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DUNEDIN, Fla. – Count Blue Jays right-hander Chris Bassitt among the early critics of Major League Baseball’s rule changes for the 2024 season.“We’re yet again having to learn new rules,” Bassitt said Sunday.

Post the fourth round of talks, the ball is now in the farmers’ court as the Centre proposed the government’s intention to purchase pulses, maize, and cotton crops from farmers at minimum support prices (MSP) for five years through contractual agreements. Following this development, the ‘Delhi Chalo’ march was put on hold but may resume on February 21 if issues are not resolved by Tuesday, as reported by PTI.

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Adani Group is reportedly in advanced discussions with prominent sovereign funds based in West Asia to secure funding of up to $2.6 billion. This potential move to raise funds is part of the conglomerate's expansion plans for airport infrastructure and green hydrogen projects, Business Standard reported. Adani Group has embarked on a series of roadshows in key financial hubs such as London, Dubai, and Singapore. During these engagements, Adani executives have been briefing potential investors on the company's future endeavors.

Piyush Goyal proposed multiple solutions to address the concerns of protesting farmers in the fourth round of talks held in Chandigarh on Sunday. The minister representing government proposed a five-year deal with the farmers to buy pulses and cotton at minimum support price (MSP). «We have together proposed a very innovative, out-of-the-box idea...The govt promoted cooperative societies like NCCF (National Cooperative Consumers' Federation of India) and NAFED (National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India) will form a contract and buy products from the farmers on MSP. There will be no limit on the quantity,» he said, post the meeting with the farmer leaders.

Mizuho Bank, Japan’s third-largest ‘megabank’ with close to $2 trillion in assets, made its biggest bet in India with a Rs 4,100-crore capital infusion in November and followed it up with a Rs 1,200-crore investment in NBFC Credit Saison. Asia Pacific co-CEO Yasuhiro Kubota explains to Joel Rebello why India is important for the Japanese lender and how it plans to expand the business here. Edited excerpts. You infused Rs 4,100 crore ($500 million) capital into India in November – Mizuho’s largest here to date. What does that allow you to do that you couldn't do before? We want to create a lending capacity to be able to support our local book. It's a commitment to the market that we have enough capacity to grow. The $500 million is just the first tranche. We want to do large ticket acquisition financing around our customers, like a loan against shares or what we call promoter financing in India. We had the capabilities in the region but not India. Now, we are developing these capabilities in the country. If somebody wants to acquire a company and they are looking for a billion-dollar cheque, I can say with great confidence that we can do it.

Centre's attempt to introduce the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday said the BJP always comes up with citizenship rights implementation issues ahead of the elections. The Trinamool chief also raised concern about Aadhaar cards of many people getting rejected in several parts of Bengal. «Around 50 Aadhaar cards have been rejected in Burdwan's Jamalpur. Similar things are happening in Birbhum, North 24 Parganas, Burdwan and several other districts,» Banerjee said while speaking at a programme in Birbhum.

Test match to romp to a 434-run win, their biggest victory in terms of runs. India now lead 2-1 with two Tests to play and once again look like a force at home. For some time now the template has been to play on rank turners at home, and this has resulted in a lottery of sorts. But, with England attacking relentlessly, India returned to the old model. On a Rajkot pitch that was built to last five days, with wear and tear coming into play at the back end, India played to their strengths and pulled off a perfect home Test. Records fell along the way. Yashasvi Jaiswal, returning to the crease, creamed 12 sixes — equalling the mark Wasim Akram set in the course of his unlikely double-hundred against Zimbabwe — and became the third Indian to score back-to-back double-hundreds in a series.

Bafta 2024 is taking place today. British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards 2024 will be held at Royal Festival Hall in London. TV presenters Alex Zane and Clara Amfo will host Bafta awards red carpet this year. David Tennant will be the host of the main event. While the red carpet began at 10 am (ET), 7 am (PT), the main event will commence at 2 pm (ET) and 11 am (PT).

strong mandate is the first condition for India to realise its big goals as he exhorted thousands of party members to work with renewed energy, vigour and enthusiasm for the next 100 days to ensure a big victory. Addressing nearly 11,500 BJP delegates from across the country at Bharat Mandapam here, he said he is seeking power not for «satta bhog» (enjoying power) but for the country's benefit, and slammed the opposition, especially the Congress, saying they make all kinds of false promises but lack a road map for making the country developed. This is something only the BJP can do, he said, exuding confidence about his return to power while noting that many foreign countries have invited him for engagements in July, August and September. This suggests that these countries also know that «aayega toh Modi hi» (Modi's re-election is inevitable). In his 65-minute valedictory speech at the BJP's national convention ahead of the Lok Sabha elections expected in April-May, the prime minister stuck to the message of the country's growth and rising global standing besides his government's measures for empowering every section of society, especially the poor.

