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☆ Global arms fairs from Russia to the UAE: Photographer’s take on bizarre world
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-24 | by ( Christy Choi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —An arms fair may contain all the trappings of war, but it is nothing like a battlefield. Nikita TeryoshinA shot of the reception at the 2016 MSPO expo, the biggest arms fair in Eastern Europe. “It was the only (arms fair I’d been to) where they were shooting real rockets over 20 kilometers (12 miles) maybe,” said Teroyshin. Fairgoers wait for a shuttle to a live demonstration site during the 2019 Army military expo held in Alabino, Russia. Forever.”) is paired with an image of three women in Islamic veils at an arms fair, one pretending to hold a rifle depicted in the poster in front of her.

Persons: ”, Nikita Teryoshin, “, ” Teryoshin, Nikita Teryoshin “, Teryoshin, Majid, Teroyshin, Lockheed Martin, Nikita Teryoshin Teroyshin, ‘, KAI, Nikita Teryoshin Saudi, Linda Åkerström, eyeshadow, Nikita Teryoshin Åkerström, ” Teroyshin, he’s, Åkerström, you’ll Organizations: CNN, Swedish Bofors, expos, Tiger, Kalashnikov, Lockheed, Manufacturing, ITT, Otis Defence, CTA, Elbit Systems, BAE Systems Locations: Russian, Swedish, Kielce, Poland, Lima , Peru, Belarus, France, Germany, South Korea, China, UAE, Peru, Russia, Vietnam, USA, South Africa, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, “, DEFEXPO, Eastern Europe, Mali, Alabino, Abu Dhabi, Paris, Dortmund, Seoul, IDEX, Central, Western Europe, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Australia, Ukraine

☆ I started Pilates with the goal of doing the splits. I can now send my legs behind my head, and my back pain is healed.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-20 | by ( Varisha Tariq | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

I started doing Pilates with the goal of learning how to do the splits. I can't do the splits, but I've gained much more — I'm more flexible, and my back pain is healed. I never thought I'd be able to do these things as a plus-size woman. There was no Pilates studio or instructor there, and the way I'd always seen it on TV, I assumed it to be something that rich ladies in big cities do. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.

Persons: I've, I'd, —, Kyle Richards Organizations: Service, Housewives, Beverly, Business Locations: Beverly Hills, India, Lucknow

☆ Modi's Party Set to Bring Contentious Common Civil Laws in India Through States
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-31 | by ( Jan. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +3 min

Framing a national common law has been one of the three core, decades-old promises of Modi's Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP). The northern state of Uttarakhand, nestled in the Himalayan foothills, is expected to unveil a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) bill next week, officials said. A committee set up in Uttarakhand in 2022 to draft the code will submit its work to the state government on Friday. "Several state governments across India are looking at whether a uniform civil code could be implemented," Nalin Kohli, a national BJP spokesperson said. Personal laws can be legislated by both federal and state governments, and other BJP-ruled states have said they could use the Uttarakhand UCC draft as a template.

Persons: Krishn Kaushik, Rupam Jain, Saurabh Sharma, Narendra Modi's, Modi's, Asaduddin Owaisi, Nalin Kohli, Pushkar Singh Dhami, Ram, Biswa Sarma, Keshav Prasad Maurya, Sumit Khanna, Jatindra, Lincoln Organizations: Saurabh Sharma NEW DELHI, Janta Party, BJP, UCC, Kashmir, Uttarakhand UCC, Reuters Locations: Indian, Jammu, Kashmir, Uttarakhand, India, Assam, Uttar Pradesh, New Delhi, Lucknow, Ahmedabad, Bhubaneshwar

☆ Indian Devotees Splurge on Jets, Gold Idols as Hindu Temple Opens
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Jan. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +3 min

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Asia's richest man Mukesh Ambani are among the 8,000 or so attendees at Monday's inauguration event for the Ram Temple, which devotees believe is built on the birthplace of Lord Ram, a sacred Hindu deity. Officials estimate 100 private jets will descend on Jan. 22 on Ayodhya airport, filling it to capacity. Mehra did not disclose the price of the charters, but private jet booking website JetSetGo lists the price of a Mumbai-Gorakhpur flight on a Falcon 2000 jet with nine passengers on board at about $74,000. There is a waiting period of two weeks," said Baldev Singh, a manager at HS Jewellers in Lucknow city. "People are betting on economic prosperity but there's also emotional attachment to be part of the Ayodhya story."

