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The much-anticipated second ODI between England Women and India Women will take place on Saturday, July 19, 2025, at the iconic Lord’s Cricket Ground in London. After a thrilling first match in the three-match series, fans from around the globe are eagerly waiting to see whether India can seal the series or England can level it with a comeback at home. Match Details: Match: 2nd ODI – England Women vs India Women Series: India Women’s Tour of England 2025 (3-match ODI series) Date: Saturday, 19 July 2025 Venue: Lord’s, London Start Time: 10:00 AM BST | 3:30 PM IST Live Streaming…

The Karnataka High Court Friday directed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA and former minister B A Basavaraj to appear for police questioning in connection with the killing of a realtor in east Bengaluru earlier this week.The order, issued in response to a petition filed by Basavaraj seeking a stay on the investigation, comes just days after Bengaluru police named him as the fifth accused in the murder of V G Shivaprakash, also known as Bikla Shiva. Shivaprakash, 44, was hacked to death on a city street near Ulsoor Lake on July 15. “In the meanwhile, by way of an interim…

England batter Ollie Pope has offered a candid perspective on the fading culture of sledging in international cricket, attributing the shift to the growing impact of franchise-based leagues. Speaking after the intense third Test against India at Lord’s, Pope acknowledged that while on-field tension still exists, traditional verbal spats between teams have significantly reduced in recent years. “Sledging is Getting Less and Less” Pope, a key member of the English Test side, admitted he’s not a fan of aggressive sledging and doesn’t engage in it often. “I’m not a massive sledger,” Pope said. “There’s less and less of it in…

Johannesburg, July 19 (IANS) Union Minister of State for External Affairs Pabitra Margherita reached the South African city of Johannesburg as he commenced the second leg of his visit to the Kingdom of Lesotho. “High Commissioner Prabhat Kumar welcomed the Minister of State for External Affairs of India, Pabitra Margherita at the Johannesburg airport. Minister of State is on a 3 nation official visit i.e. Eswatini, Lesotho & South Africa,” High Commission of India, Pretoria, South Africa & concurrently accredited to Lesotho posted on X. In the Kingdom of Lesotho, Margherita is scheduled to pay a courtesy call on King…

Ahead of Parliament convening for the Monsoon Session on July 21, constituents of the Opposition INDIA bloc will hold an online meeting on Saturday to reach a consensus on issues it will raise to corner the BJP-led NDA government.However, despite looking to project unity, the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) only confirmed its participation in the meeting on Friday ahead of its scheduled Martyrs’ Day rally on Saturday, while the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is set to skip the meeting after distancing itself from the INDIA bloc. Ahead of the meeting, AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh said…

New York, July 19 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has claimed that his threat of a 10 per cent tariff on members of the BRICS scared them off, and almost no one showed up for a meeting the next day. But the BRICS summit continued. Trump issued the threat on July 6 night, but the next day, the leaders of the 11 BRICS countries met for the second day of their summit with full attendance. Calling BRICS “this little group” of “six countries basically”, he said on Friday, “They wanted to try and take over the dollar, the dominance of…

BEIRUT — Recent violence in Syria’s southern province of Sweida has killed hundreds of people, shaken the country’s fragile new leadership and drawn in neighboring Israel.At the center of the crisis are the Druze — a secretive religious minority that has long carved out a precarious identity across Syria, Lebanon and Israel, preserving strict traditions while adapting to regional powers.That balancing act, once key to their survival, is now under strain as upheaval in Syria and Israel’s increasingly assertive regional posture leave the community newly exposed.Closed to outsiders and often misunderstood, the Druze faith emerged in the 11th century as…

Ottawa, July 19 (IANS) Wildfire activity is expected to continue to increase and persist to well-above-average conditions over much of western Canada by August, Canada’s minister of energy and natural resources said. In a wildfire update, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson delivered the latest national wildfire forecast, saying the highest fire danger is in southern British Columbia, Xinhua news agency reported. The minister said weather forecasts point to above-average temperatures across much of Canada from July through August, with dry conditions expected to intensify in the coming weeks, particularly in the west and north. Based on these weather…

Purnea: Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor has said his party will either be on the “arsh or farsh” (form the government on its own or not be in power at all) in the upcoming elections in Bihar, as he presented it as an honest and strong alternative in the state. “There will be no middle ground,” he told ThePrint in a wide-ranging interview in which he also talked about the ongoing Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Bihar, migration, employment and corruption among others. Even though the Jan Suraaj has officially not announced how many seats it will contest…

In a nerve-wracking opening match of the World Championship of Legends (WCL) 2025, Pakistan Champions held their nerve to secure a memorable 5-run win over England Champions at the iconic Edgbaston Cricket Ground. A clinical bowling performance, coupled with spirited batting from Mohammad Hafeez and Aamer Yamin, propelled Pakistan to a dream start in the much-anticipated legends tournament. First Innings – Pakistan Post Fighting 160/9 Opting to bat first after winning the toss, Pakistan Champions got off to a shaky start, losing early wickets to the disciplined England bowling attack. However, veteran all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez stood firm and delivered a…