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New Delhi, Sep 27 (IANS) Legendary South Africa fast bowler Dale Steyn said his heart wants South Africa and India as finalists for this year’s 2023 Men’s ODI World Cup. But at the same time, his inclination is towards India and defending champions England being the finalists of the showpiece event at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on November 19.South Africa will open their 2023 Men’s ODI World Cup campaign against 1996 champions Sri Lanka at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi on October 7.Hosts India, the 1983 and 2011 champions, will open its campaign against five-time champions…

New York, Sep 27 (IANS) Scientists have, for the first time, identified specific blood biomarkers that can accurately identify patients with long Covid.In the research, published in the journal Nature, they used an artificial intelligence based algorithm and showed that long Covid patients have clear differences in immune and hormone function from patients without the condition. “These findings are important — they can inform more sensitive testing for long Covid patients and personalised treatments for long Covid that have, until now, not had a proven scientific rationale,” said principal investigator David Putrino, Professor at Icahn Mount Sinai. “This work is…

Addressing the media here on Wednesday, Vijayan said the Governor has with him eight Bills passed by the Assembly for long.”Three of these Bills are lying with him (for over a year) and one of it with him for around 22 months. Another three is with him for around a year, while two are from less than a year,” he said.”The Governor had doubts and clarifications and all of it were either cleared by Ministers or top bureaucrats in person. One must not forget that all these Bills are passed after due deliberations and scrutinised by committees and then keeping…

Sift Kaur, who had a year back contemplated quitting the sport altogether as she was finding it difficult to juggle studies and sports, persevered with shooting and made history for India, winning the gold medal in the Women’s 50m Rifle 3-Positions Individual with a world record score of 469.6.She improved on the previous world record of 467.0 set by Seonaid McIntosh of Great Britain in the ISSF World Cup in Baku in May this year. Sift finished ahead of Qiongyue Zhang of China (462.3) and compatriot Ashi Choksey (451.9). It could easily have been a golf-silver result for India but…

The 41-year-old ‘Oops I did it again’ hitmaker was seen sporting a white bandage around her arm, scratches from what look like cut marks as well as having what looks like a cut on her thigh while dancing around in a polka-dot crop top and a pair of white bikini bottoms in her living room, Aceshowbiz reported.Looking in good spirits despite her apparent injuries, she twirled several times and showcased energetic moves in the videos. “My ‘Pretty Woman’ top … kinda cool after my briefing on polka dots!!!!” she captioned the new clips.Previously, the pop singer had posted a video…

Sameer Bhujbal is the nephew of state Minister Chhagan Bhujbal and the appointment was announced by NCP national President and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, Working President Praful Patel and state President Sunil Tatkare.Pawar said that Sameer Bhujbal has been quietly working from the backstage for the past 25 years to build the party, and will now carry out the work of expanding it in Mumbai which was largely ignored.“We have got an experienced and visionary youthful leader and by paying more attention to the city, he will create a revolution in Mumbai,” Pawar said.Sameer Bhujbal, who has extensively worked…

The renovation of Chief Minister Kejriwal’s residence was done during the Covid-19 pandemic, costing crores of rupees.It was alleged that rules were flouted, and there were also allegations of corruption. Considering the seriousness of the case, the CBI will now conduct an inquiry into the matter. According to sources, the CBI will verify the allegations of corruption and then decide on the future course of action. As of now, the CBI has not officially commented on the matter. –IANSatk/sha

The special ACB court also adjourned the hearing on the petition by the Crime Investigation Department (CID) seeking Naidu’s custody for another five days.The judge told Naidu’s lawyer that she will hear the arguments on both the petitions and pass the orders the same day.The court also adjourned to October 4 the CID petition for issuing Prisoner Transit (PW) warrants against Naidu in Amaravati Inner Ring Road and AP FiberNet cases.The CID, which questioned Naidu in the case in Rajahmundry Central Jail on September 23 and 24, has sought his custody for the second time.Alleging that Naidu did not cooperate…

Justice Gangopadhyay has taken exception to an earlier order of the special CBI court judge, Arpan Chattopadhyay for involving Kolkata Police in the central agency investigation on the allegation by expelled youth Trinamool Congress leader Kuntal Ghosh accusing the central agencies of putting pressure on him to name Trinamool Congress’ national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee in the multi-crore cash-for-school job case in West Bengal.Justice Gangopadhyay observed that when the central agency probe in the matter was being conducted following an order of the Calcutta High Court, the judge of the special CBI court had no authority to intervene in that…

According to officials, the DGCA employs a team of qualified and experienced aircraft/aeronautical engineers, pilots, and air traffic controllers to carry out its regulatory and oversight functions and as a testament to these efforts, a total of 416 new positions have been established in the DGCA, which will help the aviation watchdog to provide a safe environment in the sector.”The positions will be filled in a phased manner and 114 posts out of these have already been filled,” an official said.The official further said that a total of 10 new posts have been created with the constant indulgence of the…