Persons: Saurabh Sharma, Tanvi Mehta, Narendra Modi, Mukesh Ambani, Lord Ram, Modi, It's, Rajan Mehra, Mehra, Baldev Singh, Amitabh Bachchan, Abhinandan, Abhinandan Lodha, Aditya Kalra Organizations: Indian, Ram, Bharatiya Janata Party, Dassault, Reuters Locations: Tanvi Mehta AYODHYA, India, Ayodhya, Varanasi, Gorakhpur, Mumbai, Thailand, Lucknow city

The Ram Mandir's opening Monday would fulfill a decadeslong Hindu nationalist pledge that is expected to resonate with voters during the upcoming national election expected in April or May. The narrow roads have given way to four-lane pilgrim route, including the newly developed 13-kilometer (8-mile) Ram Path leading to the temple. At least two head priests from a Hindu sect have refused to go the opening ceremony, saying consecrating an unfinished temple goes against Hindu scriptures. And volunteers from Modi’s party and other Hindu nationalist groups are going door to door, distributing religious flags and pamphlets. Many others shared Bhatia's feelings about the temple's opening.

Persons: Lord Ram, Hinduism’s, Ram, Narendra Modi's, Modi, Ananya Sharma, ” Sharma, Om Prakash Bhatia, —, marigold, “ Lord Ram, ” Bhatia, “ Jai Sri Ram, ”, “, Gaurav Shourey, ” ___ Banerjee, Piyush Nagpal Organizations: DELHI, Bharatiya Janata Party, Associated Press Locations: India's, Ayodhya, homestays, India, Modi, Indian, New Delhi, vermillion, Lucknow

"After these results, it looks like there is no stopping Modi," said Yashwant Deshmukh, poll expert with C-Voter agency, adding that stopping Modi would be a "herculean task". The BJP won the regional votes in three of four major states, including central Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh which were ruled by Congress. One of the challenges facing the opposition are the factious ties within the INDIA alliance. Congress refused to share seats in state polls with key regional ally the Samajwadi Party. "The future of the alliance is good if the Congress party works on it with full commitment," he said.

Persons: India's, Narendra Modi, of Home Affairs Amit Shah, Narendra Modi's, Modi, Yashwant Deshmukh, Rahul Gandhi, Manish Tewari, Manoj Kaka, Gandhi, Baijayant Panda, Saurabh Sharma, Miral Organizations: Bharatiya Janata Party, BJP, Indian, Union, of Home Affairs, Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party, Voter, Congress, Reuters, Samajwadi Party, Thomson Locations: Ahmedabad, India, DELHI, Britain, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, INDIA, Lucknow

[1/6] Ola electric scooters are seen outside the Ola Electric Service Centre, in Thane on the outskirts of Mumbai, India, October 25, 2023. Aggarwal's Ola Electric, which he likens to Tesla in the West, is zipping towards a stock-market listing after going from zero to 338,000 e-scooter sales in about two years. But he acknowledged service capacity issues and said Ola was "aggressively" bolstering its service network by adding 100 new centres and hiring more technicians. 'TESLA FOR WEST, OLA FOR REST'Aggarwal often declares, "Tesla is for the West, Ola for the rest", and he's a man in a hurry. "Electric vehicles are new to people so they aren't aware of how to ride the vehicle to maximise optimal output," he said.

