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For decades, the real estate sector in India has been predominantly male-dominated, with men typically assuming the role of primary decision-makers in property transactions. Societal norms and cultural expectations often relegated women to secondary positions in matters related to home buying, reinforcing traditional gender roles and limiting their agency in real estate matters.

ALSO READ: IPL 2024: Big shock for CSK fans as MS Dhoni steps down from captaincy, Ruturaj Gaikwad is new skipper Taking to X, Chennai Super Kings wrote, “OFFICIAL STATEMENT: MS Dhoni hands over captaincy to Ruturaj Gaikwad." After the official announcement fans were disheartened and started to fill the social media with their reactions. One wrote, “First IPL Season to begin without these three Legendary Captain" While another wrote, “An end of the greatest era for the #CSK! Will miss #MSDhoni's captaincy.

List of Purple Cap winners yearwise 2008-2023: Purple Cap is awarded to the highest wicket-taker in the Indian Premier League (IPL), every season. Only a couple of bowlers have won it twice so far. Let’s take a look at who all have won it over the years.

Orange Cap list in IPL: In the Indian Premier League (IPL), Orange Cap is awarded to the highest run-scorer of a season. David Warner has won it thrice, and Chris Gayle twice. However, Virat Kohli’s record for scoring the highest number of runs in a season is yet to be broken.

IPL title. IPL 2024 may turn out to be significant as Dhoni is likely to retire after this season. Meanwhile, Bengaluru captain Faf du Plessis has said that he considers himself lucky to have spent some time with Dhoni over the last few years.

Tamil Nadu's main opposition party AIADMK on Wednesday finalised seat sharing arrangement for the Lok Sabha polls with allies DMDK, SDPI and Puthiya Tamizhagam. Announcing the electoral pacts here at the party headquarters, AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami said the DMDK would contest from Tiruvallur (SC), Central Chennai, Cuddalore, Thanjavur and Virudhunagar Lok Sabha constituencies. Puthiya Tamizhagam has (PT) been allocated Tenkasi constituency and SDPI the Dindigul segment, Palaniswami said. The poll pacts were signed with DMDK general secretary Premalatha Vijayakanth, PT chief K Krishansamy and SDPI's state unit chief Nellai Mubarak.

Edappadi K Palaniswami exuded confidence that the AIADMK-led alliance would sweep the polls. The party, which had faced the elections by itself in 2014, had won 37 of the 39 seats in the state, he recalled and said it was capable of repeating the performance. The opposition party named candidates for 16 seats, including North Chennai, South Chennai, Arakkonam, Kancheepuram and Villpuram, both reserved constituencies, among others.

Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant will be under scrutiny on their return to action as the Indian Premier League begins on Friday, with the T20 World Cup hot on its heels. The 17th edition of the world's richest cricket league is expected to end close to the June 1 start of the World Cup in the West Indies and United States. Organisers have released only the first two weeks of the IPL schedule so far because it clashes with India's six-week-long general election.

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) manifesto for Lok Sabha Elections 2024. Stalin also announced a list of candidates from the ruling party of Tamil Nadu for the elections beginning April 19. Stalin's sister and member of parliament (MP) Kanimozhi and other party leaders were also present at event in Chennai.

IPL titles with the Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings. He won Player of the Tournament in the first season with the Royals.

Tamilisai Soundararajan, the former Governor of Telangana, has made a significant return to active politics by rejoining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Tamil Nadu. Soundararajan's decision to join the BJP was announced at the party's headquarters 'Kamalalayam' in Chennai, where she was warmly received by Tamil Nadu BJP President K Annamalai. Soundararajan, who had previously contested in assembly and general elections, expressed her eagerness to once again participate in electoral politics. She emphasized her commitment to serving the public through direct and honest politics. «I am returning to direct and honest politics. Upon acceptance of my resignation letter by the President, I will inform the media about my future plans,» Soundararajan told reporters. Soundararajan's resignation as Telangana governor was accepted by President Droupadi Murmu, who has appointed C P Radhakrishnan, the Governor of Jharkhand, to discharge the duties of the Governor of Telangana and Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry in addition to his current responsibilities.

In major centres such as India's 'Silicon Valley' Bengaluru, home to firms like Google, water supply is already being curtailed. The 150 reservoirs monitored by the federal government -which supply water for drinking and irrigation and are the country's key source of hydro-electricity — were filled to just 40% of capacity last week, government data showed.

RCB Unbox event 2024 LIVE updates: Ahead of their IPL 2024 inaugural match against defending champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK), the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) is hosting a grand RCB Unbox event 2024 at their home- M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru. The event comes days after RCB (Women) clinched the Women's Premier Leauge (WPL) championship.Virat Kohli and Smriti Mandhana are expected to participate in the event, which will include performances from stars like Alan Walker, Raghu Dixit, and Neeti Mohan.RCB Unbox event 2024 LIVE: Finally, the streaming of the LIVE event began on the RCB's website and mobile applications, the users can log in to catch the event live.

Housing sales in India’s top six cities – Delhi NCR, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chennai, and Pune — have surged by 20% during the January-March period. The number of housing units sold has reached around 1,47,000 units, according to NoBroker.

Indian Premier League 2024, team Royal Challengers Bangalore will hold their yearly event RCB Unbox 2024 to reveal significant changes for the upcoming season. The grand event is set to be held at 4 pm on March 19, at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. There are expectations that RCB might adjust their name from Bangalore to Bengaluru, as was hinted at in a recent video featuring actress Rashmika Mandhana, Hindustan Times reported.

Star Sports has made a significant announcement by enlisting Navjot Singh Sidhu to resume his commentary career after a hiatus. «A wise man once said, „Hope is the biggest ‘tope’“ And this wise man, the great Navjot Singh Sidhu himself, has joined our Incredible StarCast!,» said Star Sports in a post on social media platform X.

Election Commission's released of data on the electoral bond scheme inroduced in 2018 turned quite a few heads, with multiple conglomerates donating incredible amounts of money to India's political parties. Right at the top of the list was Future Gaming Private Limited, a lottery company founded by one Santiago Martin, that donated ₹1,368 crore. Who is Martin, described as a smooth-talking 'lottery king'? Born in 1961, Martin spent some of his youth working in Myanmar as a daily wager, returning to India in the 1980s just as the craze for lottery tickets picked up. The future founder of Future Gaming settled in Coimbatore, working in a tea shop in Tatabad. Eventually, Martin would decide to set up shop selling lottery tickets.

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IPL 2024 opening ceremony: The world's biggest tournament is back with another season and like every year, IPL 2024 will kick-off with a star-studded opening ceremony. The defending champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) is all set to face Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the inaugural match of IPL 2024 at the M A Chidambaram International Cricket Stadium, Chennai on March 22. Ahead of the IPL 2024 opening ceremony, the fans are excited to know the stars who will perform at the event.