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Topic: IPL

Amid coronavirus panic, sports ministry hints at IPL being held behind closed doors

This step comes after the health ministry issued an advisory to avoid large gatherings. The Supreme Court refused to hear an urgent plea seeking to postpone the tournament as COVID-19 cases continue to rise.

Faf du Plessis was wrong, IPL didn’t hurt World Cup’s top performers

The likes of Kane Williamson, Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer, Rohit Sharma and David Warner all starred in the World Cup irrespective of their form in the IPL.

This is why Team India played its first World Cup match 6 days after tournament began

The hand behind India’s schedule was BCCI, which used a Lodha panel recommendation to get a 15-day break for Team India after IPL ended.

Telangana excise official lands in a soup after seeking 300 tickets for IPL final

K Pradeep Rao, an Excise and Prohibition Department official, has been issued a memo by his seniors and further action is likely to follow soon.

Modi govt penalises senior official who used letterhead to arrange for IPL passes

Over a month after he wrote to DDCA president seeking passes for an IPL match, Modi government sends back Gopal Krishan Gupta to nodal ministry.

Unemployment is rampant in Indian TV serials, but not in the way you think

The protagonists in most Indian TV serials have no ostensible professions and never work because they are employed in their family’s politics.

Election Commission’s ‘clean chit’ machine and Mumbai Indians now ‘own’ Chepauk

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

Sachin Tendulkar says he receives no monetary benefit from Mumbai Indians

Legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar refuted all allegations of conflict of interest levelled against him in a notice sent by ombudsman and ethics officer Justice D.K. Jain.

The ‘apolitical’ interview between PM Modi & Akshay Kumar was more than just about mangoes

Anyone who believes there can be an ‘apolitical’ interview with the PM right in the middle of Lok Sabha elections knows nothing about Modi.

On Camera

Why district judges almost never make it to India’s Supreme Court

Indian judiciary has a corrosive imbalance between the bar and the bench. Those who supervise the district judiciary do so without the lived experience that is essential for meaningful reform.

India’s merchandise exports to US rising month-on-month despite Trump tariffs, govt data shows

November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.