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☆ Bollywood Stars, Former Prime Ministers and the Kardashians Attend the Ambani Wedding
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-13 | by ( Sadiba Hasan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

On Friday afternoon, Sneh Zala, 24, waited for celebrities to arrive on the red carpet for the wedding of Anant Ambani, the youngest son of India’s richest man, and Radhika Merchant, a daughter of a fellow business tycoon. The red carpet was set up in a room adorned with lanterns and red and orange garlands and floral arrangements. It’s not every day that Kim and Khloé Kardashian, John Cena and Boris Johnson gather in Mumbai for an Indian wedding. Mr. Zala was one of about 100 media members clamoring next to the red carpet, not a common addition at most weddings. But given the sheer amount of celebrities present, including Bollywood superstars, several members of the Indian cricket team, former prime ministers and billionaire businessmen, and the fabulous Indian clothes on display, a runway seemed in order.

Persons: Sneh, Anant Ambani, Radhika Merchant, Manav Manglani, It’s, Kim, Khloé Kardashian, John Cena, Boris Johnson, Zala, clamoring Organizations: Indian cricket Locations: Sneh Zala, Zala, Mumbai

☆ India’s ‘godmen’: How a rigid caste system has created a new kind of deity
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-12 | by ( Rhea Mogul | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

The man they had come to see was known to his disciples as Bhole Baba, a self-styled Hindu spiritual leader worshipped by many as a living god. “My mother believed in (Bhole Baba). What could I do?”People like Lal’s mother – poor and on the lower rungs of India’s hierarchical caste system – make up the bulk of Bhole Baba’s following. Claiming to possess mystical knowledge and the ability to cure illness and solve problems, godmen inspire remarkable fervor in their millions of followers. Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, head of the spiritual organization Dera Sacha Sauda, is another self-styled spiritual guru revered by millions.

Persons: –, Bhole Baba, ”, “, Meera Nanda, Sakib Ali, Subhash Lal, Lal, Narayan Sakar, Kalyani, Sheetal, Bhole, Jatav, Sathya Sai Baba, Ravi Shankar, Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, Sacha Sauda, Parveen Kumar, Singh, ” Nanda, Asaram Bapu, Sunil Verma, Sai, Goldie Hawn, Isaac Tigrett, Sachin Tendulkar, Manmohan Singh, Surendra Singh, Narayan Sakar Hari resound, Aishwarya S, Iyer Organizations: CNN, Hindustan Times, Uttar, Uttar Pradesh Police, Azim Premji University, ” Miracle, Pacific Press, Rock Locations: India’s Uttar Pradesh, India, Hathras, Uttar Pradesh, Garhi, India’s, Bangalore, ”, Bole, Gurugram

☆ Behind the scenes of billionaire Indian weddings: Hired 'shadows,' phone bans, and a circus master to lead the chaos
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-12 | by ( Shubhangi Goel | Lian Kit Wee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

"Now, when it comes to a high-net-worth wedding or a celebrity wedding, everything becomes 10 times or hundred times" of that cost, Aggarwal said. AdvertisementPlanners' cost estimates of the Ambani wedding varied widely, from tens of millions of dollars to hundreds of millions of dollars. For a big celebrity wedding, planners divide their staff into teams and hire hundreds of additional people leading up to and on the day of the ceremony. Setting a blueprint for other weddingsThe Ambani wedding is already influencing how other Indians are envisioning and planning their own nuptials. The festivities are slated to kick off Friday at the Jio World Convention Centre, which is owned by the Ambani family.

