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Deepti Sharma had gone five T20Is in a row without taking a wicket on India’s tours of Australia and South Africa. With the format’s World Cup around the corner, that wasn’t a good sign. But it is unlikely that the Indian team management would have been overly worried. Deepti was bound to be among the…
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Maroof. | Photo Credit: P.K. Ajith Kumar aroof Khan has watched some great talents from up close. He grew up in Mumbai playing cricket with the likes of Sachin Tendulkar, after all. Now his job is to find out the finest talents in women’s cricket. In England, that is. Maroof is working as a scout to select players for the England…
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Representational file image. | Photo Credit: Reuters In the third full month (May) of the West Asia crisis this year, India’s imports of crude oil surged nearly 7.5% from April, whilst that of liquified natural gas (LNG) increased about 16%. However, the country’s import bill for crude oil surged 14.7% and that of LNG more…
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Czechia’s Patrik Schick controls a ball during a training session. | Photo Credit: AP South Africa’s return to the World Cup after a 16-year absence has so far resembled much of its footballing history — spirited, organised and competitive, but ultimately punished by fine margins. A 0-2 defeat to host Mexico in the opening match…
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The central bank has issued Amendment Directions on June 17, 2026. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), on a review of it’s 2025 direction, has decided to temporarily withdraw interest rate ceiling on fresh Foreign Currently Non-Resident- Bank [FCNR(B)] deposits of 3-5 year tenors and restriction on interest rates on…
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Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s Information and Broadcasting Adviser Zahed Ur Rahman. File photo: Special Arrangement Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s Information and Broadcasting Adviser Zahed Ur Rahman was stopped by immigration officials at the Delhi airport on June 14 as his name had been included in a “blacklist” generated by the Ministry of External…
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The company recently introduced a plug-in hybrid variant of the S-Class in India, offering nearly 100 km of electric-only driving range and catering to customers seeking electrification without fully transitioning to battery-electric vehicles. File. | Photo Credit: ANI Despite the series of shocks including the latest West Asia conflict and the resultant supply chain disruptions…
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The story so far: The India-Russia bilateral Logistics Support Agreement (LSA), termed the Reciprocal Exchange of Logistics Agreement (RELOS), which had been dragging on for several years, was operationalised in January this year. There was a flutter on social media recently with claims that it allows the stationing of 3,000 Russian troops on Indian soil…
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BRS working president K.T. Rama Rao addressing party workers at Palair in Khammam district on Wednesday. KHAMMAM Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president K.T. Rama Rao has alleged that the Congress government’s ‘misrule’ crippled welfare and brought development to a standstill in the State. Addressing BRS functionaries in Palair constituency of Khammam district on Wednesday,…
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A man clears the rubble at one of the West Bank mosques that were vandalised and partly set on fire by Israeli settlers overnight in the village of Jiljilya, north of Ramallah, on June 17, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Israeli settlers set fire to mosques in two West Bank villages on Wednesday (June 17,…
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