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Hone your skills in home Test series, says McGrath

AFTER a long white-ball season that saw India end the draught of the ICC Trophy, focus is now shifting towards the longest format, starting with a Test match against Bangladesh from Thursday.

India favourites against Korea in ACT hockey SF

MAINTAINING a clean slate, favourites India will fancy their chances when they take on unpredictable Korea in the semifinals of the Asian Champions Trophy hockey tournament here.

Bhui ton in vain as India A seal win

PACER Anshul Kamboj ended up with an eight-wicket haul as India C took the lead in the Duleep Trophy standings on the basis of the first innings lead against India B here in Anantapur on Sunday.

US lenders say Byju's need to repay full loan

US lenders represented by Glas Trust have countered Byju's founder Byju Raveendran's claim on verified debt on the company being merely around 20 crore, and have said that the beleaguered edtech firm will have to pay the entire ₹1.2 billion Term Loan B along with interest.

658 offshore gaming cos evade GST

THE GST department has identified 658 offshore online gaming companies as nonregistered/non-compliant and has initiated investigation against the same.

WHY ARE BANKS UNDERPERFORMING

STOCK prices today are an indicator of tomorrow's profits.

CAUTIOUS AGGRESSION WITH EQUITY SAVINGS FUNDS

AN equity savings fund, as per SEBI's definition, is one of the lower (not to be mistaken with Low) risk investment instruments categorized as Equity for taxation purposes.

Centre to launch digital platform BHASKAR to strengthen start-ups

WITH an aim to strengthen the start-up ecosystem, the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) will launch a digital platform The Bharat Startup Knowledge Access Registry (BHASKAR) initiative, under the Startup India program on Monday.

ADB asks Pak to adopt India plan on education

THE Russian The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has advised Pakistan to adopt India's scheme ULLAS to fix its dysfunctional education system and impart quality training to its citizens, according to a media report.

Massive evacuations as Poland, Czech Republic reel under heavy floods

ANOTHER night of torrential rains pounding Central Europe forced massive evacuations in the hardest hit areas in the Czech Republic, where floods reached extreme levels on Sunday.

Trump safe after gunshots in the vicinity

DONALD Trump's campaign reported on Sunday that there had been \"gunshots in his vicinity\" but added that the Republican presidential candidate was safe.

Israel orders border village to vacate

Drops leaflets asking residents of South Lebanon's Wazzani, from where rockets were fired into north Israel, to exit

Judge blocks Biden administration rule to limit flaring of gas at oil wells

A federal judge in North Dakota has temporarily blocked a new Biden administration rule aimed at reducing the venting and flaring of natural gas at oil wells.

Russia inches closer to a logistics hub in Ukraine

RUSSIAN shelling killed one person in the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk on Sunday, local authorities said, as Moscow's troops inched closer to the key logistics hub.

Six foreigners from US, Spain, Czech held in plot to destabilise Venezuela

THREE Americans, two Spaniards and a Czech citizen have been detained in Venezuela on suspicion of plotting to destabilise the country, the government said, as the United States and Spain denied Caracas's allegations they were involved.

3 women among 5 beaten to death over black magic

FIVE people including three women, were allegedly beaten to death on the suspicion of practising black magic at Etkal village of Konta block in tribaldominated Sukma district, 420 km from Raipur, in Chhattisgarh on Sunday.

50 booked in HP for protests over 'illegal' mosque

VHP leaders, former councillors and panchayat chiefs were among 50 people booked for violence during a protest held last week demanding demolition of an illegal portion of a mosque in the Sanjauli area of Shimla, police said on Sunday.

Bomb blast at minister's residence, ban on internet extended in Manipur

A bomb exploded at the residential complex of Manipur minister Khasim Vashum in Hamleikhong area of Ukhrul in the Naga-majority Ukhrul district on Saturday night.

U'khand to implement strict land laws by Nov 9

THE Pushkar Singh Dhami government in Uttarakhand is set to introduce stringent land laws on the eve of the state's silver jubilee celebrations on November 9.

Real life 'Toilet Ek Prem Katha' redux in MP, marriage saved

IT took a toilet to save a marriage on the rock.

2 encounters between terrorists & troops in Poonch, Kathua districts

AHEAD of the first phase of three-phase Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir on September 18, two gunfights broke out on Sunday between militants and security forces in border districts of Poonch and Kathua in Jammu region.

City erupts in protests for justice

Senior doctors, nurses, former students from various schools, common people take to streets

Big infra push, ₹3L cr projects launched

In first 100 days of Modi govt, major thrust was on roads, railways, ports and airways, apart from farm outreach

Vij names himself as CM face if BJP wins Haryana

FORMER Haryana home minister and sixtime MLA Anil Vij said on Sunday that he will stake claim for the chief minister's post if the BJP returns to power after the October 5 Assembly polls.

Multiple multinational drills queued up, military diplomacy in full swing

FOR the Indian military diplomacy, September has been packed with multiple exercises, bilateral and a multilateral, which have not only brought in a few countries for the first time but also led to a successful culmination of India's first multinational air warfare exercise.

Only 51 women in fray, down from 104 in 2019

MAJOR parties have fielded only 51 women candidates the Haryana assembly elections.

Shah bats for more synergy between NIA, states' ATS

HOME Minister Amit Shah has asked for increased cooperation and coordination between the National Investigation Agency and the states' AntiTerrorist Squads to strengthen the counter-terrorism architecture, officials said on Sunday.

Another front firmed up, Er Rashid's AIP joins hands with Jamaat in J&K

THE Awami Ittehad Party (AIP) headed by Baramulla MP Sheikh Abdul Rashid, also known as Engineer Rashid, has forged a pre-poll alliance with banned Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI), marking emergence of another front in J&K Assembly polls, which analysts say would be a cause of worry for the National Conference (NC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

JOURNEY OF A YOUNG BOY INTO SAINTHOOD

SINCE many of you wanted more about the Kanchi Mahaswami, let me share some more stories of the many known about him.

U.S. PROJECT 2025: POLICIES FOR TRUMP'S PROBABLE NEXT TERM

If Donald Trump wins in the 2024 elections, if personnel appointments are sound, and if there is coherence of policy coordination, his agenda could have far-reaching consequences