00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Tuesday, February the 23rd.
00:10Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:12Sharjah Police have caught a motorist driving at mind-bending 268 km per hour.
00:19Newly released statistics by Sharjah Police revealed 3,560 reckless violations by motorists
00:27leading to the impounding of their cars for up to 30 days in 2015.
00:33Of these, fines of up to 2,000 dirhams were issued by officers for driving at dangerous
00:39speeds in excess of 180 km per hour.
00:44A water crisis in India's capital will take up to two weeks to fix, authorities warned
00:49today, days after protesters sabotaged a crucial waterway to press a demand for better treatment
00:56for their castes.
00:57The Jats called off their protests on Monday after the government in the northern state
01:02of Haryana seemed to accept their demands following days of riots, arson and looting.
01:09Gulf states need to re-engineer their tax systems in order to raise their revenues amid
01:14challenges from the lower oil price environment, the head of the International Monetary Fund
01:20has said.
01:21Christine Lagarde said GCC countries will have to boost their efforts in implementing
01:26taxes, be it value-added tax or even income taxes.
01:32The UAE cricket team has qualified for the Asia Cup T20 tournament set to begin in Bangladesh
01:38tomorrow.
01:39Led by Amjad Javed, they won all the three qualifying matches in Bangladesh, with the
01:44last one against Oman, whom they walloped by 71 runs in Mirpur last night.
01:52In football, Manchester United cruised into the FA Cup quarter-finals with a 3-0 win at
01:57Shrewsbury that eased the mounting pressure on Louis van Gaal.
02:02Chris Smalling, Juan Mata and Jesse Lingard netted the goals as United secured a last-eight
02:09date with West Ham United.
02:12The new hosts of Top Gear, Chris Evans and Matt LeBlanc, have no hard feelings towards
02:18Jeremy Clarkson and his decision to launch a competing show on Amazon.
02:24On Monday, Evans and LeBlanc attended the 40th BBC Worldwide Showcase in Liverpool to
02:31launch the 23rd series of Top Gear.
02:35Last March, Clarkson was fired after a series of controversies.
02:40And finally, the weather.
02:41Today's high across the UAE will be 29 degrees Celsius, dropping to 22 degrees at night.
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