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Australia have squandered a perfect chance to ram home their advantage in the third Test at Headingley, letting England back into the Ashes after two poor sessions.

A swashbuckling Travis Head knock has kept Australia in the third Ashes Test, but Pat Cummins’ men must conjure their own Headingley fightback to secure the urn.

Australia’s national transmission infrastructure rollout is more than 1200 kilometres behind its fast-paced transition target, and is equally unlikely to meet 2030 targets for a slower-paced rollout.

Five people were killed as heavy rains pounded Himachal Pradesh on Sunday, triggering landslides and flash floods, damaging houses and paralysing normal life with authorities ordering the closure of schools and colleges for two days.

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At least nine people were reported injured after a suspect opened fire toward a group of people in Downtown Cleveland early Sunday morning, CNN reported quoting Cleveland police. Cleveland Cleveland spokesperson Jennifer Ciaccia said, “No deaths have been reported."  “Preliminary information indicates that a suspect opened fire toward a group of people and then fled the scene," CNN cited the Cleveland police statement. Cleveland Police said there are no arrests in this shooting, and investigators currently are reviewing evidence while interviewing victims, news portal 19 News reported.

₹11,330 crore) from stock sales in three group firms, bringing the total amount raised over the past four years to USD 9 billion as the conglomerate attracts interest from a variety of investors. In a statement, the ports-to-energy conglomerate said it "is committed to raising capital to fulfill its 10-year roadmap of the transformative capital management program, which was formulated in 2016 to execute the plans for various portfolio companies." "In the most recent instance, Adani family has raised USD 1.38 billion ( ₹11,330 crore) through stake sale in the three portfolio companies - Adani Enterprises Ltd, Adani Green Energy Ltd and Adani Transmission Ltd," it said.

Adani has raised USD 1.38 billion (Rs 11,330 crore) through stake sale in three group companies, taking the total capital raised over four years to USD 9 billion as the conglomerate draws interest from a cross-section of investors. In a statement, the ports-to-energy conglomerate said it «is committed to raising capital to fulfill its 10-year roadmap of the transformative capital management program, which was formulated in 2016 to execute the plans for various portfolio companies.» «In the most recent instance, Adani family has raised USD 1.38 billion (Rs 11,330 crore) through stake sale in the three portfolio companies — Adani Enterprises Ltd, Adani Green Energy Ltd and Adani Transmission Ltd,» it said.

India beat Bangladesh by seven wickets in the first women's T20 International here on Sunday. Asked to bat first, Bangladesh could manage a meagre 114 for five, riding on contributions from Shorna Akter (28), Sobhana Mostary (23) and opener Shathi Rani (22).

North India leading to landslides and floods. In Rajasthan, Udaipurwati in Jhunjhunu recorded a maximum of 12 cm of rain till Sunday morning, the MeT department. Malsisar (Jhunjhunu), Jhunjhunu, Mangaliyawas (Ajmer), and Sikar recorded 11, 9, 8, and 7 cm of rainfall respectively, said the department. A few areas received heavy to very heavy rains while moderate to heavy rainfall occurred in many areas from Saturday till this morning. Four were reported dead due to heavy rain in several districts of Rajasthan.

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Himachal Pradesh on Sunday, causing landslides and flash floods, damaging homes, and paralyzing daily life. Schools and colleges were shut down for two days. Five people died as a result.

Indian startups fell by 36 per cent in January-June to USD 3.8 billion, the lowest half-yearly number in the last four years, as investors are taking longer time in due diligence of every aspect of business, according to a PwC India Report. Early-stage deals accounted for 57 per cent of the total funding in the first half of 2023 (H1 CY23) in volume terms, said the report titled, «Startup Perspectives — H1 CY23».

Union Mutual Fund is on a growth path now and is looking at adding at least 50 per cent more to the AUM this fiscal, sniffing at Rs 15,000 crore by March. Despite having 22 funds (21 open-ended and one close-ended funds), the fund house sponsored by Union Bank of India and Japanese major Daiichi Life could not reach anywhere in the 43-player scattered industry that controls more than Rs 43 lakh crore of public money in its over 11 years of operations. In the year to March 2023, it had an AUM of just more than Rs 9 crore across 4.96 lakh live folios from 21 cities. Daiichi picked a 39.64 per cent stake in the MF in May 2018. But in terms of its presence in small towns, Union MF does reasonably well with 32 per cent of the AUM coming in from the B30 (beyond top 30) cities and the rest from the T30 (top 30) cities. «As of June our AUM stood at Rs 10,700 crore, up from Rs 9,853 crore in March 2023. We hope to take the AUM to around Rs 15,000 crore by next March as we plan to launch a large thematic fund next month from which we hope to collect at least Rs 500 crore during the NFO period. Of course, a lot will depend on the market,» chief executive G Pradeepkumar told PTI.

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Pakistan has set up a 14-member high profile committee to decide whether Pakistan’s cricket team will participate in the ICC World Cup in India scheduled to begin in October. The committee will be led by the country’s foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, reported TOI. Given the relations between the two neighbors, the participation of the national cricket team depends on the clearance from the government, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) informed the International Cricket Council (ICC). On June 27, PCB had written to PM Shehbaz Sharif, also the patron-in-chief of Pakistan’s cricket board seeking his advice on whether the team should travel to India. It is in response to this letter that PM Sharif formed the panel and assigned them the task for coming up with recommendations on the matter. India’s refusal to participate in the Asia cup being hosted by Pakistan has put PCB in a spot.

NDMA). In its report, NDMA stated that nine persons have lost their lives in the heavy rains across the country in the last 24 hours, taking the total count to 76. In the past 24 hours, eight persons were injured, leading the total number of injured people to 133.

rainfall, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami addresses the red alert issued for the state on Sunday. As reported by ANI, "Disaster Management Authority and all state officials have been asked to remain alert in view of heavy rainfall alert for the state. All pilgrims should proceed on their yatra keeping the weather conditions in mind," said CM Dhami.

President Volodymyr Zelensky brought home from Turkey on Saturday five former commanders of Ukraine's garrison in Mariupol, a highly symbolic achievement that Russia said violated a prisoner exchange deal engineered last year. Russia immediately denounced the release. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Ankara had promised under the exchange agreement to keep the men in Turkey and complained Moscow had not been informed.

Read more. IdeaForge Technology Ltd's IPO debut was met with a surge in stock prices as its shares listed on the exchanges at a premium. On the National Stock Exchange (NSE), the stock opened at ₹1,300 per share, marking a significant 93.5 percent increase over the issue price.

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