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Afghanistan defeated England by 69 runs to cause the biggest upset in the ongoing Cricket World Cup to liven up the proceedings that had been going the traditional powers’ way so far. Asked to bat first, Afghanistan posted a challenging score of 284 and then restricted England to 215 all out in 40.3 overs for a memorable victory.Shahidi said this is the best win for his country in cricket. “I am quite happy and all my teammates are happy. This was the best win. The confidence will be there for the next game and the whole country will be happy…

Immediately after his arrival, the Congress MP participated in a padyatra from the state capital’s Chanmari area to the Raj Bhawan, following which he addressed a gathering.Later in the day, he is slated to interact with students at the Lal Thanhawla auditorium.On Tuesday, Rahul Gandhi will first hold a meeting with the state party leaders at the Aijal Club and then address the media before going to Lunglei, where he will speak at an election rally.During his two-day stay, the senior Congress leader might announce the names of the party candidates for the Assembly polls.The Congress has recently formed the…

Karan took to Instagram, where he shared a video montage of the film, which features iconic scenes and songs from the film, starring Shah Rukh Khan, Rani Mukerji, Kajol and Salman Khan in a special role.Alongside the video, he wrote: “25 years ago is where it all began…and here we are today celebrating not just a film but an emotion for me and from all the love we get for it, I gather it is for everyone too…”Karan then thanked all his fans for making his journey as a filmmaker for 25 years with warmth.“Thank you for showering unending love…

A Swiggy spokesperson on Monday told IANS, that “there has been no significant change on platform fee, which is applied by most service players and is a common practice across industries”. “The platform fee is right now Rs 3 in the majority of cities we operate in,” the spokesperson added.At the moment, the platform fee applies just to Swiggy’s food delivery service and not for Instamart orders. In April, the company introduced a platform fee of Rs 2 per order, irrespective of the cart value. In August, Swiggy rival Zomato also increased its platform fee to Rs 3 per order…

New Delhi, Oct 16 (IANS) As India gears up to celebrate the festival of lights next month, Apple retail and online stores in India — Apple BKC (Mumbai) and Apple Saket (New Delhi) — have lined up a series of free talks and workshops to spark the creativity of customers this festive season, along with up to Rs 10,000 instant savings on newly-launched products.On the offer front, the customers in India can get up to Rs 10,000 instant savings on eligible products with HDFC Bank Credit cards.Instant savings (or cash back) for iPhone 15 series, Apple Watch Series 9 and…

New Delhi, Oct 16 (IANS) On World Food Day, leaders on Monday presented the case for urgent action to transform food systems to reduce emissions and build resilience.Farmer, civil society, and philanthropic leaders and scientific experts came out in force to support the upcoming, unprecedented moment for food systems transformation at this year’s UN Climate Conference or COP28. There is mounting evidence that agriculture and food systems — food production and waste, processing, packaging, transporting and consumption — are both a cause and casualty of climate change. Science also shows that they have a huge mitigation potential — up to…

Canberra, Oct 16 (IANS) Indigenous Australian leaders have called for a week of silence after voters defeated a historic referendum to recognise First Nations people in the constitution.In a statement issued late Sunday night, a coalition of Indigenous organizations from across Australia who supported the referendum said they would take a week to “grieve” the result, reports Xinhua news agency.As of Monday morning with 78 per cent of votes counted by the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC), more than 60 per,cent of Australians had voted “no” to changing the constitution to recognise Indigenous Australians by establishing a Voice to Parliament that…

The party workers said Nadda will discuss each and every angle to reduce the discontent spreading among the workers on a few of these seats.The BJP’s national president reached Udaipur around 10 a.m.on Monday where he was welcomed by BJP state president C.P. Joshi. Nadda is chairing a meeting at Hotel Howard Johnson which started from 10.25 a.m. and will continue till 3.15 pm.At 3.25 p.m., he will then leave for Jodhpur where he will chair a meeting from 3.45 p.m. to 9.15 p.m.State in charge Arun Singh will also be attending these meetings.Party workers said that strong protests by…

The film, which features a story about the ‘sightless’ and their lives, is directed by Rahhat Shah Kazmi.An elated Hina shared: “Our team has worked really hard on this film, and there is nothing better than it being recognised at such a large scale. Right from people in the US loving the story we told through ‘Country of Blind’, to our screenplay being invited by the Oscar Library of the Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, it all feels surreal!The actress said: “I am hoping that we achieve even greater heights with our film, as the story is an entire experience…

Sawant was speaking at a programme in North Goa on Sunday evening.”How much electricity is generated in Goa? Can anyone tell me? Do we generate power in Goa? We do it, but very little at the Saligao waste treatment plant. It is generated through waste, which is around one to two mega watt and used for running the plant,” he said.”We don’t want electricity from coal as it is opposed by the public. Hence people can opt for renewable energy. We can generate electricity by wind energy, waste, hydro power, water and solar energy is the easiest option to generate…