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Mumbai, Nov 2 (IANS) Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer struck superb half-centuries to help India post 357/8 against Sri Lanka, despite a fifer for left-arm pacer Dilshan Madushanka (5-80), in Match 33 of the ICC Men’s ODI World Cup 2023 at the Wankhede Stadium here on Thursday.Gill struck a run-a-ball 92, Kohli scored a well-compiled 94-ball 88 and Iyer hammered a 56-ball 82 and though all three failed to get their centuries, they managed to help India reach a big score on a typical Wankhede batting track after Sri Lanka skipper Kusal Mendis asked India to bat first.Sri…

Srinagar, Nov 2 (IANS) Dozens of girl students fell ill during a self-defence drill in J&K’s Kupwara district on Thursday, officials said.Reports said that dozens of girl students fell unconscious at a government school in a village in Handwara tehsil of Kupwara during the drill. Reports said that pepper spray had been used during the drill that could have resulted in the incident. “When students started losing consciousness, they were quickly shifted to a nearby hospital,” official sources said, adding that an investigation has been ordered to ascertain the cause. “Police has registered a case in the incident. It is…

Washington, Nov 2 (IANS) North Korea’s state-sponsored hackers were responsible for cryptocurrency theft worth nearly $1.7 billion last year, the UN Panel of Experts on UN Security Council (UNSC) sanctions against Pyongyang has said. Citing a cybersecurity firm’s report, the panel said that North Korean cyber theft last year was about three times the amount in 2021 while noting that it is prioritising cryptocurrency hacks to bankroll its nuclear weapons programme, reports Yonhap News Agency.”Actors working for the Reconnaissance General Bureau continued to use increasingly sophisticated cybertechniques to steal funds and information,” the report said, referring to North Korea’s military…

The latest modus operandi was revealed after Delhi Police arrested four persons for duping several people by promising part-time jobs.The accused have been identified as Bhargav Manish Kumar Sojitra (22), Nasit Keyur Bharatbhai (25), Sayal Bithalbhai Kanani (20), all residents of Gujarat, and Md. Nayeem (32), a resident of Telangana.Deputy Commissioner of Police (Rohini), Guriqbal Singh Sidhu, said that on June 16, a complainant filed a cyber complaint alleging that on June 11, he received a message on Telegram offering a part-time job with Uber Eats.The person behind the message assured the complainant that they were working on behalf of…

Rice procurement estimates for Kharif marketing season (KMS) 2023-24 (Kharif crop) are 521.27 LMT out of which 20.76 per cent (108.23 LMT) has already been procured of which major contributors are Punjab (66.42 LMT), Haryana (36.11 LMT), and Tamil Nadu (3.26 LMT), it said. –IANS ans/vd

The woman has not been identified yet though she is said to be around 28 years of age.According to the police, after getting information from the villagers, a half-burnt body of a woman was recovered from inside an abandoned trolley bag in the cremation ground of Sisana village under Kotwali Baghpat police station. Baghpat Senior Superintendent of Police, Arpit Vijayvargiya, said that on receiving the information, the local police team along with the forensic team reached the spot to collect evidence for further investigation. Meanwhile, the body has been sent for post-mortem.He said: “It appears that the woman was murdered…

He was disqualified on October 4.The Secretariat, in a notification on Thursday, restored his membership to Lok Sabha.The Supreme Court on October 9 stayed a recent Kerala High Court order that rejected the MP’s plea for suspending his conviction in an attempt to murder case. Following the Kerala HC order, Faizal faced disqualification as an MP for the second time. After the apex court’s stay, he can now continue as an MP. The bench, comprising Justice Hrishikesh Roy and Justice Sanjay Karol, while staying the High Court’s order, also said that the benefit of suspension of conviction from the August…

Congress state spokesman Lalremruata Renthlei on Thursday said that due to “unavoidable reasons”, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s visit to Mizoram stands cancelled. The Congress leader was scheduled to address a gathering of people near Raj Bhavan in Aizawl, followed by a public meeting at Kawrtethawveng in Mamit district. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi visited Mizoram for two days on October 16 and 17 and addressed several election rallies while Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi in a video message on Wednesday urged the Mizoram voters to vote for the Congress candidates.The Congress, which has governed the state for many years, has fielded…

The stylish Indian batter completed this milestone during the 2023 World Cup match against Sri Lanka at the Wankhede Stadium on Thursday.Kohli has now scored more than 1000 ODI runs in a calendar year eight times, overtaking the legendary Tendulkar’s erstwhile record of seven.Kohli’s brilliance in ODI cricket came back in 2017 when he scored 1460 runs in 26 innings. With 1000+ runs in four consecutive years 2011, 20212, 2013, and 2014, Kohli managed to equal Tendulkar’s record after 2017, 2018, and 2019 phenomenal performance with the bat.After struggling with the bat in the year 2020, 2021, and 2022 Kohli…

The Taliban government on its part said that Pakistan must show “Islamic brotherhood” and “magnanimity” while dealing with Afghan refugees who have been in Pakistan for decades.Petitioners challenged the caretakers’ mandate to formulate such a policy against “illegal residents and asylum seekers” living in the country for decades. “It is a reversal of Pakistan’s 40-year-old policy,” they said, claiming that no provision of law permits such mass deportation.On Wednesday as the announced deadline expired, Pakistan formally began to deport Afghans through “holding centres” established at Rawalpindi, Islamabad and Attock. Thousands of refugees, including their families, women folk and children, were…