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Topic: IPL 2020

Virtual to cardboard audiences, DIY training — 2020 pushed athletes to keep sports alive

Covid-19 actually reminded sports fans what to expect from their favourite athletes — to adapt to adverse situations and use them to your favour.

Google analysed billions of search requests in 2020. Here’s what it found

Google’s Year in Search 2020 provides a snapshot of the fears, anxieties, distractions, and obsessions of an extraordinary year.

Hardik Pandya takes a knee during IPL match to support ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement

Mumbai Indians all-rounder Hardik Pandya went down on a knee with his right arm raised to show solidarity with the movement against racism.

Manipur welcomes its Akhoipuina — ‘messengers of God, harbingers of good harvest’

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

Gujarat teenager held for issuing threats against Dhoni’s daughter

Police said the Class 12 student 'confessed' to have posted the threatening message on Instagram after the IPL match between KKR and CSK.

#BoycottGavaskar trends after legend’s ‘distasteful’ remark on Anushka for Virat’s poor form

Referring to a viral video from the lockdown, Gavaskar said playing wife Anushka Sharma’s bowling hadn’t prepared Virat Kohli for the IPL.

TRP trap of television news, and some IPL relief to ease Covid anxiety

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

Paytm back on Google Play Store hours after being pulled down for policy violation

Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma tweeted that a UPI cashback offer led to the suspension of the app and asked 'India to decide' if giving cashback is gambling.

Covid pandemic has changed Indian cricket scene, but this is why IPL will survive the slump

Unlike the traditional contests that typically unspooled over days-long clashes, IPL is synonymous with a smash-and-bash short format, called T-20.

Chennai Super Kings to take on defending champions Mumbai Indians in opening match of IPL

The upcoming 53-day edition is by far the longest in the history of the league which was delayed after 13 personnel of the Chennai Super Kings camp tested positive for covid.

On Camera

Kolkata’s silencing of Javed Akhtar exposes India’s secular vacuum

Even those parties that wear the label of secular and progressive often bow to the pressures of fundamentalist groups within the Muslim community.

GST 2.0: India streamlines indirect tax regime amid Trump tariffs & what it means for consumers

Goods and Services Tax Council paves way for a broad two-slab structure of 5% and 18% with a demerit rate of 40% for super luxury and 'sin' goods.

Dassault Aviation takes majority control of joint venture with Anil Ambani’s Reliance

Following the transaction which is expected to be completed by November, Dassault Reliance Aerospace Ltd will become an associate company, with Reliance retaining a 49% stake.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.