India to tour Sri Lanka in July-August, 2024 for six-match white-ball series
Colombo, Nov 29: The crisis-ridden Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) and its host broadcaster will have something to cheer about during the middle of 2024 when the Indian team makes it annual ritual tour of the islands for a short six-match white-ball series, the board announced on Wednesday.
SLC has been banned by the ICC for government interference and the global body has also shifted the U-19 World Cup to South Africa. However the national teams (men and women) will be allowed to fulfil their bilateral commitments.
According to the 2024 calender released by SLC, India is supposed to travel for three ODI and T20Is each during July-August, which is effectively country's cricket season.
The men's national team is due to play 52 international games in 2024, which includes 10 Tests, 21 ODIs and 21 T20Is. The T20Is, however, doesn't factor in the additional games that they will play during the T20 World Cup.
One of the major assignment will be the three-Test away series in England, which is a part of the current World Test Championship. The other tough assignment will be the two-Test series against South Africa in November.
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Zoho suspends $700 million chipmaking plan in latest setback for India: Report
New Delhi: Indian software firm Zoho has reportedly suspended its $700 million plan to foray into chip manufacturing, dealing another blow to the Indian government’s ambitious semiconductor plans.
Zoho struggled to find the right technology partner required to advise on the complex chipmaking processes, news agency Reuters quoted its sources as saying.
Sridhar Vembu, Chief Scientist at Zoho, acknowledged the project's capital-intensive nature and emphasised the need for government support. In a statement on social media platform X, Vembu stated, “We wanted to be absolutely sure of the technology path before we took taxpayer money. We did not have that confidence in the technology, so our board decided to shelve the idea for the time being, until we find a better technological approach."
The development comes just days after the Adani Group reportedly paused talks with Israel’s Tower Semiconductor for a proposed $10 billion chip project, citing strategic and commercial concerns.
India does not have a single operational chipmaking facility. The shelving of Zoho’s plan marks yet another setback to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 'Make in India' initiative, which aims to promote the country’s semiconductor industry.
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