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Australia at Melbourne starting from Thursday onwards, with the bowler chasing 200 Test scalps and the veteran all-rounder also near the 600 wicket mark in international cricket.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI—Pakistan on Tuesday rejected Biden administration officials’ assertions that it is developing ballistic-missile technology that could eventually give it the capability to strike the U.S., but geopolitical experts say long-range weapons would be in step with Islamabad’s shifting national security concerns as India and the U.S. draw closer.

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NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore learned this month that their extended stay aboard the International Space Station (ISS) just got a little longer. When the astronauts stranded at the space station were pictured wearing Santa hats next to a tiny Christmas tree this week, netizens had multiple questions.

Cadbury has pretty recently lost its royal warrant for the very first time in 170 years under King Charles III, reported News Bytes.

Lexmark International from a consortium of Asian investors in a deal valued at $1.5 billion.

Sunita Williams and her crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS) have extended Christmas greetings to everyone from space. Williams is spending Christmas in space this year, bringing holiday cheer to the crew and keeping in touch with the loved ones despite being far from Earth.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. “One word: plastics." Career advice given to Dustin Hoffman’s aimless character in “The Graduate" turned out to be pretty solid. Since the film’s 1967 release, global plastic use has risen twentyfold.

Shares of Biocon Ltd.(up 4.54 per cent), Granules India Ltd.(up 1.74 per cent), Gland Pharma Ltd.(up 0.84 per cent), Aurobindo Pharma Ltd.(up 0.76 per cent) and Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd.(up 0.72 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

Syria said Monday the country's new authorities were «very receptive» to its request for cooperation during a just-concluded visit to Damascus, and it is preparing to deploy. The visit led by Robert Petit, head of the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism for Syria, was the first since the organisation was established by the UN General Assembly in 2016.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The landscape of international investments through exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in India has become increasingly complex, with investors facing unprecedented challenges in accessing global markets. Regulatory constraints and market dynamics have created a unique investment environment where overseas ETFs are trading at substantial premiums.

Two of Japan’s largest automakers – Nissan and Honda – announced on Monday that they plan to work toward a merger, which would make the combined entity the third-largest vehicle manufacturer in the world.

Industry experts say that India's dollar bond issuance was around $12 billion in 2024 against $5 billion last year and it is expected to see continued momentum in 2025.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. As the threats posed by climate change escalate, countries are having to navigate the challenge of balancing economic growth with environmental sustainability. India, with its large population and rising economic stature, is poised at the vanguard of this endeavour.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Veterans at Wipro Ltd are steadily rising to the top in Srinivas Pallia's eight months in the corner office, at a time when India's fourth largest technology services firm is working to recover from a full-year revenue decline. Chief marketing officer Laura Langdon resigned earlier this week and will be succeeded by Asia business CMO Ranjita Ghosh.

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Air India flight last Friday saw a 'record' intake of in-flight alcohol by passengers from the 'dry state', it is this: repressed supply heightens demand. While the value of liquor sold has not been shared by Air India, the fact was that enthusiasm for purchasing 50 ml miniature bottles of a whisky brand for ₹600 and 330 ml of a beer brand for ₹300 was undoubtedly higher than in usual international flights that couldn't be simply explained by Christmas cheer. That Gujarat has a thriving black market for alcohol is well known. While the loss of tax revenue has been estimated to be over ₹16k cr (about $2 bn), the real worm in the bottle has been the hazard posed for many in the form of illicit liquor. By dint of being contraband, no quality control applies to these non-branded concoctions. So, the virtue-signalling in 'dry states' like Gujarat and Bihar is actually viceful. The 'hooch tragedy' claiming 136 lives in Ahmedabad in 2009 still hangs as a warning — not for the dangers of drinking but of prohibition. At a wider level, a 'mai-baap' state treating its citizens as children creates a split-personality citizenry that is moral and amoral at the same time. Whether it be consumption of alcohol or pornography, or gambling, 'sins' have a human tendency of finding dark avenues when prohibited. Instead of 'Gandhian virtue-signalling', efforts should be made to provide safe alcoholic beverages for those who choose to partake in such an adult leisure. To club everyone who imbibes in drink to be a menace — socially or morally, or both — is a recipe for the kind of exaggerated behaviour witnessed on the way to Bangkok.

Punjab terror conspiracy case, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday arrested a key aide of Khalistani terrorist Lakhbir Singh alias Landa and gangster Bachitar Singh alias Pavitar Batala, according to an official statement. Jatinder Singh alias Jyoti of district Gurdaspur, Punjab, had been absconding since the arrest of weapons supplier Baljit Singh alias Rana Bhai in July 2024.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. China’s oil demand is nearing a turning point as electric vehicles take a growing share of its vehicle market, the world’s largest. The country has long been the thirstiest consumer of crude.