Month: March 2024

War-Hit Ukraine Gets $1.5 Billion Funding Tranche Under World Bank Programme

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War-Hit Ukraine Gets .5 Billion Funding Tranche Under World Bank Programme

Kyiv, Ukraine: Ukraine has received a $1.5 billion tranche of funding under a World Bank programme, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Friday, helping it pay for its budget and social spending as it defends itself against the Russian invasion. Ukraine is reliant on financial aid from its Western partners but foreign financing dwindled in…

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Igor Stimac Likely To Remain Head Coach Despite India’s Shocking Loss To Afghanistan: Sources

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Igor Stimac Likely To Remain Head Coach Despite India’s Shocking Loss To Afghanistan: Sources

The top brass of the All India Football Federation (AIFF) is inclined to heed to the recommendation of its technical committee to remove national men’s team head coach Igor Stimac but contractual issues may make it difficult to do so, PTI has learnt. Also given the fact that India’s next World Cup qualifiers round 2…

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AAP As CBI Gets The Go Ahead To Investigate Jailed Leader Satyendar Jain

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AAP As CBI Gets The Go Ahead To Investigate Jailed Leader Satyendar Jain

New Delhi: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has given approval for a CBI probe against AAP leader and former Delhi prisons minister Satyendar Jain in a matter under the Prevention of Corruption Act, official sources said on Friday. Jain, who is behind bars in connection with a money laundering case, was accused of extorting…

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IPL-17 | It is not the first time I bowled the last over and defended runs, says Avesh Khan

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IPL-17 | It is not the first time I bowled the last over and defended runs, says Avesh Khan

Rajasthan Royals’ Avesh Khan bowls during the Indian premier League 2024 match against Delhi Capitals on March 28. | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar Avesh Khan may have bowled an exceptional final over for Rajasthan Royals, but he acknowledged his teammate Riyan Parag’s remarkable innings that allowed him to defend a competitive total. The Royals’…

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Recovery Of Rs 135 Crore From Congress As Per Income Tax Laws: Report

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Recovery Of Rs 135 Crore From Congress As Per Income Tax Laws: Report

New Delhi: The Congress lost income tax exemption in 2018-19 due to extensive use of cash in the electoral process, sources said, justifying that Rs 135 crore tax recovery from the party was consistent with the provisions of the Income Tax Act. Based on incriminating material seized by the Income Tax Department during search operations,…

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IPL-17 | Hope to make Lucknow a dominant place for LSG this summer

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IPL-17 | Hope to make Lucknow a dominant place for LSG this summer

Lucknow Super Giants head coach Justin Langer during a press conference in Lucknow on March 29, 2024. | Photo Credit: Sandeep Saxena Justin Langer is enjoying his maiden stint at the IPL. “There is nothing I haven’t liked about the IPL so far,” the Lucknow Super Giants coach said at a press conference in Lucknow…

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Moscow concert hall attack: Nine detained in Tajikistan, Russian state media reports

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Moscow concert hall attack: Nine detained in Tajikistan, Russian state media reports

People gather near a makeshift memorial near the Crocus City Hall following a deadly attack on the concert venue outside Moscow, Russia, March 29, 2024. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina | Photo Credit: EVGENIA NOVOZHENINA Nine persons have been detained by Tajikistan’s state security service over suspected contact with the perpetrators of last week’s attack by gunmen on…

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PV Sindhu Goes Down Fighting, Sikki-Sumeeth Enter Semifinals Of Spain Masters

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PV Sindhu Goes Down Fighting, Sikki-Sumeeth Enter Semifinals Of Spain Masters

India’s PV Sindhu fought her heart out before going down narrowly to Thailand’s Supanida Katethong in the women’s singles quarterfinals of the Madrid Spain Masters Super 300 badminton tournament on Friday. Sindhu, who had finished runner-up in 2023, recovered from an early 4-8 deficit and saved multiple game points to grab the opening game, but…

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Five dead and over 100 hospitalised from recalled Japanese health supplements

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Five dead and over 100 hospitalised from recalled Japanese health supplements

Akihiro Kobayashi, president of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co. | Photo Credit: AP Five persons who took a Japanese health supplement have died and more than 100 have been hospitalised as of March 29, a week after Osaka-based Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co issued a recall of the products, officials said. The pharmaceutical company came under fire for not…

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