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Five years after hosting its last ICC event, the 2016 Men’s T20 World Cup, India will be ready to host the same tournament in 2021, the BCCI has underlined. Despite the country continuing to struggle under the clutches of the Covid-19 pandemic, Sourav Ganguly and Jay Shah, the chairman and …

India oi-Madhuri Adnal | Updated: Thursday, November 12, 2020 9:23 PM [IST] New Delhi, November 12: Sputnik V vaccine for COVID-19, developed by the Gamaleya National Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology of Russia, has arrived in India following the go-ahead to Hyderabad-based pharmaceutical company Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories to conduct …

President Xi Jinping effectively neutralized the most democratic institution under China’s rule, sending a message to Joe Biden that no pressure will drive him to tolerate dissent against the Communist Party. China’s top legislature on Wednesday passed a resolution allowing for the disqualification of any Hong Kong lawmaker who does …

NEW DELHI: The national capital appears to be under the “third wave” of coronavirus with more than 6,000 new cases reported daily for the past 2-3 weeks. On Wednesday, Delhi recorded more than 8,000 new cases, the highest single-day count in the city since the outbreak of the pandemic. What …

Reliance Industries Limited announced Thursday that it will make a contribution of up to $ 50 million into Breakthrough Energy Ventures. The investment constitutes 5.75% of the size of the fund currently contemplated, the company led by Mukesh Ambani said in a regulatory document. “This investment will be made in …

Sharing his Emergency experience with students at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Thursday that it is not necessary to sacrifice your own ideology to fight for a greater and common cause. “When people joined Mahatma Gandhi, they did not abandon their ideologies. I’ve seen emergency days. …

A phone call between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President-elect Joe Biden will take place “in due course” at a mutually convenient time, the Foreign Ministry said Thursday. Statements released by Biden’s transition team in the past two days said the president-elect had so far spoken by phone with …

Manonmaniam Sundaranar University in the Tamil Nadu city of Tirunelveli decided on Wednesday to withdraw a book written by Arundhati Roy from its syllabus following a complaint by Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, it reported. The Hindu. The author said that “she was not at all surprised or shocked by the …

After leaving the UAE, the Indian cricket team arrived in Australia to begin preparations for a highly anticipated series between the two nations. India will play three T20s, 3 ODIs and four Tests in its two-month stay in Australia. Although the first T20 will be played on November 27, the …

When the Indian Premier League was postponed in March due to the new coronavirus pandemic, fans thought they would miss their favorite cricket stars in action for a long period. They also wondered if the league would happen due to the circumstances created due to the Covid-19 pandemic. But IPL …