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Pujara’s classy hundred puts India in command in third Test

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The redoubtable Cheteshwar Pujara produced yet another classy hundred and combined with captain Virat Kohli (82) to put India in command on the second day of the third Test against Australia here Thursday.The scoring rate was a shade better than the overnight effort, which fetched them 215/2, and India declared at 443/7 before Australia responded with 8/0 in six overs. Pujara was the dominant figure with his second century of the series, a dogged but faultless 106 off 319 balls, which ensured that India consolidated the good start. It was though…

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Delhi’s air quality likely to turn severe again

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Delhi’s air quality was on the brink of turning severe again with unfavourable meteorological conditions like low wind speed preventing dispersion of pollutants on Thursday, authorities said.The Central Pollution Control Board data showed the overall air quality index (AQI) at the ‘very poor’ level of 395, while the Centre-run System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting (SAFAR) showed an AQI of 372, which too falls in the ‘very poor’ category. According to CPCB data, 17 areas recorded severe pollution, while 15 areas witnessed ‘very poor’ air quality. In NCR, Ghaziabad…

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Sensex gains 157 pts on F&O expiry, positive global cues

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Rising for the second straight day, the BSE benchmark Sensex jumped 157 points Thursday amid expiry of December series derivatives contracts and positive global cues.After rallying close to 400 points earlier in the session, the 30-share index pared some gains but finished 157.34 points, or 0.44 per cent, higher at 35,807.28.The broader NSE Nifty rose 49.95 points, or 0.47 per cent, to 10,779.80. The biggest gainers on both the bourses were Reliance Industries, Infosys, NTPC, ONGC, HUL, PowerGrid, Asian Paints, ITC and HCL Tech, rising up to 2 per cent.…

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Russia: Israeli strike on Syria threatened civilian flights

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The Russian military on Wednesday criticized an alleged Israeli airstrike near the Syrian capital, saying it has endangered civilian flights.Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said that six Israeli F-16 jets launched a “provocative” raid at the moment when two civilian airliners were preparing to land in Damascus and Beirut, creating a “direct threat” to the aircraft.Lebanon’s acting Transport Minister Youssef Fenianos later on Wednesday confirmed Konashenkov’s account, saying the two airplanes in Lebanese airspace “narrowly” escaped Israeli warplanes, averting a “human catastrophe.” Fenianos didn’t provide details, but said…

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Deepika proud of my work in “Simmba” says Ranveer Singh

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Ranveer Singh Wednesday said his actor wife Deepika Padukone is proud of his work in soon-to-be-released “Simmba”. Ranveer has collaborated with director Rohit Shetty for a film for the first time while the director has worked with Deepika already in “Chennai Express.”The film is truly a big screen experience. We both watched the film together. Deepika showered praise on Rohit sir, I was waiting for her to talk about me. She is very proud of me and Rohit sir,” Ranveer told reporters here at a promotional event of “Simmba” Wednesday evening. Shetty…

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1984 riots case: Sajjan Kumar likely to surrender before court on Dec 31

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Former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar is likely to surrender before a court here on December 31 to serve the life imprisonment awarded to him by the Delhi High Court in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case.”We will comply with the high court’s judgment,” his counsel Anil Kumar Sharma told DIN.The counsel said Kumar’s appeal in the Supreme Court challenging the high court verdict is not likely to be taken up for hearing before December 31.The 73-year-old former Congress leader was sentenced to life for the “remainder of his natural life” by…

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Centre Likely To Renew Demand For Extra Dividend From RBI: Report

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The government will likely renew its demand for Rs. 13,140 crore ($1.9 billion) in additional dividend from the central bank helmed by newly-appointed governor Shaktikanta Das, two sources in the government told Reuters. The government believes the amount has been pending since 2016-17, when an internal formula called staggered surplus dividend distribution method was used without consulting the government to transfer the dividend for that year, said one of the sources, who did not want to be named as they are not authorised to speak to the media. “Even though…

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Kumaraswamy ministry to be expanded, reshuffled today

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The much-awaited expansion and reshuffle of the six month-old H D Kumaraswamy-led coalition Cabinet in Karnataka would be carried out here Saturday evening.Two ministers — Ramesh Jarkiholi (Municipal Administration) and R Shankar (Forest and Environment) — are likely to be dropped, official sources said.New ministers would be sworn in at 5.20 pm by Governor Vajubhai Vala at Raj Bhavan, the sources said. According to a statement issued by the office of Congress Legislature Party Leader Siddaramaiah, Satish Jarkiholi, M B Patil, C S Shivalli, M T B Nagaraj, E Tukaram,…

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Former players slam ICC’s Perth pitch rating

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Former Test cricketers Mitchell Johnson and Michael Vaughan have slammed the ICC for giving an ‘average’ rating to the Perth Stadium pitch, which hosted India’s second Test against Australia.Match referee Ranjan Madugalle on Friday rated the pitch at Perth Stadium as ‘average’, the lowest pass mark provided by the ICC when they assess the pitch and outfield of Test grounds. Australia had defeated India by 146 runs on the fifth and final day of the second Test at the Perth Stadium. “Nothing wrong with it. It was exciting to watch…

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Israeli army says destroys Hezbollah tunnel from Lebanon

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The Israeli army said Friday it has blown up a cross-border tunnel dug by Hezbollah from Lebanon, the first of four it has uncovered — and pledged to destroy — in recent weeks. “A cross-border attack tunnel dug from the Shiite village of Ramyeh into Israel was detonated” in an operation on Thursday night, the army said in a statement. The Israeli military “holds the Lebanese Government responsible for digging the attack tunnels and the consequences of this action,” it said. A video distributed by the army shows an officer…

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