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Opting to bowl, India dished out a shoddy fielding and bowling performance — except for Renuka Singh — to allow England post 197/6 and then could only score 158/6 in response to lose the match and concede 1-0 lead to England in the series. Only Shafali Verma (52 off 42 balls) could score big in the Indian run chase. Captain Harmanpreet Kaur (26) and Richa Ghosh (21) failed to convert their starts as India failed to mount a serious challenge to the big target. India’s chase took early blows when Smriti Mandhana (6) was cleaned up by Nat Sciver-Brunt in the third over and Freya Kemp struck with her first delivery, getting Jemimah Rodrigues (4) caught behind in the sixth over. But despite losing two key batters, India were 53/2 in the powerplay and looked set for having a crack at the big chase until England’s spinners came into fray. Coming off an injury lay-off, there were no visible signs of struggle for the parsimonious Sophie Ecclestone, who cleaned up India skipper Harmanpreet (26 off 21 balls, 3x4s, 1x6s) when her partnership with Shafali started to threaten the visitors. Richa Ghosh (21) and Shafali provided a glimmer of hope for India with their brisk 26-ball 40-run stand for the fourth wicket but Sarah Glenn broke their stand to peg the hosts back again. Earlier, marauding fifties by Danni Wyatt (75) and Sciver-Brunt (77) powered England Women to 197/6 after early setbacks.

Private investments will likely gather momentum and get more broad-based in the second half of the year, providing support for the economy to grow 6.8% in FY24, Confederation of Indian Industry president R Dinesh told ET. «We actually found a significant majority of our members, which we surveyed, saying that their investments in H2 are going to be higher than H1. Investments are also more broad-based this time,» Dinesh said, adding that even capacity utilisation is between 75% and 95% for most sectors. He pointed out that investments were also picking up in service sectors such as real estate and hotels, as well as infrastructure-related industries.

New Mexico's attorney general is suing the parent company of Facebook and Instagram claiming it failed to protect underage users from exposure to child sexual abuse material and let adults solicit pornographic imagery from them

Quiver Quantitative — Carson Block, the renowned short seller and head of Muddy Waters (NYSE:WAT), has publicly declared a short position against Blackstone Mortgage Trust (NYSE:BXMT), citing a potential liquidity crisis due to unfavorable economic conditions impacting commercial real estate. Block's announcement at the Sohn Investment Conference in London highlighted the risks faced by the trust, which specializes in loans secured by commercial properties. He raised concerns about borrowers' ability to refinance and repay the trust, suggesting the need for increased collateral and predicting a significant dividend cut.

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Egyptian authorities say a cargo ship broke down in the Suez Canal and crashes into a bridge over the crucial waterway

Google took its next leap in artificial intelligence Wednesday with the launch of project Gemini, an AI model trained to behave in human-like ways that’s likely to intensify the debate about the technology’s potential promise and perils

Gov_ Ron DeSantis’ appointees to Walt Disney World’s governing district have released a series of reports justifying their takeover of the government and accusing their Disney-controlled predecessors of being a part of “the most egregious exhibition of...

Actis and Mahindra Group’s real estate and infrastructure development arm Mahindra Lifespace Developers are together making a partial exit worth over Rs 120 crore from the latter’s subsidiary Mahindra Homes. The developer has approached the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) with an application to reduce its equity share capital and provide exit to both the entities. The tribunal has admitted the petition and fixed it for hearing in March. Mahindra Homes’ petition states that the company is generating steady cash flows and intends to continue its existing business operations.

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The idea of penning this down came from a re-reading of Machiavelli’s Prince. This book laid down principles of statecraft back in 1513, but remains valid today. In the same spirit, this is an ‘officious’ list, entirely unsolicited, of principles for regulators of all kind.

The EUR/USD faces a key test in the next week and a half. We will have lots of key data and rate decisions from both the Federal Reserve and European Central Bank to come during this period. Ahead of these big events, the EUR/USD was down for the second consecutive week, eating into the impressive gains made last month. But will it bottom around the 1.0700-1.0750 key support area?

RBItrage. When it looked like their big-ticket borrowers like real-estate projects were going to default, some financiers took recourse to new funds tailor-made for them by Wall Street firms. Investors who pooled money were issued senior securities, earning them interest.

Rahul Gandhi's ordinance-tearing act in 2013 and said he has all the "arrogance" of his Gandhi-Nehru lineage without their political acumen and that this episode was the "final nail in the coffin" for the Congress in the Lok Sabha polls the subsequent year, a book on the late president says. "In Pranab, My Father: A Daughter Remembers", Sharmistha Mukherjee says that her father also told her that "maybe politics wasn't Rahul's calling" and his "lack of charisma and political understanding is creating a problem" besides his "frequent disappearing acts". In another related incident Sharmistha Mukherjee says,"In the morning one day Rahul Gandhi came to meet him(Pranab Mukherjee)...as it turned out that Rahul was actually supposed to meet him in the evening...when I mentioned it to my father he sarcastically commented that, if Rahul's office doesn't differentiate between the am and pm, how do they hope to run the PMO one day".

Mini dehumidifiers become essential companions during these times, diligently extracting excess moisture to prevent the growth of allergens and maintain a pleasant ambiance. In this guide, we'll explore the top 8 mini dehumidifiers that stand out in the market, each offering unique features to cater to your specific needs. From compact designs suitable for closets to more robust options ideal for bathrooms or small bedrooms, these mini dehumidifiers are curated to provide effective and efficient solutions.

Sukhdev Singh Gogamedi, whose murder has sparked widespread protests in Rajasthan, was under threat from the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, suggest intelligence inputs. Punjab police had shared inputs with their Rajasthan counterparts months ago regarding the threat to Gogamedi’s life, news agency PTI reported citing official sources. In February this year, in an official communiqué, the Punjab DGP office informed their Rajasthan counterparts that gangster Sampat Nehra of Lawrence Bishnoi gang has plans to kill the Rashtriya Rajput Karni Sena chief.

MUMBAI : Online fantasy sports company Dream11 on Wednesday withdrew from the Bombay High Court its petition challenging notices related to alleged tax evasion amounting to Rs1,200 crore. Appearing on behalf of the Maharashtra government, advocate Jyoti Chavan informed a bench led by Justices GS Kulkarni and Jitendra Jain that the state goods and services tax (GST) authority had withdrawn its show cause notice on Dream11 since Central GST authorities were pursuing the matter before the Supreme Court. Chavan added that the Directorate General of GST (DGGST) would send a fresh show cause notice, which led to Dream11 withdrawing its petition.

The Bank of Canada held interest rates on Dec. 6, keeping its key policy rate at five per cent.