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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday cast his vote at the Parliament House for the high-stakes Vice Presidential election. He was the first one to cast vote as voting began at 10 AM. Polling will conclude at 5 PM, with counting slated to be held later in the day by 6 PM. #WATCH | Prime Minister Narendra Modi leaves from the Parliament House after casting his vote for the Vice Presidential election. (Video: DD News) pic.twitter.com/Kic17Kdebj — ANI (@ANI) September 9, 2025 The National Democratic Alliance has nominated Maharashtra Governor C.P. Radhakrishnan, who is up against the Opposition INDIA…

Big update on Rishabh Pant’s fitness: The wicketkeeper-batter will not feature in Asia Cup 2025 but is expected to return against West Indies in October Tests.Indian fans hoping to see Rishabh Pant in action during the Asia Cup 2025 will have to wait longer. The BCCI confirmed that the wicketkeeper-batter will not feature in the multi-nation tournament this September.Also Read:India eyes 9th title as Asia Cup 2025 T20 kicks off in UAE from todayPant is expected to return during the home Test series against West Indies in October. His inclusion in India’s squads for both the Australia ODI and T20…

Asia Cup 2025: India head into the Asia Cup 2025 with high expectations, and three of the game’s most respected voices Dinesh Karthik, Harsha Bhogle, and Sunil Gavaskar have unanimously backed Shubman Gill and Varun Chakaravarthy to emerge as the standout performers in the tournament. Shubman Gill tipped as leading run-getter All three panelists were in complete agreement that India’s young batting sensation Shubman Gill could dominate with the bat in the continental competition. Gill’s omission from India’s T20 squad earlier this year has reportedly given him fresh motivation, and Karthik believes the Indian vice-captain will use the Asia Cup…

BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s Supreme Court said Tuesday former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra must serve a one-year prison term for previous convictions on graft and abuse of power charges, after investigating whether officials had mishandled his return to Thailand in 2023 to begin serving the sentences. A judge said that the enforcement of Thaksin’s penalty was not done properly, and therefore his detention in a police hospital did not count as serving prison time.Following his return to Thailand after more than a decade of living in self-exile, Thaksin was sent to a suite at Bangkok’s Police General Hospital in the…

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — International Criminal Court prosecutors will begin presenting evidence Tuesday to support their charges against fugitive Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony at the global court’s first ever in absentia hearing.Kony, the founder and leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army, or LRA, faces accusations of war crimes and crimes against humanity.The court’s so-called confirmation of charges hearing comes two decades after it issued an arrest warrant for Kony over his alleged leadership of the brutal rebel group which became notorious for atrocities, including kidnapping children and mutilating captives.The ICC hearing is not a trial, but allows prosecutors…

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — A panel of Supreme Court justices is set to decide this week whether former President Jair Bolsonaro is guilty or not of plotting to overthrow Brazil’s democracy and hang onto power illegally after his 2022 electoral defeat.The far-right ex-president is facing five counts at trial for allegedly conspiring to stage a coup after his narrow loss to current President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, a leftist who first won the presidency two decades earlier.If convicted by the five-judge panel in the verdict expected Thursday or Friday, Bolsonaro could be sentenced to decades behind bars. Bolsonaro has…

For the first time in history, eight teams including India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh will clash in the Asia Cup T20. The 20-day tournament will feature 19 matches, with the final on September 28 in Dubai.The much-anticipated Asia Cup 2025 T20 tournament begins today in the United Arab Emirates. Making history, this edition features eight teams for the very first time, compared to the maximum of six in previous years.The opening clash will see Afghanistan take on Hong Kong. On the other hand, fans are eagerly waiting for India’s first game, which comes tomorrow against UAE at the Dubai…

The Asia Cup 2025 officially kicks off today with a battle between Afghanistan and Hong Kong at the iconic Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi. While much of the attention in the tournament will be on the heavyweights—India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka—this curtain-raiser has its own intrigue. Can Rashid Khan’s Afghanistan bounce back strongly after their recent defeat to Pakistan, or will Yasim Murtaza’s Hong Kong spring an early surprise? Fans worldwide are eager to know every detail about the Afghanistan vs Hong Kong live streaming and telecast. What time does Afghanistan vs Hong Kong Asia Cup 2025 start?…

<p>The stage is set for the Vice Presidential election today, drawing nationwide attention to the high-stakes contest between NDA’s CP Radhakrishnan and Opposition’s B Sudershan Reddy. Former Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar&rsquo;s unexpected resignation due to health reasons fifty days ago necessitated the Vuce Presidential election.</p> <p>Members of both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha will cast their votes in Parliament House between 10:00 AM and 5:00 PM. The counting of votes will begin after 6:00 PM, and the results will be declared later in the evening.</p> <p>The National Democratic Alliance has nominated CP Radhakrishnan, currently Maharashtra Governor, while the Opposition&rsquo;s INDIA…

An image of a perovskite silicon tandem solar cell made by the researchers. Credit: King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST) Researchers have unlocked a new method of passivating perovskite-silicon tandem solar cells, achieving record efficiencies and laying the groundwork for more powerful solar technology. A group of international photovoltaics researchers has made an important advance toward bringing perovskite silicon tandem solar cells closer to large-scale industrial use. The team showed that the perovskite top cell can be successfully passivated when paired with textured silicon bottom cells that have large pyramidal structures, the standard design used in today’s solar…