Month: November 2024

K Sanjay Murthy To Be The Next Comptroller And Auditor General Of India

November 18, 2024 admin

K Sanjay Murthy is presently Secretary of Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education. (File) New Delhi: The government on Monday said K Sanjay Murthy will be the next Comptroller and Auditor General of India. Murthy, a 1989 batch IAS officer of the Himachal Pradesh cadre, will succeed Girish Chandra Murmu. He is currently Secretary,…

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Marcus Stoinis Lets Rip As Australia Crush Pakistan For T20I Series Whitewash

November 18, 2024 admin

Marcus Stoinis slammed five huge sixes in an unbeaten 61 as Australia crushed Pakistan by seven wickets in Hobart on Monday to secure a 3-0 T20 series whitewash. Chasing a meagre 118, the hosts hit the target in the 12th over to hand Pakistan a reality check after the visitors won the preceding…

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Babar Azam Surpasses Virat Kohli To Achieve Major All-Time High, Set To Surpass Rohit Sharma Soon

November 18, 2024 admin

Babar Azam on Monday surpassed Virat Kohli to rise to the second spot in the list of highest run-scorers in T20Is. Virat Kohli has 4188 runs in 117 innings while Babar Azam has 4192 runs in 119 innings. India captain Rohit Sharma leads the list with 4231 runs in 151 innings. Babar Azam…

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DIPAM issues revised capital restructuring norms for CPSEs

November 18, 2024 admin

The Finance Ministry on Monday came out with revised guidelines for capital restructuring by CPSEs, mandating them to pay a minimum of 30% of net profit or 4% of the net worth, whichever is higher as an annual dividend. As per the guidelines issued by the Department of Investment and Capital Asset Management (DIPAM), financial…

Business

Indian Football Team Held By Malaysia 1-1, End 2024 Without A Single Win

November 18, 2024 admin

The Indian men’s football team will end the year without a win as it was held to a 1-1 draw by visiting Malaysia in an international friendly on Monday, extending head coach Manolo Marquez’s wait for his first victory with the Blue Tigers. A howler from seasoned goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu saw Paulo…

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Can use genomic labs set up during pandemic to measure antimicrobial resistance: Soumya Swaminathan

November 18, 2024 admin

Soumya Swaminathan | Photo Credit: B. VELANKANNI RAJ Tamil Nadu could use the genomic testing laboratories set up during the COVID-19 pandemic to measure the level of antimicrobial resistance by analysing effluents from pharmaceutical companies and hospitals, said Soumya Swaminathan, chairperson of the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation. At the inauguration of the Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)…

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Sunil Gavaskar Sends Fiery “Very Very Hungry Virat Kohli” Warning To Australian Team

November 18, 2024 admin

Legendary batter Sunil Gavaskar highlighted Virat Kohli’s previous consistent performances on Adelaide and Perth grounds, adding that his past success against Australia in these venues will give him the extra bit of confidence during the upcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy series. Kohli averages just 22.72 in his six Test matches this year, way below than…

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Autopsy Done For 5 Bodies Out Of Missing 6 From Manipur, Last Body Found Floating In Assam

November 18, 2024 admin

Six bodies were found in the Jiri River in Jiribam and the Barak River in Cachar over the last few days. Silchar: The postmortem examination of five bodies of the six missing people of Manipur’s Jiribam district has been completed at a state-run hospital in Assam’s Silchar town, officials said on Monday. Another body of…

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