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Melbourne Cricket Ground, tensions flared as Virat Kohli and Sam Konstas were involved in a physical altercation. Konstas, while adjusting his gloves mid-over, walked towards the crease, where Kohli shoulder-barged him. The incident sparked a verbal exchange between the two.

Remember this moment because it probably won’t last: A U.S. lottery jackpot is projected to soar above $1 billion, and that's still a big deal

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Mumbai: The Sanskrit language has a fascinating lexicon. It may not match up to English in the size of vocabulary but more than makes up for it by morphing the same word into different context-dependent meanings.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Mumbai: Two newly appointed Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) members have rekindled the discussion started by the Economic Survey on excluding food inflation from the monetary policy framework. Of the three external members of the rate-setting panel of the Reserve Bank of India, Nagesh Kumar and Ram Singh have argued in the MPC minutes released last week that a high repo rate cannot bring down food prices.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The world may still be grappling with a latent fear of artificial intelligence (AI) but well-known author and new-age guru Deepak Chopra sees huge potential in tapping its powers for holistic well-being. In An Optimistic Conversation with AI, an article published on his website, www.deepakchopra.com, he writes “...AI in its present flawed state is quite capable of acting in the role of research assistant, therapist, confidant, and guru.

It was a special year for Montreal-based National Bank of Canada, given that the country’s sixth-largest lender beat analysts’ expectations every quarter in this fiscal year, topped its all-time share price high and dominated headlines with its bid to take over Edmonton-based Canadian Western Bank (CWB).

AP Dhillon and Punjabi superstar Diljit Dosanjh has stirred headlines. During a concert in Chandigarh, Dhillon called out Diljit, accusing him of blocking him on Instagram. The comments came in response to Diljit’s recent remark at a concert where he referred to Dhillon as one of his “brothers” and wished him luck on his tour. Addressing the crowd, Dhillon remarked, “First unblock me on Instagram, and then talk to me.” This statement left fans shocked and quickly went viral. “I wasn’t planning on saying shit knowing everyone will hate on me anyways but at least we know what’s real and what’s not," Dhillon added on Instagram Stories

Luigi Mangione shot to the headlines after becoming the prime suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, for which a manhunt went on for days on end until Thompson was captured. NYPD officials had a few field days trying to nab a suspect in this shocking incident, and tried to use every resource at their disposal, and even federal authorities tried to assist them in the case.

SlateStone Wealth chief market strategist Kenny Polcari addresses the 'nervousness' over Trump's expected tax cuts on 'Varney & Co.'

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. We might as well confront it head-on: What the Federal Reserve did this week doesn’t make any sense. The Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday cut the target range for the Fed funds rate by one-quarter percentage point, to 4.25% to 4.5%, its third consecutive rate reduction.

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday projected only two quarter-point rate cuts in 2025, fewer than previously forecast, according to the central bank's medium projection for interest rates.

Donald Trump 47th President. The election was preceded by an entire year of campaigning, and a neck-and-neck competition between the Democrats and the Republicans. As Democrat nominee and US Vice-President Kamala Harris and Trump vied for the White House, India became the talk of the election. With 2.6 million eligible Indian-American voters — according to data from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace — the Indian diaspora’s growing political significance was felt in key US swing states. These states, which were won by Trump, accounted for a significant number of Indian-American votes. Data suggested that there was a shift in the attitude of US voters of Indian origin this year. A large number of them shifted from Democratic Party to Republican Party in this election.

Svetlana Dali certainly is tenacious.The alleged Delta Air Lines stowaway is, once again, making headlines — this time for trying to sneak her way into Canada, reportedly cutting off her ankle monitor before boarding a Greyhound bus to the Great White North.Dali, a 57-year-old Russian national, was taken into custody in Paris late last month after she snuck onto a Delta Air Lines flight at New York’s JFK International Airport without a boarding pass on Nov. 26 and flew all the way to Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, apparently concealing herself by spending long periods of time in the plane’s multiple bathrooms.She was detained when authorities discovered she didn’t have a valid visa to enter the country, French National Police said at the time.After two unsuccessful attempts to deport her back to the U.S.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Corporate action usually brings some good news for investors, particularly in the case of amalgamation and mergers. In many cases, corporate actions do not involve any potential future benefits to the company, as with bonus issues and stock splits.

The rate of inflation slowed to 1.9 per cent in November, once again slipping under the Bank of Canada target of two per cent.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. ‘The Lovers’, a Francis Newton Souza artwork that made headlines at an auction of South Asian Modern and Contemporary Art by Christie’s in New York in March, is one of the 10 most expensive paintings sold by the iconic British auction house this year.

Anupam Mittal, a veteran judge on the show, recently made headlines with a comment that seemed to target former co-judge Ashneer Grover.

Smriti Mandhana has surged three places to second in the latest ICC Women's ODI rankings while climbing one spot to third among T20I batters, following her stellar displays against Australia and the West Indies. The left-hander struck 105 in the final match of the series against Australia in Perth and 54 in the first game of the ongoing T20I rubber against the West Indies in Mumbai to headline the latest rankings update released here on Tuesday. Mandhana is the lone Indian batter in the top 10 as her skipper Harmanpreet Kaur moved down two spots to 13th while Jemimah Rodrigues climbed six places to 15th and Harleen Deol moved up nine rungs to 64th Among bowlers, Deepti Sharma has slipped two spots to five.

Narendra Modi on Saturday targeted the Congress-led UPA government for the largest power outage in the country in 2012 and said his government has worked towards 'One Nation, One Grid' and there is uninterrupted power supply in all parts of the country. Speaking in Lok Sabha during the discussion on the 'Glorious Journey of 75 Years of the Constitution of India', the Prime Minister said during the previous government, «we saw India being defamed in the world through headlines». «Several times, there was power in one part of the country but it was not supplied. So, there was pitch dark in the other part. During the previous government, we saw India being defamed before the world through headlines. We have seen those days. That is why, with the mantra of unity and upholding the sense of the Constitution, we fulfilled One Nation One Grid. That is why, today there is uninterrupted power supply in all corners of India,» he said.

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