Former Team India captain Rohit Sharma has become India's third-highest run-getter in ODI cricket. The 38-year-old reached 11,222 runs after touching 46 runs in the second ODI against Australia in Adelaide, overtaking Sourav Ganguly's tally of 11,221 runs. Rohit went on to register his 59th ODI fifty in the match. He scored 56*(80) at the end of the 24th over.

Rohit Sharma becomes India's third-highest run-getter in ODI cricket

Former India captain Virat Kohli waved to the Adelaide crowd while walking back after registering his second consecutive duck in ODI cricket. Several fans gave him a standing ovation as it was potentially his last international outing at the venue. Kohli's gesture has sparked speculation about his possible ODI retirement after the ongoing series.

Virat Kohli waves goodbye to Adelaide crowd after back-to-back ducks, sparks retirement talks

Former Team India captain Virat Kohli registered a four-ball duck in the second ODI against Australia in Adelaide. Kohli, who got out for an eight-ball duck in the first ODI, has registered two ducks in a row for the first time in ODI cricket. It is also Kohli's first-ever duck across formats at Adelaide Oval.

Virat Kohli gets out for 2 ducks in a row for 1st time in ODI cricket

Market index Nifty opened above the 26,000-mark for the first time in a year, while Sensex jumped over 600 points to open at 85,154.15 on Thursday. "This suggests a cautiously optimistic sentiment, even as weak global cues and the absence of strong domestic triggers keep traders vigilant," a market analyst said. Meanwhile, spot gold prices dropped to $4,084.29 per ounce.

Nifty opens above 26,000-mark for the 1st time in a year, Sensex jumps 600 points

The European Space Agency (ESA) has said that congestion and pollution in Earth orbit is quickly getting worse. The ESA introduced Space Environment Health Index to calculate how healthy or stressed the orbital environment is. "We are now at Health Index level 4, far beyond the sustainability threshold. Stronger action is required to protect our future in space," ESA said.

Congestion and pollution in Earth orbit is quickly getting worse: ESA

Russia tested its nuclear forces on land, sea and air on Wednesday in the presence of President Vladimir Putin. It test-launched "Yars" intercontinental ballistic missile from a cosmodrome, used a nuclear submarine to launch "Sineva" ballistic missile and launched nuclear-capable cruise missiles from bombers. This comes amid the cancellation of meeting between US President Donald Trump and Putin.

Russia tests nuclear forces as Putin & Trump's meeting gets cancelled

IndiGo flight 6E-6961 from Kolkata to Srinagar made an emergency landing at the Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi following a fuel leak on Wednesday. All 166 passengers and crew members aboard the flight have been safely evacuated. Airport authorities are investigating the incident, Varanasi Police said.

Kolkata-Srinagar IndiGo flight makes emergency landing in Varanasi after fuel leak

YourStory Founder Shradha Sharma shared a video from Taj Hotel's restaurant in Delhi, expressing anger after a manager there asked her not to sit cross-legged as a guest had a problem with it. "Mr Ratan Tata himself invested in my company, and yet today I feel so disheartened that the Taj would question me like this," she said.

Taj Hotel manager tells YourStory Founder Shradha to not sit cross-legged, she shares video

Nifty opened above 26,000-mark for the first time in a year, while Sensex jumped over 600 points to open at 85,154.15 on Thursday. The surge comes on the back of hopes over India and US trade deal, positive Q2 earnings results and festive sales. Rally in index heavyweights, especially IT stocks, and foreign portfolio investor inflows lifted the benchmark indices. 

Why did the stock market open high on Thursday?

Beyond Meat shares surged by over 1,000% in less than a week before dropping to close at $3.58 on Wednesday. This took the million-dollar market capitalisation of the meme stock, which has been struggling with weak sales for years, to a peak of $3.5 billion over the period, as per Kobeissi Letter. The company produces and sells plant-based meat.