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Flipkart says no services in Nagaland since it is ‘outside India’, then issues apology

Snippets from the vibrant Northeast that capture politics, culture, society and more in the eight states.

‘I take this as challenge’ — Mizoram footballer Jeje Lalpekhlua on not getting Arjuna again

In letter to Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju, Mizoram Football Association has asked why Jeje Lalpekhlua, who has been nominated thrice earlier, wasn't chosen for Arjuna Award this year too.

My attitude won’t change, no matter how much I wanted to go, says Messi on Barcelona

Lionel Messi Friday announced he was not leaving Barcelona after the club said his transfer would cost him 700 million euros. Messi said he had been looking to leave for a year.

UK has 2 ‘diet plans’ amid Covid as the US Attorney General is dubbed Trump’s henchman

The best cartoons of the week, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

China drags football into spat with UK, state TV demotes EPL match to secondary channel

Chinese state broadcaster CCTV, which has the rights to broadcast EPL matches in China, didn’t air a Liverpool-Chelsea match on its main sports channel, CCTV-5, and moved it to CCTV-5+.

La Liga looks to gaming technology to cheer on Real Madrid, Barcelona during football games

Mediapro, which produces Spain’s La Liga competition for broadcasters, is using resources used by e-sports, including FIFA video games, to bring more ambience to televised matches.

Football match during pandemic, ‘mask rage’ incidents in South Korea & other Covid news

As the Covid-19 pandemic shows no signs of letting up, ThePrint highlights the most important stories on the crisis from across the globe.

English soccer clubs face $1.3 billion hit from coronavirus shutdown

Empty stadiums and lingering safety fears, coupled with three months of no live soccer is expected to weigh heavily on the revenues of football clubs this year.

Fan cutouts, app for applause — Germany is ready for return of Bundesliga matches

The German Football League has said that 1,724 tests have been conducted on players and staff, of which 10 people tested positive for Covid-19.

Indian football legend Chuni Goswami dies of cardiac arrest at 82

Chuni Goswami made 50 appearances for the Indian football team between 1956 & 1964. Later, as a first-class cricketer, he captained Bengal in the Ranji Trophy.

On Camera

Nur Jahan to Chand Bibi—Indian women in sports have been erased from history

Dice have been found dating to the Bronze Age in various Harappan sites in present-day northwest India and throughout Pakistan. And it’s very possible that some had female owners.

Vodafone Idea AGR case, explained: SC breather to cash-strapped telco & what it means for industry

Telecom industry keeping close tabs on the case. Government is single largest shareholder in Vodafone Idea, at 49 percent.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.