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For the first time in 4 decades, Zimbabwe to cull 200 elephants to mitigate food shortages

Communities in southern Africa are facing acute hunger due to an El Nino-induced drought. Neighbouring Namibia, too, last month distributed elephant meat among those affected.

‘Strong ties:’ Zimbabwe VP in Delhi to attend the 19th CII India-Africa biz conclave

Foreign secy said Chiwenga’s participation reinforces India’s commitment to a stronger and collaborative relationship with Africa.

India, Zimbabwe explore ways to boost bilateral trade in Delhi

Two countries plan to sign deals in digital transformation, telemedicine, rough diamonds, and more.

Hungary’s reaction to Bolsonaro video leak, Zimbabwe drought & other global news you may have missed

ThePrint’s round-up of world news and topical issues over the last week.

Heath Streak, first Zimbabwe cricketer to claim 100 ODI wickets, succumbs to cancer at 49

Streak was also only Zimbabwean cricketer to achieve double feat of 100 Test wickets and 1,000 Test runs. He had dismissed false rumours of his death less than 2 weeks ago.

Zimbabwe’s Mnangagwa garners 53% vote in presidential polls, opposition rejects outcome

According to Zimbabwe's election body, incumbent president Mnangagwa secured 53% of vote share while his main challenger, Nelson Chamisa, secured 44%.

Ex-Zimbabwe cricketer Heath Streak ‘hurt & upset’ by death rumour, wants source to say sorry

The bizarre rumour spread like wildfire early Wednesday, more so after Streak’s teammate Henry Olonga ‘confirmed’ it on X.

Zimbabwe-Pakistan match isn’t over. President Mnangagwa, PM Shehbaz spar over fake Mr Bean

From Virender Sehwag to Wasim Jaffer, ex-Indian cricketers were especially active in using Mr Bean references to draw parallels with Pakistan’s T20 defeat.

Pakistan loses to Zimbabwe by one run in T20 World Cup

This was Zimbabwe's first win from two matches while Pakistan had earlier faced a defeat by four wickets against arch-rivals India.

Between British colonisers and Indian immigrants, how Zimbabwe’s cricket culture grew

Cricket was played as a colonial inheritance, and then as a legacy of Indian identity, before it became a way to find place in nationalist Zimbabwean sporting culture.

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Dhankhar’s resignation: How Modi-Shah’s ‘capable’ BJP has served another strong message to RSS

One has to be incredibly credulous to buy BJP spin masters’ argument that the government got rid of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar for harmonious relationship with the judiciary.

Unclaimed deposits worth Rs 67,000 crore lying in banks, 87% in public sector banks alone, Parliament told

SBI holds Rs 19,239 crore in unclaimed deposits, or 26% of the abandoned money in public banking system. PNB, Canara Bank follow.

India wanted a stable, prosperous Pakistan but our peace efforts were mistaken for weakness: Rajnath

Modi government had also made numerous efforts to establish peace with Pakistan but has now adopted a different path, militarily, to establish peace, adds defence minister.

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.