The Indian team are heading into the match after a 13-run loss to Pakistan while Sri Lanka registered a previous 72-run win over Malaysia. The Indian team is at the top of the table with six points while Sri Lanka is at third place with six points.
Kochi (Kerala) [India], October 7 (ANI): In a coordinated operation at sea, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) and the Indian Navy apprehended a suspicious vessel in Kerala's Kochi carrying more than 200 kgs of narcotics worth Rs 1200 crore and arrested 6 Iranian crew members, said officials
Karachi [Pakistan], October 7 (ANI): Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PMSA) ship rescued six Indian fishermen who were drowning near the international maritime boundary line between India and Pakistan and were handed over to the Indian Coastal Gaurd ship operating in the area, PMSA said.
Atanu Das, who had lost to Japan's Takaharu Furukawa of Japan in Tokyo, hasn't been able to make it to the Indian squad since then and was also dropped from the Target Olympic Podium scheme. The West Bengal archer's tribulations came to an end as he won the Men's Individual Recurve gold.
Jamuna Boro lit up the boxing ring in the opening bout of the day with a flurry of punches to unsettle the Nagaland pugilist early on, before banking on her swift movements to get the opponent to her knees. Ankushita's combination punches were too hot to handle for the Telangana boxer.
Women's Doubles specialist Ashwini Ponnappa was embarking on a new journey as a Mixed Doubles player. Her first partner: her own Karnataka statemate K Sai Prateek in the 36th National Games.
Mumbai [India], October 7 (ANI): Market regulator Sebi has issued an order to Brickwork Ratings to wind up its operation within six months because the watchdog said there were major lapses in the rating agency's duties during its inspections.
Four city-based sides, each comprising 12 local and six foreign players, will compete in Pakistan's women's domestic calendar on a double-league format.
Sambhal (Uttar Pradesh) [India], October 7 (ANI): Police recovered the body of a woman who was allegedly killed on suspicion of an illicit relationship, six months ago, Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal, said the police on Thursday.
Returning from a nose injury, Lovlina warmed up for the tougher bouts ahead with a flurry of punches that connected right on the Bihar pugilist's face, to eventually clinch the contest in style.
Favourite Hrutika Shriram stayed on course to repeat the golden hattrick by winning the Women's 10m Platform event. Though she was self-admittedly not at her best, she did her dives well enough to pick up her second gold in three days and her 10th crown in four editions of the National Games
Balochistan [Pakistan], October 6 (ANI): Following the catastrophic floods across Pakistan, around 2,434 malaria cases have been reported from six districts of Balochistan in the past 24 hours as several provinces of the country witnessed a sudden surge in vector-borne diseases.