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New Delhi: India’s decision to not travel to Pakistan for the Champions Trophy 2025 has further intensified the tensions between the two countries. The two teams have not played a bilateral series in more than a decade due to the political tensions and although Pakistan did travel to India for the 2023 ODI World Cup, the Indian government did not take the same decision. Earlier, India proposed a ‘hybrid’ plan where the national side played all their matches in Dubai but it was ultimately rejected by Pakistan. According to Geo News, India’s decision can have deep ramifications as Pakistan are…

New Delhi: Amidst calls for Pakistan to boycott Champions Trophy 2025 should the Indian team not travel to the country for the event, various reports have claimed that the marquee tournament could be entirely shifted to South Africa in case there’s refusal to host it in hybrid model. The International Cricket Council (ICC) is said to have proposed to Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) that the matches involving the Indian team be held in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It has been widely reported in the media that the BCCI has informed ICC last week of its decision to not send…

New Delhi: India’s financial crime agency will summon Flipkart and Amazon executives as it steps up an investigation into alleged foreign investment law violations, days after raiding some of the e-commerce firms’ sellers, a senior government source told Reuters. The planned action signals growing regulatory scrutiny of Walmart-owned Flipkart and Amazon when their sales are rapidly growing in India’s $70 billion e-commerce market. An Indian antitrust investigation also found the two companies breached laws by favouring select sellers, Reuters has reported. Amazon and Flipkart have maintained they comply with the laws, but the Enforcement Directorate has for years been investigating…

New Delhi: The song ‘Kal Ho Na Ho’ played as Vistara’s Goa-Bengaluru flight landed at its destination on Sunday, invoking nostalgia among crew and members a day before the carrier’s time in the Indian aviation landscape was to come to an end. The full-service carrier Vistara, which is a 51:49 per cent joint venture between Tata Sons and Singapore Airlines, is all set to merge with Air India on November 12. In an Instagram post, the airline said, “As the plane ascends, so do our dreams; let’s glide toward the future, where the sky isn’t the limit, but just the…

Team Goemkarponn Panaji: The season-ending Sunlite State Ranking Badminton Tournament 2024, organized by Sunlite Sports and Cultural Club and Shri Ashok Walke Charitable Trust in collaboration with the Goa Badminton Association and the Sports Authority of Goa, is set to begin today at the Indoor Stadium, Campal, Panaji. This final ranking tournament of the season promises intense competition as top sub junior and junior talents from across Goa compete in U11, U13, and U17 categories for boys and girls, spanning singles, doubles, and mixed doubles events. “With a total of 13 events and around 200 young participants, the tournament will…

New Delhi: Facing a CCI probe for anti-competitive practices, online food delivery platform Zomato has asserted it complies with the country’s laws while rival Swiggy said it is committed to complying with local regulations. Both companies termed news reports on the Competition Commission of India’s (CCI) investigation “misleading”, maintaining that the CCI is yet to pass its final order on the matter of unfair business practices, including alleged preferential treatment to some restaurant partners by Zomato and Swiggy. In a regulatory filing, Zomato said the CCI had issued a “prima facie” order on April 4, 2022, which directed the Office…

Team Goemkarponn PORVORIM: The State government has mandated that all of its departments and educational establishments respond in Konkani or Marathi whenever correspondence is received in those languages. In a circular, Director of Official Language Prashant Shirodkar informed the department heads that, in accordance with the Official Language Act of 1987, the Goan government designated December 19, 1987, as the date on which the Konkani language would become the official language for government responses to communications received in Konkani, while Marathi would be used for replies. “In this regard, all the Heads of Departments/Offices/Directorates /Educational Institutions /Government Agencies/Autonomous Bodies/Companies and…