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In a planned operation codenamed ‘Kruger’, which lasted more than seven days, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), Mumbai has busted an intercontinental drug smuggling scam and seized 396 grams of heroin. The seized drug was sent to Mumbai in a courier shipment from South Africa and was well hidden …

Satish Dhupelia, Mahatma Gandhi’s South African great-grandson, succumbed to Covid-19 complications here on Sunday, three days after his 66th birthday, a relative said. Dhupelia’s sister, Uma Dhupelia-Mesthrie, confirmed that her brother had died from complications related to Covid-19 after contracting the disease at the hospital where he had been under …

Friday was an important day in the global fight against Covid-19. The day was held an informal meeting of the Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) of the World Trade Organization (WTO) to discuss a proposal made by India and South Africa in October, and that since …

As the Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa (Brics) group adopted a new counterterrorism strategy on Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for countries that aid and support terrorists to be found guilty. Participating in the Brics Virtual Summit chaired by Russian President Vladimir Putin, Modi called on the group’s members to support a …

Six weeks after IPL 2020, Chris Morris has been hailed as the change that Royal Challengers Bangalore needed. He sparkles with the new ball, clears the lower orders upon death, gives them a commanding presence on the field with his rocket arm, and brings with him the potential to be …

With the second highest number of cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) globally, India continues to record the highest number of recoveries from the infection. India accounts for 21% of all reported recoveries worldwide, even as the country accounts for 18.6% of the global proportion of cases. The United States …

National security advisers from the Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa (Brics) group discussed a draft counter-terrorism strategy on Thursday that is expected to be approved at an upcoming summit. The five NSAs, who joined a virtual meeting hosted by Russia, also discussed challenges and threats to global, regional and national security. Contrary to …

South African cricket hit rock bottom after the Sports Confederation and the South African Olympic Committee (SASCOC) ordered the CSA board and its executive to step aside after nine months of administrative implosion. In that time, CSA suspended and fired a CEO (and other senior officials), saw another CEO and …

Representative image NEW DELHI: Global rating agency Fitch on Tuesday drastically revised its forecast for GDP growth, estimating it to contract 10.5% in 2020-21, while Goldman Sachs expects it to decline 14.8% in the current fiscal year. Both entities have made sharp downward revisions to their forecasts after last month’s …

The postponement of the 2020 T20 World Cup may have derailed AB de Villiers’ possible return to South Africa for now, but he is happy to get back to playing cricket in some form after a strict five-month lockdown in South Africa due to Covid. . -19. In this period, …