Persons: —, Radhika Merchant, Anant Ambani, Ambani, Nishita Aggarwal, Nishita, Rihanna, Justin Bieber, Katy Perry, Pitbull, Purvi Modgil, Aggarwal, Isha Ambani, Anant Ambani's, Modgil, Darshan Shroff, We've, Abu Jani Sandeep Khosla, Tarun Tahiliani, Abu Jani, Sandeep Khosla, Ashish Vaishnav, Bharat Jagasia Organizations: Service, Business, Planning, Boys, Reliance, Forbes, butlers, Planners, Convention Locations: Mumbai, India, Getty, Delhi

☆ Beckham, Guardiola and the Princess of Wales: Welcome to Wimbledon’s Royal Box
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-06 | by ( Nick Miller | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +13 min

On the upside, you get the best view in the house for the most famous tennis tournament in the world. The Royal Box at Wimbledon is an unending source of fascination for people ostensibly tuning in to watch some top-class sport. Guardiola and Williamson acknowledged the crowd, as is traditional in the Royal Box on middle Saturday. You get drinks on arrival, served on the balcony behind Centre Court, which overlooks some of the smaller courts. The invitation reads: ‘The Chairman and Committee of Management of The Championships request the pleasure of the company of [insert name] & Guest in the Royal Box on [insert date].

Persons: Jeff Bezos, David Attenborough, Princess, Wales, Kylie Minogue, Prince Albert of Monaco, Pep Guardiola, Bear Grylls, David Beckham, Samuel L Jackson, David Cameron, Sachin Tendulkar, Richard Branson, Alex Ferguson, James Bond, Christopher Eubanks, Debbie Jevans, Jevans, Pat Cummins, Niamh Cusack, Sir John Timpson, Keir Starmer’s, Theresa May, Sir David Attenborough, Katherine Jenkins, Dave Grohl, Olga Morozova, Ian Hewitt, Dame Sarah Gilbert, Gilbert, Irene Tracey, Dame Ruth Beverley, Nazanin Zaghari, Ratcliffe, Andy Murray’s, Murray, Zaghari, Roger Federer, Ryan Peniston, Karwai Tang, Pierce Brosnan, Anna Wintour, Russell Wilson, Sam Mendes, Eddie Redmayne, Sienna Miller, Jude Law, Ian McKellen, Maggie Smith, Michael McIntyre, Duke, Duchess of Kent, Prince Michael of Kent, Queen Elizabeth II, Geordie Greig —, —, George Osborne, John Witherow, they’re, Guardiola, Williamson, Andrej Isakovic, Mark Philippoussis, Roger Federer’s, Conchita Martinez, Leah Williamson, Denise Lewis, Ben Stokes, Beckham, Gareth Southgate, Jordan Henderson, Geoff Hurst, Bobby Charlton, Luke Donald, Rory McIlroy, Ernie Els, Sergio Garcia, David Haye, Chris Hoy, Kelly Holmes, Nicola Adams, Jessica Ennis, Hill, you’ve, Aaron Chown, Tom Cruise ”, Lewis Hamilton, Novak Djokovic, ” sniffed, –, ” Alan Chalmers, didn’t, ”, Pippa Middleton, Ilie Nastase, Serena Williams’s, hasn’t, Boris Becker, Eamonn Dalton Organizations: National Health Service, Wimbledon, Court, Lawn Tennis, Green Sport, Conservatives, Foo Fighters, BBC Radio, Royals, Evening, The, England women’s, European, Getty, Manchester City, Augusta, British, The New York Times, Olympic, Management, Inter Miami CF ’, “ Wimbledon Locations: British, Iran, Ratcliffe, Wales, That’s, London, AFP, England, Marbella, it’s, Romanian

☆ Indian wedding industry: Elephants, Michelin stars and Mughal jewels make it a $130 billion business
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-05 | by ( Diksha Madhok | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Sujit Jaiswal/AFP/Getty ImagesThe Indian wedding industry has boomed since the country emerged from the pandemic. “And this is irrespective of the economic classes.”At about $15,000, the average Indian wedding costs more than three times the average annual household income. Indian weddings are often spread across several days, with an average guest list of 326, compared with 115 in the United States, according to The Knot Worldwide. Rihanna, couture and emeraldsThe average luxury Indian wedding can cost anywhere between $200,000 and $400,000, according to Jefferies. No luxury Indian wedding is complete without lavish meals, which at times involves flying in Michelin star chefs and the finest of ingredients from across the world.

