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Veteran table tennis player and reigning CWG champion Sharath Kamal will be India’s flag bearer at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games while legendary boxer MC Mary Kom was on Thursday appointed the chef de mission of the country’s contingent. Sharath Kamal symbolises “the unity and spirit of our contingent as they compete on the Olympic…
The spacecraft was meant to carry Russian and Belarusian cosmonauts and an American astronaut to ISS Moscow: The launch of a Russian Soyuz spacecraft, which was meant to carry Russian and Belarusian cosmonauts and an American astronaut to the International Space Station (ISS), was cancelled at the last minute on Thursday. “Launch!” mission control said…
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New Delhi: The Election Commission has released data that have numbers to match donors with political parties their contribution went to. The data was submitted to the Commission earlier today by the State Bank of India in line with the Supreme Court order. The bank had earlier given two lists to the Election Commission, which…
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Prince Harry has sued News Group Newspapers over accusations of unlawful activities London: Rupert Murdoch’s British tabloid papers bugged Prince Harry’s landline phones and accessed the messages on the pager of his late mother Princess Diana, the British royal’s legal team told London’s High Court on Thursday. Harry, the younger son of King Charles and…
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The fight for access to water resources continues today across India (File) Fair access to water is an issue for millions of people in India. Who controls access and how this is governed needs fixing. Almost 100 years ago around 3,000 Dalits, or “untouchables”, dared to drink from a public water tank in Mahad, Maharashtra,…
South Africa cricket team spinner Keshav Maharaj, who will practice with Lucknow Super Giants in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024, fulfilled his dream of visiting the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya. Ahead of the side’s opening match against Rajasthan Royals on Sunday, Maharaj visited the Ram Mandir and his post on social media platform Instagram…
Representative image© BCCI Rajasthan Royals were on Thursday dealt a big blow when leg-spinner Adam Zampa pulled out of the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) citing personal reasons. Zampa, who was retained by Rajasthan Royals ahead of last year’s auction for Rs 1.5 crore, has withdrawn his name following a busy season for Australia. Zampa’s…
File photo of Ruturaj Gaikwad© BCCI Mumbai Indians batter Suryakumar Yadav took to social media to post a special message for Ruturaj Gaikwad after the youngster was appointed Chennai Super Kings skipper for IPL 2024. The franchise announced on Thursday that Gaikwad will be replacing MS Dhoni as the skipper and it led to a…
Radik Tagirov was arrested in 2020 A Russian serial killer known as the “Volga Maniac” was jailed for life on Thursday for murdering 31 elderly women, the TASS state news agency reported. Radik Tagirov was arrested in 2020 on suspicion of the killings. They were committed across 15 cities in and around the Tatarstan region,…
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India’s 21st-century Pushpak “vimana” is ready to take flight New Delhi: India is arduously working to perfect a winged rocket even as most global efforts to have these space planes have come to naught. The big powers abandoned the idea of a winged reusable launch vehicle, but India’s frugal engineers believe recycling and reusing rockets…
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