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The Asia Cup 2025 Super Four stage reaches a thrilling juncture as Pakistan and Bangladesh clash in a high-stakes encounter at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Thursday, September 25. With India already securing a place in the final, this penultimate Super Four match will decide which side joins Suryakumar Yadav’s men in the summit clash. Head-to-Head Record: Pakistan Dominates Bangladesh in T20Is Add Zee News as a Preferred Source Historically, Pakistan has held the upper hand against Bangladesh in T20 cricket. Out of 25 T20I encounters, Pakistan has claimed 20 victories, leaving Bangladesh with only five wins. While the…

Complex are the ways of coalition politics in India. It is hardly surprising then that Bihar should today present such a curious scenario marked with contradictions, even as all-out attempts are being mounted to clinch the upcoming Assembly polls in the key state, which has set new trends in the country’s politics over the decades.While Nitish Kumar-led NDA has been at the helm, anchored by the BJP, the Opposition Mahagathbandhan or INDIA alliance, including the RJD and Congress, seems out to dislodge the NDA government. Also tantalising is the role that the political strategist-turned-politician and Jan Suraaj Party (JSP) founder…

The reformed GST regime that came into effect Monday “will strengthen local businesses”, says Praveen Khandelwal, the general secretary of the Confederation of All India Traders, a body constituting lakhs of small and medium-sized business owners across the country. A BJP MP and an old hand in New Delhi’s trading circles, Khandelwal was part of the initiative to seek feedback on the rejig of the GST by the government. “Local businesses are the backbone of our economy. For the first time, a Prime Minister has taken a big step to strengthen that backbone,” Khandelwal told The Indian Express, who says…

Drivers in London, New York and other major cities are used to being charged for bringing cars into the city. Now one municipality may demand payment to bring dogs into town.A bill in Bolzano, Italy, would mean that dogs bringing their owners to the Tyrolean Alps for some scenery and mountain air would face a new charge of roughly 1.50 euros ($1.75) per day, the Italian news media reported.Local dogs won’t escape under the bill, which would come into force in 2026 if it is approved by the provincial council. Residents would be charged an estimated 100 euros per dog,…

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva used his speech at the United Nations General-Assembly to criticize the unilateral moves by his U.S. counterpart, Donald Trump. He will leave with a pledge to discuss tariffs with the American leader — and a political win against his predecessor Jair Bolsonaro, who used to gloat about his access to the White House.Lula and Trump have been at odds since July, when the U.S. leader imposed a 50% tariff on many Brazilian exports citing alleged persecution against Bolsonaro, who was recently sentenced to 27 years in prison. But a…

Researchers have found a breakthrough process that shrinks microchips to unprecedented scales, unlocking the potential for faster, more efficient, and more affordable electronics. Credit: Stock Scientists at Johns Hopkins have uncovered a new way to build microchips so small they’re nearly invisible. By combining metals and light-sensitive chemistry, they’ve pioneered a method that could make chips faster, cheaper, and far more powerful. This leap in microchip design could reshape everything from smartphones to airplanes, opening a path to the next era of technology. Breakthrough in Microchip Innovation Researchers at Johns Hopkins have identified new materials and developed a new technique…

Washington: Donald Trump dropped a bombshell this week. The US president stood at a news conference and warned pregnant women against paracetamol. He linked the drug and vaccines to autism. The claim rattled the medical world. The World Health Organisation fired back on Wednesday. “There is currently no conclusive scientific evidence that paracetamol during pregnancy causes autism,” it declared. The agency added large-scale studies had been carried out for decades, and no consistent association was found. Add Zee News as a Preferred Source It urged women to trust doctors. “WHO recommends that all women continue to follow advice of their…

Stephane Cardinale – Corbis/Getty Images If you have a favorite director, you can expect that your favorite director probably has a favorite director too. Enter Quentin Tarantino, who didn’t come right out and say that his fellow Oscar winner Christopher Nolan is his favorite director, per se, but he had some serious praise for the British director’s 2017 film “Dunkirk.” The movie, which centers around the evacuation of Allied forces in World War II, utilizes little dialogue and relies on atmosphere and action as the soldiers depicted travel by plane, land,…

Tristar Media/Getty Images Liam Neeson just scored a modestly-sized hit with “The Naked Gun” reboot over the summer, and it looks like audiences are starting to discover another of his much more serious action epics. “Ice Road: Vengeance” went direct to streaming in 2025, and it’s climbed Netflix’s top 10 for September 24, topping out in fourth place, which is very impressive for a film with no buzz. “Ice Road: Vengeance” takes the mostly-not-staged “Ice Road Truckers” and throws in a little bit of “Taken.” A sequel to “The Ice Road,” it…

Washington: Health authorities in the United States are raising alarms over a sharp increase in infections caused by drug-resistant bacteria, often referred to as “nightmare bacteria”. A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that infections by these dangerous bacteria rose by almost 70 percent between 2019 and 2023. Researchers attribute the surge to bacteria carrying the New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase (NDM) gene. Once considered exotic and mostly found in a few patients outside the United States, these bacteria are now appearing with increasing frequency across the country. The presence of the NDM gene can render…