Persons: Anant Ambani, Mukesh Ambani, Radhika Merchant, Mukesh Ambani’s, Tim Chi, Nita, Anant, Sujit Jaiswal, it’s, Jefferies, ” Jefferies, Nasir Kachroo, ”, Sima Taparia, Aditya Motwane, Priyanka Chopra, Nick Jonas, “, you’ve, Ambani’s, Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, Rihanna, Motwane, —, Stringer, Knight Frank, Tina Tharwani, Nita Ambani, Olivier Polet, Tharwani, Virat, Vanessa Almeida, Almeida, videographers, Katy Perry, Andrea Bocelli, Rafiq Maqbool, Narendra Modi, ” Modi Organizations: New, New Delhi CNN, Silicon, CNN, Getty, Netflix, Motwane Entertainment, Shaadi, Michelin, Backstreet Boys Locations: New Delhi, Radhika Merchant . India, India, Mumbai, AFP, South Asia, Jammu, Kashmir, United States, Indian, Jamnagar, Monte Carlo, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, Florence, Indian Italian, Tuscany, Goa, Italian, Genoa

☆ Indian cricket team is back home after getting stranded in Barbados due to Hurricane Beryl
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-04 | by ( Steve Tuemmler | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ How the USA’s shock cricket triumph reflects a global sporting and geopolitical transformation
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-08 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

A national cricket team that most Americans didn’t even know they had beat one of the sport’s global powers Pakistan, for whom the game is a national obsession. “There is this pivot from global north to global south,” said Chadwick. The first ever international fixture was between the United States and Canada in 1844 in New York. The World Cup is being carried in the US on Willow TV, a streaming service that is also available on cable systems for an extra fee. The global game, soccer, has several times hubristically tried to conquer the US and it’s taken years to reach its current level with strong pro leagues the MLS and the NWSL.

Persons: didn’t, ”, Monank Patel, Corey Anderson, “ It’s, “, Peter Della Penna, Donald Trump, Narendra Modi, Simon Chadwick, “ You’ve, You’ve, It’s, Virat Kohli, Germain, LIV, Modi, Chadwick, Donald Bradman, Michael Jordan, Pakistan –, Saurabh, Milind Kumar, hubristically, it’s, Della Penna, you’re, ” Della Penna Organizations: CNN, team, Cricket, Pakistan, USA Cricket, New Zealand, Indian, , Indian Premier League, Major League Cricket, IPL, US, America, United Arab Emirates, Manchester City, Paris Saint, Formula One, Hindu, FIFA, Beijing, Bowlers, Down, England, Elite US, Willow, MLS, England’s Premier League, Manchester United, Arsenal, tailgates, Women’s National, TV, South Locations: Pakistan, United States, Caribbean, Texas, American, America, Long, , New York, India, Australia, Nassau County, Ahmedabad, Gulf, United Kingdom, Europe, East, South Asia, British, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Zealand, England, North Carolina, Manchester, Qatar, Paris, Germain . Middle, Saudi Arabia, Los Angeles, There’s, Canada, New York, Sri Lankan, California, New Delhi, China, Belgium, Commonwealth

☆ India’s election campaign turns negative as Modi and ruling party embrace Islamophobic rhetoric
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-28 | by ( Rhea Mogul | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is increasingly resorting to overtly Islamophobic language during his election campaign, critics and observers say, as he seeks a third straight term governing the world’s most populous nation. It’s coming directly from the prime minister. The BJP did not respond to a request for comment on the rhetoric being used by party leaders during this campaign. The prime minister has set an ambitious target for his alliance to win 400 seats in the country’s Lok Sabha, or lower house of Parliament, in this election. BJP party spokespeople subsequently said Modi was talking specifically about undocumented migrants.

