New Delhi: Cricket Australia (CA) has expressed interest in hosting a bilateral series between India and Pakistan, should the BCCI and PCB mutually agree to matches between the two teams in future, say reports. India and Pakistan have not played a bilateral series since 2012-13 and the two nations only meet at global ICC events...
Florida: Indian tennis ace Rohan Bopanna and his Australian teammate Matthew Ebden sailed into the men's doubles semifinal at the Miami Open. Top seeds Indian-Australian pair, currently ranked second in the world, needed a Match Tie-break to advance. The duo overcame Dutch-Australian pair John-Patrick Smith and Sem Verbeek 3-6, 7-6(7-4), 10-7 to reach the last...
Chennai: A dominant Chennai Super Kings came up with a clinical bowling performance after Shivam Dube hammered a 23-ball 51 while Rachin Ravindra and Ruturaj Gaikwad set a frantic pace with a whirlwind 46 each to lay a solid foundation to help them thoroughly outplay Gujarat Titans by 63 runs in Match 7 of...
New Delhi: Out of Gross Market borrowing of Rs 14.13 lakh crore projected in the Union budget for FY 2024-25, the government has decided to borrow Rs 7.50 lakh crore (53.08 per cent) in the first half (H1) of the year (April-Sept) through dated securities, the Finance Ministry said. As much Rs 12,000 crore of...
New Delhi: Mumbai has surpassed Beijing to emerge as Asia's new billionaire capital while India has overtaken Germany to become the third-ranked country globally with 271 billionaires, according to the latest Hurun Research Institute report. "Mumbai was the fastest-growing billionaire capital in the world, adding 26 in the year and taking it to third in...
New Delhi: Global brokerage Morgan Stanley has raised India’s GDP growth expectation to 6.8 per cent in 2025 from 6.5 per cent on continued traction in industrial and capex activity. “We raise GDP growth to 6.8 per cent YoY in FY2025, a rise of 30bps from our earlier estimate of 6.5 per cent, on continued...
Moscow: The director of Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB), Alexander Bortnikov, said that the US, UK, and Ukraine were behind the Moscow concert hall attack that killed at least 139 people last week - despite repeated claims of responsibility by Islamic State. Russian officials persisted in saying Ukraine and the West had a role in...
New York: Hamas has rejected the latest cease-fire proposal, accusing Israel of ignoring its core demands, which include an end to the war and a full withdrawal from Gaza, media reports said. In a statement issued this week, the militant group said it had informed mediators that it was sticking to its original position, conveyed...
Beijing: China has asked Pakistan to “thoroughly investigate” and “hunt down” the perpetrators behind the March 26 suicide attack on Chinese citizens amid speculation that Beijing may push Islamabad to accept its security agencies to guard the CPEC projects following a spike in attacks on them in the last few days. At least five Chinese...