Persons: Francis Mascarenhas, it's, Elon Musk, Aggarwal's Ola, Tesla, Ola, Devendra Ghuge, Aggarwal, Ola EVs, Ravi Bhatia, Bhatia, Japan's SoftBank, Ronald Radhakrishnan, Koradia, Riddhima Talwani, Aditi Shah, Rishika Sadam, Sriram, Arpan Chaturvedi, Anushree, Pandya, Francis Mascerehnas, Varun Vyas, Munsif, Jatindra, Saurabh Sharma, Sumit Khanna, Jose Devasia, Aditya Kalra Organizations: Ola Electric Service Centre, REUTERS, Staff, Reuters, JATO Dynamics, WEST, OLA, West, Singapore's Temasek, Industry, Hero Electric, TVS, EV, Ola, Fayaz Bukhari, Thomson Locations: Thane, Mumbai, India, THANE, HYDERABAD, DELHI, MUMBAI, Chennai, Bengaluru, India's, U.S, China, Kochi, New Delhi, Bhubaneswar, Lucknow, Ahmedabad, Jose, Srinagar

☆ Indian workers remain trapped in collapsed tunnel as rescue hampered
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Saurabh Sharma | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] Members of rescue teams prepare to conduct a rescue operation after a portion of an under-construction tunnel collapsed in Uttarkashi in the northern state of Uttarakhand, India, November 14, 2023. Uttarakhand State Disaster Response Force/Handout via REUTERS Acquire Licensing RightsLUCKNOW, India, Nov 15 (Reuters) - Rescue teams were unable on Wednesday to reach 40 workers trapped in a collapsed highway tunnel in India, as huge boulders were blocking efforts to create an evacuation passage, officials said. It has been three days since the tunnel collapsed but the labourers continue to be safe and healthy, one official involved in the rescue operations told Reuters. Naveen, relief commissioner of Uttar Pradesh state, told Reuters. Local media reported on Tuesday that those near the exit of the tunnel got out, while the 40 who were deeper inside were trapped.

Persons: G.S, Naveen, Narendra Modi's, Saurabh Sharma, Tanvi Mehta, Raju Gopalakrishnan Organizations: Disaster, REUTERS Acquire, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand, India, LUCKNOW, New Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow

☆ Subrata Roy, ‘bad boy billionaire’ and chief of India’s Sahara Group, dies
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Rhea Mogul | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Subrata Roy, the founder of Sahara, once one of India’s largest conglomerates, died on Tuesday, his company said in a statement. Roy died in a Mumbai hospital following “an extended battle with complications arising from metastatic malignancy, hypertension, and diabetes,” the statement said. It was founded by Roy in 1978 and operates in sectors including real estate, banking, manufacturing and media. Considered one of the country’s most flamboyant tycoons, Roy rubbed shoulders with the Indian elite, including Bollywood superstars and high-profile politicians. “Heartbroken to learn about the passing of Sahara Shri Subrata Roy,” former Indian Olympian PV Sindhu wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter.

Persons: CNN — Subrata Roy, Roy, ”, Subrata Roy, Anupam Kher, ” Roy Organizations: CNN, Indian national cricket team, Formula, Securities and Exchange Board of India, India’s, Reuters, Netflix, Bad, Sindhu Locations: Mumbai, Sahara India, London, New York, Sahara, Lucknow

☆ Indian Workers Remain Trapped in Collapsed Tunnel as Rescue Hampered
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Nov. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

By Saurabh SharmaLUCKNOW, India (Reuters) - Rescue teams were unable on Wednesday to reach 40 workers trapped in a collapsed highway tunnel in India, as huge boulders were blocking efforts to create an evacuation passage, officials said. It has been three days since the tunnel collapsed but the labourers continue to be safe and healthy, one official involved in the rescue operations told Reuters. The trapped men have been given food, water and oxygen through a pipe since Sunday morning, after the tunnel caved in at 5:30 a.m. (0000 GMT). Naveen, relief commissioner of Uttar Pradesh state, told Reuters. Local media reported on Tuesday that those near the exit of the tunnel got out, while the 40 who were deeper inside were trapped.

Persons: Saurabh Sharma, G.S, Naveen, Narendra Modi's, Tanvi Mehta, Raju Gopalakrishnan Organizations: Reuters Locations: Saurabh Sharma LUCKNOW, India, New Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Lucknow

☆ South Africa keen to shed choker's tag against powerhouse Australia
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Amlan Chakraborty | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

KOLKATA, Nov 14 (Reuters) - South Africa sense an opportunity to finally get rid of the choker's tag but the onerous task entails getting the better of the most successful team in the history of 50-overs World Cup, Australia, in Thursday's semi-final in Kolkata. "Hurt by a combination of bad luck and nerves in the business end of showpiece event, South Africa are pitted against a powerhouse who thrive in those big moments as Australia have demonstrated with five titles. South Africa, who have never progressed beyond the last four, are fretting over the availability of skipper Temba Bavuma, who is nursing a hamstring strain. They have looked more comfortable setting targets than chasing one though, and they will expect more penetration from their bowlers against a resurgent Australia. Regardless of how their group stage campaign ebbed and flowed, it came as no surprise when Australia hurled towards the knockout stages by stringing together seven wins in a row following that defeat by South Africa.

