Scotland are eying a sporting double against England on Saturday. While the Richie Berrington-led Scots square off against Harry Brook and Co. in their T20 World Cup clash at Eden Gardens, the rugby teams will also lock horns in Edinburgh for the Six Nations meet. “We’ve got the Scotland rugby team facing England the same day (as the WorldCup game). Besides, England had a scratchy start, especially with the ball, in theiropener against Nepal at the Wankhede. “Obviously, we know it’s going to be a tough... they’re a world-class team, but we too back our strengths,” Berrington stressed.

In an age where narratives are often manufactured, his emphasis was on the real narrative: Cultural confidence without cultural aggression. True freedom, as articulated in the RSS worldview, is not mere absence of restraint. In this sense, cultural freedom is inseparable from personal responsibility. This vision does not erase diversity; it houses diversity within a shared cultural grammar — much like rivers with different origins flowing into a common ocean. If cultural freedom means anything today, it is the freedom to be rooted yet open, disciplined yet compassionate, confident yet humble.

KATHMANDU: An earthquake of magnitude 4 hit Taplejung district on Tuesday in Nepal. There were no immediate reports of loss of life or damage of any kind due to the quake. The earthquake struck at 02.47 am Tuesday with its epicentre located at Kanchenjunga of Taplejung district, according to the National Earthquake Monitoring and Research Centre (NEMRC). The earthquake was felt in the other districts of eastern Nepal, it is said.

Former India captains Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have dropped down to the second tier (Grade B) of the BCCI’s list of contracted men’s players for 2025-26. ADVERTISEMENTThe top tier (Grade A) includes three players: Test and ODI captain Shubman Gill, fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah, and all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, who is now India’s most experienced Test player. The new contracts list does not include the A+ grade that was in place in the 2024-25 list. This effectively means that Gill, who took over both the Test and ODI captaincyfrom Rohit last year, has got significant progression in the contract. There are no new contracted players, with the overall men’s list trimmed from 34 players to 30.

Rohingyas arriving in Bangladesh from Myanmar and being repatriated is not a new phenomenon. In July 1978, there was a secret repatriation agreement between the governments of Bangladesh and Myanmar (then Burma), which became public in 2014. Between mid-1991 and 1992, another wave of Rohingya refugees arrived in Bangladesh. In March 2002, Medicines Sans Frontier published a report about 10 years of the Rohingyas in Bangladesh, saying, among other things, “The refugees need to be viewed not as a burden or ‘residual caseload’ but as human beings, with hopes, voices and rights.”

US lawmakers flag six ‘likely incriminated’ men hidden by redactions in Epstein files Republican representative Thomas Massie and Democrat Ro Khanna say key names and photos were masked without legal basis, press Department of Justice to disclose identities under transparency lawU.S. Republican US representative Thomas Massie and Democrat Ro Khanna said they zeroed in on these six men while examining the files inside a secure Justice Department reading room on Monday. The controversy centres on the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which requires the Justice Department to release unclassified records tied to Epstein and his associates and allows redactions only in narrow circumstances such as protecting victims’ identities or active investigations. Other lawmakers emerging from the review said the material suggested the network extended beyond Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell. The Justice Department has said it holds millions of Epstein-related records and previously acknowledged withholding or redacting hundreds of thousands of pages citing privileges such as attorney-client communications.

Pakistan will be on high alert when they take on a determined USA in their second match of the ongoing T20 World Cup. The US team gave India a mighty scare in their opening game before Suryakumar Yadav single-handedly turned the match. In the 2024 T20 World Cup, the US, on their tournament debut, had recorded a famous win over Pakistan. I don’t think any team is weak or strong in T20 cricket. The team that plays good cricket on the given day will be good.

Zimbabwe put up an all-round show to outplay Oman in a Group B contest of the T20 World Cup in Colombo on Monday. Opting to bowl first, Zimbabwe had Oman in all sorts of trouble as Blessing Muzarabani (3/16) wreaked havoc with the new ball. Muzarabani was complemented well by pace colleagues Richard Ngarava (3/17) and Brad Evans (3/18) as the African side bundled out Oman for just 103 in 19.5 overs. We read thepitch correctly.”Brief scores: Oman 103 in 19.5 ovs (Blessing Muzarabani 3/16, Richard Ngarava 3/17, Brad Evans 3/18). Zimbabwe 106/2 in 13.3 ovs (Brian Bennett 48 n.o.).

ADVERTISEMENTA Jamaat coalition is expected to put up a close fight against frontrunner and former ally, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. Bangladesh votes on February 12 in its first national election since a Gen Z-led uprising toppled former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in 2024. CAPITALISED ON POLITICAL VACUUMAnalysts say Shafiqur Rahman capitalised on the political vacuum after the uprising. In December, the party allied with the Gen Z National Citizen Party, widening its appeal among younger and less-conservative voters. Seen by some as a more moderate face of Jamaat, Rahman has tried to soften the party’s image by stressing governance, anti-corruption and social justice.

