Dubai, Jan 11 (UNI) The 15th edition of the ICC U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup is around the corner, with emerging talents from 16 teams gearing up to compete for the coveted title in South Africa. The tournament began in 1988, and has seen seven different winners in the 14 editions so far. India lead…
Mohali, Jan 11 (UNI) Afghanistan posted 158/5 against India in the first of the three-match T20I series at IS Bindra Stadium in Mohali on Thursday. Sent into bat, Afghanistan openers Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran sewed up a fifty-run partnership, but in 8 overs. Both perished in the span of three balls, and debutant Rahmat…
Srinagar, Jan 11 (UNI) National Conference (NC) president and Member Parliament Farooq Abdullah on Thursday did not appear before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for questioning in a money laundering case, official sources said. The ED summoned Abdullah on Thursday for questioning in a money laundering case. “He didn’t appear in the case,” official sources said….
Chennai, Jan 11 (UNI) The XSPECT payload on XPoSat, India’s first X-ray polarimetric mission, has captured its first light from the Cassiopeia A (Cas A) supernova remnant. Launched on January 1, 2024 by PSLV, XPoSat carried two co-aligned instruments, POLarimeter Instrument in X-rays (POLIX) and X-ray SPECtroscopy and Timing (XSPECT), aimed at unravelling the mysteries…
Kabul, Jan 11 (UNI) An earthquake jolted Afghanistan’s capital Kabul and adjoining areas on Thursday, with no immediate reports of casualties. The GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences earlier reported an earthquake struck the Hindu Kush Region in the Central Asian country at 0920 GMT and has revised the intensity of the earthquake from a…
Islamabad, Jan 11 (UNI) An earthquake of 6.0 magnitude rocked several cities in Pakistan on Thursday, the country’s National Seismic Monitoring Center said. According to the center, the epicenter of the quake was located in the Hindu Kush region in neighboring Afghanistan with a depth of 213 km. The earthquake was felt in several parts…
Mexico City, Jan 11 (UNI) Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has thrown his support behind a case brought by South Africa to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) last month which accuses Israel of committing genocide with its military operation in the Gaza Strip, the Brazilian Foreign Ministry said. “In light of the…
New Delhi, Jan 11 (UNI) Surat has joined Indore in securing the badge of the cleanest city across the country, while Navi Mumbai retained the third position in the Swachh Survekshan Awards 2023 announced on Thursday. This is the sixth consecutive year that Indore has been bagging the top position. Among the category of cities…
New Delhi, Jan 11 (UNI) Stating that the feedback about Agniveers from the ground and units as positive, Chief of Army Staff General Manoj Pande said that the integration of Agniveers is happening well. Addressing the annual press conference here on Thursday, Gen Pande said that two batches of Agniveers have been inducted into the…
Sri Muktsar Sahib, Jan 11 (UNI) Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal on Thursday filed a defamation suit seeking Rs 1 crore damages from Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann for defaming him and his party. The willful defamation was part of an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) “conspiracy” against the Badal family as well…
