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However, considering the overlap of schedule of the Asian Games with ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023, BCCI will select from the players not participating in the World Cup to play in the Asian Games, BCCI secretary Jay Shah said in a statement on Saturday.The decision was taken at the 19th Apex Council meeting of the BCCI on Friday here.The BCCI also decided that they will formulate a policy for its players (including retired players) with respect to their participation in overseas T20 leagues.“BCCI shall continue with the concept of Impact Player in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy in the next…

According to the police sources, Acharya Shree 108th Kamakimara Nandi Maharaja from Chikkodi went missing on Thursday from the Jain Basadi at Nandi Parvat in Horekodi.A seach operation is currently underway to recover the body.After the pontiff was reported to be missing, the management told the police that property documents related to the Jain Basadi were also unaccounted for.The inmates of the ashram last saw him at about 10 p.m. on July 5.The pontiff had been residing at the Jain Basadi for the last15 years.The missing case was lodged with Chikkodi police station by Bheemappa Ugare, the President of Acharya…

The invitation for the Android beta programme says that “certain data on your use of the app will be collected and shared with the developer to help improve the app.” “For android users who love to live on the cutting edge, sign up for our beta below. New features and bug fixes will come on here first, but you’ll also have to accept an increased risk of a more unstable build since its earlier,” according to an engineer for the company. One can sign up for beta access now as there’s no waitlist, reports TechCrunch. Meanwhile, Meta Founder and CEO…

The incident took place on Friday in the village of Umm Safa, north of the city of Ramallah, reports Xinhua news agency.In a statement, the Palestinian Health Ministry identified the victim as Abduljawwad Salleh, reports Xinhua news agency. Residents said Israel planned to establish a new settlement outpost on the village land.The Israeli army said in a statement that Palestinians hurled rocks at troops outside Umm Safa, to which the forces responded with “riot dispersal means and live fire”, adding “a hit was identified”.On Friday morning, two Palestinian militants, members of the armed wing of the Popular Front for the…

With this development, Washington D.C. will now join 17 states in the US to incorporate accurate information about Sikhs into their social studies standards for public schools.The new standards will give approximately 49,800 students in the state the opportunity to learn about the Sikh community, a Sikh Coalition release stated.Welcoming the announcement, Harman Singh, Sikh Coalition Education Director said: “Inclusive and accurate standards are an important first step to combat bigotry and to reduce bullying, and they benefit all students by increasing baseline cultural competency and decreasing ignorance”.In April this year, the Virginia State Board of Education voted in favour…

Murshidabad district, which has always been the epicentre of violence during the previous panchayat polls, witnessed massive violence again on Saturday within the first few minutes of voting.Following clashes between CPI-M and Trinamool Congress activists in Raninagar, at least 24 persons were severely injured.Yaseen Shaikh, a local Trinamool Congress leader, was reportedly shot dead at Beldanga 2 block under the Rejinagar police station in Murshidabad.Reports have also surfaced about the murder of Congress worker Shahbuddin Shaikh at Domkal, Murshidabad.Violence was also reported from the Cooch Behar district, where a polling booth at Baravita primary school in Sitai blockwas vandalised, with…

“It is no secret that the coalition partners have very different views on migration policy. And today we unfortunately have to conclude that those differences are irreconcilable,” Xinhua news agency quoted Rutte as saying at a press conference in The Hague late Friday night following a meeting with his Ministers.”This decision is difficult for all of us and for me personally too. It is regrettable that it did not work out,” he added.The four parties all believe that measures need to be taken on migration issues, but they still have disputes about the strictness of the approach.The most thorny issue…

According to the statement issued by the Quito municipality on Friday, firefighters were alerted at around 4 p.m. on Thursday evening of a technical failure that affected the Quito Cable Car, with at least 70 people trapped, CNN reported. Shortly after receiving the information, a rescue operation was launched.“In total, the authorities rescued 27 people who had been suspended in the gondolas when the service was inoperative and 47 people who had been left without transportation on top of the mountain,” the statement said.Quito Mayor Pabel Munoz said the rescued people did not show signs of hypothermia or injuries and…

As of early Friday afternoon, a man, a woman and an adolescent were found dead in the rubble, while two people were rescued alive, a 65-year-old woman and a 15-year-old, Xinhua news agency reported.According to the Fire Department report, the incident occurred at about 6:00 a.m. local time, when one of the building’s blocks collapsed completely, while another partially fell.The building had a ground floor and three other floors, with four apartments each.The Recife Metropolitan Area has been affected by heavy rains since Thursday night, which made it more difficult for the Fire Department to search for the missing.–IANSint/sha

“For more than 30 years, the United States has worked tirelessly to eliminate our chemical weapons stockpile. Today, I am proud to announce that the United States has safely destroyed the final munition in that stockpile – bringing us one step closer to a world free from the horrors of chemical weapons,” he said in a statement on Friday.”Successive administrations have determined that these weapons should never again be developed or deployed, and this accomplishment not only makes good on our long-standing commitment under the Chemical Weapons Convention, it marks the first time an international body has verified destruction of…