कलाई के प्रतिभाशाली स्पिनर कुलदीप यादव आईसीसी टी20 गेंदबाजों की रैंकिंग में दूसरे स्थान पर पहुंच गए जबकि भारत दो रैंकिंग अंक कटने के बावजूद टीम रैंकिंग में पाकिस्तान के बाद दूसरे स्थान पर बना हुआ है । कुलदीप ने न्यूजीलैंड के खिलाफ आखिरी वनडे में 26 रन देकर दो विकेट लिये । भारत वह मैच चार रन से और श्रृंखला 1 . 2 से हार गया । अफगानिस्तान के लेग स्पिनर राशिद खान तालिका में दूसरे स्थान पर हैं । शीर्ष दस में भारत का कोई और गेंदबाज नहीं…
Read Moreपेंटागन के शीर्ष अधिकारी पैट शनाहान अमेरिकी कमांडरों और अफगानिस्तानी नेताओं से मुलाकात करने अचानक सोमवार को अफगानिस्तान पहुंचे। यह दौरा ऐसे समय हो रहा है जब तालिबान के साथ शांति वार्ता बढ़ाने के प्रयास तेज हैं। हाल ही में कार्यवाहक रक्षा मंत्री नियुक्त किए गए पैट शनाहान ने कहा कि उन्हें सैनिकों की संख्या कम करने के संबंध में कोई आदेश नहीं दिया गया है। हालांकि अधिकारियों का कहना है कि तालिबान के साथ समन्वेशी शांति बातचीत की मांगों की सूची में यह मांग शीर्ष पर है। शनाहान ने…
Read Moreप्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी ने सोमवार को विश्वास जताया कि भारत दुनिया की तेजी से बढ़ती अर्थव्यवस्था बना रहेगा और 2030 तक यह दुनिया की दूसरी सबसे बड़ी अर्थव्यवस्था बन सकता है। मोदी ने यहां पेट्रोलियम उद्योग के वैश्विक सम्मेलन पेट्रोटेक 2019 के उद्घाटन सत्र को संबोधित करते हुए कहा, ” आईएमएफ और विश्वबैंक जैसी शीर्ष एजेंसियों का भी अनुमान है कि आगामी सालों में भारतीय अर्थव्यवस्था में तेजी का रुख बना रहेगा। अनिश्चितता भरे आर्थिक माहौल में भारत ने तेजी से वृद्धि करते हुये वैश्विक अर्थव्यवस्था में अग्रणी भूमिका निभाकर…
Read MoreThe Gujjar community agitation demanding five per cent quota in jobs and education turned violent Sunday with shots being fired and police vehicles torched in Dholpur district and protesters blocking road and rail traffic in many areas in RajasthanAs a precautionary measure, authorities have imposed prohibitory orders under CrPc section 144 in Dholpur and neighbouring Karauli districts, police said.At least 20 trains were cancelled and seven diverted during the day as the protesters, led by the Gujjar Arakshan Sangharsh Samiti chief Kirori Singh Bainsla, continued their sit-in on railway tracks…
Read MoreAjay Devgn says he was shocked by the #MeToo allegations against some of the prominent names in the Indian film industry but he believes a due course of law should be followed in such cases. Several Bollywood personalities such as directors Rajkumar Hirani, Subhash Ghai, Sajid Khan, Vikas Bahl and Rajat Kapoor, actor Alok Nath, singer Kailash Kher and music composer Anu Malik were called out for sexually harassing women over the years. “A couple of things came out and some people are like this but everybody is not like that. I…
Read MoreWhitewashed by New Zealand women in the three-match T20 series, India opener Smriti Mandhana Sunday said her team needs to address its batting woes, especially after losing all the games from winning positions.India almost pulled off a dramatic win but failed to score a boundary in the final delivery to lose the third and final T20 by a mere two runs here.Chasing 162, Mandhana took the Indian team on course for a consolation win with a career-best knock of 86 from 52 balls but the visiting side failed to build…
Read MoreNudged by rightwing political rivals after a deadly Palestinian attack on a young Israeli woman, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who seeks re-election pledged Sunday to freeze money transfers to the Palestinian Authority.Israel collects around USD 127 million a month in customs duties levied on goods destined for Palestinian markets that transit through Israeli ports and then transfers it to the PA.The Israeli parliament last year passed legislation to partially withhold funds, in response to PA payments to families of Palestinians jailed by Israel for attacks against Israelis.”By the end of…
Read MoreAfter catapulting LPG coverage by about 40 per cent in just 55 months, the government will soon make available clean cooking fuel to all households, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said Sunday.Speaking at the Petrotech 2019 conference here on the outskirts of Delhi, he said coverage of LPG in the country has reached close to 90 per cent, rising from about 55 per cent in 2014.”Very soon, India will be connecting all households with clean cooking fuel. The source of fuel will be LPG as well as gas from bio-mass and…
Read MoreJudging is “under stress” in the digital era, a Supreme Court judge said Sunday, lamenting that even before a case is taken up by the court, people start discussing on social media what the outcome “should be” which has an influence on the judges.Talking on “Freedom of press in the digital age” at the first Law Association For Asia and the Pacific (LAWASIA) conference here, Justice A K Sikri said the freedom of press is changing the paradigm of civil and human rights and the current pattern of media trials…
Read MoreIn a season of many firsts for the Indian cricket team, Rohit Sharma’s men will be aiming to become first among the equals to win a T20 International series in New Zealand when the two sides clash in the final match here Sunday.The past three months have made for a memorable phase for the Indian cricket team, which won its first Test and bilateral ODI series in Australia followed by the biggest one-day series win in New Zealand.A first T20 series victory in New Zealand will be the icing on…
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