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Coles, the former New Zealand cricket coach and player, will not be available with the women’s side for the upcoming white-ball series against South Africa, which is set to start on September 1 in Karachi, the PCB informed in a release on Thursday.Coles, who had previously served as head coach of the women’s team from 2017 to 2019, was appointed again this year in April.”The PCB would like to extend its gratitude to Mark Coles for his brief stint with the women’s side and wishes him well in his future endeavours,” the PCB said in a statement.The replacement of Mark…

A bench of Justices S Ravindra Bhat and Aravind Kumar made the ruling as they recently considered a special leave petition filed against order of the the Punjab and Haryana High Court rejecting the petition which had questioned the imposition of a minimum 75 per cent aggregate marks as an eligibility condition (in the qualifying examination) for enabling a candidate to claim admission in engineering courses under the 2 per cent sports quota. The appellant who did not secure the basic 75 per cent marks, had approached the High Court complaining that the eligibility condition was unrealistically high, after one…

Sydney, Aug 10 (IANS) Australia’s premier fast-bowling all-rounder Ellyse Perry believes captain Meg Lanning could soon be available to make a return to cricket whenever she wants to, though she didn’t reveal the exact timeline of her return to the sport. Meg was ruled out of the Women’s Ashes trip to England on the advice of Cricket Australia (CA) medical staff due to an undisclosed medical illness. It came after the right-handed batter had returned from a four-month mental health break to lead Australia to its sixth Women’s T20 World Cup triumph in South Africa and then led Delhi Capitals…

New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) Amazon on Thursday said that it has cumulatively digitised over 62 lakh (6.2 million) micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), enabled nearly $8 billion in cumulative e-commerce exports and created more than 13 lakh (1.3 million) direct and indirect jobs in India till date. Amazon had pledged to digitise one crore (10 million) MSMEs, enable $20 billion in cumulative e-commerce exports and create 20 lakh (2 million) jobs in India by 2025 and is well on track to fulfil these pledges.“As we continue to work with lakhs of micro-entrepreneurs, small businesses and startups across the country,…

New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) IPO-bound Ola Electric posted a net loss of Rs 784.1 crore in the financial year FY22, a four times jump from Rs 199.2 crore in FY21.The company finally published its financial results for fiscal year 2021-2022, registering Rs 373 crore in operating revenue during FY22, as compared to Rs 0.86 crore in FY21.As per its FY22 results filed with the Registrar of Companies (RoC), the total expenditure stood at Rs 1,240.4 crore in the reported fiscal year.However, FY22 figures are not comparable with FY21 as the company started delivering electric scooters from December 2021 only,…

He said Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has already written a letter to the Union Home Minister Amit Shah, saying there is no shortfall in the state disaster relief funds to compensate the victims, and only a change in the norms for compensating the damage is required so that the loss of people can be fully compensated. Punjab has demanded to increase the compensation amount for the loss of life and property. The seven-member Inter-Ministerial Central team is on a visit to the state to make a ground-level assessment of the damage caused by the floods due to heavy rains in…

According to the police, information was received that a youth has been thrashed by unidentified persons near the Kukreja red light in Rajouri Garden who also took away the victim’s bike.“Based on the initial version of the complainant — Manoj — it was found that he along with his cousin was coming on a bike which brushed another bike,” said Deputy Commissioner of Police (West), Vichitra Veer.“Nothing happened on the spot. But when they reached the Kukreja red light, two bikes came there and four youth — making reference to the brushing incident — started beating up the complainant with…

According to Tytler’s lawyer Manu Sharma, Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vidhi Gupta Anand is expected to make a decision regarding Tytler’s virtual appearance on Friday.The plea was presented in court on the grounds of security concerns.Tytler’s advocate has appealed for the court’s authorisation for his client to participate remotely, citing a recent protest by the Sikh community during Tytler’s in-person appearance on August 5.Last week, on August 5, the court, after accepting a bail bond from Tytler, posted the matter for the next hearing on August 11.The development came a day after Special Judge Vikas Dhull had granted anticipatory bail…

A bench of Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma expressed frustration over a request for adjournment by the probe agencies’ counsel and directed the matter to be listed in two weeks for submissions. The court declined a request to defer the hearing till September end and emphasised that the situation cannot continue like this. It also instructed the ED counsel to initiate submissions, with the ED’s case being based on the CBI’s submissions. The case is scheduled for further hearing on August 28. On December 21, 2017, a special court acquitted Raja, DMK MP Kanimozhi, and other defendants in the scam-related CBI…

Jordan Murray, Connor Shields and an own goal from Alex Saji completed the score line for Chennaiyin while Chingelsana Singh scored for Hyderabad via a penalty.Hyderabad FC coach Thangboi Singto lined up his team in a 3-5-2 formation while Owen Coyle started in a 4-3-3 in their first match of the Durand Cup indicating the approach of both teams in the crucial group encounter.The match started at a frantic pace with Hyderabad earning a corner early on. Hitesh Sharma was swept off his feet by Jitheshwor Singh conceding a penalty. The resulting penalty was converted with ease by Hyderabad captain…