Tag: IS
IND Vs SL 2nd T20: Sri Lanka Win Toss And Choose To Bowl First; 4 Debutants For India
The Indian team was on Wednesday forced to field only four specialist batsmen as well as a wicketkeeper-batsman Sanju Samson in the second T20 International against Sri Lanka after Covid-stricken Krunal Pandya and eight of his close contacts were left out of the squad. ....
Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra Reveals Daniel Craig Auditioned For Rang De Basanti, But James Bond Came Calling
Hollywood actor Daniel Craig auditioned for a role in Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's 2006 hit film "Rang De Basanti", but he took a raincheck on it because he was in the meantime cast as James Bond. He was to play the character of James McKinley, the British jailor who walked Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev to their hanging, in the Aamir Khan-starrer. ....
Rakesh Asthana Takes Charge As Delhi Police Commissioner
A day after the Centre appointed former CBI Special Director Rakesh Asthana as the Commissioner of Delhi Police, the 1984 batch Gujarat cadre IPS officer took charge on Wednesday and said that he aims to focus on core policing matters. ....
India Vs New Zealand WTC Final Most Watched Across All Series, Viewed By 177 Million: ICC
The India-New Zealand final in Southampton in June was the most watched across all series that were part of the inaugural World Test Championship (WTC), with a total global viewership of 177 million, the ICC said on Wednesday. ....
Tejashwi Yadav To Meet Bihar CM Nitish Kumar To Press For Caste Census In State
Tejashwi Yadav, the leader of opposition in Bihar assembly, will soon meet chief minister Nitish Kumar to discuss caste-based census in Bihar. ....
Israel To Vaccinate Elderly With 3rd Pfizer Dose
Israel is expected to start vaccinating the country's elderly citizens against Covid-19 with a third dose of the Pfizer jab, the Ministry of Health said in a statement on Thursday. ....
AstraZeneca Does Not Raise High Blood Clot Risk Post 2nd Dose: Study
The incidence of rare blood clot is higher following a Covid-19 infection than two doses of AstraZeneca or Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines, according to a new study. ....
Danish Siddiqui Was Brutally Murdered By Taliban: Report
Pulitzer Prize-winning Indian photojournalist Danish Siddiqui was not simply killed in a crossfire, nor was he a collateral damage; rather, he was brutally murdered by the Taliban, Michael Rubin wrote in the Washington Examiner. ....
Israel Inspects NSO Group Offices After Pegasus Revelations
Israeli authorities have inspected the offices of surveillance outfit NSO Group in response to the Pegasus project investigation into abuses of the companys spyware by several government clients, The Guardian reported. ....
To Clear Debts, Axis Bank Manager Loots ICICI Branch, Kills Officer
In a shocking incident, an Axis Bank Branch Manager allegedly committed an unsuccessful heist on the ICICI Bank and stabbed a deputy branch head there to death, police said here on Friday. ....
