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WTA signals historic 50th anniversary with 'Just Starting' campaign
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The Women's Tennis Association (WTA) was founded at a meeting of players called by Billie Jean King on June 21, 1973, on the eve of the Wimbledon Championships. Frustrated by sexism in the sport and an establishment that split the talent pool with competing circuits, King recognized the need
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Tripura announces 12 pc hike in DA for govt employees, pensioners; 50 pc r
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The DA and remuneration hike will put an additional Rs 120 crore (Rs 1,440 crore) annually in the hands of the employees and pensioners.
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Ganga-Padma river: Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury writes to PM, flags 'perpetual e
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
"Up to 2004, the Ganges had eroded 356 square km of fertile land and displaced around 80,000 people in the period 1988 - 1994, in Murshidabad district. Erosion along the banks of the Ganga had washed away more than 50 houses, two temples and acres of agricultural land in the Shamserganj area
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PCB keen to bring back Mickey Arthur as head coach
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Three years after he was refused a contract extension and removed following Pakistan's fifth-place finish in the 2019 ICC 50-over World Cup, PCB wants to bring Arthur back as the current head coach Saqlain Mushtaq does not want a new extension when his deal ends next month. PCB also wants to
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Domestic stocks open with gains, tracking strong US and European markets
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
S&P BSE Sensex went up 317.49 points to 60,883.91 while NSE's broad-based Nifty 50 surged 106.50 points to 18,121.50 on Tuesday morning. Some of the most active stocks were Dalmia Sugars, Indian Overseas Bank, Union Bank of India, Suzlon Energy on BSE while Morepen, J and K Bank, Ajan
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Delhi Transport Corporation signs MoU with Tata Motors' arm for operating
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
According to the agreement, TML CV Mobility Solutions will supply, operate and maintain 1,500 units of 12-metre low-floor air-conditioned electric buses for a period of 12 years. Tata Starbus EV is an indigenously developed vehicle with superior design and the best features for a sustainable
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US in deep freeze as death toll reaches close to 50 due to winter storm
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
As the US continues to stay in deep freeze, the death toll has reached at least 48 as the blizzard stranded motorists, knocked electricity out for thousands of people and made it difficult for emergency crews to get residents trapped in their cars, Al Jazeera reported on Monday.
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DRI seizes 25kg mephedrone drug from clandestine labs in Hyderabad, seven
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The Directorate of Intelligence Revenue (DRI) officers have seized about 25 kg of stimulant drug Mephedrone worth about Rs 50 crore from two clandestine manufacturing labs in Hyderabad and arrested seven persons including the 'mastermind', the Finance Ministry said on Monday.
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Canada: 4 killed, more than 50 hospitalised in British Columbia bus crash
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Four people were killed and more than 50 people to hospitals in southern British Columbia after the bus they were travelling on rolled over on an icy highway in British Columbia on Christmas Eve, according to the provincial Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP).
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Study suggests people sleep least from early 30s to early 50s
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
A new study led by UCL, University of East Anglia and University of Lyon researchers has found that people sleep less in mid-adulthood than they do in early and late adulthood.
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Over 50 persons fell ill due to food poisoning in Chhattisgarh's Surajpur
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
According to reports, a Dashagatra program (Feast on 10th day post death) was organised in the village in which a large number of people were invited and over 100 people had eaten food in it. After some time most of the people started vomiting and complaining about diarrhoea.
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Dean Elgar completes 5,000 runs in Test cricket
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The batter reached this landmark during his side's second Test against Australia at Melbourne Cricket Ground.
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