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World Cup. When NZ's Daryl Mitchell finished with a heroic 134 to take his team from utter defeat to noble defeat, Indian spectators stood up to applaud him at the Wankhede. It was heartening to see this, in what was otherwise a very war-like atmosphere, with stadium DJs exhorting the crowd to sing 1930s freedom songs, bafflingly, against the nice nation of New Zealand. If it happened the other way around, say we were in Auckland, and suddenly the stadium started doing their rugby chant, the Hakka, and audiences started slapping their inner thighs and calling us to war, I'm sure BCCI would have complained. As we go into battle finale today, like over a billion others, I'm in awe of an Indian team that seems to have the DNA of a 1980s West Indies team, but with far more wealth and stardom.

peers are figuring out how to navigate retired life, former oil industry executive Vipin Gupta is juggling multiple assignments. Gupta could be found spending three to four days every week mentoring Gen Next as a 'grand manager' with data analytics firm Mu Sigma, or guiding NGO Dhwani Foundation on better corporate governance in his role as updeshak (advisor). He's also assisting agetech recruitment platform WisdomCircle — which helped him land these gigs — set up a recruitment vertical in the oil and gas space.

Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Sunday 19 November. Meanwhile, a furniture and mattress brand in Ahmedabad has come up with a unique promotional stunt.

Suresh Raina reminisced about his match-winning partnership with all-rounder Yuvraj Singh in the 2011 World Cup clash between the Men in Blue and Australia. India will be facing the Australia team in the final of the Cricket World Cup.

World Cup title clash against Australia on Sunday. At a fan event of 'Tiger 3' in Mumbai, Salman referred to the release of the movie during the Cricket World Cup. Also Read: ICC World Cup 2023: Gujarat CM chairs meeting to review security arrangements as PM Modi to attend the final match “Har game India jeeti hai and us dauran hum aaye (Tiger 3 ko leke) toh jo humare collections hai woh bhaut hi ache hai. India ab (World Cup) jeet jaegi aur uske baad aap sab wapas theatres mein (India won all matches so far and during the ongoing World Cup, we came up with Tiger 3.

World Cup final at the Narendra Modi Stadium. India and Australia are set to lock horns in the highly anticipated finale on Sunday former cricketers talked about the team that could potentially emerge victorious and go down in the history books as champion. Former skipper Sourav Ganguly who re-defined the standards of cricket believes that the key to success in the final lies in India playing the brand of cricket as they have in the entire tournament.

Sam Altman's. The co-founder of OpenAI, which caused a sensation just a year ago with the introduction of ChatGPT, Altman has presented himself as the benevolent wizard behind the curtain of a technology that many say could upend entire industries and even mankind itself.

World Cups have consistently delivered thrilling spectacles. Their historical match-ups are marked by fierce rivalry and unforgettable moments that have captivated fans worldwide. The first World Cup clash was in 1983, India and Australia faced off.

World Cup final, companies are making big plans to tap into peak cricket mania, with the weekend shaping up to be a bumper post-Diwali mini festival. Bars and restaurants are creating Bleed Blue shots and Shami and Virat menus coupled with consumer promotions. Delivery platforms have asked companies to increase supplies of soft drinks and snacks in expectation of demand shooting up as fans gather at homes to watch the final together. Theatres, clubs and condominiums are hosting live screenings. The official India blue jersey supplier Adidas has extended sale points to general trade stores to meet unexpectedly high demand. TV brands and retailers say there's been a 40% surge in the sales of large-screen sets from the post-Diwali period last year.

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TVS Motor Co. Ltd, Havells India Ltd, Philips India Ltd, Voltas Ltd, Whirlpool of India Ltd, John Deere, Sonalika Tractors, Escorts Ltd, New Holland Agriculture, (Royal Enfield) Eicher Motors Ltd, Blue Star Ltd, BPL Ltd, Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing Co. Ltd, and Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Ltd.

Juliette Binoche, Marion Cotillard, and Jacques Audiard are part of the group of 500 French cinema professionals who have endorsed an open letter in support of a silent peace march set to take place in Paris this Sunday. The initiative, organized in response to the Israel-Hamas conflict and its ongoing global impact, is being led by the recently established collective known as «Une Autre Voix» (Another Voice). The letter emphasizes that the ongoing fratricidal war impacts everyone, irrespective of individual reasons or affiliations on either side of the conflict.

World Cup in 1983, cricket was still one of the sports in India and a champion team needed a true blue cricket fan Lata Mangeshkar to hold a concert so that each member could earn Rs 1 lakh. In 2011, when Mahendra Singh Dhoni's team won, the BCCI was already a billion dollar entity. And, in the 28 years between 1983 and 2011, cricket had become an «industry».

Investing.com -- U.S. stock futures point into the green following a mixed session on Wall Street, as traders pour through a raft of economic figures this week. Gap's (NYSE:GPS) quarterly profit tops estimates, sending shares soaring premarket, but the retailer joins peers Target (NYSE:TGT) and Walmart (NYSE:WMT) in flagging some caution over consumer spending heading into the holiday shopping season. Elsewhere, Chinese tech shares plummet after Alibaba (NYSE:BABA) scraps a planned spin-off of its cloud intelligence unit.

World Cup summit clash between India and Australia here on Sunday. This will be the second outing for Richard Kettleborough, who also stood in the final of the 2015 World Cup. His partner on that occasion was Kumar Dharmasena.

Apple said in a statement that later next year they will be adding support for RCS Universal Profile which is the standard as per the GSM Association. “We believe RCS Universal Profile will offer a better interoperability experience when compared to SMS or MMS. This will work alongside iMessage, which will continue to be the best and most secure messaging experience for Apple users," told Apple to the publication.

World Cup 2023 final. The Men in Blue will take on Australia on November 19 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. The last time when India were in a World Cup final, they lifted the trophy under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

Apple plans to improve texting between iPhone and Android devices by adopting the Rich Communication Services (RCS) standard. This feature, a company spokesperson told 9to5Mac, will work alongside iMessage, Apple's native messaging service.

Apple announced late Thursday it will adopt RCS (Rich Communication Services) messaging standard, which will be enabled via a software update “later next year”, enabling a vast range of iMessage-like features for messaging between iOS and Android users. The development comes after London-based tech brand Nothing announced an app to bridge the gap between the two sets of users, and amid pressure from competitors like Google and regulators. “Later next year, we will be adding support for RCS Universal Profile, the standard as currently published by the GSM Association. We believe RCS Universal Profile will offer a better interoperability experience when compared to SMS or MMS.

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan eased 0.4% from a two-month high, but still up 3.1% so far for the week in its best performance since July. Both Brent and U.S. crude slid almost 5% on Thursday to four-month lows in a move that was blamed on economic and supply concerns, though technical selling likely played a part when the $80 bulwark broke.

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