HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo officials awarded 70 students from the Texas 4-H program with $1.4 million in scholarships on June 10 during the 4-H Roundup in College Station, Texas. The Rodeo reports that the scholarship recipients represent 51 different counties in the state and will attend 19 different Texas colleges and universities with various fields …

PARIS: Stefanos Tsitsipas went from way ahead to suddenly stuck in a five-set struggle against Alexander Zverev at the French Open on Friday before emerging to earn his first berth in a Grand Slam final. The fifth-seeded Tsitsipas entered with an 0-3 record in major semi-finals and it seemed as if he might let this one slip away, too, until …

GROS ISLET (St Lucia): Former captain Quinton de Kock pushed South Africa’s lead past 100 against West Indies in the first Test on Friday. De Kock was 44 not out at lunch on the second day and South Africa’s main hope of a sizeable first-innings advantage as they ended the session on 205-5. South Africa blew West Indies out for …

BIRMINGHAM: Devon Conway and Will Young scored half-centuries as New Zealand finished the second day on 229-3, 74 runs behind England’s first innings score in the second and final Test against at Edgbaston on Friday. Left-handed batsman Conway, fresh from his brilliant double hundred on debut at Lord’s in the opening Test, smashed 12 boundaries for his 80 and alongside …

KARACHI: Veteran stalwart Shoaib Malik reasoned poor bowling at death contributed to Peshawar Zalmi’s 10-run loss against Lahore Qalandars during their engrossing HBL Pakistan Super League 6 encounter in Abu Dhabi. Malik — whose international days now seemed all but behind him after having not played for Pakistan since the Twenty20 International against England at Old Trafford last September — …

KARACHI: Colin Munro produced a stunning display of hitting as Islamabad mauled Quetta Gladiators by a clinical margin of 10 wickets in their HBL Pakistan Super League 6 encounter at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Friday. Following a lacklustre campaign during the first leg in Karachi where the 2019 champions found themselves at base of the six-team …

ISLAMABAD: The government has allocated Rs3.060 trillion for debt servicing (including interest payments) in the next fiscal year 2021-22. During the current fiscal year, Rs2.94tr had been earmarked for the same. The federal government allocated a sum of Rs1.6tr for foreign loans repayment, short-term loans and other advances in FY22. Rs1.49tr has been allocated for debt servicing in the current …

KARACHI: President of the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) Nasser Hyatt Magoo said on Friday the national budget was mostly in line with the recommendations put forward by the country’s apex trade body. Speaking to Dawn, Mr Magoo said the government had proposed reducing regulatory, customs and additional customs duty on a fair number of products, which …

ISLAMABAD: Allocation for subsidies has been increased by a staggering 225 per cent in the upcoming fiscal year with the bulk of it going to the energy sector, including Rs136 billion in terms of tariff differentials to independent power producers (IPPs). While there has not been any increase in the food subsidies, the power sector subsidies have been enhanced significantly. …

ISLAMABAD: The budget for the upcoming fiscal year has proposed new duties on the internet and the telecom usage, not only inviting a backlash on social media but also creating confusion as the government denied the increase. The finance bill has proposed that Re1 per call if the duration exceeds three minutes, Rs5 per GB for internet usage and 10 …