As the BCCI works out a compensation package and a formula to distribute it for the COVID-19 hit domestic cricketers, voices demanding central contracts for such players are getting louder with seasoned names like Jaydev Unadkat, Sheldon Jackson and Harpreet Singh Bhatia leading the chorus.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has been asked to complete its investigation in a week, meaning the confirmation of Kavanaugh, 53, as Supreme Court judge would be delayed by at least a week.
This will boost availability of these items as well as make them cheaper, it said, adding that Modi also directed the revenue department to ensure seamless and quick custom clearance of such equipment.
Asian Games double gold medallist Ashwini Akkunji, who failed the dope test, on Wednesday claimed innocence and blamed the vitamin supplements that they consumed on the recommendation of their coach as the source of the anabolic steroids.
He travelled over 3,000 km to take his friend's body from Chennai to Mizoram, and now he has donated the money he received as reward to the Chief Ministers Relief Fund to fight the Covid-19 pandemic. Twenty-three-year-old Raphael AVL Malchhanhima, a native of Hmawngbu village in Mizoram's southernmost Lawngtlai district, on Thursday donated Rs 5,000 to the CMRF.
Gynecologist Dr Archana Dhawan Bajaj tells you how to have a safe and healthy pregnancy in your 30s.
'Your fitness doesn't depend on the kind of exercises you are doing.' 'Mostly it is about food.' 'It's about 75% of food and 25% workout.'
Weight loss might not necessarily mean that you have lost the excess fat as well, says Jitendra Chouksey.
Timely, proactive, and graded strategy initiatives for effective coronavirus infection management in the country, led by the Centre and implemented by the states and Union Territories, have ensured that the actual COVID-19 caseload remains manageable.
In the bio-bubble or bio-secure model, a venue should have the capacity to house around 350 people - including players, broadcasters, media and other staff - either on site or very close by.
"Lives of another 60 'sickest' patients at risk. Major crisis likely," he said.
The Centre has started the process of identifying around 30 crore priority beneficiaries who will be given vaccine in the initial phase. The Centre will procure the vaccine directly and make it available free-of-cost for the priority beneficiaries.
The army, air force and navy will all benefit from the defence ministry's approval of 'Make in India' equipment.
Tamil Nadu's decades-old noon meal scheme is a resounding success because it puts health and nutrition in the forefront of its effort, reports A Ganesh Nadar after visiting three schools in Tirunelveli district
The Governor said the MPC had voted to maintain its accommodative stance, implying more rate cuts in the future if the need arises.
There have been reports of healthcare services being affected in some places including in the national capital after neighbouring states closed down inter-state borders and barred movement of medical workers. In a letter to chief secretaries of all states and Union Territories, Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla said inter-state movement of doctors and paramedics should be facilitated wherever required.
The 'resistant starch' in oats aids in digestion, kicks up your metabolism, lowers cholesterol, controls blood sugar and burns fat, says Vandana Luthra.
PV Sindhu while addressing the newly-appointed Assistant Directors of the Sports Authority of India through an online session, stressed on the importance of parents, coaches, administrators working as a team to build up a champion.
The star athlete recalled that during the Los Angeles Olympics of 1984, where she missed a medal by one-hundredth of a second, she was forced to eat just rice porridge with pickle at the Games Village.
There is growing acceptance of the idea in the international community that engaging the Taliban government is a far better approach than ostracising it, observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
One thing is clear, that anyone can be infected, Milind wrote. 'Even if you have had the vaccine,' he pointed out.
To help revive the economy battered by COVID-19, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday announced a slew of measures, including Rs 1.1 lakh crore credit guarantee scheme for improving health infrastructure, and enhancing the limit under the ECLGS by 50 per cent to Rs 4.5 lakh crore for the MSME sector facing liquidity crunch. Sharing the details of stimulus package, the finance minister said this comprises eight relief measures and other eight measures to support the economic growth. She announced Rs 1.1 lakh crore loan guarantee scheme for COVID-affected sectors, including health sector, which includes guarantee cover for expansion or for new projects. Besides, she said, additional Rs 1.5 lakh crore limit enhancement done for Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) scheme.
Chris Xuereb, the masseur and fitness advisor of Asafa Powell and Sherone Simpson, has denied providing the two Jamaican sprinters with performance-enhancing drugs and said they should take responsibility for their failed dope tests.
Wellness expert Roopashree Sharma answers your health queries.
Biden's proposal also sets aside USD 20 billion for a national vaccination programme and USD 50 billion to scale up coronavirus testing.
The single-day recoveries on an average for the last few days have been more than 90,000, the ministry said.
Public sector banks accounted for a bulk of frauds reported in 2018-19 -- 55.4 per cent of the number of cases reported and 90.2 per cent of the amount involved -- mainly reflecting the lack of adequate internal processes, people and systems to tackle operational risks, the RBI report said.
The former Mumbai Commissioner of Police, a 1988 batch IPS officer also sought quashing of the order transferring him from the post of Mumbai CP alleging it to be "arbitrary" and "illegal".
As Delhi hospitals faced a severe oxygen crisis for the third consecutive day, the DDMA roped in three senior bureaucrats on Thursday to ensure a smooth movement of tankers and facilitate oxygen supply to the needy establishments, and directed the police to provide the security logistics from the manufacturers' sites to various health facilities in the city.
Green vegetables contain a high amount of soluble and insoluble fiber to balance your good and bad gut bacteria.
Of all the treatments available, Ayurvedic medications are considered as the best remedial measures to uplift the depleting calcium levels in the body, notes Mohamad Yusuf N Shaikh, Founder, Kudrati Ayurved Health Centre.
A heavy snowstorm followed by a landslide buried the base camp at an altitude of 3,500 metres when the climbers were waiting for a fair weather to move towards higher camps.
'Is it time to think beyond the traditional questionnaire-based approach in India?' asks Atanu Biswas.
Kishore Singh draws up a list of terms he never wants to hear or read again.
A deo, a packet of chips or a premium innerwear brand?
The sprinter said he was out Christmas shopping on December 9 accusing anti-doping agents of setting a trap to get him.
Shabana Azmi regards Basu Chatterjee as the true father of Middle Of The Road cinema.
DRDO is offering a 30-35-tonne light tank that it says will be a match for what the army faces -- China's new Type-15 light tank.
Alas, the 'basic income' schemes that have hit the headlines in the recent past are a far cry from the genuine article in terms of coverage and fiscal implications, says Vijay Joshi.
India's pace attack comprising Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav and Bhuvneshwar Kumar has emerged as a potent force
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