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Virat Kohli in action for Indian cricket team in T20 World Cup 2024© AFP Indian cricket team star batter Virat Kohli has struggled to score runs in the ongoing T20 World Cup 2024 and things did not improve much during the Super 8 encounter against Afghanistan on Thursday. Virat started his innings well but was dismissed by Rashid Khan after scoring 24 off 24 deliveries. However, Suryakumar Yadav steadied the innings and slammed a half-century to guide his team to a challenging total of 181/8 in 20 overs. During the innings break, Suryakumar opened up about how he and the…
Tehran: Iranian Caretaker Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani has condemned the Canadian government’s “provocative and irresponsible” decision to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a “terrorist entity”. He made the remarks in a post on Thursday on social media platform X while reacting to an announcement on Wednesday by Canadian Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc that his country had decided to list the IRGC as a “terrorist group”. Bagheri Kani said Canada’s act of blacklisting the IRGC, which is an integral part of Iran’s official armed forces, was a “provocation” of the principles and rules of international law…
The Gaza war is a particularly thorny issue for Biden, who is seeking a second term in office this year.Washington: New tensions emerged this week between President Joe Biden”s administration and Benjamin Netanyahu over the Israeli premier’s criticism of US weapons deliveries — comments the White House described Thursday as “vexing” and “disappointing.”The issue began when Netanyahu claimed in a video posted on social media earlier this week that the US administration — Israel’s main military backer — has been “withholding weapons and ammunitions” from his country in recent months.”Those comments were deeply disappointing and certainly vexing to us, given…
Donald Sutherland was one of the biggest stars in Hollywood in the 1970s. (File)Donald Sutherland, one of Canada”s most versatile and gifted actors, who charmed and enthralled audiences in films such as “M*A*S*H,” “Klute,” “Ordinary People” and the “Hunger Games” films, has died at the age of 88.The Canadian actor, whose lengthy career spanned from the 1960s into the 2020s, died on Thursday, his son, actor Kiefer Sutherland, said on social media.The tall actor with a deep voice, piercing blue eyes and mischievous smile managed to switch effortlessly from character roles to romantic leads, opposite the likes of Jane Fonda…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will perform yoga on the banks of the Dal Lake in Srinagar to celebrate the 10th International Yoga Day today. The event will take place at the Sher-e-Kashmir International Convention Complex and around 4,000 people are expected to attend. This year’s theme, “Yoga for Self and Society”, emphasises yoga’s vital role in fostering individual well-being and social harmony. PM Modi will perform yoga asanas with VIPs, children and thousands of residents of Jammu and Kashmir. The 30-minute yoga session will begin at 7 am, which will be attended by Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha and Ayush Minister Prataprao Ganpatrao…
India skipper Rohit Sharma on Thursday lauded the team for their comfortable 47-run victory over Afghanistan, attributing the clinical all-round display to better planning which was possible due to extensive knowledge about local conditions. India dishd out a superlative show as they posted 181 for 8 and then returned to dismiss Afghanistan for 134 to register a comfortable 47 run win. “The last two years we’ve played T20s here, so we understand the conditions and planned accordingly. We adapted well and got 180, which was a great effort from the batters. We had class bowlers who defended it perfectly,” Rohit…
The CBI registered a First Information Report (FIR) into the UGC-NET paper leak case on Thursday against unidentified persons on a reference from the Union Education Ministry, officials said. The UGC-NET, 2024, exam for the selection of junior research fellows, assistant professors and PhD scholars was conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) on June 18 in two shifts across the country. The next day, the University Grants Commission received inputs from the National Cyber Crime Threat Analytics Unit of the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (l4C) that the paper was available on the darknet and was allegedly being sold…
A company secretary was looted of Rs 51,000 by a gang of fake Delhi Police and CBI officers after threatening her with arrest over a “money laundering case”. The woman, a resident of Kolkata, in her police complaint said she received a call on June 6 from the fake Delhi Police officer, who told her there were 35 bank accounts in her name and they were being used to send money to criminals. “Then they asked to download Skype and will record a statement from me on video call. They also asked for my Aadhaar, and told me to stay…
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) endeavors to smell out a crisis early and act on it, Governor Shaktikanta Das said, stating that not taking any action on the unsecured lending front would have created “bigger problems”. The November 2023 action to curb growth in the riskier unsecured lending has had the desired impact as the growth in such portfolios slowed down, Mr Das said addressing an international conference on financial resilience at the RBI’s College of Supervisors in Mumbai. Restrictions on unsecured lending were the result of a view that there could be a potential problem in the credit…
A pall of gloom has descended over Karunapuram village in Tamil Nadu’s Kallakurichi district. As many as 24 of the 39 who have died after consuming illicit liquor are from here. A mass cremation is taking place, and many bodies are still lined up. A mother who lost her son is inconsolable. “He complained of severe stomach ache and could not open his eyes. Initially, they didn’t even admit him saying he is drunk. The government should shut down liquor shops,” she wailed. At least one hundred people are being treated in various hospitals. At the Kallakurichi Government Medical College…