Rumita Patel
MANCHESTER (England): Shan Masood scored a third century in as many innings and the closing Mohammad Abbas caused chaos at the top of England’s standings as Pakistan advanced in Test 1 at the close of day two at Old Trafford on Thursday . England staggers 92 for four, still 234 runs behind Pakistan’s competitive total…
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MANCHESTER (England): Shan Masood scored a third century in as many innings and the closing Mohammad Abbas caused chaos at the top of England’s standings as Pakistan advanced in Test 1 at the close of day two at Old Trafford on Thursday . England staggers 92 for four, still 234 runs behind Pakistan’s competitive total…
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan claimed on Thursday that it requested India through diplomatic channels to appoint a lawyer for death row prisoner Kulbhushan Jadhav, but New Delhi said Islamabad has not yet communicated on developments related to the case. Pakistani Foreign Office spokeswoman Aisha Farooqui said in her weekly press conference that the Islamabad High Court ordered…
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BRUSSELS / LONDON: The frantic race to develop a Covid-19 vaccine has intensified safety concerns about an inoculation, prompting governments and drug manufacturers to raise awareness to ensure their efforts to combat the coronavirus are not met. They are frustrated by the distrust of the public. There are more than 200 Covid-19 vaccine candidates in…
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PANNA: A worker became a millionaire overnight when he unearthed three diamonds worth 30 to 35 lakh rupees at a diamond mine in Madhya Pradesh’s Panna district, a senior official said Thursday. While digging a shallow mine, the worker, identified only as Subal, found three diamonds with a net weight of 7.5 carats, said Panna…
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NEW DELHI: India said on Thursday that it hopes China will sincerely work with it to ensure “a total disengagement and de-escalation” in eastern Ladakh, as the Special Representatives of the two countries decided last month. Foreign Ministry spokesman Anurag Srivastava, in answering questions about the fighting in East Ladakh, referred to the decisions made…
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MUMBAI: Lawmakers should focus on protecting the economy as companies struggle amid the coronavirus pandemic rather than focusing too much on what rating agencies think, the former Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said on Thursday. ), Raghuram Rajan. “It is also important to convince national and international investors that once the crisis…
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JERUSALEM: Israel said Thursday that it already has an “excellent” vaccine against the coronavirus pandemic in its hands, but it has to go through regulatory processes that will begin with human trials after the fall break. Israel’s Defense Minister Benny Gantz visited the Israel Institute for Biological Research (IIBR), where he met with its director,…
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NEW DELHI: Congress asked the government on Thursday why a Defense Ministry report mentioning Chinese “transgressions” in eastern Ladakh in May was rejected with party leader Rahul Gandhi claiming that the removal of the document from the websites would not change the facts. The document, which was uploaded to the Defense Ministry website, was removed…
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NEW DELHI: Telecom operator Vodafone Idea on Thursday posted a massive loss of Rs 25.46 billion for the first quarter ending June 2020 due to provisions for legal fees. The company had reported a loss of Rs 4,874 crore in the same period last year. In a regulatory filing, the debt-laden telecommunications company said it…
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