COVID-19 pandemic

Ban on saliva may upset balance between bat and ball in Test cricket, warns Taylor

1:27 pm June 14, 2020

Melbourne: Former Australia captain Mark Taylor on Sunday warned that ban on the usage of saliva, to combat the COVID-19 threat, runs the risk of upsetting balance between bat and ball in Test cricket. The International Cricket Council (ICC) has banned the use of saliva on ball as an interim health safety measure in the […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Govt holds back full IIP data for April

7:46 pm June 12, 2020

New Delhi: The government on Friday held back the release of complete data of index of industrial production for April, saying it is not appropriate to compare the IIP data with earlier months due to COVID-19 lockdown. An official statement showed that the IIP — which measures factory output in the country — stood at […]

SC asks Centre to discuss ticket price refund issue with airlines

7:38 pm June 12, 2020

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday asked the Centre and the airline companies to discuss modalities for full refund of tickets for domestic and international flights which were cancelled following the COVID-19 lockdown. A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, S K Kaul and M R Shah asked the Centre to take a stand on the […]

Saliva is important for spinners too as it helps in getting drift: Chahal

2:04 pm June 12, 2020

New Delhi: It’s not just the pacers who will be at a disadvantage due to the ban on use of saliva but spinners too will suffer as they won’t get the required drift during middle overs, feels India’s top wrist spinner Yuzvendra Chahal. The ICC has banned the use of saliva on ball as an […]

Four more corona patients die in Uttarakhand

India records over 10,000 COVID-19 cases in single day, tally nears 3 lakh: Health Ministry

12:35 pm June 12, 2020

New Delhi: For the first time since the COVID-19 outbreak, India recorded over 10,000 new cases in a day taking the tally to 2,97,535, while the death toll rose to 8,498 with a record single-day spike of 396 fatalities, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The country has registered 10,956 new coronavirus infections in […]