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File image of Bangladesh playing Pakistan.© AFP Bangladesh senior men’s team two-Test away series against Pakistan starting August 21 in Rawalpindi looks doubtful due to the current civil unrest in the country after former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was forced to resign and flee the country. Bangladesh’s senior team are supposed to play…
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The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) is a constitutional body established under Article 315 of the Indian Constitution. It plays a crucial role in the recruitment of officers for the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), the Indian Foreign Service (IFS), the Indian Police Service (IPS), and several other Group A and Group B services. It is…
Taiwanese sports officials threatened the International Boxing Association with legal action on Tuesday after the organisation claimed a Taiwanese fighter in the Paris Olympics women’s competition was “a man”. Taiwan’s Lin Yu-ting and Algeria’s Imane Khelif, both of whom are guaranteed a medal after reaching the semi-finals, are at the centre of a…
COVID-19 has hit the the Olympic village.© Reuters More than 40 athletes at the 2024 Paris Olympics have tested positive for Covid-19 highlighting a new global rise in cases, the World Health Organization said Tuesday. The WHO said the virus behind the Covid-19 pandemic was still circulating and countries need to sharpen up…
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Jaipur: The Rajasthan assembly may have witnessed unruly scenes in the past, but this is the first time a sitting MLA has been accused of biting inside the Vidhan Sabha. The BJP has accused the Congress MLA from Ladnu, Mukesh Bhakar, of biting two security personnel – one of them a woman — inside the…
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File image of Julian Alvarez.© AFP Julian Alvarez is set to depart Manchester City for Atletico Madrid according to widespread reports on Tuesday with the English champions set to bank a huge profit on the Argentine in a deal worth up to 95 million euros (£81 million, $104 million). The 24-year-old cost City…
Vinesh Phogat made the headlines on Tuesday with two memorable wins at the Paris Olympics 2024 which saw the champion wrestler go close to a first medal at the Games. It was sort of full circle for Vinesh Phogat, who was a leading face in the protests that happened last year against former…
NASA has announced the first detection of possible biosignatures in a rock on the surface of Mars. The rock contains the first martian organic matter to be decisively detected by the Perseverance rover, as well as curious discoloured spots that could indicate the past activity of microorganisms. Ken Farley, project scientist on the mission, has…
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Representational Image New Delhi: Amazon India country head Manish Tiwary will step down in October after an eight-year stint with the e-commerce giant, the company said on Tuesday. Mr Tiwary has another role elsewhere, Amazon said, without elaborating. (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from…
It was a highly successful day for India at the Paris Olympics 2024 on Tuesday as Neeraj Chopra qualified for the javelin final while wrestler Vinesh Phogat registered two massive victories to book her semifinal berth. Tokyo Olympics gold medalist Neeraj produced a mammoth throw of 89.34m on his very first attempt in…
