For Indians, Danish Kaneria is ‘a Pakistani Hindu in distress’; for Pakistanis, he is Vibhishan, fast becoming the top choice for their flagship ‘Go To India’ programme.
Cricket fans were aghast by Akram's comments. One Indian X user questioned whether casteism 'might be in DNA of South Asians', while a Pakistani fan asked Akram 'to educate himself'.
Majid Jahangir Khan’s cricketing pedigree is high not just because three generations of his family played Test cricket, but because he is the perfect gentleman on and off the field.
Wahab, who made his debut in 2008, has 83 wickets in 27 tests, 120 wickets in 91 one-day internationals and 34 wickets in 36 Twenty20s. He last played for Pakistan in 2020.
India, citing safety concerns, have ruled out travelling to Pakistan for Asia Cup in September and Pakistan Cricket Board has offered to let them play their matches in UAE.
Afridi will have former teammates Abdul Razzaq and Rao Iftikhar Anjum to work with him in a three-member committee. For now, the appointment is limited for the series against New Zealand.
PCB chairman Ramiz Raja sacked, head coach Saqlain Mushtaq rumoured to step down and star Babar Azam under scanner. Defeat to England at home has left Pakistani cricket in knots.
England’s opponents in the final, Pakistan, hadn't scored enough runs on a tricky MCG pitch but did well to keep England in check in their chase of 138.
For an industry globally classified as hazardous, protections such as health insurance and a provident fund for workers are necessities. In Sivakasi, they remain elusive.
The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.
Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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