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President Joe Biden walks to his car after stepping off of Air Force One at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on July 17, 2024. Biden is returning to his home in Rehoboth Beach, Del., to self-isolate after testing positive for COVID-19. | Photo Credit: AP US President Joe Biden is expected to make a…
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As Gautam Gambhir begins his stint as the head coach of the Indian cricket team, many were left wondering what the situation would mean for Virat Kohli, a player who has had numerous on-field tussles with the former India opener. After Rahul Dravid‘s exit as India’s head coach was confirmed, Gambhir emerged as…
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Pedestrians walk on a road amid heavy monsoon rains in Navi Mumbai, July 13, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI We are in the middle of the monsoon season of 2024. The monsoon onset happened on time on May 30 but its evolution thus far has sprung some surprises. The distribution of rainfall looks as patchy…
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Donald Trump, defiant and bandaged, accepted the GOP presidential nomination on July 18 at the Republican National Convention in a speech that described in detail the assassination attempt that could have ended his life just five days earlier before laying out a sweeping populist agenda, particularly on immigration. The 78-year-old former president, known best for his…
Police in Bangladesh clashed with student protesters attempting to impose a “complete shutdown” of the country on Thursday, following days of violent confrontations during demonstrations over a system of allocating government jobs, with media reports saying 19 more people died across the country. Dhaka-based leading Prothom Alo newspaper, which has a strong network of reporters…
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India’s newly-crowned T20I captain, Suryakumar Yadav, was given the team’s leadership responsibility on Thursday. Though it looked like Hardik Pandya would get the role, having been Team India’s vice-captain under Rohit Sharma for a long time, the all-rounder’s repeated fitness issues prompted the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) selection committee…
NEET-UG 2024 was held on May 5 and attended by nearly 24 lakh aspiring medical professionals New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday heard a clutch of petitions seeking re-test or cancellation of the 2024 NEET-UG – for entrance to undergraduate medical courses – and raised concerns over the stand of the Centre and the…
The percentage coverage for all antigens in India is higher than the global average. New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry on Thursday said media reports stating that India has a high number of ‘zero dose children’, who did not receive any vaccine, in comparison to other countries based on UNICEF report depicts an incomplete picture…
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File photo of Ishan Kishan.© AFP Shreyas Iyer, the IPL-winning skipper of the KKR team of which Gambhir was the mentor, made a deserving national comeback after a rap on the knuckles from the selection committee for repeatedly avoiding domestic cricket last season. The batter had attributed it to his dodgy lower back….
Lok Sabha MP and cricket’s avid fan, Shashi Tharoor has lashed out at the BCCI’s selection committee for the squads picked for the upcoming Sri Lanka tour. The team selected by the board had some surprise exclusions that dragged the attention of Tharoor. He raised his voice against the omission of Sanju Samson…
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