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India to US and South Africa: Here is how and where to watch ICC ODI Cricket World Cup 2023
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced the details of its broadcast arrangements for the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023. The ICC’s Global broadcast partner Disney Star and its licensees will broadcast each of the 48 matches live on a global basis. In India, Star Sports Network will be the broadcaster as the host…
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Markets continue to fall on unabated foreign fund outflows; Axis Bank drops over 4 pc
Equity benchmark indices ended lower on Wednesday, extending their previous day’s fall, due to unabated foreign fund outflows and weak trends in the US and Asian markets. The 30-share BSE Sensex went lower by 286.06 points, or 0.44 per cent, to settle at 65,226.04. During the day, it plunged 633.33 points, or 0.96 per cent,…
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ICC names Sachin Tendulkar as ‘Global Ambassador’ for ODI World Cup
The ICC on Tuesday named legendary Sachin Tendulkar as the ‘Global Ambassador’ for the men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 beginning Thursday in Ahmedabad. Tendulkar, who has an enviable record of featuring in six 50 over World Cups in his decorated career, will walk out with the World Cup trophy before the opening match between England…
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55 sailors feared dead after Chinese submarine gets stuck in trap
55 Chinese sailors are feared dead after their nuclear submarine got entangled n a trap designed for foreign vessels in the Yellow Sea. The submarine encountered a “chain and anchor” trap, as per a confidential UK intelligence report. This caused a malfunction in the submarine’s oxygen systems, which led to the entire crew getting poisoned. China has…
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16-year-old girl in a coma in Iran after alleged assault over hijab rules
A 16-year-old Iranian girl is in a coma after she was assaulted on a Tehran subway, reportedly by the morality police for not complying with national rules on the hijab. According to rights groups and activists, the girl was severely assaulted. The incident puts the country on edge as it has taken place a year after mass…
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Economists underestimated financial impact of climate change, says report
Scientists say severe climate change is now the greatest threat to humanity. Extreme weather is expected to upend lives and livelihoods, intensifying wildfires and pushing ecosystems towards collapse as ocean heatwaves savage coral reefs. The threats are far-reaching and widespread. So what effect would you expect this to have on the economy in coming decades?…
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ODI World Cup: Starc, Bumrah and other bowlers to watch out for
There is a popular saying ‘batters win you games, but bowlers win you tournaments’. All 10 teams will be keen to unleash their most potent bowling attacks in a bid to stop their opponents at the World Cup. While spinners are expected to dominate in India, one can never count out express pacers and ones…
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Afghanistan’s Taliban needs to meet its commitments to get legitimacy: White House
Two days after a Taliban-appointed Afghanistan minister reiterated that ‘men and women are not equal’ based on Sharia, the White House has said, the Taliban needs to meet its commitments to get legitimacy from the international community. We’ve not recognised them as a governing power in Afghanistan. They want that. They want legitimacy. Then they…
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Vedanta to complete sale of its steel assets by March 2014
Vedanta Ltd chairman Anil Agarwal, on Tuesday, said in an interview that the company is set to complete the sale of its steel assets by March 2014 as the natural resources and technology conglomerate is focusing on its core mining business. The company, which entered the steel production market in 2018 with the acquisition of…
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