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New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) Pakistan’s chief selector Inzamam-ul-Haq while explaining the reasoning behind some of the picks for Pakistan 15-member squad for the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup backs Hasan Ali’s performance in global events and emphasised his ability to with a new ball.The squad mostly stuck to familiar faces, with the core group of players that have regularly featured over the last couple of years picked once again. However, Pakistan had to make a crucial change in their lineup.Young pace sensation Naseem Shah sustained an injury during Asia Cup Super Four encounter against India, and will miss plenty…

Dubai, Sep 22 (IANS) The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced on Friday that Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Guyana, Saint Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad & Tobago will be the hosts for the matches to be played in the West Indies for the next year’s Men’s T20 World Cup.The announcement comes two days after Grand Prairie Stadium in Dallas, Broward County in Lauderhill, Florida and Nassau County in New York were confirmed to be the venues in the United States of America (USA) leg of the tournament to be held from June 4-30 next year. “We’re delighted…

Chennai, Sep 22 (IANS) Awake! Arise! Stop not till the additional goal is reached! This seems to be the message that the Indian space agency is sending to the country’s moon lander Vikram and rover Pragyan. But the two are in deep slumber.”Efforts have been made to establish communication with the Vikram lander and Pragyan rover to ascertain their wake-up condition. As of now, no signals have been received from them. Efforts to establish contact will continue,” the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said.Vikram and Pragyan were put to sleep on Sept 4 and 2, respectively and were to be…

Washington, Sep 22 (IANS) The next generation powerful James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has found a carbon source on the surface of Jupiter’s Moon Europa. Europa is one of a handful of worlds in our solar system that could potentially harbour conditions suitable for life. Previous research has shown that beneath its water-ice crust lies a salty ocean of liquid water with a rocky seafloor. However, planetary scientists had not confirmed if that ocean contained the chemicals needed for life, particularly carbon. Now, astronomers using data from JWST have identified carbon dioxide in a specific region on the icy surface…

India, the 1983 and 2011 champions, will open its campaign against five-time champions Australia on October 8 at the MA Chidambaram in Chennai. It’s the first time India is solely hosting the Men’s ODI World Cup, which is 13th edition of the competition.”Look, I have always said this, and there is no doubt in this, that if you want to win the World Cup, then you have to beat Australia. In 2007 when we won the World Cup, we defeated Australia in the semifinal. In 2011 when we won the World Cup, we beat Australia in the quarterfinal.””Australia is the…

The two, who were convicted for various offenses, including culpable homicide not amounting to murder, by the trial court in March 2020, were sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for 10 years.Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma granted them bail taking into account that they have already served more than four years of their sentences.The court referred to the established proposition that in cases other than life sentences, bail can be granted based on the broad parameter of serving 50 per cent of the actual sentence.The court noted that the appellants had not abused the liberty granted to them during interim bail periods,…

“Safety is Air India’s highest priority and, in addition to investing heavily in people, processes and systems to raise our standards to best practice, we must also uplift our culture of safety and diligence to the highest levels,” said Wilson.”Besides those investments, we are also making certain that we are plugging in to the broader industry to elevate our understanding and standards so that they are second to none,” said Wislon.”Air India was one of the foundation signatories of the IATA Safety Leadership Charter launched at the World Safety & Operations Conference in Hanoi this week, one of more than…

However, the victim’s family members claimed that despite identifying the main accused, no arrests have been made so far.The victim, Hardeep Singh alias Deepa, had a dispute with Harpreet Singh alias Happy. Both Deepa and Happy had cases registered against them in connection with the dispute.Investigating officer Kuldeep Singh told the media that many cases were registered against both Happy and Deepa.”Based on the father’s complaint, a case of murder has been registered against Happy and his five associates,” he said.Responding to the incident, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) chief Sukhbir Singh Badal alleged that “jungle raj” is prevailing in the…

According to sources, during the meeting of the Parliament Standing Committee on Defense on Friday in the Parliament Annexe building, Rahul Gandhi, who has been vocal about the China issue once again raised the matter.Annoyed by Rahul Gandhi’s questions on China, the ruling party leaders wanted to focus on the issues listed for the meeting.The source said that the Congress MP from Kerala’s Wayanad raised the issue of China occupying India’s land in Ladakh. And despite the ruling party members wanting to focus on the listed matters, the Congress leader kept on raising the issue of China, the source said.The…

The report was submitted on Wednesday to the Additional Chief Secretary of the Assam government’s Home and Political Department by the one-person panel led by Justice (Retd) Rumi Kumari Phukan.However, the report on the conflict, which occurred on November 22, 2022, in the disputed Mukroh area in the West Karbi Anglong area, has not yet been made public.“The period to complete the enquiry was extended twice as sought for till September 22, 2023. The Commission examined large number of witnesses and documents produced by Forests as well as Police Department and different organizations,” an official press release said.When a truck…