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New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) The International Cricket Council (ICC) has handed an official reprimand to Afghanistan player Rahmanullah Gurbaz for abusing his bat and slamming it into a chair during their Men’s Cricket World Cup league match against England here on Sunday.Gurbaz, who struck a half-century that set up his team’s upset win against England, was penalised for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of ConductThe Afghanistan opener was found to have breached Article 2.2 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to “abuse of cricket equipment or clothing, ground equipment…

The 69th National Film Awards held in the national capital was attended by the President Droupadi Murmu.Information and Broadcasting minister Anurag Thakur was also present on the occasion.As Alia went on the stage to receive the prestigious award, she bowed down and touched the floor of the stage.The actress looked beautiful in her wedding saree which was in ivory colour.She accessorised the look with a choker neck piece, matching earrings and tied her hair in a bun, with white roses. She completed the look with a red bindi, and minimal makeup.Alia flashed her smile for the cameras and joined hands.The…

Due to a shortage of iron ore fines and necessary repair, the activities were temporarily halted. Shares of KIOCL were locked in at the upper circuit price of Rs 476.40, he said.Suzuki Motor will receive Rs 12,841 crore ($1.54 billion) in shares from Maruti Suzuki India in order to purchase a local manufacturing unit in Gujarat.This is the first time Maruti has published a price for the facility, which has a capacity of 7,50,000 vehicles per year.Suzuki anticipates that complete ownership of the factory would offer it greater control over output, including electric vehicles, and will allow it to better…

The AIFF Grassroots Committee meeting was held over video conferencing on Tuesday, under chairperson Mulrajsinh Chudasama.In attendance were AIFF Vice-President N.A. Haris, AIFF Secretary-General Dr. Shaji Prabhakaran, Deputy Secretary-General Satyanarayan M., and other officials.After the meeting, Prabhakaran said: “We took several decisions to boost the grassroots landscape in India further. Today we have officially launched the Blue Cubs League. Blue Cubs is our flagship grassroots programme.”The committee decided that all the member associations must have a grassroots committee where they actively promote the development of grassroots football as per the policy and guidance of the Blue Cubs programme.””It has also…

Incidentally Kerala has two Vande Bharat trains, running from here to Kasargod, and back and the travel time is around eight hours, while the normal running time of other trains is in excess of 12 hours.Trouble for commuters on ordinary trains began after the first Vande Bharat began its operations in April and it went haywire after the second Vande Bharat train began operations last month.“The situation is such that to ensure that Vande Bharat runs according to schedule, numerous trains are being kept waiting, delaying passengers and students travelling on those trains. The Railways, instead of scheduling the Vande…

The company also said it closed the second quarter of FY24 with a net profit of Rs 3,105.75 crore. In a regulatory filing, Bajaj Finance said it will acquire 26 per cent stake in the Rs.74.28 crore turnover Pennant Technologies, a technology product company, to strengthen its technology roadmap. According to Bajaj Finance, the all cash deal will be completed on or before December 30, subject to satisfaction of the conditions to be set out in the definitive agreements to be entered. Meanwhile, Bajaj Finance said for the quarter ended September 30, 2023, it has earned an operation revenue of…

Earlier in May, Invesco slashed Swiggy’s valuation in its holding to about $5.5 billion. According to a newly-published disclosure, Invesco said that “it considers the valuation of similar public companies as a factor when reassessing the value of its private investments”, reports TechCrunch. Since Zomato stock has spiked by 33 per cent since the end of July, the current $7.85 billion valuation for privately-held Swiggy may be conservative, the report mentioned. Swiggy’s volume grew 7 per cent in July and 6 per cent in August (month-on-month), beating Zomato, according to a latest UBS report. Swiggy is backed by SoftBank, Prosus,…

“It is not up to the courts to decide who gets married under what law,” he said while reacting to the Supreme Court order refusing to give legal recognition for same-sex marriages.”My faith and my conscience says that marriage is only between a man and a woman. This is not a question of decriminalisation like in the case of 377, it is about recognition of marriage. It is correct that the state cannot extend it to anyone and everyone,” the Hyderabad MP said in a statement.Owaisi, however, was concerned about an observation made by the bench that transgender people can…

Chairing a high level meeting to assess progress of India’s Gaganyaan Mission/human space mission, he outlined the future of India’s space exploration endeavours.The meeting evaluated the mission’s readiness and affirmed that the country’s human space mission launch will happen in 2025.The Department of Space presented a comprehensive overview of the Gaganyaan Mission, including various technologies developed so far such as human-rated launch vehicles and system qualification.It was noted that around 20 major tests, including three uncrewed missions of the Human Rated Launch Vehicle (HLVM3) are planned. The first demonstration flight of the Crew Escape System Test Vehicle is scheduled on…

Ranchi, Oct 17 (IANS) After failing to grab the Olympic qualification spot in the Asian Games in Hangzhou, the Indian women’s hockey team will now have to go through a qualifying tournament. The team will take its first step towards preparations for the Olympics qualifiers in the Jharkhand Women’s Asian Champions Trophy Ranchi 2023, which is set to take place from October 27 to November 5.The Indian women’s hockey team goalkeeper Bichu Devi Kharibam emphasised the importance of the Asian Champions Trophy in preparing for the 2024 Paris Olympics Qualifiers.”The tournament will serve as a crucial stepping stone for us…