Author: Starvision Desk

After spinners Kuldeep Yadav (4-6) and Ravindra Jadeja (3-37) combined to take seven wickets between themselves to bundle out West Indies for a paltry 114, Kishan opened the batting and took on the bowlers hit seven fours and a six in his 46-ball 52 as India rejigged their batting order.Captain Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli sat back as everyone else were given a go with the bat. Rohit did have to come out at number seven to finish off the chase with 160 balls to spare as India got their ninth consecutive win over West Indies.For West Indies, who had…

Barcelona (Spain) July 27 (IANS) The Indian women’s hockey team came from behind to hold hosts Spain to a thrilling 2-2 draw in its second match of the 100th Anniversary Spanish Hockey Federation – International tournament (Torneo del Centenario), here on Thursday.For India, Navneet Kaur (14′, 29′) scored a brace, while Xantal Gine (13′) and Laia Vidosa struck (26′) were the goal-scorers for Spain.The first quarter began with Spain using the home ground advantage to put pressure on the Indian defence. But with Navneet Kaur starting an Indian attack from the right flank, Spain’s defence had to remain cautious.A long…

The Chief Minister, who joined the protesting opposition MPs against the suspension of AAP Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh, said unfortunately the ruling alliance doesn’t allow the members to raise the issues of public concern. “If exercising his democratic right any MP comes in the well of the House, he is unlawfully suspended, which is very shameful,” he said, adding that this dictatorial way of suppressing the voice of elected representatives of the people that too in this ‘temple of democracy’ is unwarranted and undesirable. The Chief Minister said “silencing the Opposition for political gains is not a new thing…

The Sports Ministry on Wednesday gave an exemption to Indian football teams to participate in the upcoming Asian Games, which will be held in Hangzhou, China from September 23. The development came weeks after it was reported that the football teams will not be taking part in the continental event as per the existing criterion of the sports ministry.The sports ministry’s rule states that in team sports, only those in the top eight will get the nod and Indian national football men’s and women’s teams are currently ranked 18th and 11th respectively. However, an exemption has been made and Union…

After having reserved its order on July 19, Special Judge M.K. Nagpal refused to grant Nair the relief, stating that the issue was already dealt with by the high court. The high court had dismissed his application for grant of regular bail sought on the ground that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) had filed a incomplete prosecution complaint in his case. “… it is held that this court is not competent or the appropriate forum to consider the above point or ground for default bail of the accused and the appropriate course available to the accused is to approach the same…

According to Meta founder and CEO, “it’s as easy as sending a quick voice message”.WhatsApp said in a statement that video messages are a real-time way to respond to chats with whatever you want to say and show in 60 seconds.“We think these will be a fun way to share moments with all the emotion that comes from video, whether it’s wishing someone a happy birthday, laughing at a joke, or bringing good news,” said the company.Just tap to switch to video mode, and hold to record the video. You can also swipe up to lock and record the video…

Mumbai was on a ‘Red’ alert and the city recorded 83.23 mm rains, its eastern suburbs 62.72 mm, and the western suburbs 95.01 mm till 6 p.m., as per the BMC Disaster Control. The IMD Mumbai’s figures for the same period was 85.8 mm in the city and 75.8 mm in the suburbs, with the recordings in Colaba at 223.2 mm and 145.1 mm in the past 24 hours. Several areas were clobbered with heavy rains in Mumbai – Dahisar (185 mm), Borivali (147 mm), Malad (106 mm), Malvani (105 mm). Colaba (103 mm), CSMT (101 mm), and other areas…

Shah was scheduled to attend a couple of programmes in Hyderabad on Saturday. He was to meet social influencers at a programme to be held in Film Nagar.The senior BJP leader was also scheduled to meet state BJP leaders in connection with the party’s preparations for upcoming Assembly elections.This was to be Amit Shah’s first meeting to the state after the change of leadership in the state.Union Minister G. Kishan Reddy was recently appointed as the new BJP state president.Bandi Sanjay Kumar was removed from the post of the president after a section of leaders unhappy with his style of…

The total sanctioned budget for the airport is Rs 9.20 crore.The government said that the Ministry of Civil Aviation had launched the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) – UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik) on October 21, 2016, to stimulate regional air connectivity and make air travel affordable for the masses.In a written reply to questions in the Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Civil Aviation, Gen (retd) V K Singh, an expenditure of Rs. 0.30 crore has been incurred by June 30, 2023 on the development of Kargil airport out of the total sanctioned budget of Rs. 9.20 crore.He said…

After he ripped through the West Indies tailenders to keep their innings to only 23 runs, Kuldeep said the hard work done on improving his rhythm means the ball is coming out of his hand very well this year.”To be very honest, I’ve been working on my rhythm in the last two years. My rhythm wasn’t very well last year, but now it’s coming out very well. Of course the increase in pace… With the same spin, drift, it’s very difficult for the batters to read. Especially in white-ball formats, I am focusing on the lengths and not on taking…