IPL 2020 in UAE is best news I have heard in recent times, says Shreyas Iyer

August 5, 2020

Looking forward to the new season of the Indian Premier League (IPL), Delhi Capitals welcomed the IPL Governing Council’s decision to organise the 13th edition of IPL in the United Arab Emirates, owing to the Covid-19 pandemic in India. The tournament will be held from 19 September to 10 November,...

Rahul takes dig at PM Modi as Covid tally crosses 18-lakh mark

August 4, 2020

Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Monday criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi by putting a graph on his Twitter handle showing India first in the list of top 10 countries with highest spike of Covid cases in the last 24 hours. Taking a dig at PM Modi’s handling of the...

BCCI’s zero-tolerance for age fraud: Confess or face 2-year ban

August 4, 2020

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Monday has announced a new disclosure scheme to take strict measures against age fraud. As per the new measures, if players declare that they have manipulated their date of birth, they will not be suspended. Instead, they would then be...

BCCI issues SOP to state units for resuming domestic cricket

August 4, 2020

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has issued a 100-page detailed guideline, prepared by the board’s medical team, which advised that coaches, as well as members of the support and ground staff above 60 years of age, be discouraged from participating in the training sessions. “Individuals who...

Amid LAC standoff, BCCI retains Chinese sponsors for IPL 2020

August 3, 2020

The Indian Premier League’s Governing Council decided to retain all its sponsors, including Chinese mobile company VIVO. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) had earlier promised to review the deals with the Chinese sponsors after the violent faceoff between the Indian and Chinese troops in eastern Ladakh...

Amit Shah, TN Governor test positive as Covid cases soar

August 3, 2020

After testing positive for Covid-19, Union Home Minister Amit Shah was admitted to Gurugram’s Medanta Hospital on Sunday where his health is stable now. Another shocking news came when Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit and Uttar Pradesh’s BJP chief Swatantra Dev Singh were also tested positive on the same day....

With Unlock 3.0, India records biggest spike of 55,000 cases in 24 hours

August 1, 2020

India’s Covid-19 tally crossed the16 lakh mark with 55,079 people tested positive for the novel coronavirus in the last 24 hours. While Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan stated that India’s Covid-19 case fatality rate is progressively declining and now stands at 2.18%, one of the lowest globally, just 0.28% of...

Committee announced for National Sports Awards 2020

August 1, 2020

A committee has been constituted by the sports ministry to select this year’s National Sports Awards winners. Former Indian cricketer Virender Sehwag and hockey legend Sardar Singh are also included in the 12-member committee. The Selection Committee will pick awardees for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Dronacharya Awards, Arjuna Awards,...

India doing 5 lakh Covid-19 tests daily: Harsh Vardhan

July 31, 2020

India reported over 50,000 coronavirus cases in a single day for the first time since the pandemic broke out. This is the biggest one-day spike in cases so far. In the last 24 hours, 52,123 Covid-19 cases were reported, taking the total tally to 15,83,792, while 775 have died in...

Recovered Covid cases fast approaching 1 million

July 30, 2020

As guidelines for the third phase of unlocking lockdown restrictions were released, India recorded 48,515 fresh coronavirus infections and 768 deaths linked to the highly contagious virus in the last 24 hours, which takes the country’s tally to 15,58,447 cases. A total of 9,99,318 patients in the country have recovered...