Persons: Quinton de, Temba Bavuma, Aiden Markram, Reeza Hendricks, Travis Head's, Glenn Maxwell's, Mitchell Marsh's, Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Pat Cummins, You've, Amlan Chakraborty, Pritha Sarkar Organizations: Bangladesh, Thomson Locations: KOLKATA, Africa, Australia, Thursday's, Kolkata, South Africa, India, Lucknow . South Africa, Kock, Afghanistan, Bangladesh

☆ Heavy machinery brought in to pull out Indian workers from collapsed tunnel
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Saurabh Sharma | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Members of rescue teams are pictured during a rescue operation after a portion of an under-construction tunnel collapsed in Uttarkashi in the northern state of Uttarakhand, India, October 13, 2023. Uttarakhand State Disaster Response Force/Handout via REUTERS Acquire Licensing RightsLUCKNOW, India, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Excavators began drilling with heavy machinery on Tuesday to fix a wide steel pipe that will help pull out almost 40 Indian workers trapped inside a collapsed Himalayan highway tunnel that caved in two days ago in the north Indian state of Uttarakhand. Patwal said it was not easy to ascertain the time required to pull out the workers. But some work has been halted by local authorities after hundreds of houses were damaged by subsidence along the routes, including in Uttarakhand. Reporting by Saurabh Sharma in Lucknow and Tanvi Mehta in New Delhi; Editing by Stephen CoatesOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Devendra Singh Patwal, Patwal, Char, Narendra Modi's, Saurabh Sharma, Tanvi Mehta, Stephen Coates Organizations: Disaster, REUTERS Acquire, Thomson Locations: Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand, India, LUCKNOW, North India, Lucknow, New Delhi

☆ Rescuers Hopeful of Reaching Trapped Labourers in Collapsed Indian Tunnel
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-13 | by ( Nov. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

By Saurabh SharmaLUCKNOW, India (Reuters) - Rescuers were able to make contact on Monday with 40 labourers trapped in a collapsed tunnel in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand and were hopeful they would be rescued soon, an official said. The tunnel, which was being constructed on a national highway that is part of a Hindu pilgrimage route, collapsed early Sunday morning. "Food and water was supplied to the labourers and we are hopeful that the rescue operation will be completed soon. Uttarakhand in north India is vulnerable to landslides, earthquake and floods. It aims to connect four important Hindu pilgrimage sites of North India through 889 kilometres (552 miles) of two-lane road being constructed at a cost of $1.5 billion.

Persons: Saurabh Sharma, Arpan Yaduvanshi, Char, Narendra Modi's, Kanjyik Ghosh, Shri Navaratnam Organizations: Rescuers, Reuters Locations: Saurabh Sharma LUCKNOW, India, Uttarakhand, North India

☆ Rescuers struggle to find Nepal quake survivors, deaths at 137
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-04 | by ( Gopal Sharma | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/5] A damaged building is seen after an earthquake in Jajarkot, Nepal, November 4, 2023. Officials said 99 people were killed in Jajarkot and 38 in neighbouring Rukum West district, both in Karnali province. At least 85 people were injured in Rukum West and 55 in Jajarkot, an official in the prime minister's office said. Thousands of residents spent the entire night in cold, open grounds because they were too scared to go in into the cracked houses as aftershocks struck," Sharma said. Local TV channels showed rescuers digging through the rubble with their bare hands looking for survivors in the debris of collapsed houses.

