Vidarbha clinch third Ranji Trophy title | Mar 02, 2025

[00:00:09] Hello, this is your daily dose of news from Onmanorama. I'm your host, Kannan, and these are the major news stories of Sunday, March 2, 2025. The death toll in Chamoli Avalanche in Uttaraghan's Mana region has reached seven, with the rescue officials pulling out three more bodies on Sunday. Meanwhile, the search operations for one missing worker is still ongoing.

[00:00:34] With this, the total number of recovered people has risen to 53, including the seven workers who were recovered dead. Risky efforts resumed early Sunday morning after clear weather allowed teams to intensify the search. Helicopters have also been deployed to assist the mission. A magnificent run in the domestic cricket this season culminated in a third Ranji Trophy title for Vidarbha,

[00:01:02] who emerged the champions on the basis of their first innings lead in the summit clash, which ended in a draw at their home ground on Sunday. The fate of the contest was all but sealed on the third evening when Vidarbha urged ahead with a slender lead of 37 runs in the first innings, having dismissed a doubt to Kerala for 3.42 after putting on 3.79 runs batting first.

[00:01:28] Kerala, the first-time finalists, fought hard but Vidarbha were rewarded for their incredible hard work and dissembling throughout a season in which they not only clinched the Ranji Trophy but also ended the runners-up in the 50-overs Vijayasari Trophy. It's for the third time that Vidarbha have won the Ranji Trophy title, having done so earlier with their two consecutive wins in the 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons.

[00:02:00] Indians must work hard to achieve the ambitious target of making India a $30 trillion economy by 2047, former Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Khan has said. Joining the ongoing debate on working hours, India's G20 Sherpa said, Japan, South Korea and China have achieved economic success through a strong work ethic and suggested that India must cultivate a similar mindset to build a world-class economy.

[00:02:30] If your ambition is to move from a $4 trillion economy to a $30 trillion economy, you can't do it through entertainment or by following the views of some film stars, he said while speaking at the Business Standards Month and Summit. Currently, the size of India's economy is around $4 trillion. A 44-year-old man from Tumba in Peru and Nanduparam in Kerala, Thomas Gabriel,

[00:02:58] who went to Israel reportedly on a tourist visa, was shorted at the Israeli-Jordan border. The Department of Non-Resident Keralites Affairs, or NORCA, has informed his family. He died while trying to cross the border from Jordan to Israel. Thomas and his distant relative Edison left for Israel on February 5. He went in Komenikaru after February 9. In an email, NORCA informed the family that he was killed on February 10

[00:03:27] while attempting to cross into Israel from Jordan. His relative was injured in the incident. A special court here has directed the Anti-Corruption Bureau to register an FAR against former SEBI chairperson Madhavi Puri Butch and five other officials in connection with alleged store-market fraud and regulatory violations.

[00:03:51] There is prima facie evidence of regulatory lapses and collusion requiring a fair and impractical probe, a special ACB court judge said in an order passed on Saturday. The court order also noted that the allegations disclose a cognizable offence necessitating an investigation. Apart from Butch, the other officials against whom the court has ordered registration of the FAR

[00:04:18] are BSE's Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Sundar Raman Ramamurthy, its then-chairman and Public Interest Director Pramod Agarwal, and SEBI's three whole-time members, Ashwini Mbhatia, Anand Narayananji, and Kamlish Chandravashni. The court said it will monitor the probe and sort a status report of the case within 30 days.