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  India cricket team players have been fined 20 per cent of their match fee for maintaining a slow over-rate against Australia in the first One-day International (ODI) in Sydney on Friday. David Boon of the ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees imposed the sanction after Virat Kohli's side was ruled to be one over short of the target after time allowances were taken into consideration. "In accordance with Article 2.22 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to minimum over-rate offences, players are fined 20 per cent of their match fee for every over their side fails to bowl in the allotted time," the ICC said in a statement. "Kohli pleaded guilty to the offence and accepted the proposed sanction, so there was no need for a formal hearing. On-field umpires Rod Tucker and Sam Nogajski, TV umpire Paul Reiffel and fourth umpire Gerard Abood levelled the charge," the statement added. The first ODI between Australia and India o

  Nepal and India have agreed to complete the remaining segment of boundary work, but the two countries did not specifically mention which one. A statement issued by the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu on Friday morning said that during Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla's visit to Kathmandu, high-ranking officials from both sides discussed the boundary issues and exchanged views on completing the boundary work in the remaining segments. Nepal and India have some old outstanding boundary issues in Susta and Kalapani and a mechanism called Boundary Working Group is working to settle iy and to erect the border pillars since 2014. A fresh boundary dispute surfaced between the two neighbours after New Delhi published a new map in November 2019 incorporating the disputed territories under its territory. Countering the Indian decision, Nepal also unveiled a new political map in May this year incorporating the same disputed land under its territory. This led to the souring of bilateral

  Football legend Diego Maradona has died, aged 60, according to Argentine media reports. He had been discharged from hospital just two weeks ago after undergoing surgery for a blood clot in the brain. Maradona underwent surgery on November 3 after which his personal doctor Leopoldo Luque said that Maradona was suffering from confusion caused by "abstinence". He, however, recovered enough to leave the hospital and was taken to a house in Tigre, on the northern outskirts of Buenos Aires. His lawyer Matias Morla said the 1986 FIFA World Cup winner was feeling well after overcoming "maybe the toughest time of his life". Widely rated as the greatest player of all time, Maradona was captain when Argentina won the 1986 World Cup. The tournament featured a number of sublime performances from the legendary forward, the most prominent of which came in a quarter-final match against England and the goal he scored in the match which came after a 60-yard run with the ball from

  Cristiano Ronaldo , Lionel Messi, Mohammad Salah and Robert Lewandowski are among the candidates shortlisted for this year's Best FIFA Men's Player Award. Thiago Alcantara, Kevin De Bruyne, Sadio Mane, Kylian Mbappe, Neymar, Sergio Ramos and Virgil van Dijk are the other nominees for the men's award which was won by Messi last year. Lewandowski is the man best placed to dethrone the Barcelona superstar, having already won the UEFA Men's Player of the Year Award for firing Bayern Munich to Champions League glory in 2019-20. The list of nominees for Best FIFA Women's Player Award includes Lucy Bronze, Delphine Cascarino, Caroline Graham Hansen, Pernille Harder, Jennifer Hermoso, Ji So-yun, Sam Kerr, Saki Kumagai, Dzsenifer Marozsan, Vivianne Miedema and Wendie Renard. For Best FIFA Women's Goalkeeper Award, the nominees are Ann-Katrin Berger, Sarah Bouhaddi, Christiane Endler, Hedvig Lindahl, Alyssa Naeher and Ellie Roebuck. In the men's category, the shortl

  President Donald Trump has at last set the stage for leaving office in January by agreeing to work with Joe Biden on the transition to his presidency, even as he stubbornly asserted that he would ultimately win. He tweeted on Monday evening that he was agreeing to cooperate with Biden in the "best interest of our country" for him to become the 46th President of a country facing a profound crisis brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic touching every aspect of life. The cooperation on transition will enable Biden, who has already begun designating key personnel for his cabinet and other senior-level jobs, to start work on January 20 when he will be sworn-in. However, beneath his claim of magnanimity was Trump's assertion that he will "prevail" in the November 3 election and reclaim the presidency. The head of General Services Administration, Emily Murphy, wrote to Biden that her office which is in charge of facilitating the transition will cooperate with him. &quo

  Amid the rising cases of coronavirus, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to review the situation on Tuesday with the Chief Ministers, sources said. Sources also said the Prime Minister will discuss the rollout of the vaccine programme in the states. He will hold virtual meetings with the Chief Ministers of Haryana, Delhi, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Chattisgarh, West Bengal and Kerala. After this meeting, the Prime Minister is scheduled to discuss the vaccine delivery roll out with all the states and Union Territories. The Centre is preparing on a war footing the vaccine delivery system as the Covid cases have surpassed nine million. With 44,000 new Covid-19 cases, India's tally reached 91,39,866 on Monday. According to the data released by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, 511 new deaths occured due to the deadly virus in the last 24 hours taking the toll to 1,33,738. While the active cases stood at 4,43,486, a total of 85,62,641 have recovered from th

