- Wednesday, February 26, 2025
AFGHANISTAN swept past the Netherlands by seven wickets on Friday to boost their chances of reaching the World Cup semi-finals. Chasing 180 to win, Afghanistan reached their target with 111 balls to spare to clinch a fourth win at the tournament to add to victories over defending champions England, Sri…
IN a development that is likely to worsen an already tense relationship, security forces in Pakistan have begun detaining and deporting several thousands of undocumented foreigners after a deadline for unregistered Afghan refugees in the country to leave passed on Thursday (1). More than 1.7 million Afghan nationals in Pakistan…
THE Australia India Business Council and consulate general of India recently hosted in Sydney in New South Wales a high-level business delegation from the western Indian state of Gujarat. The team was led by Dr Anju Sharma, chief additional secretary of the government of Gujarat in the run-up to the…
SUSHEELA Jayapal, the sister of Indian-American Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, has launched her congressional bid from the US state of Oregon. A former county commissioner in Oregon, Susheela announced her candidacy on Wednesday, aiming to succeed longtime Democratic Party Representative Earl Blumenauer, Oregonlive news portal. "We need a progressive champion in…
SAUDI Arabia is keen on buying a multibillion-dollar stake in the Indian Premier League (IPL), the world's richest cricket league, Bloomberg News reported on Friday (3), citing informed sources. According to the report, Saudi crown prince and prime minister Mohammed bin Salman's advisers have taken up the matter with the…
INDIA'S sensational performance in World Cup 2023 has left cricket pundits across the world at loss of words and it was no exception on Thursday (2) when they hammered a listless Sri Lanka by 302 runs at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai to book a berth in the semi-finals. The…
COME winter and a vast part of India's north comes under a thick blanket of pollution that raises a serious alert over public health. This year it has been no exception and government agencies have warned that pollution levels could become worse over the next few days despite efforts to…
THE London Assembly on Thursday (2) passed a motion calling on the Metropolitan Police Service with the local Hindu communities to encourage confidence in reporting hate crime against Hindus. The move came as the assembly expressed concern that such crime was not being effectively recorded by police services. It also…
IT is often said that in the current Indian politics, prime minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are unstoppable as the opposition have been effective in projecting a counter narrative. Modi, who will complete a decade in office next year, is now eyeing his third…
NETHERLANDS all-rounder Colin Ackermann on Thursday (2) played down the threat posed by Afghanistan's spin kings as both sides push for a World Cup semi-final place. The Dutch have shocked mighty South Africa and Bangladesh at the tournament while losing four times. Afghanistan have three wins after seeing off defending…
