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Captain Rohit Sharma has confirmed on Tuesday that there will be a new opening partnership for India in the first Test of the two-match series against West Indies, set to begin in Dominica on Wednesday. As the ICC World Test Championship 2023-2025 cycle kicks off, 21-year-old left-hander Yashasvi Jaiswal is expected to join Rohit Sharma as his opening partner. from Times of India https://ift.tt/IcvTg40 https://ift.tt/XjY8SPy

Intense monsoon rains brought normal life to a standstill in several parts of eastern and central Rajasthan, flooding out roads, rail tracks, low-lying residential areas and hospitals and claiming seven lives since Sunday night. More showers are expected to lash around a dozen districts on Tuesday. A seven-year-old boy was swept away on Monday in the gushing waters of an overflowing drain in the Murlipura area in state capital Jaipur, where several areas reeled from waterlogging. Three deaths due to drowning were reported from Ajmer, two from Nagaur and one from Tonk. Secretary of disaster management and relief department P C Kishan said that very heavy rainfall occurred in areas of Sirohi, Ajmer, Pali and Karauli districts but there was no flood-like situation. Heavy rainfall was recorded in 10 districts, including Jaipur, Jalore, Bharatpur, Udaipur and Ajmer. He said that rescue teams have been put on alert. Mount Abu in Sirohi recorded the highest 231 mm rain during the last 2...

The India Meteorological Department on Monday said that the intense spell of rains over Himachal Pradesh is likely to decrease from tomorrow, however, Uttarakhand may continue to witness heavy to very heavy rainfall for the next three days. Speaking with ANI, IMD Senior Scientist Dr Soma Sen Roy said, "Currently if you see in terms of warnings, today also, we have given an extremely heavy rainfall warning for Himachal Pradesh, mostly over western Uttarakhand, northeast Punjab, Haryana, northwestern parts of west Uttar Pradesh, and south Rajasthan. These regions that I have just mentioned are likely to get heavy to very heavy rainfall, up to 20 cm of rainfall." He also said that very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall is expected over sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Assam, especially Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh for the next three days. The torrential rains have wreaked havoc on Himachal Pradesh, leading to waterlogging, flash floods, and landslides, affecting the lives of man...

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The Delhi government issued a flood warning on Sunday as Haryana released more than one lakh cusecs of water into the Yamuna river from the Hathnikund barrage. The irrigation and flood control department said this was the first warning, with 1,05,453 cusecs of water discharged at 4 pm. Normally, the flow rate at the barrage is 352 cusecs, but heavy rainfall in the catchment areas increases the discharge. The water from the barrage takes around two to three days to reach Delhi. Authorities have been instructed to stay vigilant and take necessary action in vulnerable areas. Quick response teams have been deployed to raise awareness and warn the people living near the river embankments, according to the department. The Delhi government has set up 16 control rooms, including a central control room, to monitor the flood-prone areas and the water level of the Yamuna. Earlier in the day, the Central Water Commission (CWC) said the water level in the river in Delhi is rising and is expect...

Congress leader and Punjab's former Deputy Chief Minister OP Soni has been arrested in a disproportionate assets case by the state Vigilance Department.   A spokesperson of the department said there was a disproportionate increase in assets of the former minister between 2016 and 2022 --  when the Congress was in power in the state. An inquiry was ordered in this matter on October 10, 2022. Sources in the investigative agency said between April 1, 2016 and March 31, 2022, the income of the former Deputy Chief Minister and his family was 4.5 crores, while he spent 12.5 crores. In this period, OP Soni also created property in the name of his wife Suman Soni and son Raghav Soni. A First Information Report has been registered under Sections 13 (1) (b) and 13 (2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act following investigations, a spokesperson of the agency said in Chandigarh. The arrest of the Congress leader comes amid the anti-corruption campaign launched by Aam Aadmi Party Ch...