Persons: Narendra Modi, –, Modi, we’ve, ” Milan Vaishnav, “, surrogates, “ Modi, it’s, ”, Asim Ali, It’s, ” Modi, he’s, Jaiveer Shergill, Irfan Nooruddin, Weeks, Arvind Kejriwal, Ali, Santosh Kumar, Alishan Jafri, Vaishnav, ” Nooruddin, Prakash Singh, spokespeople Organizations: CNN, Indian, Bharatiya Janata Party, BJP, South Asia, Carnegie Endowment, International, Home Minister, Indian National Congress, “, Georgetown University, Indian Army, Hindustan Times, Bloomberg, Getty Locations: “, BJP, Lok, Delhi, Pataliputra, India, Australia, United States, China, Britain, Muzaffarnagar district, Uttar Pradesh

☆ Saudi’s Indian cricket play works for both sides: podcast
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Aimee Donnellan | ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

LONDON, Nov 30 (Reuters Breakingviews) - The kingdom is looking to invest as much as $5 bln in the Indian Premier League. In this Viewsroom podcast, Breakingviews columnists discuss what it means for the sport and how it sizes up against Riyadh’s growing global sporting ambitions. Listen to the podcastFollow @aimeedonnellan on XSubscribe to Breakingviews’ podcasts, Viewsroom and The Exchange. Editing by Thomas ShumOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. They do not reflect the views of Reuters News, which, under the Trust Principles, is committed to integrity, independence, and freedom from bias.

Persons: Thomas Shum Organizations: Reuters, Indian Premier League, Thomson

☆ Cricket World Cup 2023: Polluted air the common opponent
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Vijdan Mohammad Kawoosa | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +12 min

Air quality during 2023 Cricket World Cup matchesChart categorises the 2023 cricket World Cup matches held in 10 Indian cities by the air quality observed during the matches they hosted. Twenty matches were held in ‘unhealthy’ air quality, 11 in air that was ‘unhealthy for sensitive groups’, 12 in ‘moderate’ air quality and only two in ‘good’ air quality. Average 24-hour PM 2.5 levels on all cricket World Cup match days between 1983 and 2019Chart shows average PM 2.5 concentration on match days at places that hosted a cricket World Cup match between 1983 and 2019. Of all the regions that have ever hosted a cricket World Cup match, the Indian subcontinent has seen the most polluted air. Map shows average annual PM 2.5 levels in 2019 across the world and locations that have ever hosted a cricket World Cup match.

Persons: Delhi’s Arun, Arun Jaitley, ITO, Chandika Hathurusinghe, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Suranga Lakmal, Mohammad Shami vomited Organizations: Sri Lankan, teams, Arun, ITO, Labs Inc, . Environmental Protection Agency, Delhi, United States Environment Protection Agency, U.S . Environmental Protection Agency, World Health Organization, Indian, Matches, Daily, International Cricket Council, Endurance Locations: New Delhi, Delhi, Lahore, Pakistan, Australia, Netherlands, India, ITO, Sri Lanka, England, Indian, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Sri Lankan, U.S, Canberra, United States, China, Bangladesh

☆ One game from immortality. A nation expects as India take on Australia in a final like no other
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-18 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —For host nation India, this Cricket World Cup has been laden with layers of expectation, pressure and history from the very start. And their tournament will come full circle on Sunday when it faces Australia in the final, 45 days after they played each other in the tournament’s opening game. Rohit Sharma and India are unbeaten so far in this tournament. (India) have been the best in the tournament so far,” Australia’s Mitchell Starc said ahead of the final, according to Reuters. Fans in India will be able to watch on Star Sports Network while those in Australia can tune in to Fox Sports and Kayo.

