Month: January 2025

Viral Video: 41 Days From Champions Trophy, State Of Pakistan Stadiums Amid Row

January 9, 2025 admin

Amidst fears that the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 may not be properly hosted by host nation Pakistan due to the existing state of underdeveloped stadiums, Pakistan-based journalist Farid Khan has shared a video showing the work in progress at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. Earlier, a report had emerged stating that stadiums in…

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Sunil Joshi Wants India’s Test Batters To Play More Domestic Matches

January 9, 2025 admin

Sunil Joshi, the former India spinner who was chief selector during the 2-1 Test series win in Australia in 2020/21, believes the current Test team batters should play more domestic cricket matches, claiming that it would aid them in getting their run-making groove. India recently suffered a 3-1 Test series loss in Australia,…

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Gaza’s Health Ministry says the Palestinian death toll from war surpassed 46,000

January 9, 2025 admin

A body is carried to the area outside the hospital after an Israeli army strike in the Muwasi area of Khan Younis in the central Gaza Strip on January 2, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP More than 46,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war, Gaza’s Health Ministry said Thursday (January 9, 2025), as…

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Kate Middleton Turns 43, Husband Prince William Pays Tribute

January 9, 2025 admin

London: Catherine, Princess of Wales, turned 43 on Thursday, with her husband Prince William praising her “strength” fighting cancer during the past year. Kate, as she is widely known, revealed last March that she had been diagnosed with an unspecified cancer and was undergoing chemotherapy. The announcement came weeks after her father-in-law, Britain’s head of…

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India’s Squad For Champions Trophy: Rishabh Pant Dropped From 15-Member Side By Ex-Stars

January 9, 2025 admin

File image of KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant.© AFP While most of India’s ICC Champions Trophy 2025 squad will be easy picks, some crucial areas continue to divide opinion among former cricketers, experts and fans. One of the contentious positions is the role of the wicket-keeper batter in Team India’s setup, with three…

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New study of supernovae calls dark energy’s existence into question

January 9, 2025 admin

The Crab Nebula, the result of a bright supernova explosion seen by Chinese and other astronomers in the year 1054, 6,500 light-years from Earth, is seen in an image taken by the James Webb Telescope on June 3, 2024. At its center is a neutron star, a super-dense star produced by the supernova. This image…

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Sensex, Nifty tumble nearly 1% on unabated foreign fund outflows; TCS earnings in focus

January 9, 2025 admin

Photo used for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: Reuters Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty tumbled nearly 1 per cent on Thursday (January 9, 2025) due to heavy selling in market heavyweights HDFC Bank, TCS and Reliance as investors turned nervous over earnings growth concerns amid unabated foreign capital outflows. Besides, abysmally low Chinese…

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Iranian Woman Removes Cleric’s Turban, Wears It As Hijab In Bold Protest

January 9, 2025 admin

A video from Iran showing a woman confronting a cleric at an airport in Mehrabad is going viral on social media. In the clip, shared on X by user Navid Mohebbi, the woman, seen without a hijab, angrily removes the cleric’s turban and places it on her head like a scarf during the altercation. “So…

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Rupee recovers from record low to settle 4 paise higher at 85.87 against U.S. dollar

January 9, 2025 admin

Photo used for illustration purpose only | Photo Credit: Reuters The rupee recovered slightly from its record low and settled with a gain of 4 paise at 85.87 (provisional) against the U.S. dollar on Thursday (January 9, 2025) amid firm American currency and elevated level of crude oil prices. According to forex analysts, relentless selling…

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In rare interview, Joe Biden says he could have defeated Donald Trump

January 9, 2025 admin

U.S. President Joe Biden gestures before boarding Air Force One, in Los Angeles, California | Photo Credit: Reuters Joe Biden thinks he could have won reelection if he had stayed in the White House race, he said in an interview published Wednesday (January 8, 2025) — while conceding he was unsure if he would have…

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