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TopicPakistani cricket fans

Topic: Pakistani cricket fans

‘Mauka Mauka’ man got chance at good life after ad. ‘India-Pak commercial made me an overnight star’

It has been a decade since the first of the 'Mauka Mauka' ads aired during the 2015 ICC World Cup. They soon became a fixture before India-Pakistan matches.

Dussehra, Diwali, Danish Kaneria—Ex-Pakistani spinner’s Hindu pride awakens in the right season

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.

Make My Trip ‘discount’ for Pakistani cricket fans is awful—It makes us look small on a big day

The full-page advertisement offers discounts to Pakistani fans for each wicket they lose in the India-Pakistan match.

On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.