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A simple guide to playing cricket

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-02-04T10:24:40+00:00

Cricket is among the most popular sports globally. Al Jazeera explains key terms to help you understand the game.

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RBI may pivot to buying Dollars to build reserves, analysts say

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-02-04T10:16:34+00:00

The rupee was down 0.1% to 90.40 against the dollar on Wednesday, following a 1.4% advance on Tuesday when US tariff cut helped it rebound from Asia’s worst performer last month to be the region’s top gainer

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Stock Market Live Updates Feb 4: Markets end flat as IT selloff drags, Sensex up 78 pts to 83,817, Nifty 50 ends 48 pts higher at 25,776

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-02-04T10:13:07+00:00

Sensex, Nifty updates on 04 February 2026: Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty were dragged into the red by the IT stocks in the afternoon session. Sensex ended 78.56 pts or 0.09% positive at 83,817.69, from its previous close of 83,739.13, after opening at 83,252.06. The Nifty ended 48.45 pts higher or 0.19% to 25,776, from its previous close of 25,727.55, having opened at 25,675.05.

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HCLTech to digitise Hong Kong Aero Engine Services’ MRO systems

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-02-04T10:07:17+00:00

HAESL said the digital transformation will enhance execution efficiency and create a scalable foundation to support long-term operational excellence and growth

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Europe takes on tech with social media bans and Paris raid on X

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-02-04T10:05:10+00:00

With at least six other countries — France, the UK, Portugal, Denmark, Greece and the Netherlands — and the EU is weighing similar limits, the moves signal a clear direction of travel and heighten the culture war with the Trump administration and some of the world’s mightiest tycoons

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Explained: What Anthropic’s latest launch means for Indian IT

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-02-04T10:04:12+00:00

Anthropic’s latest launch has amplified worries around rising competition, weaker demand for conventional outsourcing and margin pressure across software companies

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Here’s How the U.S. Accepted Danish Control of Greenland 100 Years Ago.

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-02-04T10:00:59+00:00

In 1917, the United States bought Caribbean islands from Denmark and agreed to respect Denmark’s hold over Greenland. The deal resurfaced with President Trump’s recent threats to seize Greenland.

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Woody Allen’s wife, Soon-Yi Previn, told Epstein that #MeToo movement ‘went too far’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-04T10:00:40+00:00

She also smeared teen victim of former congressman Anthony Weiner as ‘despicable and disgusting’ , files showSoon-Yi Previn, the wife of the film director Woody Allen, sent emails to Jeffrey Epstein telling the convicted sex offender that the #MeToo justice movement “has gone too far” – and smearing an underage girl at the center of a sexting case as “despicable and disgusting” rather than the former US congressman who went to prison for illicitly messaging the minor, according to recently released government files.At one point, Previn also wrote about how her stepbrother Ronan Farrow received

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Death of Nigerian singer highlights crisis of ‘preventable’ snakebite fatalities

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-04T10:00:39+00:00

Ifunanya Nwangene died in hospital after being bitten in her Abuja home, raising questions about the availability of effective antivenomsIn a last message to her friends, Ifunanya Nwangene wrote: “Please come.”The 26-year-old singer and former contestant on The Voice Nigeria had been bitten by a snake while asleep in her flat in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, and was in hospital, anxiously awaiting treatment. Continue reading...

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Death of Nigerian singer after snakebite highlights crisis of ‘preventable’ fatalities

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-04T10:00:39+00:00

Ifunanya Nwangene died in hospital after being bitten in her Abuja home, raising questions about the availability of effective antivenomsIn a last message to her friends, Ifunanya Nwangene wrote: “Please come.”The 26-year-old singer and former contestant on The Voice Nigeria had been bitten by a snake while asleep in her flat in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, and was in hospital, anxiously awaiting treatment. Continue reading...

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A Journalist Who Looks for Clues in Plain Sight

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-02-04T10:00:11+00:00

On The Times’s Visual Investigations team, Christiaan Triebert combines social media sleuthing and traditional reporting to piece together complex stories.

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100% FDI in insurance gives more power to regulators: LIC MD

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-02-04T09:56:46+00:00

Major announcements in Budget 2026, such as GST exemption on individual life and health insurance and the insurance amendment bill, underline the government’s renewed push for the insurance sector.

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What Anthropic’s latest launch means for Indian IT

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-02-04T09:52:58+00:00

Anthropic’s latest launch has amplified worries around rising competition, weaker demand for conventional outsourcing and margin pressure across software companies

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