Indian equities have underperformed other emerging markets over the past two years. The buzz around removal of long-term capital gains (LTCG) tax on equities is gaining traction, with the market regulator also urging the government to scrap it. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has reportedly requested the government to consider scrapping LTCG…
Afghanistan cricket team (Pic credit: ICC) Afghanistan have reached a historic milestone in international cricket, breaking into the top six of the ICC Men’s ODI Team Rankings for the first time and moving ahead of former world champions Sri Lanka, England and the West Indies.The Afghans have climbed to sixth place in the latest rankings,…
The VB-G RAM G Act, 2025, establishes a rural employment and livelihood guarantee framework, providing eligible rural households with a statutory right to wage employment. NEW DELHI: The Centre has notified grievance redressal rules under the Viksit Bharat – Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin), or VB-G RAM G Act, 2025, laying down a…
Few musicians, let alone children, would attempt to play dozens of classical ragas in one sitting. Angshuman Sarkar from Nadia, West Bengal, has done it on the santoor, a hammered string instrument of Indian classical music. According to India Book of Records, he set the record for “Maximum Gats of Indian Classical Ragas Played on…
A goldfish swimming inside a water tank has earned a Guinness World Records title after steering a motorised vehicle for 12.28 metres in just one minute. The unusual invention was created by Dutch computer engineer Thomas de Wolf, whose pet goldfish, Blub, became the unlikely driver of a motion-sensing car that translates the fish’s movements…
Final – Pakistan v Sri Lanka – Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan – October 31, 2026 Pakistan’s Shaheen Shah Afridi with Haris Rauf during the final Pakistan men’s cricket team on Monday were fined five per cent of their match fee for maintaining a slow over-rate during the Final of the Pakistan ODI Tri-Series against Sri…
Shreyas Iyer (Pic credit: Iyer’s X post) NEW DELHI: India captain Shreyas Iyer had a message for his team and fans after guiding the side to a 3-2 T20I series victory over New Zealand, but it was not in English or Hindi. Instead, Iyer chose a four-word Maori expression that left many cricket fans curious…
A Virginia couple who transformed the gravel backyard of their century-old home into a garden for their two toddlers have found themselves caught in a property-boundary dispute after a neighbouring property owner claimed part of the land belonged to him. Brittany Ellerbe and her husband bought the house in Petersburg in 2025 and turned the…
