Pakistan may have suffered a five-wicket loss to England in the 2nd T20I at the Old Trafford in Manchester but their limited-overs skipper Babar Azam etched his name in the record books on Sunday. The right-handed batsman became the joint fastest along with India captain Virat Kohli and Australia limited-overs skipper […]
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Rockets fall near Baghdad airport, no casualties
Two Katyusha rockets fell near Baghdad airport on Sunday but caused no casualties, the Iraqi military said, the third such attack on sensitive sites in the capital this week. On Saturday, a rocket fell inside Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone, which houses government buildings and foreign missions, while three others […]
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Uttar Pradesh trader’s tobacco-free organic beedi in great demand overseas
An Uttar Pradesh entrepreneur is manufacturing and marketing tobacco-free organic bidi, which is now in high demand overseas, taking his family’s decades-old bidi business upmarket. With no advertisements and solely banking on trust built over years and bonding of his foreign customers, Adil Masood, a middle-aged entrepreneur, decided to exclusively […]
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Understanding Lionel Messi’s stalemate with Barcelona
Lionel Messi on Sunday refused to turn up for a pre-season medical test at Barcelona, just days after informing the club that he intends to exercise a clause in his contract to leave the club on a free transfer this summer. The development means Messi won’t be joining Ronald Koeman’s […]
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BJP wants a Hindu majority to emerge in J&K: Farooq Abdullah
Former chief minister Farooq Abdullah has said his National Conference (NC) opted out of the Delimitation Commission in May as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was allegedly seeking to create Hindu dominance in the Muslim majority region and to divide the Union Territory on religious lines through the process. The Centre in […]
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Donald Trump hails Shinzo Abe as Japan’s best-ever PM
US President Donald Trump has praised outgoing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as Japan’s best head of government ever. In a late night tweet, Trump said he had just spoken with Abe, who is resigning for health reasons. “Shinzo will soon be recognized as the greatest Prime Minister in the history of […]
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Amit Shah recovers after post-Covid care, discharged from AIIMS Delhi
Union Home minister Amit Shah has recovered from post coronavirus disease (Covid-19) care and was discharged from the All India Medical Sciences (AIIMS) hospital in New Delhi on Monday morning. Shah had tested positive for Covid-19 on August 2 and later tested negative for the viral disease on August 14. However, he […]
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IGNOU Admission 2020: Re-registration for July 2020 session ends today
IGNOU Admission 2020: The online re-registration window for Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) July 2020 session ends today. Interested and eligible candidates can apply for the IGNOU admission online at ignou.ac.in on or before August 31, 2020. The last date to apply for IGNOU July 2020 admission has been extended […]
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Paire tests positive for COVID-19 before US Open
France’s Benoit Paire has tested positive for COVID-19 and pulled out of the U.S. Open starting on Monday, French sports daily L’Equipe reported. Paire, seeded 17th at the Grand Slam event, had been scheduled to play Poland’s Kamil Majchrzak in the first round at Flushing Meadows on Tuesday. Paire’s name […]
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Samsung uses EUV tech to produce its new 16Gb LPDDR5 DRAM
Even as Samsung’s smartphone business may have contracted in the last few months, its chip business has remained strong. The company is now readying for the next year’s flagship that will come with 5G and more powerful specifications. To support those phones, Samsung has begun mass production of what it […]
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MTV dedicates VMA show to Chadwick Boseman: ‘His impact lives forever’
Youth channel MTV dedicated its Video Music Awards show on Sunday to Chadwick Boseman, calling the Black Panther star, whose death last week at age 43 shocked fans around the world, a “true hero.” Opening the annual ceremony dedicated to the best in pop music, host Keke Palmer called Boseman “an […]
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Khatron Ke Khiladi Made In India winner is Nia Sharma
Television star Nia Sharma has won Khatron Ke Khiladi – Made In India. Hosted by filmmaker Rohit Shetty, the adventure reality show also saw television stars Karan Wahi and Jasmin Bhasin in the finals. This special edition of the show featured contestants from previous seasons fighting it out for the trophy. […]
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JNUSU write to Delhi CM, urges him to facilitate phased return of students to campus
The Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union on Sunday wrote to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, urging him to facilitate a phased return of students who are “not being allowed” to come back to the varsity. The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) had advised students to return to their homes in March after […]
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NEET, JEE mains 2020: Student requests CJI Bobde to postpone exams
NEET, JEE mains 2020: A 17-year-old JEE aspirant has submitted a letter today to the Chief Justice of India (CJI), Sharad Arvind Bobde, praying to postpone the JEE and NEET exams in view of the COVID 19 pandemic and flood crisis in parts of the country. As he is a minor, […]
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Google removes apps that promised users freebies but ran fraud ads
There’s been a series of Android apps that have been removed from the Google Play Store for malicious activities. The latest is a batch of Android apps that promised users free shoes, sneakers, and even tickets to users but instead installed botnet on their phones. This botnet was discovered by the White […]