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The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is not happy with the way the Indian team has performed in their first two matches of the ICC T20 World Cup, and it is learnt that Virat Kohli might lose his ODI captaincy as well if the Men in Blue fail to qualify for the semifinals in the showpiece event in the UAE. ....

India's ambitious programme the Green Grids Initiative (GGI) as part of the One Sun One World One Grid (OSOWOG) combining a massive increase in solar and wind power with international grids on every continent, connecting energy-rich locations such as sunny deserts and windy coastlines, was launched on Tuesday at the COP26 here. ....

Clinical half-centuries from Rohit Sharma (56 off 37 balls) and KL Rahul (54 not out off 36 balls) steered India to a nine-wicket win over Namibia in their final Super 12 match of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup at the Dubai International Stadium here on Monday. After restricting Namibia to 132/8 in 20 overs, India chased down the target with 28 balls remaining. ....

Hours ahead of the wrapping up of the crucial COP26 meet at Glasgow, Union Environment, Forests and Climate Change Minister Bhupender Yadav on Friday asserted that the world must start acting together on four issues -- temperature, mitigation, finance and responsibility to fight climate change. ....

The Supreme Court said on Tuesday that right to education is essentially a right to inclusive education and it is the duty of the authorities to make suitable modifications in the curriculum and the examination system to meet the needs of students with disabilities. ....

Some analysts have pointed to the existence of a specific, formally organised wing of ISI, namely the 'S' or security wing, which is directly responsible for the relationship with Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Jerusalem Post reported. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday hit out at the opposition parties and said that 'how can the parties which have lost their democratic character protect democracy'. ....

The BJP, which is likely to contest the Punjab assembly polls on its own for the first time after its ally Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) walked away, will be banking on leaders from the opposition parties and prominent personalities to make its electoral presence felt in the state. In the last assembly polls in 2017, the BJP had won only three out of the 23 seats it contested. ....

Ajaz Patel of New Zealand entered the record books on Saturday, becoming only the third bowler in the history of Test cricket to claim all 10 wickets in an innings, on the second day of the second and final Test against India at the Wankhede Stadium. ....

Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh on December 24 announced retirement from all forms of cricket.....