England captain Ben Stokes limps off with a groin injury
Stokes pulled up after bowling 10 balls on the fourth morning of the fifth Test and an England statement confirmed a ‘right adductor complaint’.
Stokes pulled up after bowling 10 balls on the fourth morning of the fifth Test and an England statement confirmed a ‘right adductor complaint’.
His death was announced by The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute
University of Michigan quarterback Bryce Underwood will return for his sophomore season under new head coach Kyle Whittingham. Underwood threw for 2,428 yards with nine touchdowns.
The Hunt for Gollum McKellen shares major update about new Lord of the Rings film
Trump says Venezuela to hand over million barrels of oil to US
Activists staged a sit-in at Tehran’s Grand Bazaar over Iran’s economic crisis and the collapse of the country’s currency
US stock market optimism is soaring, with a survey predicting a 20% S&P 500 advance this year, building on three years of double-digit gains. Meanwhile, the dollar's weakness is expected to persist for a second year, driven by anticipated Federal Reserve interest rate cuts and a supportive macro environment for equities.
Trump said the oil will be "brought directly" to the US docks via storage ships.
United Bank for Africa (UBA) has successfully closed its rights issue, raising N157.84bn after the exercise was fully subscribed by investors. Read More: https://punchng.com/uba-closes-rights-issue-raises-n157-84bn/
Arrowhead has raised $3 million in a funding round led by the early-stage venture capital firm Stellaris Venture Partners. The round also saw participation from angel investors such as Cred founder Kunal Shah and M2P founder Madhusudanan R, along with other senior fintech executives.
Algeria secures a 1-0 extra-time win over DR Congo, setting up a thrilling AFCON quarter-final against Nigeria. See how a late goal decided the match. Read More: https://punchng.com/foxes-beat-leopards-set-up-nigeria-qfinal-clash/
Super Eagles defender Calvin Bassey shares his heartfelt appreciation for the dedicated Fulham fans who travelled to Morocco to support Nigeria at AFCON. Read More: https://punchng.com/bassey-hails-fulham-fans-flying-to-morocco/
During his appearance on OutKick's "The Riley Gaines Show," independent journalist Nick Shirley took aim at Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz over his response to the fraud scandal.
Fenerbahce is readying a €42m Ademola Lookman transfer bid, structured as a loan with a buy option, as they target the Atalanta & Nigeria star. Read More: https://punchng.com/fenerbahce-prepare-e42m-lookman-offer/
Nigeria’s economic reforms spur renewed investor confidence, driving foreign inflows in Nigeria to nearly $14bn in the first nine months of 2025. Read More: https://punchng.com/investor-confidence-lifts-foreign-inflows-to-14bn-fg/
Plateau United has appointed veteran manager Gbenga Ogunbote as its new coach to replace Shola Ayegun following a run of poor results in the NPFL. Read More: https://punchng.com/ogunbote-takes-over-plateau-united/
The CBN warns that ongoing bank recapitalization risks increasing market concentration, crowding out non-bank issuers, and straining Nigeria’s capital mark Read More: https://punchng.com/bank-recapitalisation-may-increase-market-concentration-cbn/
GCCs have been rapidly expanding into tier-II and tier-III cities, as ET reported earlier, with locations like Coimbatore, Jaipur, Indore, Vizag, and Kochi emerging as new hubs. While the Union Budget 2025 announced a national framework to support this expansion, state-specific labour law variations continue to create compliance challenges.
Limited partners (LPs), on their return to India-focused venture capital funds after a slowdown, are applying sharper fund management filters, prioritising team stability, performance across market cycles and realised exits over sheer fund size or aggressive growth narratives, multiple industry executives told ET.
For Indian startups, 2026 will be an inflection point where experiments of the years past create systems on which the future is built. There are patterns across data, founder behaviour, and market structure, elevated by the evolution of AI, that point to this.
According to Venture Intelligence, healthtech funding fell to $447 million last year from $707 million in 2024. Funding had peaked at $2.62 billion in 2021, before declining to $1.07 billion in 2022 and $682 million in 2023.
India is seeing a clear shift as founders and senior executives who built large consumer internet companies are now moving into deeptech and AI. After scaling marketplaces, apps and platforms, many are choosing harder, slower problems in robotics, aerospace, advanced manufacturing and AI research.