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The Aussies have been on a roll. | Photo Credit: Getty Images London is cooling down.You don’t find, at the moment, people travelling with their small, portable fans, or even one of those hand fans that Jane Austen’s heroines from the Regency England would carry to the balls.The form of the Australian team is only getting hotter at the T20 Women’s World Cup, though. After scoring a comfortable six-wicket win in their last league match against India, the Aussies are all ready for their next opponent.The West Indies’ route to the knockouts hardly resembles Australia’s. While Australia beat South Africa…

Shreyas Iyer has suffered an early setback in his stint as T20I captain. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Shreyas Iyer’s stint as T20I captain has begun on the wrong foot with India stung by the series defeat to Ireland on Sunday.Having taken charge of a team that has won the last two T20 World Cups under Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav, the 31-year-old would have been aiming to make an instant mark on his comeback to the T20I fold after nearly three years.Instead, his low returns of three and 10 were accompanied by successive losses to Lorcan Tucker’s Irish outfit.…

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The Union Cabinet, under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved an additional investment by the Government of India of ₹30,000 crore in the National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) to be used for its upcoming funds, the government announced on Monday (June 29, 2026). The decision itself was taken last week, it said.This would take the government’s total commitment in NIIF to ₹60,000 crore.The NIIF is India’s sovereign anchored fund, in which the government of India is a 49% shareholder. It currently manages capital commitments of about ₹40,000 crore across its funds and investment strategies, the government…

Splendid: Stokes leaves the international arena as one of England’s most celebrated all-rounders. | Photo Credit: Getty Images The guarded player and the maverick talisman. English cricket has often thrown up players in these two categories. In the segment of the magician star, lit up by Ian Botham, and briefly embellished by Andrew Flintoff, Ben Stokes walked in with the swagger of a pirate courting both thrills and self-destruction.Born in New Zealand, but with talent burnished in England, Stokes always hinted that a sporting miracle was possible. Often, he delivered on that count, as player and captain, even if towards…

Jaffer will also conduct coaching clinics. | Photo Credit: PTI The Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) has appointed Wasim Jaffer as mentor — cricketing activities for a two-year term. The former India opener, who will assume the role on August 1, will oversee all senior and age-group teams.Since retiring in 2020, Jaffer — the highest scorer in Ranji Trophy with 12,038 runs — has built a coaching resume with gigs at Punjab, Uttarakhand, Odisha and Vidarbha. The 48-year-old also served as batting consultant of the Bangladesh men’s under-19 side and as batting coach of Punjab Kings between the 2019 and 2023…

Coach Muzumdar and skipper Harmanpreet have plenty of soul searching to do after India crashed out in the group stage. | Photo Credit: Alex Davidson-ICC India’s campaign at the T20 Women’s World Cup came to a disappointing end on Sunday. Again.The Women in Blue had crashed out of the last T20 World Cup at the league stage in the UAE, too. Coach Amol Muzumdar concedes there is a need for a rethink.“I think we really have to rethink our strategy in T20 games,” Muzumdar said after India’s defeat in the must-win game against Australia at Lord’s. “We really need to put our heads…

Representational file image. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The Centre has decided to remove restrictions on petrol and diesel sales, including the 200 litre per person per day cap on sale of diesel, effective July 1.In an order issued on June 11, 2026, the Government had barred industrial and commercial consumers from purchasing petrol and diesel from retail outlets and directed them to source it from dedicated supply channels only.The Government had said that the directive sought to arrest an “uneven extraordinary demand growth” in some retail outlets that is stemming from consumers of bulk diesel increasingly turning to state-owned oil-marketing companies’ retail outlets.  More details to follow.. Published…

Harmanpreet & Co. qualified as the highest-placed eligible finishers from Asia based on their performances in the 2026 Women’s T20 World Cup. | Photo Credit: ICC The Indian women’s cricket team has secured a place in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, while the men’s side is in a strong position to make the cut.The International Cricket Council (ICC) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced that the men’s and women’s cricket competitions – which will return to the Olympics after 128 years – will feature six teams each.In the women’s event, Australia, Great Britain (via England), India and South Africa…

The manufacturing sector grew 5.5% in May 2026, down from 6.1% in April but faster than the 4.2% growth registered in May last year. File image. | Photo Credit: Reuters Growth in industrial activity quickened to a five-month high of 5.1% in May 2026, buoyed by stronger performances by the manufacturing, electricity, capital goods, and consumer goods sectors, the latest government data shows.While releasing the data, the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation also said that it has further tweaked the new series of the Index of Industrial Production (IIP), which had first been released on June 1. The new series…