Month: July 2024

“This Belongs To You”: Harshit Rana Celebrates India ODI Call-Up With His Father

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“This Belongs To You”: Harshit Rana Celebrates India ODI Call-Up With His Father

Indian pacer Harshit Rana posted a heartwarming picture on social media, celebrating his call-up to the ODI team with his father and telling him that this accomplishment of his life “belongs to him”. Harshit Rana was among the younger and newer stars named in the white-ball team for India’s white-ball tour of Sri…

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Bangladesh Imposes Nationwide Curfew, Deploys Military As 105 Die In Protests

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Bangladesh Imposes Nationwide Curfew, Deploys Military As 105 Die In Protests

Around 105 people have been killed in Bangladesh unrest. Bangladesh on Friday announced the imposition of a curfew and the deployment of military forces after police failed to quell days of deadly unrest that has spread throughout the country. This week’s clashes between student demonstrators and police have killed at least 105 people, according to…

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AIFF Has A Shortlist Of 20 Candidates For India Men’s Football Team Head Coach’s Job

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AIFF Has A Shortlist Of 20 Candidates For India Men’s Football Team Head Coach’s Job

All India Football Federation’s (AIFF) acting secretary general M Satyanarayan on Friday said the sports body has drawn up a shortlist of 20 “competent” candidates for the job of the Indian men’s team head coach. The position was left vacant after the sacking of Igor Stimac last month, following the Indian team’s failure…

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Last Few Weeks Have Been Nothing Short Of A Dream: Suryakumar Yadav

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Last Few Weeks Have Been Nothing Short Of A Dream: Suryakumar Yadav

File photo of Hardik Pandya (left) and Suryakumar Yadav.© AFP Swashbuckling batter Suryakumar Yadav on Friday expressed his delight at being appointed captain of the Indian T20 side for the tour of Sri Lanka, saying the last few weeks have been “nothing short of a dream”. In a heartfelt post, Suryakumar thanked everyone…

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SpiceJet Says Services Up Again After “Resolution” Of Microsoft Outage

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SpiceJet Says Services Up Again After “Resolution” Of Microsoft Outage

“We appreciate the understanding and cooperation of our passengers,” said SpiceJet. (Representational) Mumbai: SpiceJet said late on Friday that all its systems at airports, ticket bookings and call centres are up and running smoothly after a “successful resolution” of a Microsoft outage that impacted the aviation industry all through the day. “The technical outage has…

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Around 50 Indians Want To End Employment With Russian Armed Forces: Centre

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Around 50 Indians Want To End Employment With Russian Armed Forces: Centre

The MEA demanded a “verified stop” to further recruitment of Indians in Russian army. (Representational) New Delhi: India and Russia are working to ensure early discharge of Indians recruited into the Russian armed forces, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Friday. In his visit to Moscow last week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had…

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Bumrah is just different gravy, isn’t he? In white-ball cricket, he is a class apart: Andy Flower

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Bumrah is just different gravy, isn’t he? In white-ball cricket, he is a class apart: Andy Flower

In the Nagpur Test of 2000, Zimbabwe followed on despite making 382 in the first innings. Andy Flower made 232 not out in the second innings, despite India trying out 10 bowlers, and the match was drawn. That remains the highest score by a wicketkeeper in Test cricket, in which he averaged 51.54. He led…

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Puja Khedkar’s Father Granted Interim Protection From Arrest Till July 25: Court

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Puja Khedkar’s Father Granted Interim Protection From Arrest Till July 25: Court

A case has been registered at Paud police station against Dilip and Manorama Khedkar. (File) Pune: A sessions court has granted interim protection from arrest till July 25 to Dilip Khedkar, father of controversial probationary IAS officer Puja Khedkar, in a case where he is accused of threatening a person with a gun over a…

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Vietnamese Most Powerful Communist Party Leader Nguyen Phu Trong Dies At 80

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Vietnamese Most Powerful Communist Party Leader Nguyen Phu Trong Dies At 80

Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed Nguyen Phu Trong as a “true friend” of Russia. The general secretary of Vietnam’s Communist Party Nguyen Phu Trong — considered the country’s top leader — died on Friday aged 80, his party said. In a statement, it said Trong, who had led the party since 2011, died “due to…

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