डिजिटल डेस्क, नई दिल्ली। पूर्व सेना प्रमुख जनरल मनोज मुकुंद नरवणे की अप्रकाशित किताब को लेकर लोकसभा में विपक्ष के नेता राहुल गांधी ने एक बड़ा दावा किया है। उनका कहना है कि नरवणे की किताब अमेजन पर उपब्ध है।बता दें कि पूर्व आर्मी चीफ जनरल एमएम नरवणे (रिटायर्ड) की किताब के कथित सर्कुलेशन की जांच के लिए दिल्ली पुलिस ने एफआईआर दर्ज की है। इसके अलावा पब्लिकेशन हाउस पेंगुइन रैंडम हाउस इंडिया ने भी कहा है कि अभी किताब पब्लिश नहीं हुई है।राहुल गांधी ने क्या दावा किया? उन्होंने कहा, "यहां मिस्टर नरवणे का एक ट्वीट है जिसमें लिखा है - "बस मेरी किताब के लिंक को फॉलो करें"। मैं जो कहना चाह रहा हूं वह यह है कि या तो मिस्टर नरवणे झूठ बोल रहे हैं या पेंगुइन झूठ बोल रहा है। मुझे नहीं लगता कि पूर्व आर्मी चीफ झूठ बोलेंगे। पेंगुइन का कहना है कि किताब पब्लिश नहीं हुई है। लेकिन किताब Amazon पर उपलब्ध है। जनरल नरवणे ने ट्वीट किया है, "प्लीज़ 2023 में मेरी किताब खरीदें।"

उम्मीद के साथ आम आदमी स्वास्थ्य बीमा कराता है।- भास्कर ब्यूरो । जबलपुरसालों प्रीमियम जमा करता है। अचानक बीमित सदस्य बीमार होता है तो जिम्मेदार अधिकारी अस्पताल में कैशलेस से इनकार कर देते हैं।यहां तक कि बिल सबमिट करने पर अनेक प्रकार की खामियां निकालकर नो क्लेम कर दिया जाता है। परेशान होकर बीमितों को कंज्यूमर कोर्ट या फिर जिला विधिक सेवा प्राधिकरण में केस लगाना पड़ रहा है। ऐसी ही शिकायत मध्यप्रदेश जबलपुर ग्वारीघाट एसएफआरआई निवासी शिवचरण वर्मा ने की है। उन्होंने बताया कि एसबीआई जनरल इंश्

The Treasury benches argue that a member cannot be allowed to even refer to an unpublished book in the House. Amid the talks with the Speaker, the Congress-led Opposition prepared to move a no-confidence motion against him. In their letter to Birla, the Congress MPs denied they had posed a threat to the Prime Minister. However, Opposition sources said the indications so far were that the ruling side might not agree to let Rahul speak. A Congress MP said: “If Rahul Gandhi is not allowed to speak tomorrow, the Opposition will be compelled to move a no-confidence notice against the Speaker.

The Supreme Court on Monday said digital frauds siphoning off over ₹52,000 crore from bank accounts was “robbery and dacoity” and asked the Centre to draw up draft rules in consultation with the Reserve Bank, other banks and the telecom department to deal with such cases. The court also asked the government to consider ways of compensating victims of digital fraud. The report said that a high-powered, inter-departmental committee had been formed to tackle cyber frauds and underlined the Reserve Bank’s SOP on putting a debit hold on targeted accounts. The bench asked the Centre to “formally adopt and implement” the Reserve Bank’s SOP “across India for inter-agency coordination, location of defrauded parties”. It is due to the collusion or negligence on the part of some bank officers… banks are becoming a liability...”

वहीं, मौसम विभाग के अनुसार उत्तर भारत के मैदानी इलाकों में तापमान में लगातार बढ़ोतरी दर्ज की जा रही है. अगले दो दिनों दिल्ली-एनसीआर IMD मौसम पूर्वानुमानराजधानी दिल्ली में अगले तीन दिनों के दौरान मौसम में हल्का उतार-चढ़ाव देखने को मिलेगा. 10 फरवरी को मौसम की गतिविधियां और तेज होने की संभावना है. देशभर में न्यूनतम तापमान का ताजा हालअगले दो दिनों के दौरान उत्तर-पश्चिम भारत के कई हिस्सों में न्यूनतम तापमान में धीरे-धीरे 2 से 4 डिग्री सेल्सियस की बढ़ोतरी दर्ज की जाएगी. पूर्वी भारत के राज्यों में रात के तापमान में अगले दो दिनों में 2 से 3 डिग्री सेल्सियस की बढ़ोतरी देखने को मिल सकती है.

The United States and India will work in the coming weeks to finalise an interim trade agreement, with the aim of concluding a mutually beneficial Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA), the White House said. In a fact sheet titled ‘The United States and India Announce Historic Trade Deal (Interim Agreement)’, issued days after the two sides unveiled a joint framework, the White House said negotiations would continue on outstanding issues, including services and investment, labour and government procurement. India also has a history of imposing highly protectionist non-tariff barriers that have banned and prohibited many US exports to India,” the fact sheet said. The United States and India will also negotiate rules of origin to ensure that agreed benefits accrue predominantly to both countries. Bilateral trade in technology products will be significantly increased, along with expanded joint technology cooperation.