NEW YORK, June 03 (PTI): The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Monday announced a record prize purse of $11.25 million for the 2024 T20 World Cup with the winners pocketing at least $2.45 million. The runners-up will receive at least $1.28 million, while the losing semi-finalists walk away

India recorded a single-day rise of 70,421 new COVID-19 cases, the lowest in 74 days, taking the country’s infection tally to 2,95,10,410, while the count of active cases fell below 10 lakhs after over two months, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday. The COVID-19 de

New Zealand completed the first step of its mission for the home summer when it beat the West Indies by an innings and 134 runs Sunday on the fourth morning of the first cricket test. The win began New Zealand’s drive to win all four of its home tests — against the West Indies and Paki

The BSE Benchmark started the holiday truncated week with heavy gains, as both indices made fresh highs on positive trade data. The encouraging comments from the IMF chief on the outlook for Indian economy cheered the investors. Sentiment was also cheerful ahead of Diwali festival. However, after

More than 260 lawmakers in Pakistan, including ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif's son- in-law, were on Monday suspended by the country's election commission for not providing details of their assets and liabilities. The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) suspended a total of 261 members of th