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Hangzhou, Sep 25 (IANS) Smriti Mandhana and Jemimah Rodrigues stitched a crucial 73-run partnership, followed by young fast-bowling all-rounder Titas Sadhu bowling a deadly spell of 3-6 in four overs to help India beat Sri Lanka by 19 runs and win the country’s first gold medal in women’s T20 event at the Asian Games.The gold medal in Asian Games is a huge prize and a historic moment for the Indian women’s cricket team after enduring a heartbreak at last year’s Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, where they ended up with the silver medal after losing to Australia.Monday’s gold medal match…

Hangzhou, Sep 25 (IANS) As Indian rower Parminder Singh returned disappointed to the athletics village after finishing sixth in the Men’s Double Sculls final at the Fuyang Water Sports Centre after being second for the majority of the race, he felt as if fate was conspiring against him and preventing him from taking the family legacy forward.Parminder and his partner Satnam Singh were placed second when the latter felt a twist in his neck and they eventually rolled in sixth and last.He felt he may have to wait for four more years to fulfil his dream of winning a medal…

Senior Spokesperson of Manipur Congress Ningombam Bupenda Meitei said that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi already visited (June 29-30) Manipur and talked to the cross section of people and inmates in the relief camps but the Prime Minister did not find time to visit the state.“Prime Minister visited different states of the country and abroad frequently but he avoided visiting Manipur despite the ethnic troubles going on for about five months,” Meitei, also an AICC member, told the media.He said that state assembly Speaker Thokchom Satyabrata Singh, several ministers, many MLAs and leaders of ‘Youths of Manipur’ have been either visited…

Bail was approved with two sureties, each providing Sri Lankan Rupees 5,000,000. He will appear before court again on December 12, 2023, according to ESPNCricinfo.Last month, the Colombo Magistrate issued an order banning the 38-year-old from traveling abroad for three months following the Attorney General’s (AG) directions to SIU to press criminal charges against the former off-spinner.Senanayake is alleged to have approached two cricketers in the first edition of Lanka Premier League (LPL) in 2020 via telephone from Dubai to fix matches. This information was then allegedly conveyed to the tournament’s anti-corruption officers.His case is the first since corruption in…

The National Investigation Agency’s (NIA) report states that Pannun’s primary agenda through the Sikh for Justice (SFJ) organisation is to divide India.”Pannun aims to divide India along religious lines. He intends to influence the country’s Muslim population to establish a separate Muslim nation, which he wishes to name the ‘democratic republic of Urduistan.’“Furthermore, he is actively working to radicalise the people of Kashmir in order to potentially facilitate Kashmir’s separation from India,” the NIA’s latest report says.The agency has claimed in its dossier that Pannun incited young individuals to engage in a secessionist movement and encouraged them to post provocative…

The deceased have been identified as Yash (16), a resident of Sector 84, and Yuvraj (16), hailing from Sector 31.These two young students had previously attended the same school, Emerald School in Sector 31, from Class 7 to Class 10. However, due to Yash’s family relocating, he had shifted to a Delhi Public School in Faridabad, while Yuvraj continued his studies at Faridabad Modern School.The local police have taken both students’ bodies into their custody and transported them to Badshah Khan Hospital for a postmortem examination. While the authorities are actively investigating the cause of their tragic deaths, the families…

A video of the beating has gone viral on the social media. The incident took place on Sunday night.In can be seen, in the video, that the passengers tied both hands of the alleged thief and kicked, punched and slapped him several times using slippers until the alleged accused lost his consciousness.One of the passengers alleged that the accused used blade to cut his pocket and after he realised that he was being robbed, he immediately nabbed him. They alleged that the passengers searched the accused and found a blade and a wallet.The accused was nabbed at Bariarpur railway station…

The startups, part of the Flipkart Leap Ahead (FLA) programme, are Algomage, Castler, FlexifyMe, NimbleBox.ai and ReCircle.They will receive mentorship for growth and innovation, with equity-based investments ranging from $250,000 to $500,000.Additionally, they will be provided support in achieving product-market fit, laying the grounds for a scalable architecture, and building cohesive teams, the company said in a statement.In its second year, the programme aims to foster innovation and nurture entrepreneurship by providing entrepreneurs with the tools they need to succeed in their domain, and also positively impact the ecosystems in which they operate.“We are pleased that many startups from last…

According to The Arc, citing sources, the exact terms of the new financing, including valuation, could not be determined immediately, but Dunzo’s value is likely to fall below $800 million.The company has raised nearly $500 million to date, with approximately $300 million coming in since early 2022.According to the report, the company is hoping to avoid a cash crunch. Since June, it has failed to pay staff salaries on time and has also failed to pay vendor bills.There have also been layoffs and a business restructuring.If the new round closes this week, the company will be able to pay employees…

Yaroslav Hunka, 98, was sitting in the gallery and got a standing ovation in Parliament after Rota said he was a “hero” during a visit by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, BBC reported.Canadian Jewish group CIJA said it was “deeply troubled” that a veteran of a Nazi division that participated in the genocide of Jews had been celebrated.It said this should never happen again, BBC reported. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was with Zelensky in the Parliament at the time.Thousands of Ukrainians fought on the German side during the war, but millions more served in the Soviet Red Army.In a statement, Rota…