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He grabbed the opportunity by buying ex-situ machines — a straw rake and a baler — provided by the state government on 50 per cent subsidy. The farmer is 12th pass and cultivating 40 acres. He had signed a contract with Sangrur RNG Bio Gas Plant, Panjgaraian, to supply 12,000 quintals paddy straw bales last year and earned around Rs 16 lakh by selling them. Now, this young farmer with the help of his friend Sukhwinder Singh has bought four new machines — two balers and rakes each. Expressing hope to earn over Rs 1 crore this year, the farmer…

New Delhi, Oct 15 (IANS) Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ikram Alikhil slammed half-centuries in carrying Afghanistan to 284 in 49.5 overs against England in match 13 of the 2023 Men’s ODI World Cup at the Arun Jaitley Stadium here on Sunday.Afghanistan were cruising on a flat pitch at 111-0 in 16 overs, with Gurbaz being unstoppable in his knock of 80 off 53 balls, capitalising onloose balls from England’s fast bowlers.But Adil Rashid led a vicious spin web to trigger an Afghanistan collapse, taking his best-ever World Cup figures of 3-42.From 190-6, Alikhil made 58 off 66 balls and was supported…

Mumbai, Oct 15 (IANS) John Coates, the chairman of the Legal Commission, on Sunday listed the hurdles the International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach will face in seeking a third term as urged by some members during the 141st IOC Session in Mumbai.The IOC will have to amend its Olympic charter to remove the tenure cap for the President. Currently, the Olympic Charter limits the IOC President’s term to a maximum of 12 years — the first term of eight years which can be extended by four more years.Bach was first elected as President of the International Olympic Committee…

Rio de Janeiro, Oct 15 (IANS) Uncapped Botafogo defender Adryelson has been called up to Brazil’s squad for their FIFA World Cup qualifier against Uruguay, the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) said. The 25-year-old replaces Fluminense center-back Marcilio Mota, who sprained his left knee during a training session on Saturday.Adryelson has made 65 starts for Botafogo since joining the club on a free transfer from Sport Recife in July 2022.Uruguay and Brazil will meet at Estadio Centenario in Uruguayan capital Montevideo on Tuesday.Brazil is currently second in the 10-team South American qualifying group with seven points from three games while Uruguay…

Shanghai, Oct 15 (IANS) Indian ace tennis player Rohan Bopanna and his Australian men’s doubles partner Matthew Ebden finish as runner-up at the Shanghai Masters after losing to Spain’s Marcel Granollers and Argentina’s Horacio Zeballos 7-5, 2-6, 7-10 in the final, here at the Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena on Sunday. The Indo-Australian duo faced a stiff channel from Granollers and Zeballos. Both teams managed to hold their respective serves in the first set before Rohan and Abden managed to get a decisive break point in the 12th game to take the lead.But the Spanish-Argentine pair quickly grew in confidence…

Lucknow, Oct 15 (IANS) Ahead of a must-win clash against Sri Lanka in the 2023 Men’s ODI World Cup, Australia captain Pat Cummins admitted that he had found it hard to read the pitches in various Indian venues and decide on what has to be the gameplan as per the different conditions.Australia’s campaign is facing dark clouds after suffering a loss to India on a spin-friendly pitch in Chennai and against South Africa on a bouncy Lucknow pitch.“It’s a tricky one, even ODI cricket compared to T20s played over half the game in daylight, half at night. So, it’s a…

Islamabad, Oct 15 (IANS) At least six terrorists and a soldier were killed on Saturday during a clash between security forces and terrorists in North Waziristan district of Pakistan’s northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the military said. The security forces conducted an intelligence-based operation in the Mir Ali area of the district, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the Pakistan Army, said in a statement on Saturday night.”During the conduct of the operation, intense fire exchange took place between own troops and terrorists as a result of which six terrorists were killed while eight terrorists got injured,” the…

Herat (Afghanistan), Oct 15 (IANS) A new tremor killed one person and injured 35 others in west Afghanistan’s Herat province on Sunday, a statement of the provincial government said. “As a result of the earthquake, which rocked Herat at 8:06 a.m. local time today, one person was killed and 35 injured persons have been shifted to hospital,” the statement confirmed.The number of casualties could go up, the statement further said.Locals also said that two tremors in a short span of minutes rocked Herat and its vicinity on Sunday morning.Two deadly quakes, each with a magnitude of 6.2 on the Richter…

Though both of them talked primarily about their books, ‘The Ties That Divide Us’ by Dosanjh and ‘A Life In The Shadows’ by Dulat, discussions in this picturesque hill station of Himachal Pradesh in their sessions digressed to the contextual diplomatic row that India and Canada are undergoing following allegations of a potential link between agents of the Government of India and the killing of Khalistan extremist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada.Dosanjh, who has been a premier of British Columbia, suggested both the Indian and the Canadian governments should hold talks to diffuse the ongoing crisis in the interest of…

Aiming for a third consecutive term in power, the BRS has promised more than what Congress had announced under six guarantees last month.The Congress had promised financial assistance of Rs 2,500 for every woman and cooking gas cylinder for Rs 500. It had also promised financial assistance of Rs 15,000 per acre for farmers and monthly social security pension of Rs 4,000 for various beneficiaries.BRS promised that under the Sowbhagya Laxmi scheme, women belonging to Below Poverty Line (BPL) will get monthly financial assistance of Rs 3,000.Releasing the BRS election manifesto on Sunday, BRS president and Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar…