Gill discharged from hospital after being admitted for drop in platelet count, remains doubtful for Pak game

New Delhi, 10/10: India opener Shubman Gill, who is currently down with dengue, was hospitalised in Chennai after his platelet count dropped below 100,000 but has been subsequently released as he still remains a doubtful starter for the marquee World Cup clash against Pakistan on October 14. Gill, who tested positive for dengue upon his…

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Manjrekar slams ICC, BCCI for going soft on young players

New Delhi: Former India batter Sanjay Manjrekar has criticised the ICC and the BCCI for their handling of recent disciplinary violations by young players Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Yashasvi Jaiswal, saying that the two bodies are “training” them to repeat such behaviour by letting them get away with it.Both Jaiswal and Sooryavanshi have been involved in…

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Pak FM cites fake news report to praise its Air Force, gets fact-checked by own newspaper

Islamabad, 16/5: Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar used a “fake” news report attributed to a UK-based daily to praise his country’s Air Force in the Senate. Citing the viral “fake news”, Dar told lawmakers that The Daily Telegraph reported that “Pakistan Air Force is the undisputed king of the skies.” However, his claim was fact-checked…

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Congress’ tally to be all-time low in polls; Rahul fighting from Raebareli sensing Wayanad defeat: PM Modi

Kolkata, 3/5:Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday asserted that Congress’ tally in the Lok Sabha polls will be an “all-time low”, as he mocked its leader Rahul Gandhi’s decision to contest from Uttar Pradesh’s Raebareli seat, “sensing defeat” at Wayanad . Addressing a rally in the Bardhaman-Durgapur Lok Sabha seat, Modi said that if Congress…

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Intense rains bring Delhi to a standstill; flight ops disrupted, waterlogging in several part

New Delhi, 25/5: Thunderstorm accompanied by heavy rain battered Delhi overnight, disrupting flight operations, uprooting trees and electricity poles, and causing waterlogging in several areas while bringing relief from stifling heat. The sudden change in weather led to a sharp drop in mercury with the city recording a minimum temperature of 19.8 degrees Celsius, 6.9…

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ISRO to launch its SpaDeX mission today

New Delhi: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch its year-end mission, the “Space Docking Experiment” (SpaDeX), on Monday, said the organisation. The mission will be launched precisely at 10:00:15 pm from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. “Tonight at precisely 10:00:15 PM, PSLV-C60 with SpaDeX and innovative payloads are set…

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