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Chasing the target of 341 runs, Australia was all out for 304 runs in 49.1 overs. For Australia, Steve Smith scored 98 runs off 102 balls while Marnus Labuschagne made 46. For India, Mohammed Shami was the most successful Indian bowler with 3/77 while Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja and Navdeep ... Read More »

In his meeting with Borrell, Jaishankar discussed global and regional issues, multilateralism, connectivity and counter-terrorism. In a tweet, Mr Jaishankar said, both underlined the climate change cooperation and agreed to keep in close touch. Mr Jaishankar and South Africa Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor co-chaired the Joint Ministerial Commission. The External ... Read More »

Widespread rains in the national capital brought the maximum temperature down. Met department said, the city recorded a high of 16.4 degrees Celsius, which was three notches below normal on Thursday. In Punjab, Amritsar was the coldest place with a minimum temperature of 3.4 degrees Celsius. In Haryana, Ambala recorded ... Read More »

The Union Home Ministry had earlier forwarded the mercy petition of convict Mukesh Singh to the President, recommending its rejection. Mukesh, one of the four death row convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case, had filed the mercy petition a few days ago. The Home Ministry had reiterated the recommendation of ... Read More »

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Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said the GSAT-30 is  aimed at providing high-quality television, telecommunications and broadcasting services. The 3,357-kg GSAT-30 derives its heritage from ISRO’s earlier INSAT/GSAT satellite series, and is equipped with 12 C and 12 Ku band transponders. GSAT-30 will serve as replacement to the aging INSAT-4A ... Read More »

New York : If you want to convince people not to trust an inaccurate political post on firewall checker Facebook, labeling it as satire can help reduce such misinformation from spreading, says a new study. Researchers at the Ohio State University found that flagging inaccurate political posts because they had ... Read More »

For just the third time in American history, the hushed Senate chamber was transformed into a court of impeachment, presided over by Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, who administered the oath to senators. When Roberts, clad in a black robe, asked if they swore to deliver “impartial justice” according ... Read More »

Reacting to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s statement in New Delhi on Wednesday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said in Beijing, that all parties have major differences on the issue of reforms in UNSC. He said that China would like to work with other members to find a package ... Read More »

Replying to a media query, External Affairs Ministry Spokesman Raveesh Kumar said, an attempt was made by Pakistan through China to misuse the platform of United Nations Security Council. He said, the overwhelming majority of the UNSC was of the view that it is not the right forum for such ... Read More »

Prime Minister said that at a juncture when the world is seeking to break free from mindless hate, violence, conflict and terrorism, the Indian way of life offers rays of hope. He also maintained that the Indian way of conflict avoidance is not by brute force but by the power ... Read More »

The House, controlled by the Democratic Party yesterday voted to send articles of impeachment against President Trump to the Senate. In a 228-193 vote, which was mainly on party lines, the House appointed seven Impeachment Managers who will argue the Democrats’ case for removing Trump from the office of the ... Read More »

He said that China would like to work with other members to find a packaged solution however what a package solution means is not yet clear. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, yesterday at Raisina Dialogue, backed permanent membership of India and Brazil at UNSC to give due representation to developing world ... Read More »

The students have been agitating for the deferment of the poll day as Saraswati Puja is one of the biggest festivals of Hindus in Bangladesh. On Tuesday and Wednesday also the students had protested in the Dhaka University area on this issue. Earlier on Tuesday, the High Court had turned ... Read More »

Speaking at Raisina Dialogue 2020 in New Delhi, he said, there has to be diplomatic isolation of those sponsoring terrorism and any country sponsoring terrorism has to be taken to task. He said, a country cannot have partners who on the one hand are partnering in global war on terrorism ... Read More »

Ministerial level delegates from 12 countries called on Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi at his residence today, on the sidelines of Raisina Dialogue. Mr. Edgars Rinkevics, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Latvia, Mr. Abdulaziz Kamilov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan, Mr. Peter Szijjarto, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade ... Read More »

‘Saksham’, an annual one-month long fuel conservation mega campaign of Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) under the aegis of Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, was launched today by Dr. M.M Kutty, Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum& Natural Gas in a function held in Delhi. Dr. M.M Kutty, during his address, ... Read More »

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Road, Transport and Highway Ministry has done this on the request of National Highways Authority of India, NHAI so that the citizens are not put to any inconvenience. 65 plazas are located across the country, including Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Punjab and Andhra Pradesh. The government has rolled out FASTag-based electronic ... Read More »

Indian skipper Virat Kohli was named captain of both the ICC’s Test and ODI teams of the year besides winning the ‘Spirit of Cricket’ award for his gesture of trying to stop the fans from booing Steve Smith during a World Cup match. Smith was returning to international cricket from ... Read More »