Новости за 12.07.2020

The Black Lives Matter campaign has drawn a lot of attention internationally, with many sportspersons in India also lending their support to the cause and many accusing that such discriminations exist in the country. Star sprinter Hima Das, however, differs from those opinions as she feels it is all about embracing each other's culture in a diverse country like ours.

Jermaine Blackwood made a superb 95 as the West Indies beat England by four wickets in the first Test at Southampton on Sunday. Although they hold the Wisden Trophy, the West Indies have not won a Test series in England for 32 years. But this victory put them 1-0 up with two to play in a behind closed doors series ahead of next week's second Test at Old Trafford.

A 12-year-old boy has been arrested after Crystal Palace forward Wilfried Zaha was racially abused in a series of social media messages before his side's Premier League defeat at Aston Villa on Sunday. Zaha posted on Twitter three screenshots of messages containing racial abuse from an Instagram account belonging to a Villa fan.

Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot’s ‘strike’ against Sachin Pilot has left the younger leader seething, who sees being asked to join a police investigation into an alleged BJP plot to topple the government as a provocative act intended to corner him by insinuating his role in the events.

After Parth Samthaan tested positive for COVID-19, four shows that are being shot in the same studio, have temporarily stalled shoots.

Drawing on her tried-and-tested social engineering formula, BSP chief and four-time Uttar Pradesh CM Mayawati on Sunday said the Brahmin community should not have to pay for the misdeeds of slain gangster Vikas Dubey just because he was one of their own.

A day after setting up an SIT to probe slain gangster Vikas Dubey’s alleged nexus with politicians and bureaucrats, the UP government on Sunday instituted a judicial inquiry by a retired high court judge into the July 10 “encounter” in which he was killed while being brought to Kanpur from Ujjain in a police convoy.

Starting a new norm of police seeking protection from police, an arrested sub-inspector on Sunday moved the Supreme Court apprehending danger from encounter specialists in UP Police, who killed gangster Vikas Dubey and five of his associates within a week of the killing of eight policemen in Bikru village on July 3.

Former Sri Lanka skipper Kumar Sangakkara has spilled the beans on an incident during the 2002 Champions Trophy final where then India captain Sourav Ganguly had reached out to the Lankan dressing room.

The leadership tussle between Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot and deputy CM Sachin Pilot is headed for a showdown with Pilot claiming that the state government no longer enjoys a majority even as the Congress legislature party was scheduled to meet on Monday morning.

The number of active Covid-19 cases in India crossed the 3 lakh mark on Sunday even as fresh infections during the day surged to another new peak, crossing 29,000 for the first time. After staying over 500 for the past two days, the daily death toll came down slightly to 492.

India's top pistol shooter Saurabh Chaudhary's personal coach Amit Sheoran is struggling to make ends meet. The coach, who has played a pivotal role in shaping Saurabh's career, is living relying on his ward's help while staring at an uncertain future. With his academy in Binauli near Meerut shut due to the virus spread, the coach is left with no source of income to run his household.

Grandmaster Vidit Santosh Gujrathi was on Sunday named as the captain of the Indian team that will take part in the Online Chess Olympiad 2020, scheduled to begin on July 22.

Mahima Makwana, who plays the protagonist in ‘Shubharambh’, says people mistakenly assumed she had tested positive for COVID-19 when she fell ill on the sets recently.

A dominant Lewis Hamilton secured his first win of the season and the 85th of his career with a perfectly-judged victory from pole position as Mercedes reeled off a one-two finish in Sunday's Styrian Grand Prix. The six-time champion bounced back from a disappointing display in the season-opening Austrian Grand Prix a week earlier with a consummate display.

Tanusri Dasgupta, the Executive Vice President of Balaji Telefilms tested positive for COVID-19 last week. She was on home quarantine earlier, but on July 4 she was admitted to the Seven Hills Hospital in Mumbai, as she needed to be on oxygen support.

On June 26 way back in 1999 at Milton Keynes in England, a 16-year-old Mithali Raj opened the innings for India and became the youngest player to score an ODI century on debut. It has been an innings which has seen no closure in the last 21 years as the Hyderabad player has gone on to establish one record after the other.

Indian fast bowler Mohammed Shami is leaving no stone unturned in his bid to be in shape during this period away from cricket because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Jermaine Blackwood made a superb 95 as the West Indies beat England by four wickets in the first Test at Southampton on Sunday. Although they hold the Wisden Trophy, the West Indies have not won a Test series in England for 32 years. But this victory put them 1-0 up with two to play in a behind closed doors series ahead of next week's second Test at Old Trafford.

Crystal Palace's Wilfried Zaha has been subjected to racist abuse on social media and the forward shared screenshots ahead of Sunday's Premier League game at Aston Villa.

As the country's Covid-19 tally rose to nearly 8.5 lakh, authorities were getting ready to reimpose lockdown for varying periods in more cities, including in Bengaluru and Pune, in the coming days, while there appeared to be an improvement in the situation in the national capital.

Rajasthan deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot on Sunday declared open rebellion, claiming that he has the support of the 30 Congress MLAs and some independents in the state assembly.The statement released on Pilot's WhatApp group claimed that the Gehlot-led Congress government is in minority now.