Persons: Rohit Sharma, Robert Cianflone, ” Australia’s Mitchell Starc, Narendra Modi, Pat Cummins, “ You’ve, ”, Rahul Dravid, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Virat Kohli, Sachin Tendulkar’s, Glenn Maxwell’s Organizations: CNN, Reuters, ” Cricket, ”, ICC, New Zealand, ESPN, Star Sports Network, Fox Sports Locations: India, Australia, South Africa, Indian, Ahmedabad, ” Australia, Afghanistan, USA

☆ Asthmatic players skip practice, Bangladesh coach says Delhi air 'not ideal'
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-05 | by ( Amlan Chakraborty | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

REUTERS/Altaf Hussain/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNEW DELHI, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Asthmatic Bangladesh cricketers remained indoors while Sri Lankan players wore masks as poor air quality in smog-shrouded New Delhi remained the talking point ahead of Monday's World Cup clash between the two nations. "Our doctor is keeping a close eye on the players," Hathurusinghe told reporters on Sunday. "Some of the players didn't turn up for practice as they are asthmatic, so they stayed indoors. "Team selection won't depend on air quality. Most of the Sri Lankan players wore masks when they arrived at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in the afternoon.

Persons: Altaf Hussain, Chandika Hathurusinghe, Hathurusinghe, Skipper Kusal Mendis, Mendis, they've, Amlan Chakraborty, David Goodman, Pritha Organizations: REUTERS, Asthmatic, Sri, Bangladesh, Indian, International Cricket Council, ICC, Arun, Thomson Locations: New Delhi, India, DELHI, Asthmatic Bangladesh, Sri Lankan, Delhi, Sri Lanka

☆ Kohli, Rahul fire as India thump Pakistan in Asia Cup
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Sept 11 (Reuters) - India beat rivals Pakistan by 228 runs after Virat Kohli passed 13,000 in one-day internationals en route to his 47th century and KL Rahul marked his return from injury with a ton in a lopsided Asia Cup Super Four clash in Colombo on Monday. India spinner Kuldeep Yadav (5-25) ripped through Pakistan's lineup following a brief rain interruption after Jasprit Bumrah removed Imam-ul-Haq and Hardik Pandya castled the dangerous Babar Azam. Kohli and Rahul saw off the threat of Pakistan's pace attack, missing Rauf due to a right flank problem, and the duo targeted the spinners to post 356-2 in 50 overs. Rahul and Kohli's unbeaten 233-run partnership for the third wicket was the highest stand in the Asia Cup. India, whose group meeting with Pakistan in Pallekele this month was abandoned due to rain, take on Sri Lanka on Tuesday.

Persons: Virat Kohli, Rahul, Kohli, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Kuldeep Yadav, Bumrah, Haq, Pandya, Babar Azam, Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Rohit, Rauf, Kohli's, It's, we've, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Shreyas, carting Faheem Ashraf, Shrivathsa Sridhar, Ken Ferris Organizations: Pakistan, Asia, Thomson Locations: India, Colombo, Pallekele, Sri Lanka, Bengaluru

New Delhi CNN —When Indian prime minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Group of 20 (G20) leaders’ summit on Saturday, he sat behind a country name placard that piqued the interest of many. “PM Modi uses placard Bharat for G20 inaugural address,” ran a headline in the Times of India, one of the country’s largest English-language outlets, moments after. Both India and Bharat are used officially in the nation of 1.4 billion people, which has more than 20 official languages. Bharat is also the Hindi word for India and is used interchangeably – both feature on Indian passports for example. But the use of “Bharat” on the G20 invites has raised eyebrows among opposition leaders.

