Melbourne, May 25 (IANS) Australia women head coach Shelley Nitschke has signed a three-year contract extension that will see her remain in charge of the team until June 2029.The former Australia allrounder took over from Matthew Mott as head coach in 2022 on an initial four-year deal and led the side to success at the Commonwealth Games that year before helping the six-time champions to another Women’s T20 World Cup title in South Africa the following year.Nitschke’s new three-year contract, wh…
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Mumbai, May 23 (IANS) The Indian women’s team was spotted at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) as they jetted off to the United Kingdom for their tour of England, followed by the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup, which will be hosted by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) starting June 12.The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the squads earlier this month, on May 2, via a press conference at their headquarters here. The press meet was addressed…
Vadodara, May 22 (IANS) The next edition of the Vibrant Gujarat Regional Conference (VGRC) will be held in Vadodara in the last week of June 2026, with a focused review of the industrial and economic profile of Central Gujarat, the state government announced on Friday. The conference will concentrate on the Central Gujarat region, which comprises Ahmedabad, Anand, Chhota Udepur, Dahod, Gandhinagar, Kheda, Mahisagar, Narmada, Panchmahal and Vadodara districts.The region contributes around 28 per …
Gandhinagar, May 19 (IANS) The Cyber Centre of Excellence (CCoE) of Gujarat CID Crime has arrested nine individuals and uncovered an international cryptocurrency syndicate allegedly involved in terror financing, dark web narcotics trafficking, cyber fraud, hawala transactions, and money laundering, with financial transactions worth more than Rs 226 crore traced during the investigation. Addressing a press conference on Tuesday, SP Rajdeepsinh Zala said the investigation exposed a network handlin…
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) Pakistan is among the worst-affected countries as the United Kingdom has reduced its foreign aid spending, cutting development assistance from 0.5 per cent to 0.3 per cent of gross national income (GNI) by 2027, a report has said.A report by The Borgen Project said that the UK government has announced foreign aid cuts of more than $6 billion, with the deepest reductions expected in bilateral aid programmes.Pakistan and Mozambique are set to face the steepest cuts, while …
London, May 19 (IANS) A 23-year-old councillor, Tushar Kumar, has created history by becoming the youngest Indian-origin mayor in the United Kingdom after being appointed mayor of Elstree and Borehamwood.Originally hailing from Haryana, Kumar was officially appointed at the council’s Mayor-Making Ceremony held at Fairway Hall in Borehamwood on May 13.Several councillors, civic leaders, community organisations, residents, family members and friends attended the event.Taking to his social media …
New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal said on Monday that India is targeting exports worth $2 trillion over the next five years, while pegging the overall exports target for FY27 at $1 trillion.India’s total exports of goods and services increased to an all-time high of $863 billion in FY26 despite the uncertainties in global markets triggered by the US tariff turmoil and geopolitical tensions.The minister said India continues to remain a bright spot amid global geopolitical an…
Brussels, May 14 (IANS) The United Kingdom has become the primary hub for political Islam – an ideology that does not acknowledge borders, British values, or the very concept of a secular state, a report has stated.This “extremist ideological franchise” has successfully filled the vacuum left by a de-industrialised and spiritually hollow establishment, while aggressively eroding the British identity, the report highlighted.The phenomenon reflects a transnational movement that considers the Briti…
Washington, May 11 (IANS) An American passenger from a hantavirus-hit Dutch cruise ship has tested positive for the virus, and another has mild symptoms, the US Department of Health and Human Services have announced. All 17 American citizens from the MV Hondius cruise ship are currently en route via an airlift to the United States, with the two travelling in the plane’s biocontainment units out of an abundance of caution, the department wrote in a post on the social platform X.The airlift will f…
Beijing, May 9 (IANS) The three cases involving Chinese transnational operations in the United States, United Kingdom and Norway reflect the extensive global reach of Beijing’s campaign of repression aimed at monitoring, harassing, and silencing critics abroad, a report said on Saturday. According to a report in ‘The Diplomat’, this campaign crosses borders, residency status, or the protections associated with democratic citizenship.“On May 7, in a historic verdict, Peter Wai and Bill Yuen…