Brisbane, Jan 3 (UNI) World number one Aryna Sabalenka reached the Brisbane International semi-finals by defeating Marie Bouzkova 6-3 6-4. The top-seeded Belarusian will now face 17-year-old Mirra Andreeva, who beat former world number two Ons Jabeur 6-4 7-6 (7-2), the BBC reported. The duo last met at the 2024 French Open where the Russian…
Sydney, Jan 3 (UNI) A change in Australia’s playing XI for the final Test saw 31-year-old Beau Webster make his international debut. A seasoned campaigner, Webster has spent over a decade on the domestic circuit, amassing more than 5000 runs and nearly 150 wickets in first-class cricket. Opening up on his maiden outing against India…
Sydney, Jan 3 (UNI) A fiery altercation occurred between India’s fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah and Australian opener Sam Konstas just before the Stumps on Friday, sparking tension in an otherwise calm day of play. Rishabh Pant, who was behind the stumps at the time, revealed his belief that Konstas was attempting to waste time to…
Harare/Dublin, Jan 3 (UNI) Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) has announced that they will host Ireland for an exciting full tour this February consisting of three T20Is, three ODIs and a historic one-off Test match. The red-ball match between the two sides is set to take place at Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo from February 6 to…
Mumbai, Jan 3 (UNI) The BSE Sensex on Friday nosedived 720.60 pts to settle at 79,223.11 as selling was seen in Technology, Bankex and IT stocks despite positive Asian Market. The National Stock Exchange (NSE) fell 183.90 pts at 24,004.75. Advancing over 1400 pts on Thursday, the Sensex opened positive at 80,072.99, rising 129 pts,…
New Delhi, Jan 3 (UNI) Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Friday said that India has lodged a “solemn protest” with China over the creation of two new counties in Hotan prefecture. The MEA said that the creation of new counties would not affect India’s sovereignty or legitimise China’s illegal occupation. In a weekly media…
New Delhi, Jan 3 (UNI) Senior AAP Leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh on Friday conducted a door-to-door campaign in the New Delhi Assembly constituency alleging that the BJP is orchestrating a campaign to delete votes and urging residents to cross-check their names in the voter lists. After this, Singh, along with Raghav Chadha,…
New Delhi, Jan 3 (UNI) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday chaired the 7th meeting of the Island Development Agency (IDA) here. During the meeting, Shah reviewed the progress of ongoing development initiatives in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep, an official statement said. The Ministry of Home Affairs, Andaman and Nicobar Islands…
New Delhi, Jan 3 (UNI) In a major development towards enhancing pension services, EPFO completed full scale rollout of the new Centralized Pension Payments System (CPPS) under Employees’ Pension Scheme 1995 in December 2024. About Rs 1,570 Crore pension was disbursed to more than 68 Lakh pensioners pertaining to all 122 pension disbursing Regional offices…
New Delhi, Jan 3 (UNI) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) National Convener Arvind Kejriwal on Friday took a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his ‘AAPDA and Sheeshmahal’ remarks during a public meeting at the Ashok Vihar’s Ramlila Ground saying that it is not AAP but BJP is facing various types of aapda. Kejriwal said,…
