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The India vs Pakistan clash in T20 World Cup isn’t for the faint-hearted. Arguably the biggest cricketing rivalry in the world, the Indo-Pak showdown has produced fireworks more often than not. As the two teams gear up for another challenge in the USA, Pakistan greats Waqar Younis and Wasim Akram have picked the teams they believe would come out victorious. Despite Pakistan’s poor form, Waqar feels Babar Azam’s men will take the win while Akram is of the opinion that Rohit Sharm’as team has a better chance. India and Pakistan got off to contrasting starts in the tournament. While India…
Heeramandi actor Taha Shah Badussha made a striking debut at the Cannes Film Festival 2024. The actor, who graced the prestigious event last month, recently shared that he skipped meals there to network with film commissioners. In an interview with Zoom, Taha revealed that he was actively “distributing (his) card like a newcomer.” He described his approach, saying, “‘Please call me, get in touch,’ I was going to all the stalls, meeting every film commissioner. It is not like they will help me get work tomorrow morning, but you never know. I don’t mind missing my sleep or food when it comes…
In terms of domestic politics, the failure of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to secure a majority of its own in the just-concluded national elections in India is undoubtedly a setback. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was personally confident that the BJP would get an absolute majority on its own and could touch the 400 mark with its alliance partners. The BJP has secured 240 seats (compared to 303 in 2019) and 293 in total with its National Democratic Alliance (NDA) partners. The NDA led by Modi will now form the next government. Securing a third term as leader is an…
The GRP has recovered an unidentified woman’s body cut into two pieces, with her hands and legs missing, and stuffed in two bags in a train in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore city, an official said. The police suspect the woman was murdered at some other place and the body was dumped in the train on Saturday night, he said. After being informed by a sanitation worker, the body was recovered from Dr Ambedkar Nagar-Indore passenger train, Government Railway Police (GRP) station in-charge Sanjay Shukla said. The victim, who was yet to be identified, was believed to be in the age group…
A retired senior executive of a multinational firm was coerced into paying Rs 85 lakh by a gang posing as CBI, customs, narcotics, and income-tax officers – all on Skype. A police case has been filed in Andhra Pradesh’s Visakhapatnam, which the fraud happened, and Delhi too. The gang took the money by cheque, and transferred it to a company called ‘Rana Garments’, which operated an HDFC account in Delhi’s Uttam Nagar. According to the first information report (FIR) filed with the police in Visakhapatnam, the gang transferred the money from the HDFC account run by ‘Rana Garments’ to 105…
College days create memories that last a lifetime. From bunking lectures to staying in hostels and eating in the mess, these memories are for life. However, when the quality of food in a hostel mess is poor, it can be extremely distressing. A recent X (formerly Twitter) post claims that students had to eat food at IIIT Hyderabad, where cockroaches and flies are found in the mess food. Shedding light on the issue, a former undergraduate researcher at IIIT Hyderabad, Shashwat Goel, shared a series of notes on X. In one of the notes, he wrote, “Students are forced to…
India and Pakistan do not play against each other in a bilateral series, due to the political tensions between the two nations. They only face each other during the ICC tournaments and this is what makes their rivalry even more intense. Not just their respective fans but all the fans around the world eagerly wait for these two teams to square off against each other as it always promises to be a high-voltage clash. Both India and Pakistan are now set to face each other again in the T20 World Cup 2024, Group A match on Sunday in New York.…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will take oath today for a record third term, along with with several ministers who will be a part of the new cabinet. The National Democratic Alliance won 293 seats in the Lok Sabha polls and the Bharatiya Janata Party is expected to give out some positions to its allies. Here is a tentative list of MPs who could take oath with PM Modi today at the Rashtrapati Bhavan: Amit Shah – BJP Rajnath Singh – BJP Nitin Gadkari – BJP Jyotiraditya Scindia – BJP Arjun Ram Meghwal – BJP Raksha Khadse – BJP Jitendra Singh…
The Indian cricket team heads into the T20 World Cup 2024 clash against Pakistan with the ‘favourites’ tag, owing to an embarrassing defeat Babar Azam’s men faced against co-hosts USA in their opening match. In terms of the batting unit, the likes of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma will arguably be the two players in the spotlight during the match, but former Pakistan wicket-keeper batter Kamran Akmal also has his eyes on Suryakumar Yadav, the No. 1 T20 batter in the world at the moment. Though the ICC rankings have Surya sitting on the top in the shortest format, his…
Many wrote the Congress’ obituaries ahead of the election, but the party has come back strongly and demonstrated its resilience, re-elected Congress parliamentary party chief Sonia Gandhi has said, congratulating and praising the newly-elected MPs. Addressing the party’s parliamentary party meeting yesterday, she said, “I am deeply conscious of the great responsibility all of you have placed on me yet again. Let me first of all greet and congratulate all the newly elected Lok Sabha MPs. You have fought a tough election under the most challenging of circumstances. You have surmounted many obstacles and campaigned so very effectively.” The Congress’s…