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The last tournament that Pakistan hosted was the Asia Cup in 2023, conducted in a ‘Hybrid Model’ with India playing their matches in Sri Lanka. File | Photo Credit: AFP The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has slotted its team’s marquee Champions Trophy match against arch-foes India in Lahore on March 1 next year but the…
The executive and governing boards of the Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF) — a high-level body conceived to give strategic direction to scientific research in India — has no representation from Indian industry, suggests a perusal of the list of members made public by the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) earlier this week. There…
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In this photo taken from video released by The Telegram Channel of the head of Dagestan Republic of Russia on June 24, 2024, a view of the damaged the Kele-Numaz synagogue in Derbent after a counter-terrorist operation in republic of Dagestan, Russia. | Photo Credit: AP Islamic authorities in Russia’s mostly-Muslim North Caucasus region of…
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Critics say it is a desperate attempt to control the narrative around the country’s economic collapse Several business owners in Mynamnar have been arrested for giving their employees a raise amidst the country’s soaring inflation. One of at least 10 arrested business owners is Pyae Phyo Zaw, whose three mobile phone shops were shut down by…
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Indian contingent seen boarding a chartered flight to New Delhi after India won the T20 World Cup 2024, in Barbados, on July 3, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI India men’s T20 World Cup-winning squad will have an extended celebrations in Delhi and Mumbai on July 4, upon its arrival from Barbados through a chartered flight….
“An investigation is currently underway to ascertain the type of explosives used.” A former Pakistan senator running in a by-election was killed on Wednesday along with four others in a targeted attack on their car near the border with Afghanistan. “It appears that a remote-controlled bomb targeted the car carrying the former senator,” a district…
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Suryakumar Yadav at the T20 World Cup 2024.© AFP Suryakumar Yadav‘s stunning catch at long-off to dismiss David Miller changed India’s fortunes, as they won the 2024 T20 World Cup Final against South Africa. The catch required him to show incredible fitness and game awareness, as he first kept the ball in play…
Money spinners: Sales tax collections from petro products, which constitute 7-8% of revenue, were projected to grow 3-4%. File photo. | Photo Credit: A.M.FARUQUI Revenues of India’s top 18 States are likely to grow by 8%-10% this fiscal year to about ₹38 lakh crore, accelerating from a 7.5% uptick in 2023-24, largely aided by a…
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Hundreds of devotees are sitting in a huge ground, some of them fanning themselves with handheld fans, with motorcycles too parked nearby, shows a drone video from Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras, capturing the packed crowd before the stampede that killed 121. The devotees had turned up for a satsang or prayer meet and to see Bhole…
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Renewable energy firm ACME Solar Holdings Ltd has filed preliminary papers with capital markets regulator Sebi to raise ₹3,000 crore through an initial public offering (IPO). The Gurugram-based company’s proposed IPO is a combination of fresh issue of shares worth ₹2,000 crore and an offer for sale (OFS) of shares valued ₹1,000 crore by ACME…
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