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Topic2003 cricket world cup

Topic: 2003 cricket world cup

From Kolkata Test to World Cup win as spectator, how cricket came full circle for Ganguly

In ‘Gully Gully’, Aditya Iyer, looks at the story of a team brimming with legends & the game’s forgotten heroes: nameless and faceless Indian fans, emerging from all those gullies.

Oscar win, World Cup, Uttarkashi rescue — 10 events that brought Indians together in 2023

2023 was a momentous year for India. The country took great strides in science, cinema, sports and diplomacy.

Cummins says World Cup win pinnacle of Australian cricket team’s good season

Under Cummins, Australia retained the Ashes against arch-rivals England, won the World Test Championship Final against India, and lifted the ODI World Cup in 2023.

Australia Dy PM to attend World Cup final before 2+2 talks, calls India ‘top-tier security partner’

Richard Marles, with Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong, will meet EAM S. Jaishankar & Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in Delhi Monday for 2+2 talks.

‘I don’t care,’ says Assam cricket captain Riyan Parag facing flak for his on-field celebratory gesture

During a league match against Bengal, Parag made a gesture to suggest he was cut above the rest. What also stoked controversy was the commentator calling Assam team '2nd class citizens'.

Why is Afghanistan still celebrating Chennai win & Pakistan having a meltdown? Answer is complex

The answer is embedded in the bitter history that Afghanistan and Pakistan share.

Before 2003 World Cup, Sahara wanted players to visit Siddhi Vinayak. Team India vetoed it

When the bus leaves for the airport, Sachin’s customary seat—front row, left side, window seat—is vacant. He is to be picked up on the way.

On Camera

How Saba Azad became the accidental voice of Bengal’s language protests

Bengalis are hurt over a statement by the Delhi police calling Bangla a ‘Bangladeshi language’ and the lines Azad sang have unwittingly become protest music in Kolkata now.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

President awards 1st set of Sarvottam Yudh Seva medals since Kargil, 7 honoured for leading Op Sindoor

This year, the Indian Air Force received four of the seven awards, followed by the Indian Army with two medals, and the Indian Navy with one. 

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.