Rohit Sharma said staying in the game for all five days was more important than winning in two or three days. Speaking at the post-match presentation, Rohit said, "When you play Test cricket, you do not play it in two or three days. You have to stay in the game for five days.

India on Sunday crushed the visiting England team in the third test. In the process, several records were broken, from most number of sixes to India's biggest win in terms of runs. 1) First of all, India broke its own record for most sixes in a Test series by any team, touching a total of 48 big hits in the ongoing three-match series. The team went past its own tally of 47 sixes in three Tests against South Africa at home back in 2019, a series which had three Test matches. With two matches left, India could score a lot more sixes and outdo its previous record by a huge margin. 2) Debutant Sarfaraz Khan also created a record. He had a memorable debut in the international arena during the third Test against England, becoming the only fourth Indian to score twin half-centuries on Test debut. In the match, Sarfaraz played a highly-attacking game, taking the spinners to attack. In the first innings, he scored 62 in 66 balls, with nine fours and a six. In the second innings, he scored 68* in 72 balls, with six fours and three sixes.

China's men's team were crowned winners of the Badminton Asia Team Championships after they dispatched Malaysia 3-0 in a one-sided final Sunday. India ousted Thailand 3-2 to claim the women's title. China came without their top superstars, such as Shi Yu Qi and Li Shi Feng, who are ranked among the world's top three men's singles and second-ranked men's doubles pair Liang Wei Keng-Wang Chang.

India very soon entailing multi-billion dollar investment besides several chip assembly and packaging units, Minister of Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said. In an interview with PTI, the minister confirmed that the two projects include a USD 8 billion proposal submitted by Israel-based Tower Semiconductors and the other from Tata Group. «I am happy to share this with you and you are probably the first one I'm sharing this with. In the near term, two full-blown fabs are going to come up in India. These are going to be multi-billion-dollar fabs in the 65, 40 and 28-nanometer technology and there are going to be a host of other packaging proposals that we are evaluating,» Chandrasekhar said. He was responding to a question on USD 8 billion investment proposal submitted by Tower Semiconductors and the status of India's semiconductor roadmap.

Civil aviation security regulator Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) has asked airlines to deploy adequate manpower in 10 days so that passengers don’t have to wait at airports for their luggage. The regulator on Friday wrote to airlines saying that the first bag should arrive at the baggage belt in 10 minutes of the aircraft shutting down the engine whereas the last bag within 30 minutes. In January, BCAS monitored baggage arrival time of all airlines at six metro airports- Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Chennai on a weekly basis and found that they were not according to the standard set in Operation, Management and Delivery Agreement (OMDA).

Thailand Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin stated that Taylor Swift's "The Eras Tour" will not be held in Thailand due to a contractual agreement with Singapore, preventing her from performing elsewhere in the ASEAN region. As reported by Thai Enquirer reported that Thai PM Thavisin had conversed with the concert organizer, who disclosed the existence of the agreement preventing Taylor Swift from performing in Thailand as part of “The Eras Tour".

₹38 lakh by a woman, whom he met on a matrimonial site. The fraudster enticed him to invest in a cryptocurrency called deuncoin, and was asked for various other charges, police said.

NDTV report, over 6 lakh applications are from outside of Uttar Pradesh, with 2.5 lakh alone from Bihar. As per news agency ANI report, on Saturday, a total of 12,04,360 candidates had appeared for the exam in both the first and second shifts while today a total of 12,04,361 candidates will appear in the first shift, and 12,04,360 candidates in the second shift.

Former PM, Cong leader PV Narasimha Rao to be awarded Bharat Ratna Sampooran Singh Kalra, popularly known as Gulzar, 89, is celebrated for his works in Hindi cinema and is considered one of the finest Urdu poets of this era. Rambhadracharya, 74, the founder and head of Tulsi Peeth in Chitrakoot, is a renowned Hindu spiritual leader, educator, and writer of more than 240 books and texts, including four epics. MS Swaminathan to be awarded Bharat Ratna: All about the agronomist Gulzar is also the recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award for Urdu in 2002, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2013, the Padma Bhushan in 2004, and at least five National Film awards for his works.

The Rookie" Season 6 release date is all but here. The sixth season of the show will premier on ABC. One can also watch it on ABC.com. Once it is released on the television, the show will stream on Hulu, as per a report in Collider. All five seasons and 98 episodes can also be watched on Hulu, as per the report. «The Rookie» Season 6 will start premiering on Tuesday, February 20 at 9 pm (ET).

Navalny's death was ascertained, his mother was told on Saturday that Russian leader was struck down by "sudden death syndrome" and that his body would not be handed over to the family until an investigation was completed, his team was quoted by Reuters as saying. Navalny's death brought back into focus other critics and foes of Putin who died in "mysterious" circumstances. Here's a look at some other foes of Russian President Putin and their “mysterious fate": Yevgeny Prigozhin and the top lieutenants of his Wagner private military company were killed in a plane crash in August 2023.