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Jassim Bin Hamad Al Thani has withdrawn a bid to buy Manchester United, the BBC reported on Saturday. United announced nearly a year ago that the board was exploring «strategic alternatives to enhance the club's growth», with a full sale one of the options. Sheikh Jassim and British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe were the front runners after several rounds of bidding earlier this year, but the process has stalled in recent months despite the anger of supporters towards current owners, the Glazer family. The Americans have owned the English giants since a leveraged takeover in 2005 for £790 million ($961 million) saddled the club with huge debts. Figures in March showed United's debts have grown to £970 million. However, the Glazers are believed to be holding out for a world record fee for a football club in excess of £6 billion. Sheikh Jassim's bid was for full control of United and promised to clear the club's debt. By contrast, Ratcliffe is reportedly willing to buy a smaller stake to break the impasse ownership of the 20-time English champions. The Red Devils fortunes on the field have also faded under the Glazer's tenure. United have not won the Premier League since former manager Alex Ferguson retired in 2013 and last won the Champions League in 2008. They currently sit 10th in the Premier League and have lost their first two Champions League group stage matches for the first time in the club's history.

India vs Pakistan, ICC World Cup 2023: India thrashed Pakistan by 7 wickets to register its 8th World Cup victory against the team in a historic rivalry that has been on since 1991. Team India skipper Rohit Sharma is looking splendiferous with his captaincy, his bat, and his biceps. The 2023 edition of the ICC World Cup has been breaking some huge records since its beginning and on Saturday another one was broken as the India vs Pakistan match drew a record number of viewers on streaming platform Disney+ Hotstar.

Residential price growth across the 107 world cities has slowed in Q2 2023, falling to 1.7% YoY from 11.7% YoY in Q2 2022, according to Knight Frank’s latest report ‘Global Residential Cities Index Q2 2023’. This is recorded to be lower than that experienced in the first wave of the pandemic, when growth reached a low of 2.9% in Q2 2019.

Quantum AMC has announced the launch of a new fund offer (NFO) – Quantum Small Cap Fun, which is an open-ended equity scheme predominantly investing in Small Cap Stocks. The scheme will open for subscription on Monday, October 16 and close on Friday, October 27, 2023. It will be co-managed by Chirag Mehta – Chief Investment Officer and Abhilasha Satale.  

Mohammad Uzair and Asif Syed Ali were a rare sight in Ahmedabad — two Pakistan fans in an Indian dominated crowd of around 120,000 witnessing the biggest show in cricket. The friends had travelled from their homes in Houston for Saturday’s World Cup clash, vowing to match their counterparts “chant for chant”. The two joined Mohammad Basheer, also from the United States, as part of the small number of Pakistan fans at the Narendra Modi Stadium, the biggest cricket stadium in the world. Visa delays have denied virtually all Pakistan fans — especially from across the border — the chance to travel to India despite having World Cup match tickets. “All’s well that ends well,” said US passport holder Uzair. “Finally, we are here but how? Don’t ask.

viewership of 3.5 crore during the ICC Cricket World Cup match between India and Pakistan. This is the highest peak concurrency number achieved across all formats of cricket, said the company. Asia Cup 2023 already garnered an overwhelming response from fans, with 2.8 crore viewers for the India vs Pakistan match and 2.1 crore viewers for India vs Sri Lanka. We would like to thank all the fans who tuned-in to watch the India-Pakistan match on Disney+ Hotstar, said Sajith Sivanandan, Head, Disney+ Hotstar India. He said, “Fans’ love for the game made it possible for Disney+ Hotstar to break all the previous records across all cricket formats and hit a peak concurrency number of 3.5 crore viewers.

Manipur is battling a spike in cases of dengue and Africa Swine Fever (AFS). Till Friday, five people in the northeastern state are suspected to have died due to dengue, as per the state health directorate's latest status report. The report pegged the number of dengue cases at 1,338, the highest figure that the state has recorded in recent times, while the morbidity rate was zero. In 2021, there were only 203 reported cases of dengue in the state while in 2022, it was 503. The State Malaria Officer of the National Vector-Borne Disease Control Programme, S Priyokumar, confirmed the official figures recorded from across the state since January, with Imphal West classified as the worst hit district with 898 cases, including 3 suspected deaths, and Tamenglong, with the two newly formed districts of Pherzawl and Jiribam yet to report any case. According to the status report, Imphal East reported 241, Thoubal 79, Tengnoupal 15, Chandel 4, Senapati 28, Kangpokpi 8, Noney 5, Kakching 13, Ukhrul and Kamjong 1 each. Manipur's Veterinary & Animal Husbandry department has confirmed the outbreak of Africa Swine Fever (AFS) in the state and declared the Pig Farm of the Central Agriculture University (CAU) at Eroisemba, Imphal West District as 'epicentre' of ASF. The department has notified Imphal West District as a controlled area with immediate effect to prevent, control and eradicate the disease.

