- Wednesday, February 26, 2025
MOHAMMAD Rizwan and Abdullah Shafique clubbed centuries as Pakistan chased down the highest target in World Cup history to beat Sri Lanka by six wickets in Hyderabad on Tuesday (10). The diminutive Rizwan overcame leg cramps to score a 121-ball 131 not out while Shafique hit a 103-ball 113 as…
BOOKER Prize-winning Indian novelist Arundhati Roy could be prosecuted for a 2010 speech about Kashmir after a top official signed off on the move, local media reported Tuesday (10). Roy, 61, is one of India's most famous living authors, but her writing and activism, including her trenchant criticism of Prime…
THE Indian economy needs to grow at a yearly rate of eight per cent to go past China as the largest contributor to the global economy, Barclays Plc has said, according to a Bloomberg report. The south Asian nation, considered the world's fastest-growing economy, should focus on investment areas such…
ENFORCEMENT Directorate (ED), India's financial crime-fighting agency, on Tuesday (10) arrested four persons, including one Chinese national working for smartphone manufacturer Vivo in India in a case of alleged money-laundering, as per legal papers and lawyers working on the case. The arret added to the legal troubles that the Chinese…
ACE India opening batter Shubman Gill, who is still recovering from a bout of dengue fever, has been discharged from a hospital in the southern city of Chennai but he would still have to wait to make his World Cup debut. He is unlikely for his country's mega clash with…
DAWID Malan bludgeoned 140 before Reece Topley destroyed the Bangladesh top order on Tuesday as England bounced back from their mauling by New Zealand in their World Cup opener. In-form Malan belted five sixes in his career-best one-day international score and Topley took 4-43 as the defending champions won by…
WHILE Israel and Hamas, a Palestinian militant outfit, have locked horns over a deadly conflict, a former chief of the Jewish state's military intelligence told Indian channel NDTV on Tuesday (10) that Israel would welcome a "Modi miracle" when asked whether India could play a role in brokering peace between…
THE Indian media circle was abuzz on Tuesday (10) with the 'news' of Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen passing away at the age of 89. While reactions poured in thick and fast, his daughter Nandana Dev Sen said it was not true. "Baba (father) is totally fine," she declared on social…
FEARING for their life amid continuous bombardments by Israel, an Indian woman living in Gaza with her family on Tuesday (10) sought an immediate evacuation from the war-torn Hamas-ruled enclave. “We are facing a brutal war here and everything is being destroyed in bombarded in a matter of seconds. We…
OBSERVERS have expressed shock that weapons used by Palestinian militant group Hamas in its ongoing war with Israel and terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir against Indian forces are made in the US which is an ally to both Israel and India. Videos were seen circulating on social media showing Hamas…
