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'We thought we would run through them': Shoaib Akhtar reveals how Yuvraj, Dhoni...

“When we toured India in 1998, we always thought we would run through India after getting the top order. There was no match winner until Yuvraj came in, followed by Dhoni,” Akhtar said.

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Covid-19 crisis may pull Pakistan's economy into recession, says World Bank; cases...

In the last 24 hours, 14 people have died in the country due to Covid-19, taking the total number of dead in Pakistan to 86.

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Prolonged lockdown may result in job cuts in IT industry: Former NASSCOM prez

NASSCOM former president R Chandrashekhar said the work-from-home systems being adopted by several firms across the globe, including India, may have a negative impact on the industry in the short-term, but in the long run it would change the work culture which hitherto was not experienced by many of the IT firms in India.

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Migrant workers returning home could spread coronavirus in India, Pakistan and Bangladeh:...

The World Bank said South Asia is one of the highest population density areas in the world, particularly urban areas, and that preventing domestic coronavirus transmission is an enormous challenge in the region.

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Covid-19 lockdown: What are red, orange and green zones and how will they impact...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacted with chief ministers on Saturday where most of them favoured extending the lockdown, imposed in the wake of Covid-19 pandemic.

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Coronavirus: US now has most Covid deaths, overtaking Italy

With at least 19,833 deaths reported from the Covid-19 outbreak, the US has now become the most affected country in terms of fatalities - overtaking Italy, which has reported 19,468 deaths.

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Amazon Prime Now delivery app to shut down in India

Amazon Prime Now will eventually be replaced by Amazon Fresh which is integrated to the main Amazon app.

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Yellow.ai deploys 30% of global generative AI bots domestically

While markets like the US are mostly using GenAI for customer support in a bid to cut costs, India Inc. is using them as an opportunity to g...