Day: July 23, 2020

UP: Woman gang-raped by two men

7:23 pm July 23, 2020

Pratapgarh (UP): A 32-year-old woman was allegedly gang-raped in a village under Fatanpur police station area here, police said on Thursday. The victim lodged a complaint in which it is alleged that she had contacted Sangam Lal alias Lala and Dinesh for renting a house. Both of them had called her to a secluded place […]

IPL 2020: New Zealand cricket board will issue NOCs to its six players

6:15 pm July 23, 2020

New Delhi: New Zealand Cricket (NZC) will issue No Objection Certificates (NOCs) to all its six internationals set to compete in the IPL but said the “due diligence” on health safety protocols will have to be done by the players themselves. The six New Zealand players who are set to play in the IPL are […]

Oregon: Portland mayor tear gassed by federal agents

5:53 pm July 23, 2020

Portland: The mayor of Portland, Oregon, was tear gassed by the U.S. government late Wednesday as he stood at a fence guarding a federal courthouse during another night of protest against the presence of federal agents sent by President Donald Trump to quell unrest in the city. Mayor Ted Wheeler, a Democrat, said it was […]

Delhi records 50 per cent excess rainfall in July

5:39 pm July 23, 2020

New Delhi: With spells of heavy downpour lashing the national capital this week, the city has already recorded 50 per cent more rainfall than normal in July, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Thursday. Rainfall recorded in the city in July till Saturday was just 47.9 mm, 56 per cent less than the normal […]

China launches ambitious attempt to land rover on Mars

5:33 pm July 23, 2020

Beijing: China launched its most ambitious Mars mission yet on Thursday in a bold attempt to join the United States in successfully landing a spacecraft on the red planet. Engines blazing orange, a Long March-5 carrier rocket took off under clear skies around 12:40 p.m. from Hainan Island, south of China’s mainland. Hundreds of space […]

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