  Georgia has certified the results of the 2020 US presidential following the full hand recount, making it official that Democrat Joe Biden won the state's 16 electoral votes. "As Secretary of State, I believe that the numbers that we have presented today are correct," Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, a Republican, said at a news conference on Friday. "Close margins of voters leads to fights that are as fierce after Election Day as the campaigns before," he said. "Close elections sow distrust. People feel their side was cheated. We saw this from the Democrats in 2018. And we see this from Republicans today." The recount of roughly five million votes found that the former Vice President received 12,284 more votes than President Donald Trump in the traditional Republican stronghold, reports Xinhua news agency. Most counties saw only minor changes in their tallies, with the recount vote totals differing by single digits. "The numbers reflect t

  Fourteen people, including six children, were killed when the SUV they were travelling in crashed into a stationary truck near Manikpur in Uttar Pradesh. All the deceased were members of a marriage party and there were no survivors, said police. The incident took place on the Prayagraj-Lucknow highway around midnight Thursday. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath expressed grief over the accident and has directed officials to provide all help to the families of the victims. The police that reached the spot had to use gas cutters to retrieve the bodies from the vehicle that had turned into a mangled heap of iron. It took more than three hours to get the bodies out. Additional Superintendent of Police Anurag Arya who reached the site of the accident, said that all 14 bodies had been sent for post mortem. All the deceased were residents of Kunda in Pratapgarh and were returning after attending a marriage in Nawabganj area. Sources said that the driver of the SUV probably fell asleep which led

  Actress Bhumi Pednekar prefers to be part of entertaining projects that leave a message for the audience. "My film should entertain, but at the same time it does seek to leave the audience with a thought that will hopefully change their thinking for the better. Most of my films have had heavy social messaging but even if you think of a film like 'Pati Patni Aur Woh', which was an out-and-out entertainer, you know the film clearly tells you that you don't have to succumb to societal pressures of marriage. Staying in a marriage is as much a woman's choice too," Bhumi explained. She made her debut with "Dum Laga Ke Haisha" in 2015, and since then has been gradually delivering critically acclaimed performances. "Every film has a certain set of audience and, for me, a film has to entertain its core audience. If it fails to do so, then it doesn't achieve its purpose. All my films have reached to its set of audience who have loved what we have t

  The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 55.7 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.3 million according to the Johns Hopkins University. As of Wednesday morning, the total caseload and death toll stood at 55,578,685 and 1,337,559, respectively, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed in its latest update. The US is the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 11,350,143 and 248,600, respectively, according to the CSSE. India comes in second place in terms of cases at 8,874,290, while the country's death toll soared to 130,519. The other countries with more than a million confirmed cases are Brazil (5,911,758), France (2,087,183), Russia (1,954,912), Spain (1,510,023), the UK (1,414,359), Argentina (1,329,005), Italy (1,238,072), Colombia (1,211,128) and Mexico (1,011,153), the CSSE figures showed. Brazil currently accounts for the second highest number of fatalities at 166

  The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Tuesday announced MPL Sports, the athleisure wear and sports merchandise brand from esports platform Mobile Premier League, as the new kit sponsor and official merchandise partner for the Indian cricket team. MPL Sports has entered into a three-year agreement with BCCI from November 2020 to December 2023. The association begins with the upcoming India tour of Australia which will see Virat Kohli's men sporting the new jerseys. "We are delighted to announce the dawn of a new era for Indian cricket with the appointment of MPL Sports as the kit sponsor for the Indian men's and women's national cricket team until 2023. We look forward to MPL Sports adding a new chapter to the team's kit, and bring Official BCCI licensed merchandise within easy and convenient reach for the billion-plus fans who cheer for Team India," a BCCI release quoted BCCI President Sourav Ganguly as saying. The senior men and women and the

  As the deadline for submitting the Expressions of Interest (EoI) for privatization of BPCL close on Monday there is buzz of mixed interest amongst the bidders. There is buzz that global majors BP, Total and Saudi Aramco are unlikely to put in a bid while there is talk that ADNOC and Reliance may be interested. After four extensions, the government is hopeful that strategic sale of BPCL may go through without any further need to postpone the bidding deadlines. The deadline for submitting the Expressions of Interest (EoI) for 52.98 per cent stake in the BPCL is ending on November 16. Prior to this, the bid start date was September 30, but it got postponed due to bidders' request in wake of prevailing situation arising out of Covid-19 pandemic. The Indian government proposes to disinvest its entire shareholding in BPCL comprising 1,14,91,83,592 equity shares held through the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, which constitutes 52.98 per cent of BPCL's equity share capital, a

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday greeted Jharkhand's people on its Statehood Day and also paid tributes to 19th century freedom fighter and tribal leader Birsa Munda on his birth anniversary. In a tweet in Hindi, the Prime Minister extended wishes for the happiness, prosperity and good health of people of Jharkhand on the occasion. Modi also dubbed Birsa Munda a true 'messiah' of the poor, saying that "he struggled throughout his life for the welfare of the exploited and deprived". "Birsa Munda's contribution in the freedom movement and his efforts for social harmony will always inspire the countrymen," the Prime Minister said. A century after Birsa Munda's death, Jharkhand was carved out of Bihar on his birth anniversary on November 15, 2000. Born in 1875 in Ulihatu in then Bengal Presidency in Ranchi district of current Jharkhand state, Birsa Munda from the Munda tribe had challenged the British rule and is credited with mobilising the