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India head coach Rahul Dravid signed off from his coaching stint with a trophy in his hand as the team defeated South Africa in the T20 World Cup 2024 final. The summit clash between the two team also proved to be a farewell game for many as the likes of Virat Kohli, Rohit…
This photo provided Monday, July 1, 2024, by the North Korean government shows that a senior official wears lapel pins with the image of Kim Jong Un during a ruling party’s meeting in Pyongyang on June 30, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP For the first time, North Korean officials have been seen wearing lapel pins…
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The United States crashed out of the Copa America on Monday after a 1-0 defeat to Uruguay, as Panama sealed their place in the quarter-finals with a 3-1 win over Bolivia. The tournament hosts suffered an upset 2-1 defeat to Panama last week and went into Monday’s final Group C game at Arrowhead…
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People read a flyer bearing Loulee Wilson’s photographs distributed in the hope of finding her biological parents in Dianjiang, China. | Photo Credit: AFP At an empty concrete lot in southwest China, Loulee Wilson scoops a handful of stones into a bag — a memento from the site where she believes she was abandoned as…
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Signs reading “I’m buying dollars” line the doors of Víctor Vargas’s shoe shop in the heart of Bolivia’s biggest city, a desperate attempt to keep his family business alive. Just a few years ago, Mr. Vargas, 45, would unlock the doors at 8 a.m. to a crush of customers already waiting to buy tennis shoes…
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Rishi Shah, the co-founder of Outcome Health, was indicted on over 12 counts of fraud. New Delhi: Rishi Shah, an Indian-American businessman, has been sentenced to seven and a half years in prison for a Rs 8,300 crore ($1 billion) fraud involving his advertising startup. The fraud scheme deceived high-profile investors such as Goldman Sachs…
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Rohit Sharma’s mother, Purnima, gave fans another reason to cherish his bond with Virat Kohli. As India lifted the T20 World Cup 2024 title, beating South Africa in the final, Rohit and Virat announced their retirement from the T20 international format. The iconic duo, who have been playing alongside each other for more…
India captain Rohit Sharma poses for a picture with the ICC Mens T20 World Cup 2024 trophy at a beach, in Barbados on July 1, 2024. | Photo Credit: ANI The first T20 World Cup featuring 20 Teams will go down in history for several reasons. The tournament ended with Team India ending their ICC…
The government has hiked windfall tax on domestically produced crude oil to ₹6,000 per tonne, from ₹3,250 per tonne, with effect from Tuesday, July 2, 2024. Explained | What is windfall tax and why are countries imposing it on the energy sector right now? The tax is levied in the form of Special Additional Excise…
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New Delhi: A day after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s all-out attack on the BJP sparked a huge ruckus in Lok Sabha, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today asked MPs of the ruling NDA to follow the rules of Parliament and ensure that their behaviour on the House floor is exemplary. The Prime Minister this morning addressed…
