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Dravid, Ganguly’s big hundreds in Taunton had an incredible impact on me: Buttler

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England’s swashbuckling batsman Jos Buttler says Indian greats Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly’s big hundreds in the 1999 World Cup match against Sri Lanka had an “incredible impact” on him. The duo of Ganguly and Dravid had stitched together a mammoth partnership of 318 runs for the second wicket to set up an easy victory for India. That was long before the T20 revolution took the game by storm but, on that day in Taunton, sixes and fours rained down from the blades of the two Indian batsmen, something the…

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‘The Family Man’ season 2 to premiere in June

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The much-awaited second season of Amazon Prime Video’s critically-acclaimed web series “The Family Man” is slated to be released on June 4, the streamer announced Wednesday. Fronted by Manoj Bajpayee, the series was scheduled to return earlier this year. The new season will see Bajpayee’s Srikant Tiwari pitted against a new, powerful and brutal adversary named Raaji, essayed by Samantha Akkineni, who makes her digital debut with the show. The streamer also released the trailer of the nine-part thriller which will see Srikant continuing to jostle between the duality of…

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Goa court to pronounce verdict in Tarun Tejpal case on May 21

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A sessions court in Goa on Wednesday said it will pronounce the verdict in the Tarun Tejpal case on May 21. The former Tehelka editor-in-chief, who was present in the court, is accused of sexually assaulting a female colleague inside the elevator of a luxury hotel in Goa in 2013. Public prosecutor Francis Tavora told reporters outside the court that Additional Sessions Judge Kshama Joshi said she could not pronounce the order due to “power failure”. Several parts of Goa have been witnessing power outage since Sunday due to cyclonic…

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Rupee rises 8 paise to 72.97 against US dollar in early trade

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The Indian rupee inched higher by 8 paise to 72.97 against the US dollar in early trade on Wednesday amid a muted trend in the domestic equity market. At the interbank foreign exchange, the domestic unit opened on a flat note at 73.02 against the dollar, then inched higher and touched 72.97, registering a rise of 8 paise over its previous close. On Tuesday, the rupee had closed at 73.05 against the US dollar. “Markets would look to cues from the equity markets in the intra-day session, while the weakness…

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NEWS CATEGORIES WORLD NEWS 

‘City in transition’: New York vies to turn page on pandemic

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More than a year after coronavirus shutdowns sent the city that never sleeps into a fitful slumber, New York could be wide awake again this summer. Starting Wednesday, vaccinated New Yorkers can shed their masks in most situations, and restaurants, stores, gyms and many other businesses can go back to full capacity if they check vaccination cards or apps for proof that all patrons have been inoculated. Subways resumed running round-the-clock this week. Midnight curfews for bars and restaurants will be gone by month’s end. Broadway tickets are on sale…

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Singapore objects to Kejriwal’s COVID-19 variant remark, Govt says CM does not speak for India

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Singapore on Wednesday conveyed to Indian High Commissioner P Kumaran its strong objection to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s comments that a variant of COVID-19 found in that country was particularly harmful to children and could cause a third wave of infections in India. Following Singapore foreign ministry’s reaction regretting the “unfounded assertions” by Kejriwal, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said the Delhi chief minister does not speak for India. MEA Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said the Indian High Commissioner conveyed to the Singapore government that the Delhi chief minister had…

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Cyclone:Rain, strong winds in Mumbai; local train services hit

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High speed winds and heavy rains lashed Mumbai and its neighbouring areas on Monday as the “very severe cyclonic storm” Tauktae headed towards Gujarat, uprooting trees and disrupting local train services here, officials said. In view of the strong winds, the Bandra-Worli sea-link was closed for traffic and people were asked to take alternate routes, a senior official of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said. The Colaba area in south Mumbai recorded a wind speed of 102 km per hour around 11 am, the highest for the day so far,…

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Israeli warplanes stage more heavy strikes across Gaza City

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Israeli warplanes unleashed a new series of heavy airstrikes at several locations in Gaza City early Monday, hours after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signaled the fourth war with Gaza’s Hamas rulers would rage on. Explosions rocked the city from north to south for 10 minutes in an attack that was heavier, on a wider area and lasted longer than a series of air raids 24 hours earlier in which 42 Palestinians were killed the deadliest single attack in the latest round of violence between Israel and the Hamas militant…

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Sensex surges over 300 pts in early trade; Nifty tests 14,750

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Equity benchmark Sensex surged over 300 points in early trade on Monday, tracking gains in index majors HDFC twins, ICICI Bank and Infosys. The 30-share BSE index was trading 300.45 points or 0.62 per cent higher at 49,033. Similarly, the broader NSE Nifty rose 75.60 points or 0.52 per cent to 14,753.40. SBI was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, advancing over 2 per cent, followed by IndusInd Bank, ONGC, Bajaj Finserv, ICICI Bank, HDFC and Infosys. On the other hand, L&T, Bharti Airtel, Sun Pharma, Titan and Dr…

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WhatsApp privacy policy not conforming to Indian IT laws: Centre to HC

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The Centre on Monday told the Delhi High Court that it views the new privacy policy of WhatsApp as a violation of the Indian Information Technology (IT) law and rules, and sought directions to the social media platform to make it clear whether it was confirming to the same. The central government’s claim was made before a bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh during hearing of several pleas challenging WhatsApp’s new privacy policy, which according to the platform has come into effect from May 15…

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