Persons: Harish Chandra Sharma, Sharma, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Krishna Bhandari, Narendra Modi, Gopal Sharma, Saurabh Sharma, YP Rajesh, William Mallard Organizations: REUTERS Acquire, Seismological, German Research Centre, Geosciences, U.S . Geological, Reuters, Authorities, Indian, YP, Thomson Locations: Jajarkot, Nepal, New Delhi, Kathmandu, Rukum West, Karnali province, Ramidanda, Surkhet, Chaurjahari, Rukum, India, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, LUCKNOW

☆ Rescuers Struggle to Find Nepal Quake Survivors, Deaths at 137
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-04 | by ( Nov. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +4 min

"The number of injured could be in the hundreds and the deaths could go up as well," Jajarkot district official Harish Chandra Sharma told Reuters by phone. Officials said 99 people were killed in Jajarkot and 38 in neighbouring Rukum West district, both in Karnali province. At least 85 people were injured in Rukum West and 55 in Jajarkot, an official in the prime minister's office said. Thousands of residents spent the entire night in cold, open grounds because they were too scared to go in into the cracked houses as aftershocks struck," Sharma said. Local TV channels showed rescuers digging through the rubble with their bare hands looking for survivors in the debris of collapsed houses.

Persons: Gopal Sharma, Harish Chandra Sharma, Sharma, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Krishna Bhandari, Narendra Modi, Saurabh Sharma, YP Rajesh, William Mallard Organizations: Seismological, German Research Centre, Geosciences, U.S . Geological, Reuters, Authorities, Indian, YP Locations: Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU, Nepal, New Delhi, Kathmandu, Jajarkot, Rukum West, Karnali province, Ramidanda, Surkhet, Chaurjahari, Rukum, India, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, LUCKNOW

☆ Malan won't blame coach Mott for England's dismal title defence
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Their only win in the tournament came against Bangladesh and Sunday's defeat at the hands of table-toppers India was their fourth successive loss. "It has been frustrating from a players' point of view because we know we're better than that." "We've played six games now and we've not been anywhere near where we wanted to be so it is disappointing from that point of view," Malan said. "I'm pretty sure I'll be done for that but I'd love the guys to play in that," Malan said. "Hopefully we can find the momentum and finish the World Cup on a high."

Persons: Bharat Ratna, Atal Bihari, England's Dawid Malan, India's Mohammed Siraj, Andrew Boyers, Dawid Malan, Matthew Mott, Malan, We've, Amlan Chakraborty, Muralikumar Organizations: ICC Cricket, Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket, REUTERS, BBC Sport, Thomson Locations: India, England, Lucknow, DELHI, Bangladesh, Australia, Pakistan, New Delhi

☆ Talismanic Rohit leads India's blemish-free campaign by example
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Amlan Chakraborty | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Equally importantly, he has often set the tone of their innings with the bat and is India's leading run-scorer in the tournament having overtaken Kohli. The 36-year-old, widely admired for his lazy elegance, fell for a duck against Australia in their tournament opener but has since been dominating the powerplay overs to put India in charge. Known for destroying rival attacks, Rohit proved he could rebuild an innings as well as he combined in a 91-run stand with KL Rahul to resuscitate India. Rohit did not get his second hundred of the tournament but his measured knock fetched him player-of-the-match award. "It's just not about going and playing my shots," the opener said after helping India clinch the bowler-dominated contest against holders England.

Persons: Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Rohit, Kohli, Jos Buttler, KL Rahul, It's, you've, Amlan Chakraborty, Pritha Sarkar Organizations: Australia, England, KL, India, Thomson Locations: DELHI, India, Lucknow, New Delhi

☆ India win low-scoring contest to heap more misery on England
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-29 | by ( Saurabh Sharma | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Rohit Sharma saved India's blushes with a captain's knock of 87 in what initially appeared a below-par total of 229-9 on a tricky surface at the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow. Put into bat, the hosts slumped to 40-3 in the 12th over before Rohit forged a 91-run partnership with KL Rahul (39) to arrest their slide. Suryakumar Yadav contributed a breezy 49 down the order and India's tailenders scored some useful runs towards the end to take them past the 225-mark. England were reduced to 52-5 inside 16 overs in a remarkable batting capitulation and were eventually bundled out for 129 in inside 35 overs with Mohammed Shami claiming 4-22 for India. Writing by Amlan Chakraborty in New Delhi; editing by Pritha SarkarOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Bharat Ratna, Atal Bihari, India's Mohammed Shami, England's Moeen Ali, Adnan Abidi, Rohit Sharma, India's, Rohit, Suryakumar Yadav, India's tailenders, Mohammed Shami, Liam Livingstone's, Amlan Chakraborty, Pritha Sarkar Organizations: Cricket, ICC Cricket, Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket, KL Rahul REUTERS, England, KL, Thomson Locations: India, England, Lucknow, LUCKNOW, New Delhi

