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Panaji, Nov 6 (IANS) Siddharth Vishwakarma was climbing up the ladder of Indian tennis in 2018 and topped off the year by winning the Fenesta Open National Tennis Championships the same year. And one would have hoped that he would start building on that success thereafter. Instead, he dropped off the circuit and started coaching in a local academy in Noida since his parents could not afford to fund his expenses. He made a comeback at the start of the year, once again won the Fenesta Open last month and capped it off with a men’s singles gold medal in…

Mumbai, Nov 6 (IANS) Despite Australia winning over England by 33 runs in the 2023 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup, legendary wicketkeeper-batter Ian Healy was critical of the middle order performance, which he felt wasn’t up to the mark at the Narendra Modi Stadium. At the Narendra Modi Stadium, Australia won their fifth consecutive game of the World Cup after defeating England by 33 runs and subsequently knocking the defending champions out of the competition.In a match where they missed Glenn Maxwell and Mitchell Marsh for varied reasons, Marnus Labuschagne top scored with 71 while Cameron Green (47) and Marcus…

Kolkata, Nov 6 (IANS) Former India opener Aakash Chopra praised Virat Kohli for his unbeaten 101 playing a pivotal role in the side’s 243-run triumph over South Africa in the 2023 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup, saying the role assigned to the talismanic batter was played to perfection.At the Eden Gardens on Sunday, Kohli equalled Tendulkar’s record of 49 ODI centuries with a brilliant 101 not out against South Africa on his 35th birthday, as India posted an above-par 326/5.The bowlers’, led by Ravindra Jadeja’s 5-33, bowled out South Africa for just 83 to keep India’s winning run going. Kohli…

Dhaka, Nov 6 (IANS) Pakistan player Sidra Amin has been fined 10 per cent of her match fee for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct during the first match of their ICC Women’s Championship series against Bangladesh in Dhaka on Saturday.The incident occurred in the sixth over of Pakistan’s innings, when Sidra showed dissent on being adjudged leg before wicket and was dismissed for just seven. ICC said Sidra was found to have breached Article 2.8 of the Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to “showing dissent at an Umpire’s decision during…

London, Nov 6 (IANS) Supermassive black holes at the centre of galaxies, known as quasars, can sometimes be obscured by dense clouds of gas and dust in their host galaxies, a new study has revealed.This challenges the prevailing idea that quasars are only obscured by donut-shaped rings of dust in the close vicinity of the black hole, according to the study published in the journal MNRAS.The findings provide new insights into the link between galaxy growth and black hole activity.“It’s like the quasar is buried in its host galaxy. In some cases, the surrounding galaxy is so stuffed with gas…

Washington, Nov 6 (IANS) The US space agency NASA and Elon Musk-run SpaceX are targeting November 9 to launch the company’s 29th commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station (ISS).The Dragon capsule will deliver more than 5,800 pounds of cargo, including a variety of NASA investigations, to the space station.The spacecraft is expected to spend about a month attached to the orbiting outpost before it returns to Earth with research and return cargo, splashing down off the coast of Florida, according to the space agency.SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft will deliver new science investigations, food, supplies, and equipment to the…

New Delhi, Nov 6 (IANS) Brokerage firm Zerodha’s trading app Kite on Monday suffered another technical glitch, with several users unable to view their executed orders in their order book, their holdings and fund page on the app.Users turn to X to went out their frustration when they were not able to trade due to the glitch.”#zerodha see even after more than 2 hour I am unable to clear position. @NSEIndia @NSE_NIFTY @BSEIndia @SEBI_India who is responsible for this trauma,” a user wrote.”#zerodha, what is this?? If we make losses who is responsible ????? SEBI needs to take strict action…

Since India imports over 80 per cent of its crude oil, the country’s economy is highly susceptible to rising crude prices. A $10 increase in oil prices boosts inflation by 50 basis points and contributes to a 30 basis-point widening in the current account balance, according to a Morgan Stanley report.“Oil above $110 a barrel would be destabilizing for India’s economy, the investment bank said, resulting in higher domestic fuel prices and second-round inflationary effects. The current account deficit would also likely widen to beyond the comfort level of 2.5 per cent of gross domestic product,” the report states.“With macro…

Rashed Farazuddin is a corporator from Shaikpet division, a part of the Jubilee Hills constituency in Hyderabad.MIM president and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi announced the candidature of Farazuddin on social media platform ‘X’ on Monday.Farazuddin thanked Asaduddin Owaisi and Akbaruddin Owaisi for nominating him.The Congress party has fielded Azharuddin, a former MP, as its candidate from Jubilee Hills constituency.Ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) has retained sitting MLA Maganti Gopinath as its candidate, while the BJP has named Deepak Reddy as its candidate.Maganti Gopinath was elected from the constituency in 2014 as the candidates of Telugu Desam Party (TDP) but later…

An order issued by the Delhi government said: “In view of the implementation of Stage IV Graded Response Action Plan order issued by CAQM, it is ordered that all classes – except the Board Classes i.e. X and XII in all schools of Delhi shall be held online upto November 10.”It said that teachers shall come to school and conduct classes online.The order further read: “As for the Board classes i.e. X and XII, the HoSs (Head of Schools) shall have the option to either conduct the same online or call the students to school for physical classes.”HoSs must inform…