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File image of Kipyegon Bett.© X (Twitter) Kenyan former world 800 metres bronze medallist Kipyegon Bett died on Sunday from kidney and liver failure at the age of 26, his family said. Bett was one of Kenya’s most promising middle distance runners but was banned by the World Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) in…
File | Photo Credit: Reuters The rupee rose 6 paise to 83.94 against the U.S. dollar in early trade on Tuesday (October 8, 2024) supported by a weaker greenback and lower crude oil price. However, volatility in the domestic equity markets and FII outflows capped sharp gains in the local unit, forex traders said. At…
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Angelo Mathews struck 85 off 33 balls in NCL A high-scoring encounter unfolded between Los Angeles Waves and Atlanta Kings in the National Cricket League Sixty Strikes, seeing nearly 300 runs being scored. Batting first, Atlanta Kings put 145 runs on the board while losing just three wickets in 10 overs. Opening batters…
File image of Jhon Duran.© AFP Jhon Duran has signed a new long-term contract with Aston Villa following his stunning start to the season, the Premier League club announced on Monday. The 20-year-old, who reportedly agreed personal terms with West Ham during the summer transfer window, has agreed a deal that will keep…
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Treasure Island, United States: Hurricane Milton exploded in strength Monday to become a potentially catastrophic Category 5 storm bound for Florida, threatening the US state with a second ferocious hurricane in as many weeks. The back-to-back hurricanes have whipped up a US election storm, with Vice President Kamala Harris slamming her White House rival Donald…
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Team India’s Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 qualification scenario explained© AFP Team India’s campaign in the Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 suffered a significant blow as Harmanpreet Kaur and Co. lost their opening fixture against New Zealand. Though Team India bounced back with a victory against Pakistan in the second match, the semi-final…
A row of olden-day shophouses. File | Photo Credit: AP Six people were injured when two shophouses partially collapsed on Tuesday (October 8, 2024) morning in the Little India precinct of Singapore. The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) in a Facebook post on Tuesday (October 8) said it was alerted to an incident involving two…
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Sydney, Australia: Passengers aboard a flight to Tokyo last week got more inflight entertainment than they bargained for last week when an explicit film featuring sex talk and explicit images was broadcast to every screen. Technical problems meant individual movie selection was not available on a Qantas flight from Sydney to Haneda, leaving the crew…
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For representative purposes. | Photo Credit: Getty Images The story so far: The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on September 30, introduced the liberalised Mutual Funds Lite (MF Lite) framework for passively managed schemes. The framework intends to promote the entry of new players into the MF ecosystem, present diversified investment opportunities for…
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J&K Assembly Election Results LIVE: This is the first state election in J&K since 2014 (File). New Delhi: Counting for the 2024 Jammu and Kashmir Assembly election – the first since Article 370 was scrapped in August 2019 and the first since 2014 – began 8 am, with postal ballots first to be opened. In…
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