Paris, May 29 (IANS) Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine maintained her brilliant run on clay and at Roland Garros on Friday with her 4-6, 3-6 victory over Viktorija Golubic of Switzerland that sends the 21-year-old into the fourth round of the French Open for the second time in her career.The 15th seed delivered another assured performance on the Parisian clay to make it 15 wins in a row on the surface and a demonstration of the way she has been gathering pace this successful European clay court season. K…

New Chandigarh, May 29 (IANS) An unchanged Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bat first against the Gujarat Titans in the Qualifier 2 clash at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in New Chandigarh on Friday. There was a re-spin of the toss by match referee Prakash Bhatt as the call wasn’t loud enough from RR captain Riyan Parag.The winner of this clash will meet Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the final, to be played at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on…

Mumbai, May 29 (IANS) The poster of the upcoming film ‘Kaala Hiran’, which is based on the blackbuck poaching case involving Bollywood superstar Salman Khan, was unveiled on Friday. The film blends genres like courtroom drama and crime thriller, and will showcase the famous rivalry between Salman Khan and the dreaded gangster Lawrence Bishnoi in a cinematic way. The film has been shot in several cities of Uttar Pradesh including Sambhal, Moradabad.Talking about the film, producer Amti Jani s…

Bulawayo, May 29 (IANS) Zimbabwe Cricket on Friday announced five match T20I series agaijst South Africa women’s team in September. This series will be the first ever bilateral women’s series between the two nations on Zimbabwean soil.The matches will all take place at the Queen Sports Club, with the first game set for September 11. The other matches are scheduled for September 13, 15, 17, and 19.This tour marks an important moment for Zimbabwean women’s cricket, following their first white-…

New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) Union MoS Dr. Jitendra Singh on Friday inaugurated India’s first “SkyCast System” at Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi, to improve aviation weather monitoring and reduce fog‑related disruptions.Only 18 such advanced systems have been deployed worldwide so far and India became home to the 19th one, Jitendra Singh said.A second such facility will be deployed at Jewar Airport, followed by further rollouts at other airports, the statement from the Ministry o…

New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) The United States imports nearly 40 per cent of its generic medicines from India because of the trust it has in the country’s pharmaceutical capabilities, US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor said on Friday.Speaking at the Advancing Partnership in Research and Innovation event at Indian Institute of Technology here, Gor said India-US ties have expanded significantly across sectors including trade, defence, technology, health and space cooperation.“On pharmaceuticals, we…

New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) Indian embassies and consulates continue to operate round-the-clock helplines to provide timely assistance to Indian nationals in the Gulf and the West Asia region, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) reiterated on Friday. “Ministry of External Affairs continues to closely monitor developments in the Gulf and West Asia region. Our efforts are focused on ensuring the safety and welfare of the Indian community in the region,” Aseem R Mahajan, Additional Secretary (G…

Rome, May 29 (IANS) Italy’s government is urging Europe to step up surveillance coordination at its borders to combat the spread of Ebola, Italy’s Prime Minister Georgia Meloni’s office said in a statement on Friday. Italy is sending a team of experts from Rome’s Spallanzani infectious diseases hospital to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) “as early as this weekend” to help combat the outbreak and strengthen monitoring and control of the virus, PM Meloni’s office added.”Italy believ…

Murshidabad, May 29 (IANS) Amid the BJP government’s measures against illegal infiltrators in West Bengal, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Friday asked, “what stopped the BJP-led Centre from driving out Bangladeshi infiltrators from West Bengal during their three-term regime at the Centre?”Notably, ever since the BJP came to power in Bengal, the Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari-led government has set up ‘holding centres’ in the state for providing temporary accommodation to illegal infi…

Ranchi, May 29 (IANS) Political activity has intensified in Jharkhand ahead of the Rajya Sabha elections for two seats scheduled to be held on June 18. Congress leaders held a nearly three-hour-long meeting with Chief Minister Hemant Soren at his residence here on Friday to deliberate on seat-sharing and candidate selection.During the meeting, discussions centred on strategies to be adopted to ensure the victory of alliance nominees in both seats. However, no final consensus could be reached in …