Colombo, Sep 9 (UNI) Amidst the threat of rains, India is likely to field experienced pros KL Rahul and Jasprit Bumrah in the crucial match against arch-rivals Pakistan in the third match of the Super-4 stage at R Premadasa Stadium here on Sunday. Last Saturday, both teams met at Pallekele, but unfortunately rain played a…
Colombo, Sep 9 (UNI) Sadeera Samarawickrama’s outstanding 93 runs off 72 balls proved crucial for Sri Lanka as they posted 257/9 in the second match of Asia Cup Super-4 stage at R Premadasa Stadium here on Saturday. Bangladesh won the toss and sent Sri Lanka into bat. Openers Pathum Nissanka and Dimuth Karunaratne provided an…
Rabat, Sep 9 (UNI) The death toll from the earthquake in Morocco has risen to 1,037, while another 1,204 people have been injured, the Al-Arabiya broadcaster reported on Saturday, citing data of the Moroccan Interior Ministry. Earlier reports said there were 820 fatalities and 672 injured. Some 720 people among the injured are in critical…
New Delhi, Sept 9 (UNI) The G20 grouping under India’s Presidency on Saturday strongly condemned all terrorist acts against critical infrastructure and vulnerable targets. The grouping said all acts of terrorism are “criminal and unjustifiable, regardless of their motivation, wherever, whenever and by whomsoever committed.” As per New Delhi Leaders Declaration, counterterrorism measures, support for…
New Delhi, Sept 9 (UNI) Reaffirming to boost India-Japan ties, the two countries on Saturday decided to work together in areas ranging from advanced technology to maintaining and strengthening free and open international borders based on the rule of law. On an official visit to India to participate in the Leaders’ Summit being held in…
New Delhi, Sep 9 (UNI) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said that the G20 members have endorsed the roadmap for implementation of the recommendations of an independent panel on Capital Adequacy Frameworks (CAF) of multilateral development banks (MDBs). The Minister said that CAF recommendations are focused on enabling MDBs to use their existing resources…
New Delhi, Sep 9 (UNI) A Railway link through ports connecting India (Asia), the Middle East, and Europe was launched on Saturday at G20 Leaders’ Summit in New Delhi. The mega infrastructure project has been called India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor and is being seen as an attempt by the US-led countries’ attempt to counter China’s…
New Delhi, Sep 9 (UNI) The first ladies and spouses of participating G20 Head of States visited a special agriculture exhibition at IARI campus, PUSA in Delhi on Saturday. The event organized by Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare featured a range of captivating components, such as a millet-focused live cooking session, the display of…
New Delhi/Chennai, Sep 9 (UNI) India will be launching a G-20 Satellite mission for environment and climate observation and invited all the G20 countries to join this initiative. This was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his address at the G20 meeting in New Delhi on Saturday, while referring to the success of India’s…
New Delhi, Sep 9 (UNI) The two-day G20 Leaders’ Summit under India’s Presidency kicked off with a bang on Saturday with the host country forging consensus over joint declaration despite discord over Russia-Ukraine conflict among some of the members. Prime Minister Narendra Modi made the major announcement saying that the world leaders had agreed on…
