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2 min read Last Updated : Jun 18 2023 | 11:05 PM IST
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India sealed the Intercontinental Cup 2023 after overpowering Lebanon 2-0 in the final at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar on Sunday. In what was the first-ever tournament for the Blue Tigers in the Odisha capital, the fans were treated to a fantastic spectacle over the course of four matches, where India did not concede any goals en route to reclaiming the title they last won in 2018. Stimac's side did all the damage in the second half as Sunil Chhetri found the net almost immediately after the restart, getting on the end of an incisive Indian attack from the right. Hero of the Match Lallianzuala Chhangtethen doubled the advantage 20 minutes later with a simple tap-in.
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A 40-year-old traffic police sub-inspector died here on Sunday after fainting on duty due to severe heat, police said. Vinod Sonkar was on duty near Hanumangarhi temple in Ayodhya on Sunday afternoon, Circle Officer (Traffic) Pramod Yadav said. He said Sonkar fainted due to the severe heat and was rushed to the district hospital, where he died. "Unfortunately, one of our traffic sub-inspectors fell prey to the heat wave and worst weather," Yadav said
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The LDF government in Kerala on Sunday said it was concerned over the entry into the state of milk and milk products of popular Karnataka brand Nandini and asserted that it would strongly oppose the move. State Minister for Animal Husbandry, Dairy Development and Milk Cooperatives J Chinchurani said Kerala has given a complaint to the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) to resolve the issue.
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Union minister Anurag Thakur on Sunday said the Narendra Modi government is a sensitive regime which did immense good for the welfare of the poor in the last nine years. Addressing a rally in neighbouring Palghar, Thakur said the prime minister has brought smiles to the faces of the poor with his corruption-free governance.
"The Narendra Modi government is a sensitive regime which did immense good for the welfare of the poor in the last nine years," he said.
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The Indian government said on Sunday that its net direct tax receipts rose 11% year-on-year to 3.80 trillion Indian rupees ($46.39 billion) from April 1-June 17. Tax receipts include tax paid by corporates of 1.57 trillion rupees and personal income tax of Rs 2.22 trillion rupees, a Ministry of Finance statement said.
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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday attacked the BJP alleging that the AC and sleeper coaches of trains under the Indian Railways are "worse" than general ones and questioned how the saffron party can run the country if it is unable to run the railway system. Kejriwal's tweet was met with a sarcastic reply by the BJP, which attacked him over the condition of the Delhi Transport Corporation buses.
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The concluding and fourth meeting of the G20 tourism working group and tourism ministers' meeting will begin in Goa on Monday. Addressing a press conference here on Sunday, V Vidyavathi, secretary of the Union tourism ministry, said the working group will pass the Goa roadmap for tourism as a vehicle for achieving sustainable development goals (SDGs). The ministers' meeting will have G20 tourism ministers' declaration, she said.
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The World Bank has sanctioned Rs 1,228 crore for Kerala in addition to the Rs 1,023 crore already received from it by the state, the ruling CPI(M) said on Sunday. CPI(M) state secretary M V Govindan said the development comes in the wake of Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's meeting with Anna Bjerde, the Managing Director (operations) of the World Bank, during his US trip. Speaking to reporters at a press conference here, Govindan said it was an important development for Kerala as it was one of the states, which faces most number of natural disasters, has to deal with a number of communicable diseases and is significantly affected by climate changes.
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Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan has been summoned in a corruption case related to the purchase of over 5,000 kanals (625 acres) of land at throwaway prices through fraud in the country's Punjab province.
The Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) in Punjab has sent summonses to Khan, his sister Uzma Khan and her husband Ahad Majeed in the Layyah land corruption case, a spokesperson of the ACE said on Saturday.
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AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami (EPS) said that the arrested Tamil Nadu minister Senthil Balaji continuing in the Stalin cabinet was laughable. Speaking to reporters at Attur, the AIADMK leader and former Chief Minister said that Stalin retaining Senthil Balaji in his cabinet was setting a bad example. He also said that during the periods of Karunanidhi and Jayallaithaa as Chief Ministers, the DMK and AIADMK ministers who were charged with corruption were removed from the cabinet respectively. He said that there was a political decency in Tamil Nadu and that it should have been respected by removing someone who was charged for corruption from the cabinet.
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First Published: Jun 18 2023 | 6:36 AM IST
