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NEW DELHI: A day after taking oath at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi sent a message of continuity by retaining his top ministers on Monday as he allocated portfolios for his third term in office. The four major ministries within the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) retained their incumbents, with Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nirmala Sitharaman, and S. Jaishankar holding onto the key portfolios of Home, Defence, Finance, and External Affairs respectively. Former chief minister of Karnataka and member of ally JD(S) HD Kumaraswamy was allotted a ministry. He will have Shivraj Singh Chouhan, a chief minister himself,…

NEW YORK: Former Pakistan wicketkeeper-batter Kamran Akmal has apologised to Harbhajan Singh and the Sikh community for his disrespectful comments on Arshdeep Singh. Akmal said he was ‘truly sorry’ for his comments on a Pakistani news channel, which irked the former Indian cricketer. Akmal was part of a discussion panel on ARY News during the Indian vs Pakistan encounter at the T20 World Cup on Sunday in New York. The former wicketkeeper-batter took a dig at the Indian pacer’s religion saying, “Kuch bhi ho sakta hai… Dekhe last over karna Arshdeep Singh ne hai. Waise uska rhythm nahi laga. 12…

San Francisco: Billionaire Elon Musk said on Monday he would ban Apple devices at his companies if the iPhone maker integrates OpenAI at the operating system level. “That is an unacceptable security violation,” Musk, who is the CEO of electric-vehicle maker Tesla and rocket maker SpaceX and owner of social media company X, said in a post on X. “And visitors will have to check their Apple devices at the door, where they will be stored in a Faraday cage,” he said. Apple and OpenAI did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment. Earlier in the day, Apple announced…

NEW YORK: The South Africa vs Bangladesh match in T20 World Cup 2024 turned out to be an absolute thriller, with the Proteas securing a narrow 4-run victory against the Bangla Tigers on Monday. Bangladesh looked to be in a strong position to win the contest, especially when they needed 27 runs to reach the target from the last 4 overs. However, a DRS loophole worked in South Africa’s favour and resulted in Bangladesh being robbed of a boundary, which in the end turned out to be the difference-maker. It all happened in the 17th over of Bangladesh’s batting, when Mahmudullah and…

NEW YORK: There were few positives to advocate as Pakistan suffered second successive defeat of the T20 World Cup 2024 campaign, going down to India by 6 wickets on Sunday. The result puts Pakistan’s Super 8 qualification chances in jeopardy, and the team’s head coach Gary Kirsten admitted that the players put more pressure on themselves than they should have. Jasprit Bumrah’s miserly three-wicket haul which applied pressure on Pakistan batters and a counter-attacking, match-saving knock by Rishabh Pant powered India to a narrow win at a packed Nassau County Stadium which keeps India’s World Cup dreams alive with two…

New Delhi: The elections are over and the focus should now shift to nation-building, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat said today, in a speech peppered with criticism about the way the campaign was conducted on both sides of the political divide. Speaking at an RSS programme in Nagpur, Mr Bhagwat also had advice for the new government and the Opposition, indicating that the approach to both election and governance should be tweaked. “Election is a process of building consensus. Parliament has two sides so that both aspects of any question can be considered… Every issue has two sides. If…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: On the first day of Modi 3.0, Goa has something to cheer about. The central government has released Rs 539.42 cr as an instalment of tax devolution. Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant thanked Prime Minister Modi for the release of funds. “I thank the Union Govt under the leadership of Hon’ble PM Shri @narendramodi Ji, for releasing the instalment of Tax devolution of Rs.539.42 Crore for Goa. This will enhance the Govt of Goa’s ability to serve the people of Goa with infrastructure development as well as social welfare initiatives in the state,” he said. The Centre…