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Harmanpreet Kaur replaces Mithali Raj as ODI captain, no Jhulan Goswami for Sri Lanka series; Jemimah Rodrigues returns

NEW DELHI: Harmanpreet Kaur was on Wednesday named India women's team captain for the white-ball tour of Sri Lanka on a day when her ODI predecessor Mithali Raj announced her international retirement.

The Times of India · Jun 8, 2022

Traditional Indian medicines found to treat diabetes

They can also help people manage their body weight, blood pressure and cholesterol

Wales Online · Jun 8, 2022

K. L. Rahul, Kuldeep Yadav ruled out of entire series, Pant to captain India against Proteas

Left-arm spinner Kuldeep Yadav will also miss the entire T20I series after getting hit on his right hand while batting in the nets on Tuesday

The Hindu · Jun 8, 2022

India vs South Africa LIVE: Cricket score and updates from South Africa in India 2022

Follow all the action from Arun Jaitley Stadium

The Independent UK · Jun 8, 2022

Why BJP's reaction to its leaders' Prophet remarks raises more questions than it answers

On October 5, 1988, when India became the first country to ban the import of Salman Rushdie’s novel The Satanic Verses, some commentators chose to take a potshot at former diplomat and politician Syed Shahabuddin. They ranked him as the world’s most influential literary critic, their point being that his…

Newslaundry · Jun 8, 2022

India to raise social security of workers abroad at ILO conference

The conference is the first one to be held in person in Geneva since the COVID-19 pandemic

The Hindu · Jun 8, 2022

India vs South Africa: With time, KL Rahul will become better as captain, feels Irfan Pathan

NEW DELHI: Swashbuckling India batter KL Rahul will be donning the captain's hat as the Men in Blue lock horns with South Africa in a 5-match T20I series that begins from June 9 in New Delhi.

The Times of India · Jun 8, 2022

Editors Guild disturbed by ‘irresponsible conduct of some news channels’

News channels are ‘giving legitimacy to divisive and toxic voices’ that has ‘made the the gap between communities unbridgeable’, the Editors Guild of India said in a statement

The Hindu · Jun 8, 2022

NL Interview: Facebook whistleblower on how the company favours those in power

Last November, in an interview with Newslaundry, data scientist and former Facebook employee Sophie Zhang described the social media company’s reluctance to act against fake accounts in India.

Newslaundry · Jun 8, 2022

Bangladesh played major role in ensuring peace in India's northeast: Ex-NSG chief

“Bangladesh so far has been an outstanding and amazing partner of India on security issues. No one has done as much for the northeast as Bangladesh,” said former director-general of NSG Jayanto Narayan Choudhury

The Hindu · Jun 8, 2022