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MUNICH: England struggled to show their credentials to win Euro 2024 in a 1-1 draw with Denmark that left them with work to do to reach the last 16, while Spain and Italy will battle it out to reach the knockout stages later on Thursday. In the first match on Thursday though, Luka Jovic scored with a last-gasp header to snatch an equaliser for Serbia in a 1-1 draw with Slovenia, keeping both teams in contention for a place in the last 16 of Euro 2024. Serbia leaves it late to hold Slovenia Luka Jovic snatched a last-gasp equaliser for…

ARBADOS: India’s own Mr. 360 Suryakumar Yadav proved yet again why he is the No. 1 T20 batter in the world, scoring a brilliant half-century as the team thwarted the Afghanistan challenge in the T20 World Cup 2024 Super 8 clash on Thursday. Suryakumar came out to bat when the likes of Rohit Sharma and Rishabh Pant had departed early. The batter orchestrated a brilliant partnership with Hardik Pandya to take India to 181 runs in 20 overs. In the process, Surya also matched a World Record that was held by Virat Kohli. Courtesy of Surya’s 28-ball 53, India defeated…

MUMBAI: VVS Laxman and his support staff at the National Cricket Academy might accompany the Indian team to Zimbabwe for the five-match T20I series beginning July 6 while Gautam Gambhir is expected to start his tenure as coach from Sri Lanka tour. It is understood that the squad for the Zimbabwe series will be announced by the end of this week, either on June 22 or 23. Currently, the young IPL performers including BCCI’s ‘targeted list of players’ are having a camp under Laxman’s supervision at the NCA. Gambhir is currently the favourite to become the head coach of the senior men’s team,…

NEW DELHI: The UGC-NET June 2024 exam, conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA), was cancelled on Wednesday amid concerns of paper leak. Sources have told News18 that a routine input, which included initial details of analysis by the Ministry of Home Affairs’ I4C, triggered the cancellation of the UGC-NET exam. According to top-level sources, the input contained details about leaks, links, a brief, and screenshots, including a leaked sample paper that was later matched by Education Ministry with other details. Sources also told News18 that I4C officials found that the exam paper was being sold for Rs 5,000 on…

NEW DELHI: Seven-term parliamentarian and BJP leader Bhartruhari Mahtab was on Thursday appointed pro-tem Speaker of the Lok Sabha, bucking the largely followed convention of appointing the senior-most member to the post, drawing sharp objections from the opposition Congress and strong counter from the BJP. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju announced that President Droupadi Murmu has appointed Mahtab as the pro-tem Speaker and that he will be assisted by senior members Kodikunnil Suresh (Congress), TR Baalu (DMK), Radha Mohan Singh and Faggan Singh Kulaste (both BJP) and Sudip Bandyopadhyay (TMC). Mahtab, who switched sides from the BJD to the BJP…

CHENNAI: The death count in the hooch tragedy in Tamil Nadu’s Kallakurichi district is steadily climbing and has now touched 47. Over 100 persons are undergoing treatment in various hospitals and many of those battling for life are complaining of vision problems. A compensation of Rs 10 lakh each to the 34 families who had lost their loved ones was announched by Chief Minister M.K.Stalin on Thursday morning. In a statement issued here, CM also said the government has also appointed a one-man commission under retired High Court Justice B. Gokuldas to look into the issue and recommend measures to…

Srinagar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the 10th International Yoga Day celebrations this morning from Jammu and Kashmir — an event that has received massive national and global attention in which the location plays no small part. This was Modi’s first visit to the Valley after becoming prime minister for the third consecutive term. Speaking at the event, PM Modi said the world sees yoga as a powerful agent for global good as it helps people live in the present without carrying the baggage of the past. He noted that yoga has helped people realise that their welfare is linked to…