In a major development, the BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) has come forward and named former India cricketer Pragyan Ojha as the new chief selector of the men’s national team. Apart from Ojha, Ramesh Powar has also been added to the selection committee as well.
India on Monday (October 19) rejected an Organisation of Islamic Cooperation’s (OIC) resolution on the situation in Jammu and Kashmir adopted at the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Baghdad, calling it “malicious, biased and false and orchestrated by Pakistan”.
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Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty witnessed selling pressure after a recent recovery as weak global cues and selling in private banks and IT stocks weighed on investor sentiment. The 30-share BSE Sensex closed 876.37 points or 1.17 per cent lower at 73,852.90. During the day, the benchmark hit a high of 74,849.75 and a low of 73,708.54, gyrating 1,141.21 points. Similarly, the 50-share NSE Nifty fell 257.20 points, or 1.11 per cent, to close at 22,888.95. The broader market too ended the session in the red. The BSE MidCap Select Index fell 169.47 points, or 0.97 per cent, while the BSE SmallCap Select Index fell 47.10 points, or 0.53 per cent.
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