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Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has revealed his annual holiday reading list as the 2025 comes to a close. Gates has recommended five books and he believes that all these titles spark curiosity and reflection during the quieter days of the winter season. “Each of these books pulls back the curtain on how something important really…
HSBC Bank books $1.1 billion provision HSBC Bank on Monday disclosed a financial charge of $1.1 billion related to a claim by a European fund tied to the late Bernard Madoff’s investment fraud.The provision will be reflected in the lender’s third-quarter results due Tuesday, the London-headquartered bank said. Following the announcement, HSBC’s shares slipped about…
India’s Virat Kohli plays a shot (PTI Photo/Izhar Khan) Team India batter Virat Kohli added another golden page to his illustrious one-day record books on Saturday, becoming the second-highest run-getter in ODI history and moving past Sri Lankan legend Kumar Sangakkara’s tally of 14,234 runs. The Indian batting great now stands at 14,235 runs in…
NEW DELHI: A case has been registered against senior TVK leader Adhav Arjuna at the North Zone Cyber Crime Police Station in Tamil Nadu after he stirred controversy by urging the nation’s youth to launch a revolution in a social media post that was later deleted.Police registered the case under Section 47/2025 u/s 192, 196(1)(b),…
Sanju Samson of India (Photo by Francois Nel/Getty Images) Sanju Samson has now become India’s leading T20I wicketkeeper in terms of sixes, surpassing MS Dhoni’s record. Samson has hit 55 sixes in 48 innings, overtaking Dhoni’s 52 in 85 innings. Rishabh Pant sits third with 44 sixes in 66 innings, while Ishan Kishan has 36…
Hardik Pandya and Tilak Varma of India (Photo by Francois Nel/Getty Images) India achieved their highest successful chase in Asia Cup T20 history with a thrilling six-wicket win over Pakistan in the Super Four clash in Dubai on Sunday. Chasing 172, India made a tricky target look comfortable, thanks to a masterclass from Abhishek Sharma…
India’s GM Vaishali Rameshbabu poses with her trophy after winning the FIDE Women’s Grand Swiss 2025 in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. (FIDE/PTI) R Vaishali finished 10th and last in the Chennai Challengers tournament just a couple of weeks before the FIDE Women’s Grand Swiss. The GM lost about 24 rating points too. But the experience of playing…
