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In the first-ever virtual political rally of the country, home minister Amit Shah on Sunday made it clear that the saffron party and its allies would contest the assembly polls in Bihar under the leadership of chief minister and JD(U) boss Nitish Kumar and garner a two-thirds majority.

West Indies pace legend Michael Holding feels the BCCI has every right to hold the Indian Premier League later this year if the Twenty20 World Cup in Australia is postponed. There is speculation that the T20 World Cup, scheduled to be held between Oct-Nov, may be postponed due to travel restrictions amidst Covid-19 crisi, giving BCCI a window to organise the IPL.

Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar pay resident doctors (MBBS degree holders pursuing postgraduation) the most. Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Gujarat and Haryana are also among the better paymasters for doctors at different levels in government-run hospitals. Interns (those in the final year of their MBBS course) in Maharashtra are among the worst paid even after a recent hike; only three other states, Rajasthan, MP and UP, pay lower.

"You will get racism in cricket grounds and you cannot stamp it out from sports without tackling it by the society," says pace legend Michael Holding amid the world-wide campaign against racism after George Floyd's death in police custody. Holding, who took 249 wickets in 60 Tests for West Indies between 1975 and 1987, said individual sports need not worry about racism.

Flat buyers whose loans were sanctioned by banks have been asked to resubmit their new salary slips, before fresh disbursement, to prove they are capable of paying their EMIs. Due to salary cuts and large-scale retrenchment across businesses, banks want to ensure that homebuyers can service their loans in future.

A day before malls, shrines and several other public places are set to open in many parts of the country, fresh Covid-19 infections surged to a new high with over 10,700 cases reported on Sunday, even as India’s overall count of cases went past the 2.5 lakh mark and deaths from the virus crossed 7,000.

It is not just the Reserve Bank of India but even bankers and government officials are not in favour of waiving or offering interest concessions to borrowers who opt for the special loan moratorium facility. Last week, the Supreme Court asked the finance ministry to look at the demand raised before it. The government is yet to firm up its stand on the matter.

A 26-year-old woman allegedly refused admission by the Noida District Hospital in Sector 30 delivered a stillborn on a pavement outside the government health facility on Thursday, reports Shikha Salaria. The incident happened a day before another woman died of pregnancy-related complications after being turned away by eight hospitals.

Despite rapidly rising Covid-19 deaths and an approval to use Remdesivir for treatment of severe cases, Indian patients are still waiting for the drug to be available in the country as companies are awaiting marketing approval from the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI).

As Census houselisting and NPR operations, due to be held during April-September 2020, remain suspended on account of Covid-19, an assessment may need to be taken whether the remaining three month-period after June is an ideal and ample window for all states and Union Territories to start and complete Phase 1 of the decennial exercise or if the entire exercise be rescheduled for April next year.

Union sports minister Kiren Rijiju on Sunday said the country should be ready to host some of the sporting events in a couple of months and the government wants not just the top but all athletes to resume training as soon as possible. The Sports Authority of India has already drawn up the Standard Operating Procedure regarding resuming sporting activities.

A day after Indian and Chinese army commanders met at the Chushul-Moldo point on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh, the foreign ministry said both sides have agreed to peacefully resolve the month-long confrontation triggered by the intrusion of Chinese troops into areas patrolled by India.

Tim Bresnan has said he and umpire Rod Tucker received death threats after the latter adjudged Sachin Tendulkar LBW during the 2011 Test, depriving the cricket legend of what would have been his 100th international century. "We both got death threats, me and umpire, we got death threats for ages after that," said Bresnan. According to him, Tucker even stepped up his security due to the threats.

As part of efforts to reopen public facilities as the lockdown eases, culture and tourism minister Prahlad Singh Patel announced on Sunday that 820 monuments managed by the Archaeological Survey of India, and which have places of worship on their premises, will be thrown open to public from Monday.

Former India opener Wasim Jaffer feels that the ICC guidelines banning use of saliva to shine the ball to deal with COVID-19 pandemic would make the life of bowlers difficult and urged the world body to ensure a balance between the bat.

Indian fast-bowler Umesh Yadav recalled the moment he came up against stalwarts VVS Laxman and Rahul Dravid during a domestic cricket contest in his early days.

The National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru is generally a happening place during the summer as players in various BCCI age-category tournaments arrive for specialized training. This year there are hardly any activities due to the coronavirus pandemic, but NCA is utilizing this lockdown to conduct webinars for all the state association physiotherapists.

He asked Singaporeans to play their part in limiting the spread of the virus by maintaining personal hygiene, wearing masks, observing safe distancing rules and avoiding crowded gatherings.

A minute of silence will be held before all La Liga games in memory of the victims of coronavirus, the league and Spanish football Federation (RFEF) announced on Sunday.

Former Pakistan spinner Danish Kaneria on Sunday said that he wants to groom spinners in the country and has requested the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to rope in former players to hold respectable positions within the board.

Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar on Sunday shared a video of him skipping and put forward a message for his followers on his social media handle. He said that despite the lockdown lull in the country for over two months, people should not give up and should keep moving.

India will take a call on resuming schedule international flights as soon as foreign countries start accepting foreign citizens. With Air India being the only airline doing so currently under VBM, passengers who wish to fly out of India face an extremely uphill task for booking tickets whenever AI starts taking bookings due to crores of hits on its website.

As soon as the first phase of the lockdown was announced, everything from big-small industries to shops were closed, which led to the mass exodus of migrant labourers who were left with no source of income or food. The fear of survival made thousands of workers and labourers walk thousands of miles to reach their homes and villages under pathetic and sad conditions. And while they had lost all hopes, many of the migrants decided not come back to the city again, as most of them have lost their jobs due to Corona pandemic and lockdown. Читать дальше...

Former Brazil captain and two-time World Cup winner Cafu believes that modern generation star players Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are equally good and he called them 'two powers of world football.'