Kakinada, Aug 5 (IANS) Hockey Madhya Pradesh, Hockey Haryana, Hockey Jharkhand, and the Hockey Association of Odisha registered victories in their respective Division ‘A’ pool matches at the Junior Women National Championship here on Tuesday.In the first Division ‘A’ match, Hockey Madhya Pradesh defeated Hockey Chandigarh 5-0, with Sharma Krishna (36′, 45′) scoring two goals for her team, while Kajal (29′), Aayushi Patel (50′), and Annu (58′) scored a goal each.In the next match, Hockey Haryana …

New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) Suyash Sharma and Shaurya Malik delivered a bowling masterclass as Outer Delhi Warriors crushed Purani Dilli 6 by a commanding 82 runs in the sixth match of Season 2 of the Delhi Premier League (DPL), held at the Arun Jaitley Stadium here.Defending a modest total of 149, Outer Delhi came out firing with the ball. Young spinner Suyash Sharma set the tone early, ripping through the top order during the powerplay. He claimed three key wickets—Samarth Seth (18), captain Van…

New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) India pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah said that he will take back great memories from the highly competitive and enthralling five-Test series against England.India won the fifth and final Test by six runs at The Oval on Monday to level the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy 2-2. Bumrah missed the series finale as part of his workload management. However, Mohammed Siraj took the responsibility on his shoulders and received ample support from Prasidh Krishna to give a fighting perform…

New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has revealed that reverting to an older suspension specification played a pivotal role in the team’s strong showing at the Hungarian Grand Prix, after a recent run of underwhelming performances.George Russell secured his sixth podium of the season at the Hungaroring, passing early race leader Charles Leclerc late on to finish third, while rookie Kimi Antonelli ended a four-race points drought by finishing 10th. The result marks a notic…

Chennai, Aug 5 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Jharkhand, and Madhya Pradesh advance as the final four into the quarterfinals of the 15th Hockey India Sub-jr Men National Championship 2025 at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Hockey Stadium here on Tuesday. Uttar Pradesh Hockey will meet Hockey Punjab, while Hockey Jharkhand face Hockey Madhya Pradesh in Wednesday’s semifinal clashes.In the first fixture of the day, Uttar Pradesh Hockey secured a 4–1 win over Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu…

New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) More than 26 lakh eligible individuals were initiated on preventive treatment against tuberculosis (TB) in 2024, said Anupriya Patel, Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, in the Parliament during the ongoing Monsoon session on Tuesday.In a written reply to the Rajya Sabha, Patel shared the progress made in the fight against TB elimination in the country.Citing the National TB Prevalence Survey (2019-21) conducted by the Indian Council of Medical Research…

New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) The National Programme for Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases (NP-NCD) has diagnosed over 5 crore adults with hypertension, and 3 crore with diabetes, said Prataprao Jadhav, Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare on Tuesday.“NP-NCD, erstwhile NPCDCS, was launched by the Department of Health and Family Welfare with a focus on strengthening infrastructure, human resource development, health promotion, early diagnosis, management, and referr…

New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has not banned the commonly used paracetamol drug in India, Union Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilisers Anupriya Patel said on Tuesday.In a reply in the Parliament, during the ongoing Monsoon session, Patel said that “the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has informed that the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation is not in receipt of information about rumours” of the regulatory body banning p…

Mumbai, Aug 5 (IANS) Actor Vaibhav Raj Gupta underwent a gruelling physical and mental transformation to play Vikram Singh, a hardened cop in Netflix’s psychological crime thriller “Mandala Murders”.Vaibhav opened up about his nine-month-long gruelling transformation that pushed him to the edge both physically and psychologically through an Instagram post.Sharing his journey of “Vaibhav to Vikram”, he revealed that director Gopi Puthran had a clear vision for the character of Vikram Singh. Vai…

Mumbai, Aug 5 (IANS) Actress Tisca Chopra, who is known for ‘Taare Zameen Par’, is catching the “Bombay Vibes” and indulging in some “Fine Wine”. The actress recently went exploring the Mumbai downtown with one of her friends. On Tuesday, the actress took to her Instagram, and shared a series of pictures from her visit to one of the cafes of south Mumbai, Cafe Mondegar, next to the iconic Regal cinema at the Colaba Causeway.She also penned a long note in the caption as she spoke abou…