Dubai, 24/7: The ICC on Monday launched a unique education course for its umpires, named the ICC Umpire Foundation Certificate. “” It is an entry-level course and will focus on basic fundamentals of umpiring that would allow the new umpires to gain knowledge about the sport before heading on to officiate matches at the…
New Delhi, 12/2: The “archaic” exception provided to marital rape in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) sends a dangerous message that a woman’s right to consent is irrelevant once she enters into a marriage, TMC leader Derek O’Brien said on Wednesday. The TMC’s parliamentary party leader in the Rajya Sabha, who last week introduced a…
New Delhi, 22/6: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday arrested two men for harbouring terrorists who had carried out the Pahalgam terror attacks that killed 26 innocent tourists and grievously injured 16 others on April 22, it said in an official statement. The two men – Parvaiz Ahmad Jothar from Batkote, Pahalgam and Bashir…
Thiruvananthapuram, 18/9: Mpox infection has been confirmed in a 38-year-old man in Kerala who recently came down from the UAE. He is under treatment at Manjeri government medical college hospital in Malappuram.
New Delhi, 31/8: India’s GDP grew at 13.5 per cent in the April-June quarter of the financial year 2022-23, helped by good growth in contact-based services sector and a good momentum in utilities. The GDP had contracted 23.9 per cent in April-June quarter of 2020 during the first wave of Covid-19 pandemic but…
A BJD functionary has landed in legal trouble today after being detained in an alleged cheating case. Sureshwari Sagarika Jena, vice president of the party’s women’s cell in Odisha’s Keonjhar district, was taken into custody in the morning. Hatadihi: A Biju Janata Dal (BJD) functionary has landed in legal trouble today after being detained in an alleged…
Chennai, 25/12:The opposition AIADMK, battered and bruised in back-to-back polls since the 2019 general elections, is trying for a make-over but the lack of unity among its top leaders, O Panneerselvam and K Palaniswami, is creating issues for the party. The AIADMK, wants to bring in a high-level performance in the upcoming urban…
Balasore: The water level of Jalaka river has crossed the danger mark in Mathani village of Balasore district in Odisha. On Monday, due to the increase in the water level of the river, there is a threat of flood to the people along the river. The danger signal was triggered. At Mathani under Basta block, the…
New Delhi, 3/11: India’s drug regulator, CDSCO, approved the extension of Bharat Biotech’s coronavirus vaccine Covaxin to 12 months from the date of manufacture. Covaxin initially had a shelf life of six months when it first received emergency use approval in the country, which was later extended to nine months, a company spokeswoman told…
Kolkata, 16/4: The rivalry between two players in the Indian domestic circuit came to the fore at the IPL stage here on Sunday, with Kolkata Knight Riders’ captain Nitish Rana and Mumbai Indians’ Hrithik Shokeen engaging in a war of words in the first innings. The incident happened in the ninth over of…
