All-rounder Imad Wasim's unbeaten 49 guided Pakistan to a thrilling three-wicket victory over minnows Afghanistan in Leeds on Saturday, maintaining their hopes of reaching the World Cup semi-finals.
The United States will soon impose more sanctions on Syria in response to a chemical attack blamed on President Bashar al-Assad's regime after an "overwhelming" successful military operation, the Trump administration officials said on Saturday.
'I am hopeful that you will see more focused attention on this relationship,' former US assistant secretary of state Nisha Desai Biswal tells Alokananda Chakraborty.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has decided to suspend IPL 2020 till April 15, as a precautionary measure against the ongoing Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19) situation.
Ajay Banga is one of the nine members of the Commission on Enhancing National Cyber Security.
Contract finally given for Rs 2,400-cr project, with GIFT City-like features
New Delhi, Mumbai and Hyderabad airports are among world's best.
From NITI Aayog to industry leaders to the Reserve Bank of India, all are apprehensive that any major increase in MSP, following the 2018-19 Budget announcements, would push up prices, if not immediately, in the next six to eight months after the decision is taken.
IT majr Wipro needs stability at the top deck, say industry watchers.
'The second wave was more virulent, more aggressive, more transmissible.'
Exports to India support 180,000 US jobs.
Although the markets could see a knee-jerk reaction, they rule out a sharp fall.
'Saudi Arabia's standing internationally and in the West is going to take a big hit even if MBS is dethroned.'
If Manmohan Singh was hobbled by allegations of sleaze and a stagnant economy, Modi faces the twin challenges of high unemployment and an uncertain and potentially volatile situation in Kashmir, points out Amulya Ganguli.
Gender diversity is important to the success of companies,he said.
A player guilty of ball-tampering could now be banned for up to six Tests or 12 Oone-dayers after the International Cricket Council introduced harsher sanctions at its five-day Annual Conference in Dublin.
Wellness tourism is travel for the purpose of promoting health and well-being through physical, psychological, or spiritual activities.
Tamal Bandyopadhyay offers some unsolicited advice for a government wh,ich came to power, with brute majority and the nation's pragmatic chief money man.
Acting Board of Control for Cricket in India president CK Khanna on Thursday said that the BCCI needs to seriously assess captain Virat Kohli's view on Team India's busy schedule which has left the players with precious little time to prepare for the away series against South Africa next month.
Import of jewellery from Hong Kong attracts no duty in India, due to a free trade agreement.
After Singapore this is the second such nodal office opened by the new group chairman.
ICC president Ehsan Mani says he and CEO Malcolm Speed are talking with the BCCI about lifting the former India captain's ban.
As Centre cedes power to states in indirect tax, it wants to all ystaffers' worry of little work.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field.
Fourth-ranked South Africa will aim to climb up to second position in the International Cricket Council One day International Team Rankings when they host world champions Australia in the five-match series from September 30.
The Essel Group on Monday rebutted news reports that it is setting up parallel cricket boards across different countries in collaboration with Ten Sports Network but said it is now geared up to enter the sports business at a global level, focusing on cricket.
Embrace a daily sport. Cook and eat your meals with love. Ditch the pills. Hydrate well.
Ganguly, only the second Indian captain to take charge as the BCCI chief, sounded a pleased man on his first day at his new office at the BCCI head office
Modi announced a USD 14-million grant for community development projects in the Caricom and another USD 150 million line of credit for solar, renewable energy and climate- change related projects, a statement released by the Ministry of External Affairs said.
'The change of vocabulary in the India-US conversation was significant and refreshing.' 'It matched the styles of Trump and Modi.' 'The differences were not papered over, but there was determination to resolve them in the days ahead,' says Ambassador T P Sreenivasan.
'But Russia is well aware of Pakistan's nuisance power on its border.'
Anurag Thakur is set to be unanimously elected the Board of Control for Cricket in India president in the Board's Special General Meeting (SGM), in Mumbai, on Sunday.
Dravid, who is also tipped to take additional charge as the director of NationalCricketAcademy in Bengaluru, had recently suggested that talented young cricketers should get some vocational training, which can help them later in their lives.
The possibility of the slowdown affecting more players is greater if the industry doesn't get access to easier finance in the next six to eight months.
The only concern for India is that the batting at the moment is slightly the Virat Kohli show.
'Obama probably thinks, "He is quite a guy!" Americans on Capitol Hill think, "He has guts. He is a big player".' An Indian official explains the importance of the Modi visit to Sheela Bhatt/Rediff.com
Neutrality and jurisdiction in international trade need to be discussed threadbare before GST is implemented in India.
What will a split in the AIADMK mean for Tamil Nadu?
July 14 features three big-ticket sporting events -- the World Cup final, the Wimbledon men's final and the British Grand Prix.
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