Brokerages put sell notice on Vedanta shares over the company's move to buy Volcan Investments' stake in Anglo American via subsidiary Cairn India Holdings, reports Aditi Divekar.
Africa is second only to West Asia as a net exporter of oil.
Pakistan rode on a fine all-round performance by Hasan Mohsin to defeat Sri Lanka by 23 runs in the last league match and top Group B in the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup in Bangladesh on Wednesday.
Oman's fairytale rise as a cricket nation continued Thursday when they qualified for next year's World Twenty20 in India.
Despite Sunil Chhetri's none-too-impressive outing, national football team coach Bob Houghton backed the US-returned striker moments after India registered a convincing win over Namibia in an international friendly at the Ambedkar Stadium in New Delhi on Wednesday.
India continues to be among the world's most corrupt nations.
For Africa's Test-playing nations, administrative turmoil has defined the dying days of the 2010s.
In the other match of the day, Dan Lawrence and Jack Burnham hit centuries as title contender England crushed Fiji by a massive margin of 299 runs.
Hong Kong's victory over Nepal in their first match and the abandonment due to rain in the second means no team can close the gap on Netherlands and PNG, who became the first two teams from the ICC World Cricket League Championship (WCLC) to confirm their places in the CWCQ.
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'This is a landmark moment for Lord's, with women's cricket now documented in the dressing rooms for the first time.'
India has offered African countries --Botswana, Angola, South Africa and Namibia, incentives to strengthen their jewellery industry in return for direct procurement of rough diamonds from these countries.
Australia's skipper Meg Lanning bagged the 'Leadership Legend' award. She led her side successfully in all formats of the game.
Sandeep Lamichhane continued his rapid rise in international cricket as he was named in the ICC World XI squad to take on the West Indies in a charity T20 International on May 31.
The 12th edition of the tournament will feature Robert Bailey, Gregory Brathwaite, Anil Chaudhary, Nigel Duguid, Shaun George, Shaun Haig, Mark Hawthorne, Ranmore Martinesz, C.K. Nandan, Ahsan Raza, Shozab Raza, Timothy Robert Robinson, Langton Rusere and Paul Wilson in umpiring role.
Globally, the proportion of people who said they volunteered time fell slightly, to 21.0 per cent from 21.3 per cent.
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Gearing up to compete in his second Under-19 World Cup, India's Sarfaraz Khan says the experience he gained through playing at senior level in domestic cricket could be beneficial to him when the junior tournament begins in Bangladesh later this month. Sarfaraz, who turns out for Virat Kohli's Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League, insisted he had an unfinished business at hand in Bangladesh. "Our hopes of defending the title in 2014 were dashed when we lost to England in the quarter-finals," Sarfaraz was quoted as saying in a ICC media release.
VSO an international development charity that works through volunteers invites applications for its Overseas Volunteering Opportunities program.
The 33-year-old has Tendulkar and Pakistani skipper Inzamam-ul Haq for company in the elite 10,000 club.
Doctors are warning that the disease is targeting adults who had probably missed childhood vaccination, and have thus not developed a natural immunity.
VSO, an international development charity that works through volunteers, invites applications for its Overseas Volunteering Opportunities programme.
Hrithik Roshan overshadows Abhishek Bachchan in the spectacular sequel.
Cricket Kenya will replace the disbanded Kenya Cricket Association and prepare the team for their Intercontinental Cup qualifying round match against Namibia on February 22.
The top seeded Australian pulled out of the PSA Otters Open Squash due to an injury.
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England players, after spending Wednesday night at Johannesburg airport, hope ICC calls off their tour to Zimbabwe.
Former Afghanistan skipper Nawroz Mangal, under whose leadership his side secured an ODI status in the 2009 World Cup Qualifiers and then qualified for the 2010 World T20 event, has announced his retirement from international cricket with immediate effect in order to take up a role of the national chief selector. While confirming the news of Mangal's appointment in the selection panel, Shafiqullah Stanikzai, the Afghanistan Cricket Board's chief executive officer, said it is an honour for Afghanistan cricket that a player like the 32-year-old, who has a big fan following and respect among others, is the chief selector.
