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IPL 2024: Suryakumar Yadav likely to miss more matches for Mumbai Indians

World's number one T20 batsman Suryakumar Yadav will likely skip a few more IPL 2024 matches as he is still not fully recovered from sports hernia surgery. The National Cricket Academy is keeping track of his progress. India's T20I specialist Suryakumar Yadav has been missing the action in IPL 2024 for Mumbai Indians. "Surya is making very good pr

28 March,2024 04:40 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
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Warner, Stoinis, Agar misses out on Cricket Australia's central contract

Veteran opening batsman David Warner who announced his retirement from ODI and Test cricket has been dropped from Cricket Australia's central contract for the 2024-25 season. Along with him, Ashton Agar and Marcus Stoinis were also snubbed from the contracts. Besides, Victoria opener Marcus Harris and pacer Michael Neser have also missed out on con

28 March,2024 01:30 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
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MEA says Jaishankar's Malaysia visit gave opportunities to develop ESP

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar's visit to Malaysia and his meetings with the country's top leadership presented an opportunity to reiterate commitment to further develop the bilateral Enhanced Strategic Partnership, an official statement said on Thursday. Jaishankar was in Kuala Lumpur from March 27 to 28 as part of the last leg of his thr

28 March,2024 10:51 AM IST | Kuala Lumpur | PTI
Mumbai pianists Bonita Deniz, Shanice Ferreira and Alstan Remedios love to interact with the crowd while playing in hotel lobbies. Photo Courtesy: Special Arrangement

Mid-Day Premium Why Mumbai pianists love playing in public spaces like hotels and malls

Every Sunday afternoon, Bonita Deniz sits at the piano in Taj Land’s End lobby from 3:30 pm – 6:30 pm in Bandra to play her heart out as she interacts with the crowd by smiling at them. She shares, “Very often, the piano is perceived as an instrument for classical pieces but performing at hotels and other venues for local audience

28 March,2024 09:38 AM IST | Mumbai | Nascimento Pinto
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Earthquake of magnitude 4.2 hits Afghanistan

An earthquake of magnitude 4.2 jolted Afghanistan on Thursday, as per National Centre for Seismology data. According to the NCS, the tremors were felt at around 5:44 am on Thursday. The epicentre of the quake was found to be at latitude 36.36 and longitude 71.18 at a depth of 124 km, as per the NCS data. "Earthquake of Magnitude:4.2, Occurred on

28 March,2024 08:08 AM IST | Kabul (Afghanistan) | ANI
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Trump assails judge and his daughter after gag order in New York hush-money case

Donald Trump lashed out on Wednesday at the New York judge who put him under a gag order ahead of his April 15 hush-money criminal trial, suggesting without evidence that the veteran jurist was kowtowing to his daughter's interests as a Democratic political consultant. The former president objected in particular to what he said was her specious soc

28 March,2024 08:05 AM IST | New York | AP
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Four killed, seven wounded in northern Illinois stabbings, a suspect in custody

Four people were killed and seven hurt in stabbings in northern Illinois on Wednesday, authorities said. A 22-year-old man is in police custody and was being questioned Wednesday afternoon, according to Rockford Police Chief Carla Redd. She said one of the people who was wounded remained in critical condition. "My heart goes out to the families rig

28 March,2024 08:00 AM IST | Rockford (Illinois) | AP
A French-made CAESAR self-propelled howitzer being fired during military drills. File pic/AFP

France to send 78 howitzers to aid Ukraine

France will soon be able to deliver 78 Caesar howitzers to Ukraine and will boost its supply of shells to meet Kyiv’s urgent needs for ammunition to fight Russia’s full-scale invasion, the defense minister said. Defense Minister Sébastien Lecornu said at a news conference that an agreement was reached among France, Ukraine and D

28 March,2024 07:48 AM IST | Paris | Agencies
A satellite image of the Francis Scott Key Bridge after it was struck by container ship Dali early Tuesday. Pic/AP

Companies scrambling to reroute cargo

The stunning collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge is diverting shipping and trucking around one of the busiest ports on America’s East Coast, creating delays and raising costs in the latest disruption to global supply chains.  After the container ship Dali hit the bridge and brought it down early Tuesday, ship traffic

28 March,2024 07:45 AM IST | Baltimore | Agencies
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Pakistan to test DNA of suicide bomber who killed Chinese

Pakistani authorities will perform DNA testing on the remains of the suicide bomber who rammed his explosive-laden car into a vehicle in the country’s northwest, killing five Chinese nationals and their local driver, officials said Wednesday. The attack occurred in Shangla, a district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province where thousands of Chi

28 March,2024 07:43 AM IST | Peshawar | Agencies
Palestinians check the rubble of destroyed buildings. Pic/AP

Jihadist confirms terror groups using Shifa hosp

Israeli soldiers continued operations against Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists holed up in Gaza City’s Shifa Hospital and in Khan Yunis, the Israel Defence Forces said on Wednesday morning. Israel returned to the hospital, Gaza’s largest, after receiving intelligence that senior Hamas figures were inside the compound plann

28 March,2024 07:38 AM IST | Tel Aviv | Agencies
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