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British newspaper 'The Telegraph' on Tuesday quoted Mysore saying that they would surely be keen to "explore" investment opportunities in 'The Hundred', a brainchild of the England and Wales Cricket Board.

Hyundai Motor India on Wednesday announced industry-first ‘Hyundai EMI Assurance’ program which will cover the customers under uncertainties such as employment loss in view of poor financial health, acquisition or merger of the company or due to any applicable laws.

As the digital divide in classrooms widened due to lockdown, low-tech solutions are closing the gap in rural and low-income urban areas

The Karnataka government on Wednesday announced a Rs 1,610 crore relief package for the benefit of those in distress due to the Covid-induced lockdown. The measures announced by the chief minister BS Yediyurappa would bring relief to farmers, flower-growers, washermen, auto rickshaw and taxi drivers, MSMEs, large industries, weavers, building workers & barbers.

Devoleena Bhattacharjee's journey on Bigg Boss 13 might have been short lived but she managed to make many friends there. In her Twitter Q&A with fans recently, the famous 'Gopi Bahu' of Indian television shared that she is in touch with almost all the contestants. She didn't hesitate to share her thoughts on some of them.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday questioned the government over the criteria it adopted to judge how long the Covid-19-induced lockdown will continue. Addressing a meeting of chief ministers of states where the Congress is in power, she asked "what after May 17?." Former PM Manmohan Singh & Rahul Gandhi were part of the meeting.

Private clubs of the Mumbai District Football Association (MDFA) Elite Division have questioned the committee's decision - taken on Sunday - to call off the league.

India skipper Virat Kohli on Tuesday teased ace batsman Cheteshwar Pujara by sharing a throwback picture from a Test match against Australia.

Work by the lab's scientists helped to shed light on the Covid-19 pathogen in the early days of the outbreak in Wuhan. The Wuhan institute houses the largest virus bank in Asia which preserves more than 1,500 strains. The complex contains Asia's first maximum-security lab equipped to handle Class 4 pathogens (P4) such as Ebola.

Europe captain Padraig Harrington let slip that former world number one Luke Donald is one of his vice-captains at this year's Ryder Cup during a live broadcast on Tuesday.

For former India pacer Chetan Sharma, Warne's proposal is a non-starter. He believes that there is no need to tinker with the game, adding that this phase where sporting activity has been brought to a standstill will eventually pass. Shane Warne has suggested the use of a weighted ball to enable the ball to swing without the need to shine it.

India's services activity suffered a shock collapse in April as the coronavirus lockdown crippled global demand, causing a spike in layoffs and reinforcing fears of a deep recession in Asia's 3rd-largest economy, a survey showed. The grim result for the industry underlined the pandemic's sweeping impact across India as authorities extended the lockdown until May 17.

Tennis governing bodies should use the time during the lengthy coronavirus shutdown to align their interests and fix the imbalance in the calendar, six-times Grand Slam winner Boris Becker told Reuters on Tuesday.

Rohit Sharma, in an interaction with pacer Mohammad Shami, spoke about the challenges a batsman is going to face when the sport resumes. "Batsmen will take at least one-and-a-half months to find the sweet spot of their bats. It takes time to align perfectly, because you are facing bowlers who are bowling at 140 kph at the top level," he said.

It is unclear if recovered Covid-19 patients develop long-term immunity. A look at what is known about immunity to the novel coronavirus

The government on Wednesday said no data or security breach has been identified in Aarogya Setu after an ethical hacker raised concerns about a potential security issue in the app. On Tuesday, a French hacker and cyber security expert Elliot Alderson had claimed that "a security issue has been found" in the app and that "privacy of 90 million Indians is at stake".

Liquor shops across the country did roaring business on the second day on Tuesday after the government allowed sale during the lockdown, as cities witnessed long queues — and less chaos — all through the day. Liquor stores in Maharashtra registered sales worth Rs 62 crore, Rs 197 crore in Karnataka, Rs 100 crore in Uttar Pradesh and Rs 40 crore in West Bengal.

Aasif Sheikh, popularly known as Vibhuti Narayan Mishra (Vibhu) in Bhabiji Ghar Par Hain shares what prompted him to switch back to TV from Bollywood.

Coronavirus: Aerial views of our pandemic-hit world

A 25-year-old murder convict chopped off his genitals inside Gwalior central jail on Tuesday morning, telling horrified inmates that he had dreamt that god wanted him to do it and offer it at the prison temple. Convict Vishnu Singh used a sharpened spoon, which prisoners often keep illegally, to bobbitise himself. The convict's condition remains critical.

The Centre on late Tuesday night raised excise duty on petrol and diesel, the second increase in a little over a month, aimed at soaking up the benefit of a sharp fall in crude prices in the last two months. But there will be no impact on consumers as the state-run oil companies have been asked to adjust the impact against their hefty margin.

India's limited-overs vice-captain Rohit Sharma feels post-lockdown, the "batsmen will need a bigger window to practice" in order to get their skills "in sync". "Batsmen will take at least one and a half months to find the sweet spot of their bats," he said.