Smriti Mandhana has reached another significant milestone in her career, becoming only the 12th woman in international cricket to play 300 matches. She is also just the third Indian woman to achieve the feat, after Mithali Raj and Harmanpreet Kaur. The landmark comes after 13 years at the international level, during which Mandhana has been […]
Smriti Mandhana joins elite club with 300th international appearance Read More »
The Big Bash League (BBL) is set to break new ground this December by becoming the first overseas franchise T20 competition to stage a match in India. The 2026-27 BBL season will begin with defending champions Perth Scorchers taking on Melbourne Renegades at Chennai’s MA Chidambaram Stadium on December 12, marking the tournament’s first-ever fixture
Big Bash League 2026-27 to make history with season opener in Chennai Read More »
India’s school network shrank during the 2025-26 academic year, with an average of 13 schools closing every day, according to the latest Unified District Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+) report released by the Ministry of Education. The report shows that the total number of schools across the country declined from 14,71,473 in 2024-25 to
India shut 4,791 schools in the last academic year, averaging 13 closures every day Read More »
Less than four months ago, India were celebrating their second successive T20 World Cup title. The triumph reinforced Gautam Gambhir’s aggressive white-ball philosophy and capped a remarkable run that also included unbeaten triumphs in the 2025 Champions Trophy and Asia Cup. Today, the mood is very different. India have lost five consecutive completed T20Is, suffering
India’s bilateral struggles under Gautam Gambhir raise questions despite ICC trophies Read More »
Six matches into a new T20I cycle are hardly enough to define a team. Yet India’s tour of Ireland and England has revealed a recurring pattern that deserves attention. On pitches offering extra bounce and larger square boundaries, India’s batting has repeatedly struggled against disciplined hard-length bowling. More importantly, the batters have found it difficult
England vs India: The hosts expose a problem Men in Blue must solve before 2028 Read More »
Women’s cash transfer schemes have become one of the defining features of state elections over the past four years. Since 2022, the number of states offering monthly financial assistance to women has grown from two to 14, with a combined annual outlay of ₹1.68 trillion, or around 0.5 per cent of India’s GDP. Many of
Election cash schemes for women are running into a budget problem Read More »
India’s central bank has used roughly $100 billion from its foreign exchange reserves this year to defend the rupee, marking the highest annual intervention on record. The Reserve Bank of India sold dollars from its reserves in an effort to prevent the Indian currency from weakening too sharply against the US dollar. When a currency
RBI spent record money defending the rupee this year Read More »
San Francisco tech companies are using artificial intelligence chatbots to conduct initial job interviews, screening candidates before any human recruiter speaks to them. The bots ask questions, evaluate answers, and decide which applicants move forward. Some firms say the system cuts hiring time from weeks to days. The practice is spreading across tech, finance, and
San Francisco tech firms screen job applicants using AI bots first Read More »
Israel has informed the United States that Iran is planning to assassinate Donald Trump, according to reports from the region. The warning emerged as military tensions between Washington and Tehran escalated following an attack by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, or IRGC, on a commercial vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most
Israel warns US that Iran is plotting to assassinate Trump Read More »
Seventeen major banks are now testing a new blockchain-based payment system created by Swift, the global organisation that processes most international bank transfers. The pilot includes HSBC, Citibank, DBS, and other significant financial institutions from around the world, according to Business Standard. The system will allow these banks to send money across borders at any
17 banks including HSBC test Swift’s blockchain system for round-the-clock payments Read More »
Enlightened Post brings together the day’s most important developments and explains why they matter.
