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Six uncapped players in the squad might make it seem that India have come with an inexperienced group for the white-ball series against Sri Lanka but tour vice-captain Bhuvneshwar Kumar says it is not the case as the entire lot has the requisite confidence thanks to IPL. With major stars like skipper Virat Kohli and his limited-overs deputy Rohit Sharma in England for an upcoming Test series, the Indian team for series against Sri Lanka is being led by opener Shikhar Dhawan and features half a dozen uncapped players. Many…

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Jesuit priest Stan Swamy, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, died on Monday while waiting for an interim bail on medical grounds. Dr Ian D’souza, director of the Mumbai-based Holy Family Hospital, the private facility where Swamy was undergoing treatment, and the tribal rights activist’s lawyer Mihir Desai informed a bench of the Bombay High Court of his death following cardiac arrest. The bench, comprising Justices S S Shinde and N J Jamadar, expressed shock over the news and said it was at a loss of words and…

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The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear a plea seeking direction to the Centre to impose President’s Rule in West Bengal in view of deteriorating law and order situation due to the post-poll violence which started on May 2, the day of assembly election results. The plea also sought direction to the Centre to deploy armed/paramilitary forces in the aid of the administrative authorities to bring normalcy in the state and to save it from internal disturbances. Besides, the PIL has sought setting up of a Special Investigation Team…

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Shares dropped Tuesday in Asia after selling of several Big Tech companies pulled US benchmarks lower. Japan’s Nikkei 225 sank 2.8% and Hong Kong lost 2.4% early Tuesday. Despite reassurances from the Federal Reserve and a much weaker than expected US jobs reading last week, investors have refocused on the potential for surging prices to pressure central banks into tapering off on their massive stimulus and ultra-low interest rates, analysts said. Investors seem to look past the jobs report and continue to place their focus on the inflation narrative with…

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Rupee Vs Dollar Today: At the interbank forex market, the domestic unit opened at 73.83 and registered an intra-day high of 73.76. The rupee rose for the second consecutive day gaining 10 paise against the US dollar on Tuesday, May 4, to settle at 73.85 amid dollar selling by traders. Also, high crude oil prices and losses in domestic equities restricted the gain for local unit today. At the interbank forex market, the domestic unit opened at 73.83 and registered an intra-day high of 73.76. It witnessed a low of 73.97. In…

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Former Vice President Walter F. Mondale, a liberal icon who lost one of the most lopsided presidential elections after bluntly telling voters to expect a tax increase if he won, died Monday. He was 93. The death of the former senator, ambassador and Minnesota attorney general was announced in a statement from his family. No cause was cited. Mondale followed the trail blazed by his political mentor, Hubert H. Humphrey, from Minnesota politics to the US Senate and the vice presidency, serving under Jimmy Carter from 1977 to 1981. In…

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India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases climbed to?1,53,21,089?with?2,59,170?new coronavirus infections being reported in a day,?while active cases surpassed the 20-lakh mark,?according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday The death toll increased to?1,80,530 with?a record 1,761 new fatalities,?the data updated at 8 am showed Registering a steady increase for the 41st day in a row, the active cases increased to?20,31,977,?comprising 13.26?per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has dropped to 85.56 per cent The number of people who have recuperated from the disease…

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