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In the untimely death of Shinzo Abe, the longest serving Prime Minister of Japan, the world has lost a truly global statesman who passionately advocated closer India-Japan ties and sought to move beyond Tokyo’s post-war pacifist worldview. Having served two terms as Prime Minister from 2006 to 2007 and then from 2012 to 2020, Abe […]
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Nottingham: Suryakumar Yadav’s heroic century went in vain as India succumbed to a 17-run defeat to England in the third and final T20I of the series here at Trent Bridge in Nottingham on Sunday. The inning was a disappointing one for India. They lost their top order within a very short time. A huge 119-run […]
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Hyderabad: Pushing up his blistering attack against the BJP in general and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in particular by several notches, Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Sunday said the country was in the grip of an undeclared emergency, citing various political developments that he said smacked of the dictatorial approach. “Former Prime Minister Indira […]
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New Delhi: With 18,257 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,36,22,651, while the active cases increased to 1,28,690, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday. The death toll climbed to 5,25,428 with 42 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated. […]
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Birmingham: Rohit Sharma’s inspirational leadership and an aggressive brand new approach saw India completely outclass England by 49 runs in the second T20 International to seal the three-match series with an unassailable 2-0 lead here on Saturday. Batting first, India once again showed a start-to-finish aggressive intent while reaching 170 for eight riding on new […]
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New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 case tally rose by 18,840 in a day to reach 4,36,04,394 while the number of active cases increased to 1,25,028, according to Union Health Ministry data updated on Saturday. The death toll has climbed to 5,25,386 with 43 more people succumbing to the viral disease, the data updated at 8 am […]
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New Delhi: The national tricolour at Red Fort, Rashtrapati Bhavan and Parliament House flew at half-mast on Saturday to observe the day-long state mourning announced in the country as a mark of respect for former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe who was assassinated on July 8. Abe was shot in Nara city in western Japan on […]
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Birmingham: Star India batter Virat Kohli would be desperate to come out of his prolonged lean patch when he makes his T20 return after five months with the second game against England, here on Saturday. Kohli, who last played a T20 international in February, has featured in only two games since India’s underwhelming campaign in […]
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New Delhi: India saw a single day rise of 18,815 new coronavirus infections, taking the tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,35,85,554, while the active cases increased to 1,22,335, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Friday. The death toll has climbed to 5,25,343 with 38 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am […]
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New Delhi: The newly elected President of India will have at least four mercy petitions waiting at Rashtrapathi Bhavan for disposal, shortly after assuming office. Under Article 72 of the Constitution, the President is empowered to grant pardon or suspend, remit or commute sentences in certain cases. The four mercy pleas, including that of former […]
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New Delhi: India on Thursday announced a 215-member athlete contingent across 16 disciplines for the Commonwealth Games beginning on July 28 in Birmingham. On the sidelines of the send-off ceremony for the CWG bound athletes, IOA acting president Anil Khanna called it a ”gender-neutral contingent” with 108 men and 107 women being part of the […]
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Sangareddy: Indian Institute of Technology-Hyderabad (IITH) has signed an MoU with the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to establish a ‘Transportation Research and Innovation Hub (TRI HUB), a Centre of Excellence at IIT-H to work on contemporary and cutting-edge technologies for National Highways in India. Speaking on the occasion Dean (Research and Development) Prof […]
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Pallekele: Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur and Pooja Vastrakar produced solid all-round performances as Indian women cantered to a 39-run victory over a clueless Sri Lanka in the final ODI on Thursday to complete a 3-0 rout. Harmanpreet (75 off 88 balls and 1/21 in 5 overs) and Vastrakar (56 not out off 65 balls, and 2/32) […]
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Bengaluru: Cyber-security researchers on Thursday said they have discovered an “unprecedented, sophisticated” phishing technique that has been targeting government websites across the world, including Indian government’s portal https://india.gov.in, extorting the affected users. The threat actors have been targeting the Indian government’s portal by utilising a bogus URL to trick users into submitting sensitive information such as […]
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New Delhi: More than two-thirds of blue-collared employees in India earn less than Rs 15,000 per month, according to a report on Thursday. The report by payroll management app Salarybox stated that females in the workplace made Rs 12,398 on average, which was 19 per cent less than their male colleagues, which brings forth the […]
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London: India’s Sania Mirza and her Croatian partner Mate Pavic’s dream of winning the Wimbledon mixed doubles title came to an end on Wednesday as they were defeated by defending champions Neal Skupski and Desirae Krawczyk. Sania and Pavic pair lost to defending champions Skupski and Krawczyk 6-4, 5-7, 4-6 in a hard-fought match on […]
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New Delhi: India logged 18,930 new coronavirus infections taking the COVID-19 tally to 4,35,66,739, while the active cases increased to 1,19,457, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Thursday. The death toll climbed to 5,25,305 with 35 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed. The active cases comprise 0.26 per cent […]
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Geneva: A new sub-variant BA.2.75 of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 has been detected in various countries including India, World Health Organisation Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. Ghebreyesus said that the world body was following the development. “On COVID-19, globally reported cases have increased nearly 30 per cent over the past two weeks. Four out […]
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Southampton: Experimentation will go out of the window as India will get down to finalising their best eleven for the World Cup during the three-match T20 series against an ultra-aggressive England, beginning here on Thursday. Skipper Rohit Sharma, who missed the fifth Test in Birmingham after contracting Covid-19, will be travelling to the port city […]
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New Delhi: Shikhar Dhawan was on Wednesday named India captain for the three ODIs against the West Indies in the absence of regular skipper Rohit Sharma, while Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant were among those who have been rested for the series beginning on July 22 in Port of Spain, Trinidad. Two other senior players, […]