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Chris Morris: From RCB reject to most expensive buy in IPL history

Morris who on Thursday attracted the highest ever bid in IPL history, of Rs.16.25 crore, will ramp up the Rajasthan Royals bowling line-up

Twitter-rival Koo surpasses 4 mn users in a jiffy; 1 mn added in a week

The app surpassed the milestone in nearly 10 months of its arrival

Non-stop efforts being made for Assam's progress, says PM Modi

Modi said on Thursday said that the development of Assam is a top priority for the present government

L&T arm to build 2 units of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project

The firm has secured an order in the range of Rs 1,000-2,500 crore to construct the Main Plant Civil Works of the Kudankulam 5 and 6 units

Allow companies to vaccinate employees: Confederation of Indian Industry

The trade group has asked the government to allow companies to vaccinate their employees and family members for Covid 19

Vistara commences non-stop flights on Delhi-Frankfurt route

Full-service carrier Vistara on Thursday commenced non-stop flight operations between Delhi and Frankfurt

We'll offer water to passengers, narrate our problems: Tikait on rail roko

In order to give an edge to the farmers 'protests against the farm laws, the farmers' organisations announced a 'rail roko' protest on Thursday.

Bomb attack on Minister Hossain 'conspiracy', says Mamata Banerjee

Without taking names of any particular party or individual, Banerjee levelled allegation that some people were 'pressurising' Hossain to join their party

Ind vs Eng: Virat Kohli led Indian team to depart for Ahmedabad today

England had won first of the four Tests before India came back into the series by winning the second Test by a record margin of 317 runs

Pant rises to 11th, Ashwin jumps 14 places in Test batting rankings

Ashwin remains seventh in the bowlers' rankings but he has gained 33 rating points to reach within three points of sixth-ranked Stuart Broad and to within 21 of second-ranked Neil Wagner

Paytm Money opens F&O trading, receives over 100,000 early access requests

Paytm Money said that during the Early Access Program the company witnessed massive interest coming from tier-III, tier-IV, and the rest of India

US reports over 3 mn child Covid-19 cases: American Academy of Pediatrics

The overall rate was 4,030 cases per 100,000 children in the population, the Xinhua news agency reported

Australian Open 2021: Rafael Nadal falls to Tsitsipas in five-set thriller

World No.2 Rafael Nadal on Wednesday fell to fifth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece in the quarter-finals of the Australian Open in a five-set thriller that stretched to over four hours

Global Covid cases top 109.8 mn, death toll at 2,429,669: Johns Hopkins

The US is the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 27,824,650 and 490,447, respectively, according to the CSSE

Hong Kong approves Sinovac Biotech's Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use

After taking the advice of the panel as a reference, Chan believes that the approval is necessary and in line with public interests, according to the statement

Logistics aggregator platform Shiprocket raises Rs 200 cr in C3 funding

The fresh funding round was co-led by Tribe Capital, a leading Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm, along with March Capital, a Santa Monica-based venture growth firm

US to pay over $200 mn in assessed, current obligations to WHO: Blinken

President Joe Biden, on his first day in office, reversed his predecessor's decision of withdrawing from the WHO

Facebook fined $8.45 mn in Italy over improper use of subscribers' data

In November 2018, after a nine-month investigation, the AGCM concluded that Facebook used subscribers' data in a way that breached Italy's Consumer Code

Jaishankar to participate in virtual Quad ministerial meeting today

External Affairs S. Jaishankar is to participate on Thursday in a virtual ministerial meeting of the Quad, according to the State Department

UN chief urges G20 nations to prepare 'Global Covid-19 Vaccination Plan'

At this critical moment, vaccine equity is the biggest moral test facing the global community, he said. "We must ensure that everybody, everywhere, can be vaccinated as soon as possible"