“You learn from players like Kane Williamson. Even Steven Smith.” Cheteshwar Pujara’s reputation as a Test specialist had hampered his IPL prospects for last few years but India’s No 3 is now ready to turn the corner for CSK in the upcoming edition, having picked up cues from the likes of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. Pujara, who went unsold for a number of years, was picked up by CSK at a base price of Rs 50 lakh during the last auction and he is now ready with a changed mindset and approach towards the shortest format. Asked about his…
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Its admission came a week after a Democratic party Congressman criticised Amazon’s working conditions Amazon.com Inc has apologised to U.S. Representative Mark Pocan, admitting to scoring an “own goal” in its initial denial of his suggestion that its drivers were sometimes forced to urinate in bottles during their delivery rounds.“We know that drivers can and do have trouble finding restrooms because of traffic or sometimes rural routes, and this has been especially the case during COVID-19 pandemic when many public restrooms have been closed,” the company said in a blog post.Its admission came a week after the Democrat criticised Amazon’s…
13,00,146 vaccines doses were given till 8 p.m. today. The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered has crossed 7.44 crore on Saturday, said the Health Ministry.The provisional report till 8 p.m. put the figure at 7,44,42,267. They include 89,53,552 healthcare workers (HCWs) who have taken the first dose and 53,06,671 HCWs who have taken the second dose, 96,19,289 frontline workers (first), 40,18,526 FLWs (second), 4,57,78,875 more than 45 years old (first) and 7,65,354 for more than 45 years old (second).It said 13,00,146 vaccine doses were given till 8 p.m. Source
Alberto Fernández, who turned 62 on Friday, received a dose of the Sputnik V vaccine on January 21 and a second dose a few days later. Argentine President Alberto Fernández says he had an initial positive test for COVID-19, despite having been vaccinated in January.Mr. Fernández sent a tweet early on Saturday saying he took a quick antigen test for the virus after feeling a headache and experiencing a fever of 37.3 Celsius (99.1 Fahrenheit). He said he otherwise has light symptoms, is isolating and is “physically well.”He said he is awaiting a confirmation of the result using a more…
He says his security detail has been removed, and his phone and Internet service had been cut. The half-brother of Jordan’s King Abdullah says he has been placed under house arrest by Jordanian authorities, accusing the country’s leadership of corruption and incompetence.In a videotaped statement leaked to the British Broadcasting Corp., Prince Hamzah said he was visited on early Saturday by the country’s military chief and told “I was not allowed to go out, to communicate with people or to meet with them.”He said his security detail was removed, and his phone and Internet service had been cut. He said…
U.P. STF files 5,000-page chargesheet against 8 men. The Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (UPSTF) filed a chargesheet against eight members of the Popular Front of India in a Mathura Court on Saturday.They have been accused of receiving funds from abroad to foment riots in Hathras in the wake of the alleged gang rape and murder of a Dalit girl in September 2020.The court took cognisance of the chargesheet and fixed May 1 as the date of the next hearing.In the 5,000-page chargesheet, the PFI members identified as Atiq-ur-Rehman, Siddique Kappan, Masood Ahmed, Alam, Rauf Sheriff, Anshad Badarduddin, Firoz, and…
Steep rise in Maharashtra, T.N., U.P., Punjab, Delhi. As of 10 p.m. on Saturday, India reported 86,184 new COVID cases, 471 new deaths and 58,523 fresh recoveries, with an active case load of 6,82,202 patients.The figures does not include data from Chhattisgarh, Assam, Jharkhand and Ladakh U.T. The data is sourced from covid19india.org, an independent aggregator of daily COVID-19 figures. States such as Maharashtra, Karnataka, Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Madhya Pradesh have shown a steep rise in their daily COVID cases and over 80% of the new cases on Saturday were reported from these seven States.Maharashtra recorded…
Hong Kong’s leader has backed Beijing’s moves to erode the city’s democracy When Carrie Lam was in 2017 appointed as Hong Kong’s fourth Chief Executive — and the first woman to lead China’s Special Administrative Region (SAR) — her appointment by Beijing was greeted mostly with optimism.Ms. Lam, who was sworn in by President Xi Jinping a month before she turned 60, had over decades of working in Hong Kong’s bureaucracy garnered the reputation of a hard-working, effective and capable bureaucrat. Hong Kong’s civil servants often like to quip that the SAR, as Asia’s financial centre, may not make anything,…
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Saturday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking continuance of the system of payment to farmers till a consensus can be evolved on the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT).The commission agents (arhtiyas) are not middlemen between the farmers and the procurement agencies but are service providers, he said and urged the Prime Minister to ensure that the livelihood of the farmers and all others involved in the smooth procurement of foodgrains is not jeopardised.Captain Singh also sought a meeting to apprise Mr. Modi of the concerns of various stakeholders about changing the payment system “before…
In this episode, we look at China’s plans for a Digital Currency, officially titled the Digital Currency Electronic Payment (DCEP), also known as the digital RMB (the Renminbi is China’s currency). In February, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) launched the latest round of pilot trials, with reported plans of a major roll-out by the end of the year ahead of the February Winter Olympics in Beijing. While several countries are experimenting with digital currencies, China’s recent trials in several cities have placed it ahead of the curve.What is a Digital Currency, and how does it work? How is it…