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India blames China for violent face-off in eastern Ladakh, says PLA tried to change status quo

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COURTESY BY: https://www.hindustantimes.com/ A colonel-ranked army officer and two soldiers were killed in a violent face-off with People’s Liberation Army soldiers in eastern Ladakh’s Galwan valley late on Monday evening. The deadly border clash, which led to casualties on both sides, took place at one of the four locations in Ladakh where the two armies have been locked in a 40-day standoff. In a statement earlier in the day, the Chinese foreign ministry and the PLA’s western command had blamed Indian soldiers for triggering the border clash. It had claimed…

‘Pak should practise good neighbourliness towards us’: India at UNHRC

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COURTESY BY: https://www.hindustantimes.com/ India on Tuesday skewered Pakistan at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), underlining how most “human rights violators, terrorists breed under its nose” and urged the neighbour to practise tolerance. “They [Pakistan] should practise tolerance towards their minorities and good neighbourliness towards us so that the South-Asian region sees eternal peace the absence of which can mostly be attributed to Pakistani deep state,” said Vimarsh Aryan, first secretary at the ministry of external affairs. New Delhi on Monday impressed upon Pakistan to give up its territorial ambition…

T&T All Stars lose in US

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DELRAY BEACH/FL – USA: The T&T All Stars cricket team lost both their matches in the Maq T10 triangular series on Sunday at Maq Cricket ground in Delray Beach, as New York All Stars ran away with the title. In their opening game, they were restricted to just 42/9 off their 10 overs with Guyanese Jeetendra Sookdeo taking 2/3 and all-rounder Karan Ganesh 2/10. Ganesh then returned with the bat to slam an unbeaten 23 to take New York to victory at 43/2. In their second game, they came up…

West Indies quicks excite Estwick ahead of England Tests

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“West Indies assistant coach Roddy Estwick. ©AFP” /> London (AFP) – The West Indies are showing signs that they are developing a pace attack that could stand comparison with the great Caribbean sides of the past, assistant coach Roddy Estwick said on Monday. The West Indies were world cricket’s dominant team from the mid-1970s to the 1990s when they could call on a succession of superb fast bowlers including Michael Holding, Malcolm Marshall, Curtly Ambrose and Courtney Walsh. Their quicks also played a key role when the West Indies beat…

September IPL in Sri Lanka is viable option: Gavaskar

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“Mumbai Indians players celebrate winning the 2019 Indian Premier League final. This year’s tournament has been postponed because of the coronavirus. ©AFP” New Delhi (AFP) – Batting great Sunil Gavaskar said the Indian Premier League could be staged in Sri Lanka in September with Australia’s chances of hosting the Twenty20 World Cup in October looking bright. The Twenty20 international showpiece is scheduled to take place from October 18 to November 19 but had been under threat because of the coronavirus pandemic. However, Australia’s decision to allow crowds of up to…

Black man carries injured white person to safety at London anti-racism protest

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COURTESY BY: https://www.hindustantimes.com/ “That’s not what we do!” Reuters photographer Dylan Martinez heard the words ring out during chaotic scenes in London on Saturday, when mostly peaceful anti-racist demonstrations turned into violent scuffles with counter-protesters in the area. Then he saw the man who had uttered them – a black protester emerging from the melee carrying an injured white man in a ‘fireman’s lift’ over his shoulder. The picture he took has gone viral on social media and featured in news bulletins, capturing a moment of high drama that jars…

US fighter plane crashes off coast of northeast England

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COURTESY BY: https://www.hindustantimes.com/ A U.S. Air Force fighter plane with one pilot on board crashed into the North Sea on Monday. The status of the pilot wasn’t known. The F-15C Eagle from the 48th Fighter Wing was on a routine training mission from RAF Lakenheath when it crashed at 9:40 a.m. local time (4:40 a.m. EDT). The cause of the crash wasn’t immediately clear. U.K. search and rescue authorities are taking part in the search of the crash site. Lakenheath is a Royal Air Force base that hosts the U.S.…

2 ‘missing’ Indian staffers released by Pakistan, have visible injuries: Official

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COURTESY BY: https://www.hindustantimes.com/ Two Indian high commission staffers who went missing on Monday morning have been handed over at Islamabad’s secretariat police station, barely 2 km from the Indian mission. The two staffers have visible injury marks, people familiar with the development told Hindustan Times. They were handed over to two Indian high commission officials who had gone to Islamabad’s Secretariat police station to take their custody. The two staffers, who had gone missing soon after they stepped out of the high commission on Monday morning, shall undergo a medical examination to confirm that…

Pakistan’s Misbah says no strings attached to England tour

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“No expectation of return England visit – Pakistan chief selector and head coach Misbah-ul-Haq. ©AFP” London (AFP) – Head coach Misbah-ul-Haq is adamant Pakistan’s upcoming tour of England amid the coronavirus pandemic is not dependent upon a return visit. Next month international cricket is set to resume for the first time since the outbreak as England host the West Indies in a three-Test series staged behind closed doors. Pakistan are also meant to play three Tests, as well as three Twenty20s, in a series scheduled to start on August 5,…

Former Pak PM Yusuf Raza Gilani tests positive for Covid-19

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COURTESY BY: https://www.hindustantimes.com/ Pakistan’s former prime minister Yusuf Raza Gilani tested positive for the coronavirus on Saturday, becoming the latest top political figure to contract Covid-19 that has claimed 2,551 lives and infected 132,405 people in the country. Gilani, 67, tested positive after attending a hearing of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in a corruption case. On Thursday, Shehbaz Sharif, chief of the Opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), tested positive for the coronavirus after he appeared before the NAB in a money laundering case. Gilani’s son Kasim Gilani announced on…