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Graham Thorpe of England. Former England batter and coach Graham Thorpe passed away on August 5. He was hospitalised with a serious illness in 2022 and was receiving treatment. Shortly before that, he had accepted the job as head coach of Afghanistan. England and Wales Cricket Board took to X on August 5 to announce…
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A monitor shows the Nikkei 225 stock index in Tokyo, Monday, Aug. 5, 2024, indicating at one point, over 2,537 points of lowering. | Photo Credit: AP Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock index plunged 12.4% on Monday in the latest bout of sell-offs that are shaking world markets as investors fret over the state of…
Indian twenty rupee currency notes are displayed at a roadside currency exchange stall in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Rupee opened on a muted note and fell to an all-time low of 83.80 against the U.S. dollar on August 5, as the risk off situation in world markets kept the dollar well bid. Forex…
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A screen displays stock numbers outside the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) building in Mumbai. | Photo Credit: PTI Equity market benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty tumbled in early trade on August 5 in line with extremely weak trends in global markets amid fears of a slowdown in the U.S .economy and foreign fund outflows. The…
Mountaineers walk past the Iver glacier close to the El Plomo mountain summit, in the Andes mountain range, in the Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Recent glacier retreat across the Andes is unprecedented in the history of human civilization, according to a new study published in the Science journal on Thursday….
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The face of the “Screaming Woman” mummy, discovered in 1935 at Deir Elbahari near Luxor and dating to about 1500 BC during ancient Egypt’s New Kingdom period, is seen at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt, January 18, 2023 in this handout photograph released on August 2, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters It is a…
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The previous two terms of the Narendra Modi government saw the launch of some major national advanced technology missions, including for supercomputing, cyber-physical systems, and quantum technologies. These were coupled with initiatives to boost private sector participation with space and geospatial policies. India became the fourth to have a spacecraft’s lander touch down successfully on…
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A worker operates a machine inside a small scale manufacturing unit in Mumbai. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The Supreme Court has held that banks or creditors are required to identify the incipient stress in the account of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), before their accounts turn into non-performing assets. A Bench headed…
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Captain’s pride: Vignesh put the skids on Kovai Kings with a superb spell. | Photo Credit: VEDHAN M Dindigul Dragons, powered by skipper R. Ashwin’s brilliant batting and inspirational leadership, clinched its maiden TNPL crown with a six-wicket win over Lyca Kovai Kings in the final at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium on Sunday. Dragons’ attack,…
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India’s Washington Sundar and KL Rahul celebrate the dismissal of Sri Lanka’s Avishka Fernando during their 2nd ODI match, at R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on August 4, 2024 | Photo Credit: ANI For the Indian fans, the memories of Sri Lankan bowlers like Chaminda Vaas, Muttiah Muralitharan and Ajantha Mendis running through the Men…
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