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Washington Sundar's masterclass with the ball during the second Test against New Zealand in Pune proved to be enough to rewrite records in the history books. On his return to Test cricket after more than three-and-a-half years ago, Sundar burst into the scene out of nowhere and left a lasting impression on the game. Despite the presence of mainstays Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja, Sundar found a way to make the headlines all about himself.

Test series win in India, were bowled out for 255 in the second innings. Captain Tom Latham led the attack on Day 2 with 86 runs off just 133 balls. On Day 3, however, New Zealand lost five wickets within one. The visitors managed to add 57 runs to the overnight score of 198/5. Glenn Phillips did bulk of the scoring an remained unbeaten on 48.

Nirmala Sitharaman highlighted India's significant progress in electrification, water accessibility, and economic empowerment during a fireside chat with John J Hamre, President and CEO of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), in Washington, DC Highlighting the progress made in rural electrification, Sitharaman highlighted that every village in India now has access to electricity. She noted that in 2014, many villages across India, including those near state capitals, lacked even basic infrastructure for electrification. She said «I don't think any village in India is unelectrified today. Households have received the connections. So, if I remember the situation in 2014, there were still many villages in many parts of India, some even very close to the state capital, provincial headquarters, without even a pole to receive the electric wires. Now, all that has been overcome. Houses have got their electricity.»

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman highlighted the contributions of the Global South to the foundations of multilateral development banks at the 1944 Bretton Woods conference and emphasized on embedding diverse voices in decision-making to ensure a truly inclusive and global development framework. She was speaking at the Development Committee Plenary session on 'A Future-Ready World Bank Group' at the World Bank during the Annual Meetings 2024 in Washington, DC. In her intervention at the session, Sitharaman urged the World Bank to promote a two-way exchange of innovations, drawing from the transformative experiences of the Global South in areas like digital inclusion and sustainable energy.

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New Zealand ended Day 2 of the second Test in Pune at 198/5 in their second innings, extending the lead to 301 runs. The Kiwis eye to make history by winning their first Test series in India. Captain Tom Latham led from the front with 86 runs, while wicket-keeper batter Tom Blundell remained unbeaten on 30 at stumps. Washington Sundar, who had picked seven wickets in the first innings, had four scalps in the second essay. Earlier in the day, New Zealand bowled out India for 156 runs in the first innings, taking a 103-run lead.

hypersonic weapons to sink ships in the Pacific, the U.S. Navy is moving forward with a plan to arm some of its vessels with Patriot interceptor missiles, two senior defence officials said. One industry official said putting the highly agile Patriot Advanced Capability-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (PAC-3 MSE) interceptors, used primarily in the U.S. by the Army, aboard Navy ships anticipates advances in Chinese missile technology, including the use of highly manoeuvrable hypersonic weapons. Integrating the Lockheed Martin-made missiles with ships' air defences comes amid simmering tension in the Indo-Pacific region as China rapidly modernizes its military, and in the wake of successful missile defense efforts in Ukraine and the Middle East.

The Biden administration is investigating the state of competition in air travel

Kamala Harris and former US President Donald Trump remain effectively tied with 12 days until Election Day, Politico reported. Notably, elections in the US are slated to be held on November 5. The poll shows Trump with 47 per cent to 45 per cent edge over Kamala Harris, an advantage that comes within the survey's margin of error of plus or minus 2.5 percentage points. In the paper's iteration of the poll conducted in August, Harris had a 2 point advantage, which was within the margin of error, according to Politico report.

The owner and manager of the cargo ship that caused the Baltimore bridge collapse have agreed to pay more than $100 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the Justice Department

The world economy, buffeted by conflict and growing geopolitical rivalries, is in danger of getting stuck in a slow-growth, high-debt rut, the head of the International Monetary Fund warned Thursday

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. WASHINGTON—As Donald Trump’s allies began staffing up the transition team that will lay the groundwork for his potential second term, they drew a line in the sand.

Speaking to her fellow finance ministers at the International Monetary Fund's annual meetings in Washington D.C, Reeves will stress that the upcoming Budget will be «built on the rock of economic stability», as she sets about making the case for Britain as «a strong and credible international partner».  Labour's first Budget since 2010 will «invest in the foundations of future growth», through borrowing to invest while maintaining fiscal prudence, according to the chancellor.  'It is not free money': Bond market warns Reeves to tread carefully with Budget borrowing plans To facilit...

India vs New Zealand Live Score, 2nd Test Day 1: After suffering a shocking a record shattering defeat at the hands of visitors in Bengaluru, Rohit Sharma led India would be hoping to make a comeback in a do or die encounter at the Maharashtra cricket association stadium in Pune today. With both Shubman Gill and Rishabh Pant fit for team India, captain Rohit Sharma will have a task at his hand.

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US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said there is evidence that North Korea has sent troops to Russia on Monday, and South Korea's spy chief told lawmakers that 3,000 North Korean troops are in the country receiving training on drones and other equipment before being deployed to battlefields in Ukraine. Austin told reporters Wednesday «What exactly they are doing? Left to be seen. These are things that we need to sort out,» according to a video posted by the Washington Post. If the troops join the war in Ukraine on Russia's side, it will be «a very, very serious issue,» Austin said, adding it would have an impact in Europe and in the Indo-Pacific region. South Korean intelligence first publicized reports that the Russian navy had taken 1,500 North Korean special warfare troops to Russia last week, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had earlier said his government had intelligence that 10,000 North Korea soldiers were being prepared to join the invading Russian forces.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. It is bad enough to contemplate a war in Asia. It is grimmer still to think through a nuclear one.

World Economic Outlook (WEO) and expected India to grow at 7 per cent in the current fiscal year ending March 31, 2025 and 6.5 per cent in the next fiscal year (FY2025-26). «In India, the outlook is for GDP growth to moderate from 8.2 per cent in 2023 to 7 per cent in 2024 and 6.5 per cent in 2025, because pent-up demand accumulated during the pandemic has been exhausted, as the economy reconnects with its potential,» the IMF said in the World Economic Outlook. Looking beyond the one-year outlook, the global economy faces a feeble period of medium-term growth, the IMF said as it called for a slate of reforms in its latest WEO during the annual meetings of the fund and the World Bank in Washington.

Donald Trump on Tuesday hurled a series of personal attacks at Vice President Kamala Harris, calling her «lazy» — a word long used to demean Black people in racist terms — and repeatedly questioning her intelligence and stamina. At an event in Miami aimed at courting Latino voters, he said Harris was «lazy as hell» for not holding a campaign event. Trump's comments ignored that Harris spent her day in meetings in Washington and recording interviews with Telemundo and NBC. He referred to the first woman of color to lead a major party ticket as «slow» and having a «low IQ.» Later in the day during a rally in Greensboro, North Carolina, he called Harris a «stupid person» and went on to ask: «Does she drink? Is she on drugs?»