Perth, March 3 (UNI) Indian pacer Renuka Thakur has been ruled out of the only Test of the ongoing multi-format women’s series against Australia due to workload management concerns. The one-off pink-ball Test is scheduled to be played at the WACA Ground in Perth. In a statement, the Board of Control for Cricket in India…
Mumbai, March 3 (UNI) The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Tuesday announced that the Indian Women’s Cricket Team has been shortlisted for the prestigious Laureus World Sports Awards under the World Team of the Year category. First instituted in 2000, the annual awards honour the greatest and most inspirational sporting achievements…
New Delhi, March 3 (UNI) The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has saturated over 103,000 schools across India and helped millions of school students complete their mandatory biometric update (MBU) in Aadhaar at ease and comfort of their school campuses, as per the information shared by the Ministry of Electronics & IT (MeitY). So…
Hyderabad, March 3 (UNI) Private airlines IndiGo announced the launch of daily non-stop flights between Kolkata and Shanghai, effective from March 29. The service will be operated using Airbus A320 aircraft, the airline said in a release on Monday. The development follows the recent reinstatement of the carrier’s operations to Guangzhou and is aimed at…
New Delhi, Mar 3 (UNI) Vedanta Chairman Anil Aggarwal on Tuesday sounded an urgent need for India to become “Self-reliant” in oil and gas-related sectors. Sharing a graphical representation on India’s resource vulnerability in a volatile world, in X, Aggarwal said, “India cannot wait. The world is more unsettled and uncertain than it has been…
Hyderabad, Mar 3 (UNI) Escorts Kubota Limited (EKL), an agri-machinery and construction equipment major, on Tuesday announced an investment of Rs 2,300 crore in the first phase of its proposed greenfield manufacturing facility at Greater Noida in Uttar Pradesh. The company’s Board has approved the acquisition of 150 acres of land in the Yamuna Expressway…
Hyderabad, Mar 3 (UNI) Orbia Advance Corporation’s Precision Agriculture business, Netafim, on Tuesday announced two major water stewardship initiatives with Amazon India that are expected to save approximately 325 million litres of water annually across agricultural belts in Bengaluru and Hyderabad. According to the company, the projects will help save around 175 million litres of…
New Delhi, March 3 (UNI) The BJP on Tuesday nominated party president Nitin Nabin as a Rajya Sabha candidate from Bihar. The party’s list of nine candidates includes Nitin Nabin (Bihar); Shivesh Kumar (Bihar); Terash Gowalla (Assam); Jogen Mohan (Assam); Laxmi Verma (Chhattisgarh); Sanjay Bhatia (Haryana); Manmohan Samal (Odisha); Sujeet Kumar (Odisha) and Rahul Sinha…
New Delhi, Mar 3 (UNI) The Congress on Tuesday announced its first list of 42 candidates for the upcoming elections to the Assam Legislative Assembly, setting the stage for a keen electoral contest in the northeastern state. The list was finalised by the party’s Central Election Committee and released by AICC General Secretary KC…
New Delhi, Mar 3 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday held separate telephonic conversations with the leaders of Qatar, Kuwait and Oman, reiterating India’s strong condemnation of any violation of their sovereignty and territorial integrity and underscoring the urgent need for dialogue and diplomacy to restore peace in West Asia. In posts on X,…
