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cricket legends including Chris Gayle, Makhaya Ntini and Monty Panesar joined the inaugural season of International Masters League on Monday.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The BOE looks set to do something it hasn’t often done in the past: diverging from the Federal Reserve. The Bank of England is set to join a growing number of central banks that are pressing ahead with cuts to their key interest rates, even as the most important central bank goes on a pause of uncertain duration.

Suryakumar Yadav on Sunday congratulated Team India for their triumph at the Women's U19 World Cup 2025 and said that it was a «dominant» performance from the girls.

Gongadi Trisha, India's U19 Women's u19 World Cup star, created history with her all-round performance in the final of the tournament against South Africa on Sunday. The youngster guided India to a win with an unbeaten knock of 44 runs and picked up 3/15 with the ball.

elephant on Saturday in South Africa’s famous Kruger National Park, the South African national parks agency (SANParks) has confirmed.“Today a tragic accident occurred when a tourist was charged and trampled by an elephant near Crocodile River at Malelane Gate. This, regrettably, resulted in loss of life,” the organization shared in a statement Saturday, shortly after the incident occurred.A follow-up statement, shared Monday, identified the victim as 59-year-old South African Shaik Adam Shabir Ammed.“Initial eyewitness accounts indicate that the family parked close to the Malelane reception area and children ran past the bridge into the bush whereupon an individual elephant from a nearby herd charged them.

Anand Mahindra recently delighted his followers by sharing a humorous video on his X (formerly Twitter) handle. On Saturday, the billionaire posted a clip showcasing a unique and quirky concept—a Husband Day Care Centre. The video features a facility designed for married men seeking a lighthearted day out, complete with beer and rugby to keep them entertained.

Smriti Mandhana, wicketkeeper-batter Richa Ghosh and all-rounder Deepti Sharma were on Saturday named in the ICC Women's T20I Team of Year 2024 which was dominated by the Indians. Besides the three Indians, the ICC team has two South Africans, and one player each from Sri Lanka, England, West Indies, Australia, Ireland and Pakistan.

Second Lady Usha Vance has been in the spotlight after US President Donald Trump's inauguration. The inauguration of Vice President JD Vance on January 20, 2025, brought widespread attention to his wife, Usha Vance, the first Indian-American Second Lady of the United States.

India Vs England 1st T20I LIVE Score: Mohammed Shami will be the cynosure of all eyes when India take on England in the first of five T20Is against England at the iconic Eden Gardens on Wednesday. Having last played in national colours during the 2023 ODI World Cup final, Shami returns to the India fold after 14 months. With no Jasprit Bumrah, Shami will be spearheading a pace attack which also has Arshdeep Singh and Harshit Rana.

Jasprit Bumrah continued to remain the undisputed No. 1 Test bowler, while Ravindra Jadeja maintained his top spot in the all-rounders' category, in the latest ICC rankings released on Wednesday. Bumrah, who had made history ahead of the fifth and final Border-Gavaskar Test against Australia in January by recording the highest-ever ICC Rankings rating for an Indian bowler at 907 points, is currently on a career-best points tally of 908.

Interpol says a major operation targeting illegal gold mining in West Africa has resulted in 200 arrests and the seizure of harmful chemicals, explosives and drugs

Maha Kumbh Mela 2025, the world’s largest spiritual gathering, commenced with the sacred ‘Shahi Snan’ on the auspicious day of Paush Purnima. Devotees from across India and around the globe congregated at the holy Triveni Sangam in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, to perform the ritualistic holy dip. This iconic confluence of the Ganga, Yamuna, and the mythical Saraswati rivers holds immense significance in Hindu tradition, symbolizing spiritual purification and renewal.

