South Africa

India complete formalities, blow away South Africa for 3-0 clean sweep

2:34 pm October 22, 2019

Ranchi: A formidable Indian team ticked all the boxes with ease as it completed a 3-0 rout of an out-of-sorts South Africa with an innings and 202 runs victory in the third and final Test here on Tuesday. With another 120 points in the ongoing World Test Championship, India now sit pretty on top of […]

India 2 wickets away from 3-0 clean sweep

8:12 pm October 21, 2019

Ranchi: India closed in on a 3-0 whitewash of South Africa by reducing the visitors to 132 for eight in their second innings at stumps on day three of the third and final Test, here on Monday. Theunis de Bruyn (30) and Anrich Nortje (5) will resume South Africa’s second innings on Tuesday. They are […]

Lot could have happened if I hadn’t cashed in on opportunities: Rohit

8:02 pm October 20, 2019

Ranchi: Rohit Sharma always knew that he had to make best use of the opportunities in his new role as a Test opener or else “a lot could have happened” as far as his stint in the longest format is concerned. Rohit has had scores of 176, 127 in his first Test as an opener […]

Centre rejects study which claims India is world's largest emitter of anthropogenic sulphur dioxide

S Africa to increase coal-fired energy, sparking climate outcry

10:49 pm October 18, 2019

Johannesburg : South Africa’s government announced Friday that the country would increase its use of coal-fired energy, provoking outrage from climate groups. Africa’s biggest polluter and most industrialised nation was facing rolling blackouts — in part due to ageing coal plants — as the government released its energy blueprint for the next decade. Mineral Resources […]

Zuma’s son says not corrupt, but victim of S.African political ‘storm’

8:20 pm October 8, 2019

Johannesburg: The son of South Africa’s ex-president Jacob Zuma, accused by witnesses of acting as a conduit in a major web of state graft, said on Tuesday he was not corrupt, but was caught up in political crossfire. Duduzane Zuma, 35, was testifying before a judicial inquiry probing allegations that his father organised a systematic […]