- Wednesday, February 26, 2025
SHAHEEN Shah Afridi grabbed three wickets while openers Fakhar Zaman and Abdullah Shafique cracked half-centuries as Pakistan stormed to a seven-wicket victory over Bangladesh on Tuesday to stay afloat in the race for a World Cup semi-final place. Shaheen's 3-23 helped Pakistan dismiss Bangladesh for just 204 in 45.1 overs…
INDIANS can visit Thailand without carrying a visa starting November 10 till May 10 next year, Thai Tourism said, and stay in the Southeast Asian nation for upto 30 days. Thailand has waived visa requirements for citizens of India and Taiwan to boost its tourism industry. Last month, it did…
VALE4AFRICA on October 13 organised a charity-fundraising dinner at the Mercure hotel in Cardiff to raise funds for their work in Tororo in eastern Uganda. The occasion saw participation of more than 130 people and £2,622 being raised towards supporting the charity's goal. Professor Hasmukh Shah BEM, a trustee of…
THE ICC World Cup 2023 is approaching its business end and the contesting teams are in the middle of an intense competition to make the knockouts at the end of the sixth round. There are 10 teams in all and hosts India are placed at the top of the table…
INDIA's Narendra Modi government has ordered an investigation after opposition parliamentarians alleged of having received warnings of attempts being made by state-sponsored attackers to steal information from their iPhones. In a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday (31), the country's information technology (IT) minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said the government…
NEGATING the notion of "you do not switch (leadership) during war", several leading Israeli tech company leaders have called for prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's ouster as soon as possible "to cut down losses". Dan Adika, the CEO and co-founder of tech firm WalkMe, on Tuesday (31) joined Amnon Shashua, the…
INDIA'S financial capital Mumbai is in the middle of shedding history in the realm of its public transportation. A month after its iconic red double-decker buses went off the city's streets as their codal lives concluded, it was time for the legendary 'kaali-peeli' (yellow-black) Premier Padmini (Fiat) taxis to follow…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi Tuesday (31) said politics of appeasement is the biggest obstacle in the country's journey of development and cautioned against "a very large political class" which cannot see a way of doing positive politics and can even compromise with the country's unity for their selfish goals.…
DOMINIC Martin, the main suspect in the serial blasts at a prayer meeting in the southern Indian state of Kerala on Sunday (29), has claimed to have learned bomb-making from the internet. Three people, including two women and a 12-year-old girl, were killed in the explosions while 50 were injured.…
PAKISTAN'S chief of selectors Inzamam-ul-Haq resigned from his post on Monday (30) over allegations of a conflict of interest linked to the team's poor performance at the World Cup in India. Inzamam is reportedly accused of holding a position in a company that has contracted several Pakistan players for marketing…
