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Australian star batter Steve Smith has advised Hardik Pandya to simply “block out” the constant jeers and boos the new Mumbai Indians skipper is receiving from spectators at the IPL so far, as they are “all irrelevant”. Hardik, who replaced five-time IPL-winning captain Rohit Sharma as skipper this season, had a dismal start to his…
Mukhtar Ansari was elected as an MLA in UP on five occasions. Ghazipur, UP: The funeral of gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari will take place amid heightened security in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghazipur today. Following the completion of the postmortem examination at Rani Durgavati Medical College in Banda district, Mr Ansari’s body was brought to his hometown Ghazipur,…
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Himanta Sarma slammed the Congress over Rs 1,823.08 crore notice from Income Tax department Guwahati: Not paying tax to the government is denying benefits to the poor, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Friday, attacking the Congress. Mr Sarma was reacting to the Congress stating that it has received fresh notices from the…
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Italy’s Jannik Sinner destroyed defending champion Daniil Medvedev 6-1, 6-2 in just 69 minutes on Friday to reach the final of the ATP Miami Open, where he will take on Grigor Dimitrov. Bulgarian Dimitrov made his third Masters 1000 series final after he beat fourth-seeded Alexander Zverev 6-4, 6-7 (4/7), 6-4. Sinner will be the…
The war of words that unfolded following the ‘prayer’ highlights larger, long-standing schisms in Lebanon over Hezbollah. File. | Photo Credit: AP The nun stood in front of a group of young students at a Lebanese Christian school and asked them to pray for the “men of the resistance” in southern Lebanon who she said…
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Cricket rivalry aside, the Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Kolkata Knight Riders IPL 2024 game in Bengaluru was witness to a very special moment. In the buildup to the match, two men grabbed the headlines – Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir. During the IPL 2023, Gambhir, then a mentor of Lucknow Super Giants, was involved in…
Korean-born US comic-book artist and chairman of DC Comics Jim Lee poses during a photo session in Paris, on March 28, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP A new three-part documentary, Superpowered, charts the 90-year history of DC Comics, which brought the world Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and countless other superheroes. Korean-born U.S. comic-book artist Jim Lee…
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A picture taken on July 24, 2021 shows journalist Evan Gershkovich. | Photo Credit: AFP Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter who has spent a year behind bars in Russia, is awaiting a trial on espionage charges the White House says are fabricated but could still see him jailed for decades. His arrest in March 2023…
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When a French Minister compared Italy’s nationalist Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni to Marine Le Pen, the leader of the French far-Right last year, the Italian Premier rang French President Emmanuel Macron to complain. Ms. Meloni was so incensed that the French leader felt compelled to send an emissary to Rome to appease her, said two…
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U.S. President Joe Biden. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Marking the first official communication with a Pakistani Premier during his tenure, U.S. President Joe Biden has dashed off a letter to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressing continuous support and highlighted that the ties between the two nations are critical for bilateral and regional peace and…
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