Monthly Archives: February 2023

Eventually leagues with cricketing ecosystem will survive, rest will fade away: Ganguly

KOLKATA, 6 Feb: Players getting lured by the growing number of T20 leagues is a short-term phenomenon as eventually ''only a few'' financially sustainable...

Indian batters disappoint as Australia win by 44 runs in T20 WC warmup match

Cape Town, 6 Feb: Batting let India down once again as they collapsed like a pack of cards to suffer a 44-run loss to...

A series victory in India is bigger than Ashes win: Australia players

NAGPUR, 6 Feb: Aseries victory in India is bigger than winning the Ashes, say Australian star players, including Steve Smith and David Warner, who...

Important to guide young players under spotlight: Jhulan Goswami

KOLKATA, 6 Feb: With the long-awaited Women's Premier League set to begin this year, Indian pace legend Jhulan Goswami says it's important to guide...

Manipur to host first international matches in March, India to play against Myanmar and...

Imphal, 6 Feb: The tiny but football powerhouse state of Manipur will host its first official international matches next month in a tri-nation friendly...

Ashwin should not over-plan against Australia: Shastri

NEW DELHI, 6 Feb: Ravichandran Ashwin's form will decide the fate of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, said former India head coach Ravi Shastri, who wouldn't...

Powerful quake rocks Turkey and Syria, kills more than 2,300

AZMARIN, Syria, 6 Feb (AP)— A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked wide swaths of Turkey and Syria early Monday, toppling hundreds of buildings and...

Pakistan blocks Wikipedia, says it hurt Muslim sentiments

ISLAMABAD , 6 Feb (AP) — Pakistan’s media regulator said Monday it blocked Wikipedia services in the country for hurting Muslim sentiment by not...

48 arrested in Europe over encrypted app used in drug trade

BERLIN , 6 Feb (AP) — European investigators have shut down an encrypted communication service that was used as a secure channel for organized...

Norway looks to donate $7.3 billion in aid to Ukraine

COPENHAGEN, Denmark , 6 Feb (AP) — Oil-rich Norway is looking to donate 75 billion kroner ($7.3 billion) to Kyiv as part of a...

Russia sentences popular cookbook author over Ukraine posts

MOSCOW , 6 Feb (AP) — A Moscow court on Monday sentenced a popular cookbook author and blogger to nine years in prison after...

New Indian Ocean fishing rules in big win for coastal states

MOMBASA, Kenya , 6 Feb (AP) — Indian Ocean states agreed Monday to temporarily halt the use of industrial fishing gear that is drastically...

Israeli troops kill 5 Palestinian gunmen in West Bank raid

AQABAT JABR, West Bank , 6 Feb (AP) — Israeli forces killed five Palestinian gunmen linked to the Islamic militant Hamas group in a...

Social healing effective in war on drugs

YINGKIONG, 5 Feb: Sometimes social healing is more effective than the punitive actions enshrined in the Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985,...

Cabinet approves amendments in civil service upper age rules

ITANAGAR, 5 Feb: The state cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Pema Khandu, on Saturday approved amendments in Rule 3 of the Arunachal Civil Services...

RGU celebrates 40th foundation day

Conducive environment prerequisite for academic excellence: Guv RONO HILLS, 5 Feb: Governor BD Mishra said that an environment conducive to teaching and learning is a...

Arunachal ground Dadar & Nagar Haveli 17-0 in girls’ football

ITANAGAR, 5 Feb: Kai Rumi scored five goals to help Arunachal Pradesh demolish Dadar & Nagar Haveli 17-0 in the last league round match...

CM launches 5G services for ICR

ITANAGAR, 5 Feb: Chief Minister Pema Khandu launched the 5G services of Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio for the Itanagar Capital Region (ICR) from...

Rifleman Wanglem Joham returns to rousing welcome after winning gold in shooting event

KANUBARI, 5 Feb: Rifleman Wanglem Joham of the 30th Assam Rifles, who hails from Longding district, was given a rousing welcome upon his return...

CBI in the news for wrong reasons

Monday Musing The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) - the agency investigating the discrepancies in the examinations conducted by the Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission...