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'NO SPACE FOR HOMOSEXUALITY,ADULTERY IN INDIAN ARMY' The Indian Army has written to the Ministry of Defence to ensure homosexuality and adultery remains punishable offences, sources said on Thursday. This comes even after the Supreme Court decriminalised homosexuality and adultery.  "The Supreme Court's judgments are law of the land and will be abided with in the Army," he said. The officer, however, stressed that the Army Act was passed by Parliament and there are provisions to deal with 'Unbecoming Conduct'. Article 33 of the Constitution empowers the Parliament to restrict or abrogate the fundamental rights of uniformed personnel to maintain discipline and ensure the proper discharge of their duties. The officer also said that keeping both the offences punishable will be a deterrent for the wrong people. "We have to think of the environment in the barracks of soldiers. Nothing should lead to lowering their morale," Lieutena

Delhi T20I will go ahead despite pollution concerns - Ganguly "It's too late to do anything, because a lot of preparations go into matches, tickets, crowds and everything" While the gloom of pollution hangs over the upcoming first T20I between India and Bangladesh in Delhi on November 3, with the air quality level in the capital city plunging into hazardous levels, BCCI president Sourav Ganguly is hopeful that the match will not be affected by it. While admitting that better planning is needed when it comes to scheduling matches at certain venues in North India, Ganguly said the current schedule cannot be tinkered with. "It's too late to do anything, because a lot of preparations go into matches, tickets, crowds and everything, so it's not possible to cancel things in the last minute. Fingers crossed. I hope the match gets through. I spoke to the DDCA and they are confident to get through it," said Ganguly, who spoke to reporters at E

  PINK BALL As the Indian cricket board (BCCI) gears up to host its first day-night Test in less than a month's time, focus is now on how the pink ball will behave. BCCI has asked SG, the makers of the red balls used in first-class cricket in India, to provide 72 new balls for the Test match against Bangladesh that is scheduled to be played at Eden Gardens from November 22. TOI has learnt that the Indian team management has asked for balls that behave similar to how the red balls do in India. Confirming the development, SG's director Paras Anand told TOI: "We have taken feedback from the players. Our thought process is to make the pink ball as similar to red ball as possible." The major problem with the pink ball is retaining the colour and shape of the ball. In this case, retaining reverse swing - a phenomenon which is an intricate part of how Test cricket is played in this part of the world - is a huge challenge. "The red ball has a dark colour

                                          DAY-NIGHT TEST MATCH Bangladesh Cricket Board has accepted  BCCI's request  of playing the Kolkata Test of the forthcoming series as a Day-Night game. Eden Gardens will thus become the first Indian venue to host a pink-ball Test. BCCI, under new president Sourav Ganguly, made a proposal for the second Test of the upcoming two-Test series to be a pink-ball and stated that India captain Virat Kohli, too,  was in agreement . The BCB had reserved their decision on the invitation, waiting to get a confirmation from the players and the team management.      "This is the beginning of something special in Indian cricket," Ganguly said. "It is a priority for the newly elected Office Bearers and members of Apex Council to take Indian cricket forward. For me, as former Captain of India and as the current President of BCCI, Test cricket is of utmost priority and we at BCCI will leave no stone unturned to br

Mumbai And Kolkata Could Get Flooded By The Year 2050 As Per New Climate Central Report A new research done by a US-based agency claims that more than three and a half crore people in India--as against the 50 lakh estimated earlier-- could actually be affected by annual coastal flooding by 2050 and that large parts of Mumbai, Navi Mumbai and Kolkata could be inundated if global CO2 emissions are not cut drastically. The findings are based on CoastalDEM, a new digital elevation model developed by Climate Central, a US based climate research and communications organization. According to the Climate Central study published in journal, Nature Communications, coastal flood risks assessments based on NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) have underestimated the elevation risks until now. The NASA model, while measuring elevation of surfaces that were closest to the sky, included the height of tree tops and rooftops wherever they blocked the ground. The

 Vodafone Might Stop Its Operation In India Following Huge Loss:                India's biggest telecom player Vodafone is likely to shut down and stop its operation from India, reports IANS. According to the report, there is a buzz in the telecom sector that Vodafone is planning to leave India any day now, due to operating losses in the joint-venture company Vodafone-Idea. Besides, the company is losing millions of customers every month. Lastly, decreasing market capitalization could be another reason for this decision. Meanwhile, Vodafone Idea has announced that the merger of Indus towers with Bharti Infratel is not possible, due to Foreign Direct Investment regulations.           Bharat Infratel Limited     Foregin Direct Investment On the other hand, Vodafone has denied and dismissed a news report, which says that it has approached its lenders for debt recast. "We have not made any request for debt recast to any lender or asked

After spending almost $50 billion on a 4G wireless network that started services in 2016, Ambani is now cleaning up the balance sheets of his companies                                                                                                                                                      mukesh ambani Billionaire  Mukesh Ambani  moved a step closer to creating an e-commerce giant for India, unveiling plans to set up a $24 billion digital-services holding company that would become the main vehicle in his ambition to dominate the country’s internet shopping space. The board of Ambani’s Reliance Industries Ltd. approved a proposal to plow 1.08 trillion rupees ($15 billion) into the fully owned subsidiary, which will in turn invest that amount in  Reliance Jio  Infocomm Ltd., the conglomerate’s telecommunications venture. A series of capital transfers would make Jio, which already has capital of 650 billion rupees, almost debt free by March 2020, the

Maxwell takes indefinite break from cricket to deal with mental health difficulties     Australia all-rounder Glenn Maxwell has decided to take a break from cricket, difficulties experienced by him with regards to his mental health, the team psychologist Dr. Michael Lloyd confirmed on Thursday. D'Arcy Short has been roped in as Maxwell's replacement for the last T20I against Sri Lanka. "Glenn Maxwell has been experiencing some difficulties with regards to his mental health. As a result, he will spend a short time away from the game. Glenn was proactive in identifying these issues and engaging with support staff," Lloyd said. Maxwell's decision was met with a lot of empathy from within the cricket board, as executive general manager of national teams Ben Oliver stated that the well-being of the players and staff was a priority. "The well-being of our players and staff is paramount. Glenn has our full support. Cricket Australia will work co

Shakib banned by ICC for failing to report corrupt approach Bangladesh captain shakib Al hasan has been banned by the ICC for two years,with one year suspended,for failing to report multiple approaches made to him by a bookie. Under the provision of the ICC Code, shakib chose the admin the charges and agreed to the sanction with the ICC in lieu of an Anti-Corruption Tribunal hearing. Subject to him satisfying the conditons in respect of the suspended part of the sanction, he will be free to resume international cricket on octomber 29,2020. An official ICC release started the following as the charges against shakib: 1. Artical 2.4.4 - Failure to disclose to the ACU full details of any approaches or invitations he receive to engage in corrupt conduct - in relation to the Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe Tri-series in january 2018 and / or the 2018 IPL. 2. Artical 2.4.4 -  Failure to disclose to the ACU full details of any approaches or invitations he receive to en