Prime minister Narendra Modi on Saturday asserted that India will leave «no stone unturned» in its efforts to organise the 2036 Olympics as the government expressed a strong desire to host the biggest sporting event in the world. Modi declared open the 141st Session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), where India will present its roadmap for hosting the quadrennial extravaganza. The IOC session is being held in the country after a gap of 40 years. The last Olympic Session was held in India in 1983 in New Delhi. PM Modi also said that India wishes to host the 2029 Youth Olympics. «Indians are very excited about hosting the Olympics Games.

PMLA) court's order which granted custody of four arrested Vivo Group executives by the the Enforcement Directorate, the Delhi High Court (HC) dismissed a plea filed by one of the accused. Earlier this week, ED arrested four executives of Vivo including the petitioner, Guangwen Kuang alias Andrew over allegations of money laundering. The ED contested that those arrested helped in the incorporation of a mesh of 18-19 companies in India having Chinese nationals as their directors and that despite them operating in India, their data was not maintained in India, rather maintained in the servers in China.

Sunday marks six months since the largest lottery prize ever recorded in Atlantic Canada was announced — and despite a significant amount of time passing, the winning ticketholder is yet to come forward to claim their earnings.

Also Read: Global oil market sensitive to Israel-Hamas war; Russia ready to boost supplies to Saudi Arabia: Novak Brent futures settled up $4.89, or 5.7 per cent, at $90.89 per barrel. US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude gained $4.78, or 5.8 per cent, to $87.69 a barrel. Both benchmarks posted their highest daily percentage gains since April.

Dividend Stocks: Shares of several companies including Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), HCL Technologies, Glenmark Life Sciences, among several others will trade ex-dividend in the coming week, starting from Monday, October 16. The ex-dividend date is the day on which the equity share price adjusts to reflect the next dividend payout. It is the day the stock becomes ex-dividend, which means it does not carry the value of its next dividend payment from that day forward.

ALSO READ: LIVE India vs Pakistan Score Updates Following this, Pandya broke into an animated celebration and signed goodbye. This went viral on social media. Meanwhile, Indian bowlers packed up Pakistan's innings at 191 in just 42.5 overs, with Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Hardik Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav, and Ravindra Jadeja picking up two wickets each.

₹9,784 crore worth of Indian equities and offloaded a total of ₹5,867 crore as of October 13, taking into account debt, hybrid, debt-VRR, and equities, according to National Securities Depository Ltd (NSDL ) data. The ₹9,784 crore-figure also includes bulk deals and investment in primary market. According to NSDL data, FPIs sold equity for ₹13,652 crore through the stock exchanges till Friday.

cervical cancer cases diagnosed between 2012 and 2015 survived, scientists have found after analysing data from Population Based Cancer Registries (PBCRs) across India. Ahmedabad's urban PBCR had a higher survival rate of 61.5 per cent followed by Thiruvananthapuram (58.8 per cent) and Kollam (56.1 per cent). Tripura had the lowest survival rate of 31.6 per cent, the researchers said in their study published in the journal The Lancet Regional Health Southeast Asia. A total of 5591 cervical cancer cases from 11 PBCRs diagnosed between 2012 and 2015 were studied.

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Cherrapunji being one of the oldest. Distributed in India by Penguin Random House, the book has nine fact-packed chapters — Blue Planet, Aquatic Life, Humans, Recordology, Adventures, History, Science and Technology, Arts and Media, and Sports — and five special features: Hall of Fame, Young Achievers, Gaming, Explainers, and Bucket List. The 2024 edition is the final installment in the partnership with award-winning artist Rod Hunt. According to the publishers, completing the illustrated Guinness World Records universe, the cover artwork takes readers on a deep-sea odyssey to the bottom of the ocean.

Guinness World Records 2024 edition has just been released, featuring an impressive array of 2,638 record-breaking achievements from around the globe. Over 60 of these remarkable feats hail from India, showcasing the nation's prowess in various domains.

India and Pakistan will lock horns at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Saturday. The Men in Blue will be keen to extend their seven-match winning streak against Pakistan in ODI World Cup while the latter will be looking to end improve their record. «Pakistan is also is a good team.

Rubio now has to get used to that pesky thing Earthlings call gravity. «Walking hurts a little bit the first few days, the soles of your feet and lower back,» he said at a news conference Friday at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. «I think there is a certain level of pain that comes with the fact that your lower back now supports half your weight.» Rubio returned to Earth two weeks ago after spending 371 days in space, having taken off in September of last year aboard a Russian rocket for what was supposed to be a routine, six-month mission. The Soyuz spacecraft that was supposed to bring them back was docked at the International Space Station to be used as an emergency backup vehicle. But then it sprung a coolant leak in December, probably due to a micrometeoroid. So as a precaution, the Russian space agency, Roscosmos, returned the vessel to Earth.

Also Read: Delhi's overall air quality in 'moderate' category with AQI stands at 190 In Ayanagar, the air quality was deemed 'poor' with an AQI of 201, while the Mathura road area recorded an AQI of 179, which is in the 'moderate' category. The IIT Delhi area showed an AQI of 215. Dhirpur recorded an AQI of 329, indicating a 'very poor' air quality level.