Fresh off a spirited comeback against Sri Lanka, Bangladesh have announced an unchanged 16-member squad for their upcoming three-match T20I series against Pakistan. The decision reflects the confidence the selectors and team management have in the current group, which bounced back from a 0-1 deficit to clinch the series 2-1 in Colombo on Wednesday.

All three matches against Pakistan will be held under lights at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka on July 20, 22, and 24. The visitors have already arrived in the Bangladesh capital while the home side returned from Sri Lanka on Thursday, riding high on momentum and morale.

Axis Bank's standalone net profit for the quarter ending June 30, 2025 (Q1 FY26) came at Rs 5,806.14 crore, down nearly 4 per cent year-over-year (YoY) from Rs 6,034.64 crore during the same period in previous fiscal, the private sector lender said in an exchange filing on Thursday.

Net profit decreased by more than 18 per cent on a sequential basis from the Rs 7,117.50 crore recorded during the January–March quarter (Q4FY25).

The bank reported a slight increase in net interest income (NII), rising 0.83 per cent YoY to RS 13,559.75 crore from Rs 13,448.23 crore.

Following strong growth in non-interest income and efficient cost control, the bank's operating profit increased by a solid 14 per cent year over year to Rs 11,515 crore.

In a remarkable breakthrough, scientists in the UK used a three-person in vitro fertilization (IVF) technique to bring to life eight children and spared them from genetic mitochondrial disease.

The infants -- four girls and four boys, including one set of identical twins -- were born using DNA from three people.

The babies were born to seven women at high risk of transmitting serious disease caused by mutations in mitochondrial DNA, said the researchers from Newcastle University in the UK.

“All babies were healthy at birth, meeting their developmental milestones, and the mother’s disease-causing mitochondrial DNA mutations were either undetectable or present at levels that are very unlikely to cause disease,” the researchers said.

A round table with industry associations from across Punjab was held on Thursday here, with state Industry Minister Sanjeev Arora and Finance Minister Harpal Cheema with the main demand to revamp all focal points and industrial zones.

At the outset, the industry representatives expressed gratitude to the Punjab government for announcing the long-pending one-time settlement policy, allowing resolution of litigated industrial plot dues in focal points by paying eight per cent interest penalty.

Various critical issues affecting industry were raised, including the urgent need to revamp all focal points and industrial zones, capping high mortgage and hypothecation fees for industrial loans, reduction of GST on bicycles from 12 to five per cent, rationalisation of wheeling charges for solar power transmission, provision of dry port container facilities for rice exporters in Amritsar and expediting the development of convention centres in Amritsar, Mohali, and Ludhiana.

In a remarkable success, Border Security Force (BSF) troops on Thursday recovered 8.6 kg of heroin along the India-Pakistan border in Punjab's Ferozepur sector.

The BSF Punjab Frontier said a thorough search of the suspected area by the BSF troops in the wee hours resulted in the recovery of 15 packets of suspected heroin of 8.6 kg.

The recovery was made from an agricultural field near the border village of Bhanewala in Ferozepur district.

Each narcotics packet was wrapped in yellow adhesive tape with an iron hook and illuminating device attached.

Diarrhea has claimed four lives in just eight days in Bedia, a tribal-dominated village in the Jarmundi block of Jharkhand’s Dumka district.

Several other residents have taken ill, prompting urgent medical intervention from the district administration.

The medical crisis came to light after former state minister and senior Congress leader Badal Patralekh informed Dumka Deputy Commissioner and Jharkhand Health Minister Dr Irfan Ansari about the outbreak and the rising number of fatalities on Thursday.

The first casualty was Sangeeta Marandi, who died on July 7, followed by her son Arvind Soren on July 10. On Thursday, July 17, two more deaths were reported -- Lakhiram’s wife and Bablu Kisko.

Taking cognisance of the situation, Dr Ansari immediately directed the Deputy Commissioner and Civil Surgeon to rush a medical team to the village with life-saving medicines and essential supplies.

Tech giant Wipro on Thursday reported an 11.1 per cent increase in its consolidated net profit for the April-June quarter (Q1) of FY26, reaching Rs 3,336.5 crore, compared to Rs 3,003 crore in the same quarter previous year.

The company’s consolidated revenue from operations stood at Rs 22,134.6 crore, showing a marginal increase from Rs 21,963.8 crore recorded during the same period previous year, according to its stock exchange filing.

Wipro also declared an interim dividend of Rs 5 per share for the financial year 2025–26.

Bollywood actress Soha Ali Khan, on Thursday, shared a rare and delightful moment of her cooking in the kitchen.

Taking to Instagram, the ‘Chhorii 2’ actress posted two images of herself where she is seen cooking in the kitchen. While she didn’t reveal much about the dish she was cooking, Soha joked that it is actually her in the kitchen—not AI. The actress captioned the post, “Yes, it's me. No, it's not AI - I cooked!! #raresighting.”

As Yatris were allowed to move from the two base camps of Baltal and Pahalgam towards the Amarnath cave shrine as weather improved on Thursday, more than 2.51 lakh had 'Darshan' during the first 15 days since the Yatra started on July 3.

Due to bad weather the Yatra had been momentarily suspended on Thursday, but as the weather improved, Yatris were allowed to move towards the cave shrine from the two base camps of Baltal and Nunwan (Pahalgam).

Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol plans to attend a court hearing on the legality of his arrest later this week, his lawyers said.

The hearing, which has been scheduled for 10:15 a.m. On Friday, the Seoul Central District Court will review whether the former president's arrest was lawful and should remain in place.

"He decided to attend the hearing to personally explain his health condition as it is effectively impossible for him to attend his ongoing criminal trial or appear before the special counsel," a lawyer said, adding Yoon's health has "seriously deteriorated."

Yoon filed for the review on Wednesday, less than a week after he was placed under arrest at the Seoul Detention Centre in Uiwang, just south of the capital, over five key charges related to his attempt to impose martial law in December.