Diamonds were never truly investments in the first place, and the very idea that they could be regarded as such is a carefully constructed marketing myth. The recent attention to the Diamond Standard Index’s lacklustre performance over 22 years might seem like news. However, it merely confirms what smart savers have known all along, that the diamond market is unlike any other investment market. The basic principle of any investment is not just its quoted price, but the realisability of this price, that is, what you can get when you want to sell it. With diamonds, this gap between theory and reality is rather wide, to put it mildly. This peculiar nature of diamonds isn’t accidental; it’s by design. The story goes back to 1870, when massive diamond discoveries in South Africa threatened to destroy the gem’s value forever. The solution? Create a monopoly—which became De Beers—to control supply and prices. The real masterstroke came in 1938, when Harry Oppenheimer, the founder’s son, launched one of history’s most successful marketing campaigns, transforming diamonds from mere precious stones to supposed symbols of eternal love and value.

Ira Jadhav became the first Indian to score a triple hundred in Under-19 cricket, when she made a 346 against Meghalaya in the U19 Women's One Day Trophy here on Sunday. Ira, a student of the Sharadashram Vidyamandir, the alma mater of Sachin Tendulkar, Vinod Kambli and Ajit Agarkar made her runs in 157 balls with 42 fours and 16 sixes. This is also the highest score in Youth List A matches by an Indian but the world record in the segment stands in the name of Lizelle Lee of South Africa, who made 427 in 2010 in a domestic match. Jadhav, who went unsold in the previous Women's Premier League auction, however has been named among the standbys for India's U19 T20 World Cup squad for the tournament to be held in Malaysia.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The much-awaited boom of consumer spending has not materialized, with demand in both rural and urban areas remaining subdued. Consumer-staple companies have collectively reported less than 5% growth in volumes.

Former US President Donald Trump's legal battles could soon affect his ability to travel internationally, as many countries have strict entry requirements that bar individuals with felony convictions. With Trump facing 34 felony charges related to his involvement in a hush money scheme during the 2016 election, his criminal record could complicate travel to several nations that enforce such policies. According to Newsweek, G7 countries like Canada, the United Kingdom, and Japan, along with others such as Israel and China, have policies preventing convicted felons from entering their borders. These restrictions could hinder Trump’s ability to travel abroad if his convictions stand, raising questions about how this might impact his international dealings, especially if he pursues a second term in office. These entry bans vary across countries. Some, like Canada and Japan, will deny entry to anyone with a felony conviction, while others, such as Brazil and Cambodia, may not check criminal records at the border but could deny entry if a conviction is discovered later.

That has officially given it the edge over Egypt, the previous tourism leader on the continent, and who also shattered its own arrival record, welcoming 15.7 million visitors in 2024. While no governing body tracks arrival numbers for every African nation, both UN Tourism and the World Travel & Tourism Council confirm that North African nations outpace sub-Saharan ones in terms of tourism volume. Morocco’s new tourism benchmark marks an astounding 20% jump from 2023 and more than a 33% increase over 2019 pre-pandemic levels when the Arabian destination received 13 million visitors. It has also put the Kingdom of Light two years ahead of its tourism projections.

data tariffs to attract investments from foreign companies that rely on affordable fast broadband connectivity for delivering essential services, said senior government officials. The Centre's aim is to leverage the country's much lower data rates compared with markets such as China, US, Russia, UK, Australia, and South Africa to entice foreign companies engaged in delivering services such as ride hailing, online food delivery, telemedicine, digital payments and online education, the officials told ET. The government also plans to highlight to potential investors India's rapid adoption of 5G services and the rising availability of affordable 5G phones in the world's second-largest mobile phone market.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: The Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP) plans to use India as a testbed for new decarbonisation technologies that would then be commercially operationalised in other developing countries.

Steve Bannon continues to stoke the internal MAGA conflict in the early parts of the year 2025 while focusing on two primary targets which are H1-B visas and House Speaker Mike Johnson, reported Daily Beast. On his podcast, Steve Bannon pretty recently launched scathing attacks against Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy who support H1-B visas for the foreign tech workers.