☆ World Cup title defence in shreds but England relishing India clash
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-28 | by ( Saurabh Sharma | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LUCKNOW, India, Oct 28 (Reuters) - England's World Cup title defence may be in tatters after four defeats in five matches but assistant coach Marcus Trescothick said on Saturday their sagging fortunes won't stop them from relishing their blockbuster clash with hosts India. England won the title on home soil in 2019 and came into the showpiece as favourites after also capturing the Twenty20 World Cup last year, but defeats by New Zealand, Afghanistan, South Africa and Sri Lanka have left them on the brink of elimination. "Playing against India in a World Cup in their own country is a special part of the game. You get these opportunities that come around - you know there'll be a big crowd, there'll be a wonderful occasion," Trescothick told reporters. Trescothick said England had not lost faith in the 50-overs format having lifted the title at the last World Cup.

Persons: Marcus Trescothick, Trescothick, there'll, Saurabh Sharma, Shrivathsa Sridhar, Hugh Lawson Organizations: England, New, India, Thomson Locations: LUCKNOW, India, tatters, New Zealand, Afghanistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, England, Lucknow, Jos, Bengaluru

☆ COVID lockdown training base kept Shami sharp for World Cup comeback
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Shami claimed 5-54 in Dharamsala on Sunday to help the hosts to a four-wicket win and a 5-0 unbeaten record at the tournament. Shami said he would rather be training at the home pitch than taking a break from the game. "Sometimes it happens that when you are busy for 12 months, you get relaxed after going home," said the 33-year-old. Shami replaced Pandya, who injured his left ankle during India's seven-wicket win over Bangladesh last week. Shami said he had not minded sitting out India's first four World Cup matches.

Persons: India's Mohammed Shami, Rohit Sharma, Zealand's Daryl Mitchell REUTERS, Adnan Abidi, Mohammed Shami, lockdowns, Shami, Pandya, India's, Chiranjit, Robert Birsel Organizations: Cricket, ICC Cricket, Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association, New Zealand, West Indies, September's Asia, Bangladesh, Caps, England, Thomson Locations: India, New Zealand, Himachal, Dharamsala, Amroha, Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow, Bengaluru

☆ Sold out hotels and spike in beer sales: How the Cricket World Cup could boost India's economy
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Charmaine Jacob | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Spectators react in the crowd during the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup India 2023 between India and Afghanistan at Arun Jaitley Stadium on October 11, 2023 in Delhi, India. Matt Roberts-icc | Icc | Getty ImagesIndia is once again hosting the Cricket World Cup after more than a decade. "We must remember that the World Cup coincides with the Diwali season. Media and advertisingDuring the last Cricket World Cup in 2019, a global average of 1.6 billion people tuned in. Spectators watch the 2023 ICC Men's Cricket World Cup one-day international (ODI) match between Australia and Sri Lanka at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow on Oct. 16, 2023.

Persons: Matt Roberts, Shantanu Bhargava, Lalitya, Avi Mehta, Waterfield, Bhargava, Dhavala, Aditya Suresh, Suresh, Zomato, Prakash Singh, Mehta, —, Radico Khaitan, Shibani Kurian, It's, Tauseef Mustafa Organizations: ICC Men's Cricket, Arun, icc, Icc, Getty, Cricket, Waterfield Advisors, Hospitality, CNBC, International Cricket Council, Macquarie Group Demand, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Indian Hotels Company, Macquarie Group, Alcohol, Afp, Spirits, Kotak Mahindra AMC, Media, Disney, ICC, Board, Control, BCCI, Ekana Cricket Locations: India, Afghanistan, Delhi, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Ahmedabad, Australia, New Zealand, Netherlands, Pune, LSEG, New Delhi, Lucknow

