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South Africa clinches first test series win in India since 2000-01

GUWAHATI, India, November 26, 2025 (AP) — Hansie Cronje was the South Africa captain in 2000-01 and Sachin Tendulkar led India the last time South Africa won a test series in India. On Wednesday, South Africa clinched its second series win in 25 years in India by beating the hosts by 408 runs. World Test Championship winner South Africa won the opening test at Kolkata by 30 runs. Off-spinner Simon Harmer took a career-best 6-37 and India crashed to be 140 all out in its second innings and lose the two-match series 2-0. In 2000-01, the Cronje-led South Africans also

Gold, silver futures climb on Fed rate cut expectations after weak US data

New Delhi, Nov 26 (PTI) Gold and silver prices climbed in the futures trade on Wednesday, tracking firm global trends, as weak US macroeconomic data fuelled expectations of an interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve next month. On the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX), gold futures for December delivery jumped by Rs 475, or 0.38 per cent, to Rs 1,25,700 per 10 grams in a business turnover of 7,926 lots. Silver futures too gained on the commodities bourse, with the white metal for December delivery surging by Rs 1,388, or 0.89 per cent, to Rs 1,57,709 per kilogram in 8,239

India intensifies crackdown in Kashmir after New Delhi bombing

NEW DELHI, November 26, 2025 (AP) — Hours after police in Kashmir released shopkeeper Bilal Ahmed Wani but kept his son in custody in this month’s deadly New Delhi blast investigation, Wani set himself on fire, members of his family said. The 55-year-old dry fruit seller was treated at three hospitals but died a day later. His relatives, who spoke on condition of anonymity as they feared reprisals from authorities for talking to media, said stress and humiliation over the detentions drove him to self-immolation. Police said Wani died due to “self-inflicted burn injuries.” The Nov. 10 explosion near New

Should we ‘get over’ print books in the digital age – or are they more precious than ever?

Melbourne, Nov 26 (The Conversation) Ebooks have been popular for decades and audiobooks are increasingly so. But physical books are still the decided favourite: a survey of Australian publishers after last Christmas reported print books made up a comfortable majority of sales (ebooks were 4–18% and audiobooks 5–15%). This is despite regular warnings about the death of the book. Some critics of print books have even changed their tune. “We need to get over books,” wrote journalist Jeff Jarvis in a 2009 book calling for them to be digitised. “I recant,” he wrote in the Atlantic nearly 15 years later,

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