- Sunday, March 09, 2025
In barely 20 years, Twenty20 cricket has gone from being a light-hearted sideshow to a money-spinning, central plank of the sport's global calendar. With the eighth T20 World Cup starting in Australia on Sunday, AFP Sport looks at the rise and rise of the game's big-hitting, crowd-pleasing format. - The…
After the men, it is the women. The Sri Lanka women's cricket team made their country proud like their male counterparts by reaching the final of the ongoing Asia Cup tournament by defeating Pakistan by just one run in the second semi-final at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium in Bangladesh…
Indian commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday (13) said that the country will be able to save Rs 10 lakh crore (£107.5 billion) a year if it can bring down the logistics cost by four to five per cent through PM Gati Shakti - National Master Plan for…
Applauding India’s digitisation efforts, the chief economist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said the move was a game changer as it had allowed the Indian government to do things that would have been extremely difficult otherwise. "Digitisation is helping along a number of dimensions. One is financial inclusion, obviously…
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell warned Moscow on Thursday (13) that its forces would be "annihilated" by the West's military response if president Vladimir Putin uses nuclear weapons against Ukraine. "Putin is saying he is not bluffing. Well, he cannot afford bluffing, and it has to be clear that…
While recent remarks made by British home secretary Suella Braveman criticising Indian migrants are believed to have put the fast-moving hopes of a trade deal between the UK and India in jeopardy, it seems the British government has taken a go-slow policy on the same. According to a report by…
Women's Indian Premier League (WIPL) is set to kick off as a five-team tournament next year immediately after the conclusion of the ICC Women's T20 World Cup on February 26. As per ESPNCricinfo, the Board of Control for Cricket in India's (BCCI) proposal plan consists of 22 matches and each…
Here are news in brief related to Indian economy and business for Thursday, October 13, 2022: Faced with twin challenges of slowing growth rate and high inflation, Indian finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that her budget for the next financial year will be ‘very carefully structured’ to help the…
Strongly condemning the alleged human sacrifice incident reported in the state, the ruling Communist Party of India (Marxist) in the southern Indian state of Kerala has stressed the need for a new legislation to curb such superstitious practices and urged strict implementation of the existing laws in this regard. Such…
Cricket's Twenty20 World Cup begins on Sunday in Australia with the game's biggest names primed to set the showpiece alight between then and the November 13 final. AFP Sport looks at five players to watch at the World Cup: - David Warner (Australia) - Big-hitting batsman Warner will be key…