Persons: Narendra Modi, Bharat, Modi, ”, “ Bharat, “, –, ’, ” Harnath Singh Yadav, Virender Sehwag, Bharat ”, ” Shashi Tharoor, Raghav Chadha, Jaishankar Organizations: New, New Delhi CNN, “, Bharat, Group, Bharatiya Janata Party, BJP, Cricket, Developmental, INDIA, Aam Aadmi Locations: New Delhi, ’, India, Times of India, Britain, British, Indian, INDIA

☆ Ronaldo streets ahead of Instagram influencers in annual ranking
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The list, compiled by Instagram scheduling tool Hopper HQ, is based on internal and publicly available data on how much each user can charge for a post on Instagram and YouTube. The Portugal forward brings in a massive $3.23 million per Instagram post, according to Hopper HQ, as he nears 600 million followers on the social media platform. "It's still shocking to me that the annual money made on the platform increases every year," Mike Bandar, co-founder of Hopper HQ, said. The highest earning influencer on Instagram, TikTok star Khaby Lame, is number 40 on the list. Ronaldo earns almost 10 times the amount Lame brings in for his Instagram posts.

Persons: Cristiano Ronaldo, Ballon, Ronaldo, Rich, Hopper, Ronaldo's, Lionel Messi, Selena Gomez, Kylie Jenner, Dwayne, Johnson, Virat Kohli, Neymar, Paris, Paris St Germain, Kylian Mbappe, Mike Bandar, Messi, Trevor Stynes, Ken Ferris Organizations: Forbes, YouTube, Argentina, Paris St, Hopper, Thomson Locations: Saudi Arabia, Portugal

☆ Byju's plans to end sponsorship of Indian cricket team jersey, as it puts profitability on cards for 2024
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-20 | by ( Arjun Kharpal | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

The Bangalore-based Byju's delivers online classes to students in various subjects. The co-founder added that the company will "hopefully" become profitable by the end of its financial year, which concludes in March 2024. Cricket is the biggest sport in India, a country with a population of more than 1.4 billion people. Byju's logo currently appears on the Indian cricket team's jersey. But Gokulnath told CNBC Byju's will not renew the deal after its March expiry.

☆ A sports tech startup lost millions — then made it big. Here's how its millennial founders staged a comeback
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-23 | by ( Goh Chiew Tong | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Losing millions of dollars when they were 24 years old was a defining moment for entrepreneurs Harsh Jain and Bhavit Sheth. More than a decade after its launch, their company Dream Sports says it's now valued at $8 billion dollars, with 160 million users to boot. Dream Sports is a sports tech firm from India that owns Dream11, the biggest fantasy gaming platform in the country. Harsh Jain and Bhavit Sheth launched their startup Dream11 when they were just 22 — but it quickly "crashed and burned." That is something they learned from losing a large sum of money in the early days of their company, Jain added.

☆ India's women to receive same national appearance fees as men
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

NEW DELHI, Oct 27 (Reuters) - India's men and women cricket teams will be paid the same appearance fees to represent their country, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Secretary Jay Shah said on Thursday. "We are implementing pay equity policy for our contracted BCCI women cricketers," Shaw wrote in a post on Twitter. "The match fee for both men and women cricketers will be same as we move into a new era of gender equality in Indian cricket." Under their current annual contracts, women cricketers in the highest bracket earn 5 million rupees, while Grade B players take home 3 million and Grade C, 1 million. Former India women team captain Mithali Raj hailed the announcement on Twitter as "historic".

☆ Indians pinning their hopes on Rishi Sunak on Diwali
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( Krishna N. Das | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

NEW DELHI, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Many Indians are delighted at the prospect of Rishi Sunak becoming the first person of Indian origin to become British prime minister on Monday, just as Hindus across the world celebrate Diwali. "Rishi Sunak took oath as an MP on (Hindu holy book) Bhagavad Gita. Former British finance minister Sunak, 42, is a practising Hindu and is known to celebrate the festival of lights. Some Indians are hoping for closer British-Indian ties if Sunak does become prime minister. "@RishiSunak becoming the British PM will be a great Diwali gift for UK, & a reason for celebration in India," former Indian diplomat Rajiv Dogra wrote on Twitter.

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