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The BJP on Tuesday named 29 more candidates for the Jammu and Kashmir polls, which will hold elections for the first time in a decade, taking to 45 the number of seats for which it has announced its nominees. On Monday, the party had released a list of 44 candidates, but deleted it soon after….
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Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan. | Photo Credit: AP Pakistan’s jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday (August 27, 2024) reiterated that the Army and the ISI are responsible for his condition and expressed fear for his life. Khan, 71, lodged at the Adiala Jail since last year, also blamed the current dispensation…
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File image. | Photo Credit: Reuters The rupee depreciated by 5 paise to close at 83.92 (provisional) against the American currency on Tuesday (August 27, 2024), on overnight jump in crude oil prices and a surge in commodity prices. However, positive domestic markets and a soft US dollar cushioned the downside, forex traders said. At…
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Bangladesh players have rallied round teammate Shakib Al Hasan, the ousted lawmaker who faces a case of alleged murder connected to unrest that toppled the government earlier this month. Captain Najmul Hossain Shanto said his team’s maiden Test win against Pakistan on Sunday, in which all-rounder Shakib took three second-innings wickets, was a…
Representational image of Sony and Zee logos | Photo Credit: Reuters ZEE Entertainment Enterprises Ltd and Sony Pictures Networks India on Tuesday (August 27, 2024) said they have settled their disputes related to the failed $10-billion merger and have agreed to withdraw all claims against each other. The settlement stems from a mutual understanding between…
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Ahead of the upcoming Women’s T20 World Cup, India will play two warm-up matches against West Indies and South Africa in Dubai on September 29 and October 1 respectively, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced on Tuesday. ICC released the schedule for the 10 warm-up matches to be from September 28 to October…
The policing numbers were similar to last year, when there were 10 stabbings. London: Eight people were stabbed and police arrested hundreds during last weekend’s Notting Hill Carnival, one of the world’s largest street festivals held annually in west London. Updating on their policing operation late Monday, the capital’s Metropolitan Police said five people were…
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USA vs Canada 5th T20I Live Streaming: USA will be squaring off against Canada in the fifth T20I tri-nation series, which also includes Netherlands. The fifth match will be played on Tuesday at the Sportpark Duivesteijn, Voorburg. Canada will be coming to this clash after defeating hosts Netherlands in their previous match by…
Anand Kumar, managing director, Indian Immunologicals Limited, at the company’s facility in Hyderabad | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Hyderabad-headquartered vaccine manufacturer Indian Immunologicals Ltd (IIL), in partnership with Griffith University, Australia has developed a needle-free intra-nasal booster vaccine against SARS-CoV-2, a press release from the company stated. The company said the live-attenuated booster has been…
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon Resilience capsule sits on Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center ahead of the Polaris Dawn Mission in Cape Canaveral, Florida, August 26, 2024. The mission crew will carry out the first ever private spacewalk. | Photo Credit: AFP SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission is poised to…
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