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The 2025 ICC Champions Trophy is already within the thick of a row, however the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) appears to have relented to one thing. After the Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) raised alarm over PCB’s transfer to incorporate Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in its tour itinerary, the match is now learnt to be restricted to solely the three host cities of Karachi, Lahore and Rawalpindi. There’s nonetheless no phrase on India agreeing to play within the match, however might this be some form of an olive department?
🚨 Huge Story
Per week after Donald Trump’s landslide victory in the US elections, a Hong Kong-based brokerage agency CLSA raised its India allocation to a 20 per cent ‘chubby’, slashing publicity to China.
First, what’s ‘chubby’ on this context? Turning ‘chubby’ primarily means Indian equities ought to carry out higher in contrast with different markets.
Why that is vital: The agency’s transfer is being seen as a tactical reversal from its early October replace when it went ‘chubby’ on China.
Why India could also be wager: One attainable rationalization behind the switch-up could possibly be an escalation of a commerce conflict between US and China, after Trump proposed as much as 60 per cent tariff on Chinese language imports into the US. CLSA underlines that India seems as among the many least uncovered of regional markets to Trump’s opposed commerce coverage.
⚡ Solely in Categorical
For lengthy, sugar in Maharashtra has been synonymous with the cooperative sector. Nonetheless, over the past 25 years, there’s been a change within the panorama—from a mere three personal mills in 1998-99 to over 200 now. Within the run as much as state polls, our reporters map this shift as personal mills account for almost half the state’s sugar manufacturing.
✍🏽 Categorical Opinion
In our Opinion pages right now, impartial scholar Peter Ronald DeSouza tells the story of being confronted with prejudice, when an previous schoolmate requested him to “return to Portugal”. DeSouza writes:
“My story is barely a pointer to the problem forward. I have to admit that in my naivete I used to be unprepared for the ferocity of the onslaught. The language of “us vs them” has clearly taken root amongst educated middle-class Indians.”
👔 Categorical Defined
Over the previous week, United States President-elect Donald Trump has made a slew of appointments in his incoming administration, together with filling 10 Cupboard-level positions. As Group Trump takes form, his selections replicate the teachings he has learnt (or not), a dedication to construct an administration in his personal picture, and the premium he locations on loyalty.
🎬 Film Evaluation
To all of the Paul Mescal followers, Gladiator 2 might come as a little bit of a disappointment, particularly for those who adored Russell Crowe’s delicately balanced portrayal of Maximus within the prequel. No, Gladiator 2 will not be Gladiator, however there are nonetheless silver linings. In her newest assessment, Shalini Langer writes: “…the duty that he (Mescal) pulls off in bearing Gladiator II on his uncooked shoulders isn’t any minor achievement.”
That’s all for right now.
Till Monday,
Ayesha Jain
