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WPL season 2 | Shafali-Capsey’s rollicking stand sets up Capitals’ win over RCB

February 29, 2024 admin

Delhi Capitals’ Shafali Verma plays a shot during a ‘Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2024’ T20 cricket match against Royal Challengers Bangalore, in Bengaluru, on February 29, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Delhi Capitals rode on Shafali Verma’s half-century (50, 31b, 3×4, 4×6) and Jess Jonassen’s impressive all-round show (three for 21 and 36 n.o., 16b,…

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Yuki Bhambri Makes His First ATP 500 Semifinals In Men’s Doubles

February 29, 2024 admin

File photo of Yuki Bhambri.© AFP India’s Yuki Bhambri made his first men’s doubles semifinals of the ATP 500 tour after he and his partner Robin Hasse upset third seeds Jamie Murray and Michael Venus in the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships in Dubai on Thursday. Bhambri and his Dutch partner Hasse, who came through…

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India to withdraw troops from Maldives, as first batch of replacements reach southern Gan island

February 29, 2024 admin

Google Maps image locates Gan island in Maldives. The government confirmed on Thursday that a team of Indian technical personnel have landed in Maldives to replace military troops that have been operating aircraft there. The development indicates a compromise between the Modi government and the recently elected Muizzu government on the contentious issue of Indian…

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Tamil Nadu: Vedanta Can’t Reopen Sterlite Copper Plant, Public Health Important: Supreme Court

February 29, 2024 admin

The bench referred to the “repeated nature of breaches” coupled with severity of violations by the unit. New Delhi: In a jolt to Vedanta Limited, the Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed its plea for reopening of its copper smelting plant in Tamil Nadu’s Thoothukudi, closed since May 2018 over pollution concerns, while underlining the importance…

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Japan’s SoftBank cuts stake in Paytm to less than 3%

February 29, 2024 admin

Japan’s SoftBank Group has further reduced its stake in beleaguered Indian payments firm Paytm to 2.83% from 5.01%, an exchange filing showed on Thursday. The conglomerate, which held 17.5% stake in Paytm in September 2022, has trimmed its ownership for more than a year through multiple open market deals, with its most recent cut being…

Business

PM Narendra Modi To Chair BJP’s Top Poll Body Meet, Pick Candidates For Over 50% Seats300 Seats

February 29, 2024 admin

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to attend a meeting of the BJP’s top decision-making body at the party headquarters shortly, to take a call on the first list of candidates for the Lok Sabha election. Sources indicated that it is likely that the party will announce a chunk of candidates before the…

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“Both Shreyas Iyer And Ishan Kishan Are…”: Harsha Bhogle’s Strong Take On BCCI Central Contracts

February 29, 2024 admin

Veteran cricket analyst and commentator Harsha Bhogle has shared his views on BCCI’s Annual Central Contracts, which were revealed on Wednesday. Star cricketers Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer were the biggest absentees from the list, which have been finalised for the duration between October 1st, 2023 to September 30th, 2024. Kishan and Iyer were not…

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1st Civilian Team Reached Maldives To Replace Military Personnel: Centre

February 29, 2024 admin

The ties between the two countries came under some strain since Muizzu came to power. New Delhi: India on Thursday said its first civilian team of technical experts has reached the Maldives to replace the military personnel operating an advanced light helicopter in the island nation. Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu had set March 10 as…

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Iran Stops Jailed Noble Laureate From Attending Father’s Funeral: Family

February 29, 2024 admin

Family had said it was Mohammadi’s “unequivocal right” to attend her father’s funeral. Paris: Iranian authorities have prevented jailed Iranian Nobel peace laureate Narges Mohammadi from attending the burial ceremony of her father who died earlier this week, her family said Thursday. Karim Mohammadi, who had not seen his daughter for almost two years, died…

World

The Hindu Daily Quiz | On balancing rocks- Feb 29, 2024

February 29, 2024 admin

Name this famous balancing rock weighing 300 tonnes, considered by the nearby city of Tandil to be its symbol. On February 29, 1912, it dropped from its precarious position and broke. Answer: Piedra Movediza | Photo Credit: Samuel Boote Q: ______ are large rocks balanced on a small point on a surface such that even…

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