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The IPL 2024 Playoffs race now has five teams vying for two available slots. Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals have already sealed two spots. That leaves five teams – Chennai Super Kings, Royal Challengers Bengaluru, SunRisers Hyderabad, Delhi Capitals, and Lucknow Super Giants – fighting for the remaining two spots. Barring SRH,…
File photo of Rohit Sharma© AFP It has been a disappointing IPL 2024 campaign for Rohit Sharma as the Indian cricket team skipper has struggled to score big for Mumbai Indians till now. The veteran batter has managed to score 349 runs in 13 matches with an average of just over 29 and…
It was 7 a.m. on a Friday when Wang Gang, a 36-year-old Chinese immigrant, jostled for a day job in New York City’s Flushing neighbourhood. When a potential employer pulled up near the street corner, home to a Chinese bakery and pharmacy, Mr. Wang and dozens of other men swarmed around the car. They were…
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Rajat Patidar credited RCB’s revival to the team’s renewed mantra of ‘playing for pride.’© BCCI Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) face a date with destiny when they take on Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on Saturday, with the contest being dubbed as a virtual knockout in the race for the IPL 2024 playoffs. One of…
Cautious approach: Banks are reluctant to lend to housing projects fearing more bad loans. File | Photo Credit: Reuters When China’s local governments began compiling a “whitelist” of housing projects for loans earlier this year, troubled developers hoped it would open a spigot of credit for a sector that remains a major stumbling block to…
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Infosys co-founders Narayana Murthy and S. Gopalakrishnan, and Pratima Murthy address mediapersons at Infosys Science Foundation, Jayanagar, Bengaluru on May 15, 2024. | Photo Credit: MURALI KUMAR K The Infosys Science Foundation (ISF) on May 15 announced certain changes in the Infosys Prize. The upper age limit for prize winners is being revised from 50 years…
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IPL 2024: Sanjiv Goenka with KL Rahul after the DC vs LSG match.© X (Twitter) For Lucknow Super Giants, their fate in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 play-off race is no longer in their own hands. With a defeat to Delhi Capitals on Tuesday, the KL Rahul-led LSG are all but out of the…
Fourteen bodies have been recovered so far and rescue work is still on. PTI New Delhi: Eight years before a massive billboard in Mumbai crushed 14 people and injured many others during a storm, author Amitav Ghosh had warned of how the Maximum City’s billboards will become “deadly projectiles” if a cyclone strikes. Mr Ghosh,…
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New Delhi: A video has gone viral on social media platforms claiming a food vendor in Chandigarh uses diesel to cook parathas, a popular flatbread. The three-minute-long video begins with a man at a roadside restaurant rolling out a dough and stuffing it with the aloo (potato) mixture. When asked what he was cooking by…
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The researchers also shared some other ways to curb the use of cell phones. One of the riskiest things a driver may do while operating a vehicle is text while driving. This causes three types of distractions- visual, manual, and cognitive. That is because using your phone while driving can have dangerous consequences since it…
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