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Asked by a reporter about the trournament that begins on Wednesday, he said that sports have “great potential to bring people together to bring countries together, to bring cultures together and cricket does that”. “Cricket, like football and rugby in many sport played around the world” has this “great potential,” he said. Six South Asian nations will be vying for the trophy in the tournament that will be played in Sri Lanka and Pakistan. India and Pakistan, which have few avenues for dircet people-to-people contacts, will face off in Kandy in Sri Lanka on Saturday. Dujarric, who is French-American, prefaced…

Salalah (Oman), Aug 28 (IANS) The Indian women’s hockey team won the inaugural Women’s Hockey5s Asia Cup on Monday, defeating Thailand 7-2 in the final. With the event serving as Asia’s qualifying tournament for the Women’s Hockey 5s World Cup 2024, India clinched their berth in the mega event.India also qualified for the FIH Women Hockey 5s World Cup Oman 2024, finishing first in the Elite Group.Mariana Kujur (2’, 8’), Monika Dipi Toppo (7’), Jyoti (10’, 27’), Navjot Kaur (23’), and Mahima Choudhary (29’) scored the goals for India. For Thailand, Kunjira Inpa (5’) and Sanpoung Kornkanok (5’) were on…

New Delhi, Aug 28 (IANS) The intensity and frequency of tropical cyclones are expected to increase in the north Indian Ocean, warns a study led by an international team of scientists including those from India. Tropical cyclones do not form easily near the equator but can intensify rapidly, leaving little time for preparation. In the study, the team from Kochi’s Cochin University of Science and Technology, as well as from Canada and the US, investigated the number of near-equatorial (originating between 5 degrees N and 11 degrees N) tropical cyclones over the north Indian Ocean during post-monsoon season (October to…

As the competition intensifies and teams reach their prime fitness, here are four takeaways from the weekend’s action in Spain.1. BELLINGHAM DOES IT AGAINJude Bellingham proved pivotal once again, guiding Real Madrid to a narrow 1-0 victory over Celta Vigo on Friday evening. The England international netted the only goal a mere 10 minutes before the match concluded, reports Xinhua.Celta, deserving at least a draw, had Strand Larsen’s early goal controversially disallowed due to a ‘foul’ on Madrid’s goalkeeper, Kepa Arrizabalaga, as determined by VAR.Bellingham’s decisive moment put the spotlight on the stark contrast between the two clubs. While financial…

“It is submitted that the Central government has filed an affidavit in the morning today…….(where), inadvertently, para 5 has crept in. The said affidavit, therefore, stands withdrawn,” said a fresh affidavit filed before the top court. A short affidavit had been filed by the Office of the Registrar General in the Union Home Ministry in response to the batch of pleas challenging the caste-based survey in Bihar, placing the constitutional and legal position for consideration of the top court. The reply document maintained that the subject of census is covered in the Union List under Entry 69 in the Seventh…

The accused were produced in a local court which sent them to judicial custody.The incident came to light on Sunday when the police learnt about around half-a-dozen people holding a girl captive at a place falling under the Jogasar police station.The police said the girl, a seventh standard student, was missing for the past three days and her parents had lodged a missing complaint with the Jogasar police station.As per the statement of the victim’s mother, she had stepped out of the house saying that she was going to meet her friend on Thursday, but she never returned. The family…

“He does not have knowledge of independence. You can understand how illegal he is. Hence, leave it. These things have no value,” he said as he and his deputy Tejashwi Yadav went to Sri Krishna Memorial hall to participate in the death anniversary of socialist leader Upendra Nath Verma. Tejashwi Yadav also slammed the BJP leader for his statement.”They could say anything. They want to change the history of the country. Why do people of the country celebrate Independence Day on August 15 and host the flag. Their statements have no meaning. It is laughable,” he said.Chaudhary on Sunday claimed…

The observations were made by a division bench of Justice G.S. Kulkarni and Justice Jitendra Jain in a plea filed by the Indian MNC United Phosphorus Ltd (UPL) against the MoF and Central GST, Mumbai West Commissionerate.The UPL had challenged the casual approach of the Central GST for not adjudicating a show-cause notice issue 13 years ago – in October 2010 – alleging non-payment of service tax of around Rs 7.79 crore on the import of bank charges under banking and financial services and professional fees under management consultancy services.The UPL contended that for five years, from August 2011 to…

Suryakumar, the top-ranked T20I batter, has played 26 ODIs and averages only 24.33 at a strike-rate of 101.38. The right-handed batter made scores of 19, 24 and 35 in the recent ODIs against the West Indies, and before that, he was dismissed for three consecutive first-ball ducks against Australia at home in March.Despite K.L Rahul and Shreyas Iyer being included in India’s 17-man squad for the Asia Cup, Suryakumar was retained in the trip to Sri Lanka for the six-team event.“Suryakumar Yadav is a very honest cricketer. A couple of things, firstly his return to ODIs where he got out…

Party leaders said that the Screening Committee President Gaurav Gogoi and members Ganesh Godial and Abhishek Dutt, in their first visit to Jaipur, will hold continuous meetings for the next four days to take feedback on candidate selection as the process started from Monday. In the meetings held at the Congress War Room and the subsequent one to one feedback, senior leaders gave open suggestions on the criteria for candidate selection. The committee also had a long discussion with the leaders of the State Election Committee. State President Govind Singh Dotasra and senior leaders informed it about the panel of…