Month: September 2024

Ex-Sri Lanka Player Dulip Samaraweera Banned From Australian Cricket For 20 Years

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File image of Dulip Samaraweera (left)© X (Twitter) Former Sri Lankan men’s cricketer Dulip Samaraweera has been banned from holding any positions in Australian cricket for 20 years following an integrity investigation, where he was found to have committed a serious breach of the Code of Conduct. Samaraweera, who played seven Tests and…

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Ammunition From India Enters Ukraine Despite Russia’s Reservations: Report

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Artillery shells sold by Indian arms makers have been diverted by European customers to Ukraine and New Delhi has not intervened to stop the trade despite protests from Moscow, according to eleven Indian and European government and defence industry officials, as well as a Reuters analysis of commercially available customs data. The transfer of munitions…

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Setback For Telecom Firms In Supreme Court, Plea On AGR Rejected

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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected telecom companies’ plea to re-compute adjusted gross revenues, or AGRs, amid a long-standing dispute over payment of dues to the government. The companies raised concerns about the financial crisis affecting all firms. Vodafone India, Bharti Airtel, and other companies had filed a curative petition against the court’s…

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A gold mining town in Congo has become an mpox hot spot as a new strain spreads

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Slumped on the ground over a mound of dirt, Divine Wisoba pulled weeds from her daughter’s grave. The 1-month-old died from mpox in eastern Congo in August, but Ms. Wisoba, 21, was too traumatized to attend the funeral. In her first visit to the cemetery, she wept into her shirt for the child she lost…

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PM Narendra Modi Urges Public To Take Part In Auction For His Mementoes: Do Bid

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PM Modi said that the proceeds from the auction would contribute to the ‘Namami Gange’ initiative. The sixth edition of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s memento auction is now open, with over 600 items up for grabs. The Prime Minister has called on the public to participate in the upcoming auction of mementoes he has received…

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Mission specialist for Titan sub owner to testify before Coast Guard

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This undated image provided by OceanGate Expeditions in June 2021 shows the company’s Titan submersible. File | Photo Credit: AP A mission specialist for the company that owned the Titan submersible that imploded in 2023 is scheduled to testify before the U.S. Coast Guard on Thursday, September 19, 2024. Renata Rojas is the latest person…

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Key employee says the Titan sub tragedy could have been prevented

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A key employee who labeled a doomed experimental submersible unsafe prior to its last, fatal voyage testified Tuesday (September 17, 2024) that the tragedy could have been prevented if a federal safety agency had investigated his complaint. David Lochridge, OceanGate’s former operations director, said he felt let down by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s…

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UK Man Fatally Stabs Himself While Trying To Separate Frozen Burgers With Knife

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Police found Mr Griffiths fully clothed on his bed with no evidence of an assault A UK man accidentally fatally stabbed himself while trying to separate two frozen burgers with a knife, in a freak accident that initially puzzled police, a court heard. Barry Griffiths, 57, died after accidentally plunging the blade into his abdomen…

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Virat Kohli Disappoints On Home Test Return; Rohit Sharma’s Reaction Says It All – Watch

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Virat Kohli failed to impress on his home Test return as he was dismissed for just 6 on Day 1 of the first Test match between India and Bangladesh in Chennai on Thursday. This was Virat’s first Test match on Indian soil since March 2023 and he received a rousing ovation when he…

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