The Indian bowlers may have struggled to make an impact on the placid pitches in the women’s five-match One-Day International series against South Africa, but coach W.V. Raman refuses to blame them.Deliberate ployAdmitting that the bowlers needed time to settle into their groove, the way left-arm spinner Rajeshwari Gayakwad had done in the fifthmatch, Raman said it had been a deliberate ploy to provide the kind of tracks at home that the team may come across abroad.The plan was to take the team out of its comfort zone, make the players “adapt and adjust” against a competent opponent and find…
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Opposition leaders raise significant concerns over disinvestment plans and rising fuel prices The Lok Sabha on Thursday passed the supplementary demand for grants (second batch for 2020-21) but not before significant concerns raised by Opposition leaders on the government’s disinvestment and asset monetisation plans, and rising fuel prices.The Minister of State for Finance Anurag Thakur clarified specifically in the context of the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) that it was not being privatised and only an Initial Public Offering (IPO) was being planned. This was in response to Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MP Supriya Sule’s concerns that eight Ministries…
The Narcotics Control Bureau on Thursday told the Supreme Court that it is not “per se” against the grant of bail to actor Rhea Chakraborty in a drugs-related case linked to the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput in Mumbai.In an anti-climax, the Bureau told a Bench led by Chief Justice Sharad A. Bobde that its appeal was not against the bail per se, but against certain “wide-ranging comments” made by the Bombay High Court against the NDPS Act itself.“We find the new things you do very difficult to understand. You cannot file a petition challenging the observations. You can…
In a letter, Bob Menendez asks the Secretary of Defence to raise India’s planned purchase of the Russian S-400 missile defense system. Saying the Indian government is moving away from democratic values, the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Bob Menendez has written to U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin asking him to raise concerns about democracy and India’s purchase of the S-400 Russian missile defence system during his visit to New Delhi. Mr. Austin is expected to meet Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and senior national security officials between March 19 and 21 when he is in New Delhi.“I…
The targets were primarily based in Southeast Asia, Europe, and the US. Besides, McAfee identified hackers’ interest in German, Vietnamese and Indian telecommunication companies. (Subscribe to our Today’s Cache newsletter for a quick snapshot of top 5 tech stories. Click here to subscribe for free.)A cyber espionage campaign with tactics similar to that of Chinese groups is targeting telecom companies to steal sensitive and secret information related to 5G technology, according to cybersecurity firm McAfee.The targets were primarily based in Southeast Asia, Europe, and the US. Besides, McAfee identified hackers’ interest in German, Vietnamese and Indian telecommunication companies.“We believe with…
This makes Spain the fourth European nation to decriminalise assisted suicide, alongside the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg Spain’s parliament voted through a law legalising euthanasia on Thursday, becoming one of the few nations to allow terminally-ill or gravely-injured patients to end their own suffering.A priority for Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s government, the law was drafted following public pressure generated by several high-profile cases, notably that of Ramon Sampedro whose plight was immortalised in the Oscar-winning 2004 film “The Sea Inside”.The vote, which passed by 202 in favour and 141 against and two abstentions in the 350-seat chamber, makes Spain…
Resolution of Kashmir dispute a must to tap potential of Asian connectivity, he says. Resolution of the Kashmir dispute in a ‘peaceful’ manner is necessary to tap the potential of Asian connectivity, said the Pakistan Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Thursday. Delivering a speech at the first ever Islamabad Security Dialogue, the Pakistani army chief said it was time for both India and Pakistan to bury past differences.“Stable Indo-Pak. relation is a key to unlock the untapped potential of South and Central Asia by ensuring connectivity between East and West Asia. This potential, however, has forever remained hostage…
Jayanath Colombage’s statement comes just days before member countries vote on a new resolution on the island nation’s rights record. India has assured Sri Lanka of its support at the United Nations Human Rights Council, Sri Lankan Foreign Secretary Jayanath Colombage has said, just days before member countries vote on a new resolution on the island nation’s rights record.Sources in the Ministry of External Affairs in India told The Hindu that no decision on the vote has been “conveyed” yet, while Mr. Colombage said Sri Lanka “greatly appreciates” India’s position, “being the superpower they are.”The state-run Daily News on Thursday…
Prannoy and Praneeth, however, have a tough task at hand. Four Indian male shuttlers, including Olympic hopeful B. Sai Praneeth, advanced to the second round but former world no. 1 Saina Nehwal was forced to concede her opening women’s singles match after suffering an injury at the All England Championships here. Saina, who finished second best here in 2015, looked in discomfort with her right thigh and decided to retire after lagging 8-21 4-10 behind in her opening round match against seventh seed Mia Blichfeldt of Denmark on Wednesday night. In men’s singles, world no. 15 Praneeth saw off France’s…
From Phoenix to Philadelphia, Asian American organisations nationwide organised events aimed at showing unity. Asian Americans were already worn down by a year of pandemic-fuelled racist attacks when a white gunman was charged with attacking three Atlanta-area massage parlours and killing eight people, most of them Asian women.Hundreds of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders turned to social media to air their anger, sadness, fear and hopelessness. The hashtag #StopAsianHate was a top trending topic on Twitter hours after the shootings that happened on Tuesday evening.“I think the reason why people are feeling so hopeless is because Asian Americans have been…