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New Delhi: India captain Rohit Sharma continues to court criticism over his baffling strategy and selection calls in the Melbourne Test. Since announcing the return of Washington Sundar to India’s playing XI for the Boxing Day Test — which came at the cost of Shubman Gill — Rohit has had his decision-making questioned time and again. Be it the use of his bowlers, or match-ups used against different Australian batters, Rohit struggled to get the best out of India’s bowling attack for the first two days. Some of his decisions received public criticism from legends like Suni Gavaskar and Ravi…

Melbourne: Young Indian opening batter Yashasvi Jaiswal is looking good in the ongoing fourth Test against Australia, which is currently underway at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The 22-year-old left-handed batter has so far scored 38 runs from 70 balls. He would like to convert his good start into a big score and help India keep alive its chances of winning the Boxing Day Test against Australia for the third series in a row. By crossing the 11-run mark on Friday, December 27, during the second session of the ongoing second day’s play, Jaiswal leapfrogged Virat Kohli in an elite list…

Melbourne: A familiar collapse unfolded after Yashasvi Jaiswal’s inexplicable run-out as India stared down the barrel at 164/5 against a menacing Australia on day two of the fourth Test in Melbourne on Friday. Jaiswal, who was quite fluent during his 118-ball stay that yielded 82 runs, was way short of his crease after a mix-up with Virat Kohli (36) while attempting a quick single, handing Australia the breakthrough that could prove decisive. India are still 310 runs behind Australia’s first innings score of 474 and would need another 111 runs to avoid a follow-on that should never have been a…

New Delhi: China will be constructing the world’s largest hydropower dam on the eastern rim of the Tibetan plateau that could impact India. The dam will be located in the lower reaches of Yarlung Zangbo, producing 300 billion kwh of electricity annually. Here are the concerns and implications of China’s Tibet dam project on India The dam will be situated on the Yarlung Zangbo River, where the river turns sharply towards Arunachal Pradesh in India. This ambitious plan is part of China’s 14th Five-Year Plan, and with the Brahmaputra dam, the country will surpass the scale of its previous major…

New Delhi: India’s epochal civil nuclear agreement with the United States in 2008 will remain a crowning glory for Manmohan Singh’s prime ministership in the foreign policy domain as it not only ended the country’s nuclear apartheid but created a favourable geopolitical configuration. Dr Singh, the then prime minister, was so convinced about the futuristic outcomes of the historic deal he showed steely determination to push it strongly though the survival of his government was at stake during a no-confidence vote in Parliament. The civil nuclear deal changed India’s overall engagement with the US as it paved the way for…

New Delhi: The national flag has been draped over the bier carrying the mortal remains of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at his residence in Delhi. According to sources, the last rites of the former PM will be carried out with full state honours. The daughter of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will arrive in India post-midnight, Congress sources said on Friday, adding that the mortal remains of the former PM will be kept at All India Congress Committee (AICC) headquarters in Delhi for public viewing. The party sources informed that the ‘last darshan’ will be scheduled for Saturday between…

Team Goemkarponn Mupusa: Crozan Society, Bastota emerged winners of the state Hockey championship defeating Star Sports Club, Gudi by 8-0 goals, being played at Parso Truf, Sports Complex, Paddem Mupusa. The Goan Hockey have conducted three championship matches. In the Junior men’s section, one of the most electrifying matches, Star Sports, Gudi played against Young sports, mupusa. Both the teams played a 4-4 goal draw during the normal time of play. The halftime score was 2-1 in favour of Star Sports Club. Sulel Gaonkar put Star Sports Club ahead in the very 5th minute, and the hard-working Ramat got the…