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New Delhi, July 31 (IANS) Veteran doubles ace Rohan Bopanna and India’s top men’s singles player Sumit Nagal headline the six-member Indian tennis team at the Davis Cup 2023 World Group II tie against Morocco, scheduled from September 16 to 17 in Lucknow.Sasikumar Mukund, Digvijay Pratap Singh, Yuki Bhambri and Ramkumar Ramanathan are the other four Indian tennis players in the squad for the match against Morocco.Bopanna, currently ranked 9th in the world in men’s doubles, has been in excellent form this year, securing victories at the Qatar Open and Indian Wells Masters. The Indian ace revealed last month that…

London, July 31 (IANS) Former England captain Michael Atherton believes veteran fast-bowler James Anderson could be “at the mercy of the selectors” over his future in Test cricket after the end of the Ashes.Anderson, 41, is England’s all-time leading Test wicket-taker with 690 scalps and came into the fifth and final Ashes Test at The Oval on the back of taking just four wickets in the series at an average of 76.75. In the ongoing match, Anderson has taken only one wicket.”He’s pretty clear he wants to keep on playing and that is every cricketer’s right. It’s the one thing…

Hyderabad, July 31 (IANS) Hyderabad is scheduled to host two mega sporting events this year — the prestigious IAU 50km World Championships 2023, the annual global ultrarunning competition which will be held for the first time in India, and the Hyderabad Half Marathon 2023 — that will both take place on November 5, 2023. The IAU 50km World Championships 2023, which is in affiliation with the International Association of Ultra Runners (IAU) and the Athletics Federation of India (AFI), will see participants from several countries, including the USA, Germany, Japan, Chinese Taipei, New Zealand, Australia, Great Britain, and India.It not…

New Delhi, July 31 (IANS) Researchers have found that the lack of public infrastructure is severely limiting EV (electric vehicle) adoption in urban environments, a new study said on Monday. In particular, as flat and apartment owners typically cannot have home chargers fitted, the lack of public infrastructure is a stumbling block to EV adoption in urban environments, according to Juniper Research.While the number of EV charging points in service will increase from 14.2 million in 2023 to 45 million in 2027, the study found a significant gap between public and home charger adoption, with more than twice as many home…

New Delhi, July 31 (IANS) Homegrown social commerce unicorn DealShare’s co-founder and CEO Vineet Rao has stepped down, the company said on Monday.Rao will work with the board to help identify the right CEO to lead this mission,” Tiger Global and Alpha Wave Global-backed company said in a statement.“He will also continue to work with and advise the board in respect to the new leadership,” it added.The company, however, did not elaborate further on why Rao has moved on.DealShare has served more than 10 million customers since its launch in 2018. It now aims to offer a hybrid model with…

An official said that the attached properties belong to Rabri Devi — wife of Lalu Prasad; Misa Bharti — daughter of Lalu Prasad; Vineet Yadav — husband of Hema Yadav (Lalu Prasad’s daughter); Shiv Kumar Yadav — father-in-law of Hema Yadav; AB Exports Pvt Ltd and AK Infosystem Pvt Ltd — both companies owned and controlled by family members of Lalu Prasad.The ED initiated an investigation under the PMLA based on an FIR lodged by the CBI against Lalu Prasad, Rabri Devi and others.In this case, seven land parcels were acquired by family members of Lalu Prasad (the then Minister…

According to the report, with addition of the latest cases, the number of dengue cases reported so far in this month, till July 28, rose to 121. The total number of dengue cases reported so far this year stood at 243. As per the report, 11 cases of malaria were also reported in the last one week, taking July’s tally to 34. The national capital has recorded 72 malaria cases so far this year. According to the MCD report, no chikungunya cases were reported during the said period. A total of 14 cases of chikungunya have been recorded so far…

ED’s initial investigation has revealed that the coaching racket, promising ‘assured’ success in competitive examinations, collected huge amounts of money as enrolled and course fees from those taking admission and transferred that money through hawala route to China.ED sources said that ED has revealed that an amount of Rs 80 crore was transferred to China in phase wise manner.The central agency has also recently questioned one of the operators of the racket in Kolkata where the accused has admitted that the main brain behind the racket was operating from China.Besides Kolkata, the racket has operators in other major cities of…

In the second match at Kensington Oval, which India lost by six wickets, Kohli was rested along with regular skipper Rohit Sharma, as the visitors sought to experiment with their batting order and present chances to middle-order aspirants like Sanju Samson and Suryakumar Yadav in the run-up to the Men’s ODI World Cup, which they failed to make full use of.On Monday, social media was abuzz with speculation over Kohli’s availability for the ODI series decider to be held at the Brian Lara Stadium in Tarouba on Tuesday when he wasn’t spotted in a video of the travelling team contingent…

Post wrapping up an action-packed schedule of the film recently in Hyderabad, the makers are now geared up to film yet another important sequence.Announcing the same on social media, the film’s official social media handle tweeted: “After a short break and some rehearsals to execute the sequence on a massive scale, we are back on sets from today. #Devara.”Hailed as a blockbuster in the making and one of the biggest films of 2024, ‘Devara’ has set the audience’s expectations really high.Expected to be one of the major portions of the film, the latest sequence is expected to be something audiences…