAI CA January 2025 results will be released. The time at which the ICAI will declare the result is not announced yet.

ICAI CA Foundation, Inter Result 2025: When and how to check?

 Step 1: Visit the official website of ICAI CA exam results — icai.org.

 Step 2: Click on the CA Foundation result 2025 or CA Inter result 2025 download link.

 Step 3: On the next window, insert their registration number and roll number

 Step 4: Submit the ICAI CA January result and download it

In addition to the ICAI CA inter and foundation results, the Information Systems Audit [ISA] Assessment Test results from January 2025 will be released by ICAI. To access the result, candidates will be required to use their roll number and personal identification number (PIN).

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We asked for your views on Aston Villa's performance against Cardiff City, as Unai Emery's side sealed their spot in the FA Cup quarterfinals.

Aston Villa 2-0 Cardiff City - the fans' verdict

Rob: A solid and professional performance.  There were some hints of fantastic play - Asensio's ball control is just sublime - but, while a strong team was played, we were clearly keeping some energy

 back for the Brugge game.  Cardiff's Ethan Horvath had a fantastic night in goal and deservedly won man of the match.  Overall I'm pleased with the result and where we are in the season, especially when I think where Villa were before Emery came in.  Every season is a building block - and there will be peaks and troughs.

Nick: A solid performance.  I'm glad we went strong, as this competition at least provides the opportunity to go to Wembley.  It would be good to give it a real go this season because many of the big clubs are out.

Richard: Glad to get the win and not concede, but we were often too slow in possession when attacking.  Asensio and Rashford seem to be a good partnership.  It's also great that all of the new signings have slotted seamlessly into Emery's style of play.  Hopefully the players aren't too tired for Tuesday's game.

Lee: We did the job eventually.  Rashford just needs a goal now, it will do his confidence the world of good.  You can't fault his assists though, spot on.

Prit: I'm really happy with the win and it is great to see the Rashford-Asensio axis getting stronger each match.  I thought Cardiff's goalkeeper had a great game and I couldn't believe he has only just got into the team.  I'm still concerned about our defence.  We need Torres and Mings back but, above all, we need a fit Kamara anchoring.

Ian: A good all-round showing.  Marco Asensio showing Ollie Watkins how to score goals is a concern.  It was nice to get a clean sheet.  Let's hope this sparks an improvement in form and results.