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‘No Takers for Your Malware’: At UNSC, India Tears Into Pakistan for ‘Peddling Falsehoods’ on J&K New York: Pakistan should heal itself of its “malaise” and stop peddling falsehoods, India said at the UN Security Council on Thursday, calling the neighbour a country that epitomises the dark arts. Criticising the UN body for its inability to counter terror from Pakista, Syed Akbaruddin — India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations — said there were “no takers here for your malware.” He said: “It is increasingly acknowledged that the Council faces crises of identity and legitimacy, as well as relevance and performance....

Privatization will strengthen civil aviation sector: Puri Privatisation will strengthen the civil aviation sector and help in its expansion, Union Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Thursday said.  “This sector provides opportunities for not just players within the country but outside. We are currently in the process of privatisation programme for our flight carriers,” he said.  “Privatisation will strengthen the aviation sector and will contribute in its expansion both in short and medium term,” Puri said at the curtain raiser event here for the upcoming WINGS INDIA 2020, the country’s latest edition of civil aviation exhibition to be held in...

Will Infosys stock soar after clean chit for Salil Parekh? Mumbai: Infosys Ltd shares have received the cold shoulder from investors ever since an anonymous whistleblower alleged serious misconduct by its top management. With the company now issuing a detailed statement, offering almost a point-to-point rebuttal to the allegations, a moot question is if the shares will rally. Indeed, they have risen about 6% in pre-market trading on the New York Stock Exchange. Source: Livemint

World’s most famous runaway: Carlos Ghosn’s great escape costs him a fortune Life on the run is proving expensive for Carlos Ghosn. The cost of his escape included $14 million in forfeited bail money while the operation that saw him celebrate New Year’s Eve in Beirut could have cost $15 million or more. That includes $350,000 for the private jet that spirited the former auto executive from Osaka to Istanbul and millions of dollars for his multicountry extraction that would have taken a team of as many as 25 people half a year to plan, according to a private security expert...

VVS Laxman leaves out MS Dhoni, Shikhar Dhawan in his India squad for World T20 MS Dhoni and Shikhar Dhawan were two notable absentees when VVS Laxman named his preferred 15-man India squad which he would like to travel to Australia for the T20 World Cup later this year. Laxman, speaking on Star Sports during a show on the ongoing India vs Sri Lanka T20I series, picked 15 names that include Rohit Sharma, who has been rested from the current series, and the injured Hardik Pandya. Source: The Indian Express

Spinners to play a big role in series against India: Pat Cummins Australian pace spearhead Pat Cummins expects spinners of his team to play a bigger role in the ODI series against India even though he is not expecting dust-bowls during a limited-overs assignment. The series begins in Mumbai on January 14, followed by the second and third match in Rajkot on January 17 and Bengaluru on January 19 respectively. “I think spinners play a bigger part in India than they do around the world but it’s rare you get a big spinning dust bowl for a one day international,”...

I want to become India’s first ever women’s MMA champion: Ritu Phogat It has been an eventful year for Rity Phogat. The Commonwealth Games gold medalist decided to shift from wrestling to Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) and she registered her first win after beating Nam Hee Kim at ONE Championship: Age Of Dragons in November 2019. It is a new experience for the wrestler and she wants to become te first ever women’s MMA champion from India. “To become India’s first ever women’s MMA champion. There is no one from our country at the global stage in MMA, and I...

Father’s memory inspired Hayden Walsh to match-winning knock against Ireland Hayden Walsh has said that he was inspired by the 10-year anniversary of his father’s death after helping to secure a tense, one-wicket win for West Indies in Barbados. The match at Kensington Oval went down to the penultimate ball, with No. 9 Walsh unbeaten on 46 when Sheldon Cottrell hit a six to seal victory. Walsh was batting for only the third time in his ODI career, but shared in partnerships of 52 and 32 for the eighth and ninth wickets as West Indies recovered from 148 for 7 to...

Ajay Devgn shares picture with Mahendra Singh Dhoni, leaves Twitter feeling all kinds of emotions Ajay Devgn recently took to Twitter and shared an image that has left Twitterati feeling all kinds of emotions. The actor tweeted a picture with the captain cool, Mahendra Singh Dhoni. He shared the image with the caption, “Cricket and Films… the uniting religion of our country @msdhoni.” After sharing the image, it went viral and caused Twitter to lose it. At the time of filing, the image had already been retweeted over 4.7k times and garnered over 45k likes. Source: India Today

Leonardo DiCaprio reportedly helped save a man who had been treading water for 11 hours after falling off a cruise ship Leonardo DiCaprio reportedly assisted in a heroic mission that saved the life of a man who had toppled off a cruise ship in the Caribbean. The Hollywood star was vacationing near St. Barts with his girlfriend, Camila Morrone, and friends over the New Year’s Eve period when his captain was alerted to the incident on December 30, People reported. “Leo and his friends and their boat captain decided to join the search and their efforts resulted in helping save a man’s life,” a...