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IND vs AFG: Gulbadin Naib opened the thread of Indian bowlers; hit fifty after 9 years

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New Delhi:  Gulbadin Naib of Afghanistan unraveled the thread of Indian bowlers at Holkar Stadium in Indore on Sunday. He played a stormy half-century against India in the second T20.Naib, who came at number three, scored 57 runs in 35 balls. He hit 5 fours and 4 sixes. This is the second fifty of 32-year-old Naib’s T20 international career.  He made Pachasa in the shortest format after 9 years. Naib scored his first T20I half-century in 2015 against Zimbabwe. The Afghanistan team, which batted first after losing the toss, had…

Fighter to conquer the box office; Trailer tomorrow; New poster is out

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The trailer of Hrithik Roshan’s new action thriller Fighter will be released tomorrow. Hrithik Roshan has released a new update of the film by sharing the new poster of the film on Instagram. The film will hit the theaters on 25th of this month. Deepika Padukone is playing the female lead in the film. Reportedly, Sanjeeda Shaikh is also playing a crucial role in the film directed by Siddharth Anand. Hrithik Roshan and Deepika appear in the role of Air Force pilots in the film. Fighter is the film directed by Siddharth Anand after ‘Pathan’.…

WHO sees ‘incredibly low’ COVID, flu vaccination rates as cases surge

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CHICAGO – Low vaccination rates against the latest versions of COVID-19 and influenza are putting pressure on healthcare systems this winter, leading public health officials told Reuters. In the United States, several European countries, and other parts of the world, there have been reports of rising hospitalizations linked to respiratory infections in recent weeks. Death rates have also ticked up among older adults in some regions, but far below the COVID pandemic peak. Spain’s government has reinstated mask-wearing requirements at healthcare facilities, as have some US hospital networks. “Too many…

American Navarro beats Mertens in Hobart for first WTA title

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Hobart (Australia) – Fast-rising American Emma Navarro upset two-time champion Elise Mertens to secure her first WTA title on Saturday with a battling 6-1, 4-6, 7-5 win at the Hobart International. In their first career meeting, the 22-year-old outlasted the Belgian top seed over a gruelling 2 hours 48 minutes to write another chapter in her burgeoning career. This time last year, Navarro was ranked 149 but has since soared to a career-high 31, having also reached the semi-finals in Auckland this month. She is 8-1 this season heading into…

Douglass wins 200m breaststroke in American record at Knoxville Pro Swim

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WASHINGTON  – Kate Douglass clocked an American record of 2min 19.30sec to win the women’s 200m breaststroke on Saturday as the Pro Swim series meeting in Knoxville, Tennessee, concluded. Douglass, who won 200m medley gold at last year’s World Championships in Fukuoka, erased the previous American record of 2:19.59 set by Rebecca Soni in winning Olympic gold in 2012. Douglass sliced 1.92sec off her personal best as she became the fourth-fastest performer ever in the event. Russian Evgeniia Chikunova tops that list with the world record of 2:17.55 set last…

Dense fog hits Delhi; 100 flights affected; 10 diverted, many canceled

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Delhi was hit hard by dense fog on Sunday. This affected 100 flights while ten flights were diverted and landed in Jaipur. A total of 10 flights, including 2 international flights, were diverted to Jaipur between 4.30 am and 12 noon, an official said.Nearly 100 flights were delayed at the Delhi airport as dense fog disrupted operations due to low visibility. Many flights had to be cancelled. A significant impact of fog was also seen on railway traffic. There was dense to very dense fog in Delhi Airport and its…

More flights from South India to Ayodhya; The service will start from February 1

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Lucknow: Spice Jet has decided to start more services to Ayodhya after the Prana Pratishta ceremony of Ram Temple on January 22. Air services from South India to Ayodhya will be increased. The new flights will start from February 1. At present, it has been decided to start more flights from the cities of Chennai and Bengaluru. There will be three days a week SpiceJet flights from South Indian cities to Ayodhya. SpiceJet is also aiming to start flights connecting Rameswaram and Ayodhya targeting pilgrims from South India to North India and vice versa.…

Hindus urge West Australian Ballet to drop culturally insensitive ballet “La Bayadère”

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Hindus are urging West Australian Ballet (WAB) to withdraw “La Bayadère” ballet; scheduled for April 12-20, 2024 in His Majesty’s Theatre (HMT) in Perth; which they feel seriously trivializes Eastern religious and other traditions. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that taxpayer-funded WAB and HMT should not be in the business of callously promoting appropriation of traditions, elements and concepts of “others”; and ridiculing entire communities. Zed, who is President of Universal Society of Hinduism, indicated that this deeply problematic ballet was just a blatant belittling…

Archeologists uncover ‘lost valley of cities’ built 2,500 years ago in Ecuador

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Archeologists have uncovered a cluster of lost cities in the Amazon rainforest that was home to at least 10,000 farmers around 2,000 years ago. A series of earthen mounds and buried roads in Ecuador was first noticed more than two decades ago by archaeologist Stéphen Rostain. But at the time, “I wasn’t sure how it all fit together,” said Rostain, one of the researchers who reported on the finding Thursday in the journal Science. Recent mapping by laser-sensor technology revealed those sites to be part of a dense network of…

War is in itself a crime against humanity: Pope Francis

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VATICAN CITY  – Pope Francis said on Sunday war was “a crime against humanity” as he reiterated a call for peace in Ukraine and the Middle East.”Let us not forget this (…) People need peace, the world needs peace,” the pope said after the weekly Angelus prayer. In the prayer, he urged people not to forget those suffering due to the “cruelty of war” in several parts of the world. He has repeatedly called for peace in Ukraine and in the war in Gaza. “Let us pray that those who…