☆ Sri Lanka left with regrets after squandering strong start: Nissanka
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Half-centuries by Mitchell Marsh and Josh Inglis helped Australia chase down the target with nearly 15 overs to spare, handing Sri Lanka a five-wicket defeat, their third straight loss at the tournament. "Despite our promising start, we deeply regret not being able to sustain it, resulting in us being limited to a score of 209 runs," Nissanka told reporters on Monday. "The opposition's bowlers consistently hit good areas during the middle overs, which created a challenging situation for our batsmen. "I'm hopeful that I can contribute significantly by scoring a substantial number of runs and playing substantial innings in the upcoming matches," Nissanka said. Sri Lanka next face the Netherlands in Lucknow on Saturday.

Persons: Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Perera, Mitchell Marsh, Josh Inglis, Nissanka, Aadi Nair, Peter Rutherford Organizations: Monday's Cricket, Sri, Thomson Locations: Sri Lanka, Lucknow, Australia, Netherlands, Bengaluru

☆ Zampa braves back spasms to reignite Australia's stuttering campaign
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( Saurabh Sharma | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

LUCKNOW, India, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Australia's Adam Zampa would not rate his performance against Sri Lanka in Monday's World Cup clash among his best but its importance was not lost on the leg spinner. Smarting from back-to-back defeats, five-time champions Australia moved off the bottom of the points table after their five-wicket victory against 1996 champions Sri Lanka. Zampa went wicketless against India and bled 70 runs in his 10 overs for the lone wicket of Rassie van der Dussen against South Africa. The spinner said he did not try anything different against Sri Lanka. "We've got a tough game coming up next against Pakistan but I am going to try and keep things the same for me."

Persons: Adam Zampa, Smarting, Zampa, I've, Rassie van der, We've, Amlan Chakraborty, Ken Ferris Organizations: Sri, Australia, Sri Lanka, India, Thomson Locations: LUCKNOW, India, Sri Lanka, Lanka, South Africa, Pakistan, New Delhi

☆ Winless Australia struggling to read World Cup wickets, says Cummins
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-15 | by ( Saurabh Sharma | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LUCKNOW, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Australia are struggling to read the wickets at the World Cup in India and are adapting to the conditions "on the fly", skipper Pat Cummins said on Sunday as the five-times champions look for their first win of the tournament. Australia are ninth in the standings after they were beaten by India and South Africa in Chennai and Lucknow, respectively. But Cummins said playing a T20 game was very different from the one-day international format. "It's a tricky one, ODI cricket compared to T20s - played over half the game in daylight, half at night," Cummins told reporters. Australia have lost their last four World Cup games stretching back to the 2019 edition.

Persons: Pat Cummins, Cummins, it's, you've, I've, haven't, We've, we've, You've, Rohith Nair, Christian Radnedge Organizations: Australia, Indian Premier League, India, South, Cummins, Australian, Thomson Locations: LUCKNOW, Australia, India, South Africa, Chennai, Lucknow, Sri Lanka, Delhi, Bengaluru

☆ Mendis happy to take over as Sri Lanka captain
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-15 | by ( Saurabh Sharma | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

LUCKNOW, India, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's Kusal Mendis will not change his aggressive batting approach after taking over the captaincy two games into the World Cup when team mate Dasun Shanaka was ruled out of the tournament with injury. Mendis is among the tournament's top scorers with 198 runs in two games and his first match as captain will be Monday's clash with Australia who are also without a win in the group stage. "I am very happy to have the captaincy and I hope to play in the future in the same way as I have played so far, because I don't have anything to change," Mendis told reporters on Sunday. Mendis said Sri Lanka would miss all-rounder Shanaka, describing his absence as a "significant disadvantage". Moreover, when we previously lost Wanidu Hasaranga, we made an addition to the team to compensate for his absence," Mendis said.

Persons: Lanka's Kusal Mendis, Dasun Shanaka, Shanaka, Chamika Karunaratne, Mendis, I've, Wanidu Hasaranga, Rohith Nair, Ed Osmond Organizations: Thomson Locations: LUCKNOW, India, Tuesday's, Pakistan, Australia, Sri Lanka, Bengaluru

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