The Statesman Kolkata - June 21, 2025

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June 21, 2025

8 Air India international, domestic flights cancelled for enhanced maintenance, operational reasons

Crisis-hit Air India on Friday cancelled eight international and domestic flights due to enhanced maintenance and operational reasons.

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Iran Opens Airspace for India's Op Sindhu

Amid the ongoing conflict between Iran and Israel, Iran has eased its airspace restrictions for three charter flights to evacuate about 1,000 Indian nationals, many of them students, under Indian government's Operation Sindhu, official sources said on Friday.

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Trump Gives Iran a 2-Week Window Before Considering US Military Action

US President Donald Trump is expected to make a decision about whether to take direct action against Iran in the next two weeks, the White House said.

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Air India Cabin Crew Sacking: AIEG Demands CBI Probe

The Aviation Industry Employees' Guild (AIEG) on Friday demanded a CBI investigation into the sacking of two cabin crew members by Air India for reporting a technical fault in the Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft last year.

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PM Narendra Modi invokes 'Jungle Raj' to rally Bihar voters

The Prime Minister also criticised RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav for allegedly insulting Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

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Strange that Pakistan PM isn't invited, but Army chief is: Defence Secy on Asim Munir's meeting with Donald Trump

Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh has said that it is an embarrassment for Pakistan that its Army Chief Amir Munir was invited for a meeting with US President Donald Trump and that the country's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif was \"nowhere to be seen\" and that this also indicates \"where the sort of power relationship lies\" in Pakistan.

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NFR pushes ahead with Nepal-Bihar link

In a major stride towards improving cross-border connectivity with Nepal, the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) is fast-tracking the completion of the Araria-Galgalia New Broad Gauge (BG) Line—a transformative 110.75 km railway corridor poised to redefine regional transportation and trade dynamics.

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Kailash Manasarovar Yatra: First batch leaves via Nathu La after 6 years

The first batch of the Kailash Manasarovar Yatra for this year, via Nathu La was ceremonially flagged off on Thursday at the Nathu La border gate by Sikkim Governor Om Prakash Mathur.

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PDS Route for Jagannath Temple Prasad

In a unique initiative blending tradition with welfare delivery, the Jalpaiguri district administration has begun distributing prasad (holy offerings) from the newly inaugurated Jagannath Temple at Digha through the Public Distribution System (PDS).

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TMC Slams Opposition for Denying Humanitarian Relief to Jobless Staff

The ruling Trinamul Congress slammed the opposition parties in the state while reacting to the Calcutta High Court (HC) judgment on the state government's announcement for financial assistance to the jobless non-teaching Group C and D employees in schools.

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Awareness Camp for Fishermen

The state fisheries department organised an awareness camp for fishermen to promote the conservation of juvenile Hilsa fish.

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KMC Launches App to Guide Tourists on City Destinations, Food

The Kolkata Municipal Corporation today launched a mobile application with QR code facility to provide consolidated information on the city to the tourists and other visitors.

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AR allows students to interact with complex lab experiments virtually

In a groundbreaking step toward transforming technical education, IEMA Research & Development Pvt. Ltd. unveiled LabReality, an Augmented Reality (AR)-based Android application designed to redefine the way engineering students experience practical lab experiments.

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State police file case for fomenting communal tension

West Bengal Police filed a criminal case against a person for posting the photograph of a minor girl, flouting the Supreme Court guidelines, and trying to foment communal tension.

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Police clarify on fire at Kidderpore market

The city police have come out strongly against malicious comments and news being circulated about two incidents, which happened recently.

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Psychological Thriller on the Cards

ZEE5's 'Bibhishon' to take viewers into the dark heart of Birbhum.

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WBSSC job case: HC halts govt stipend for non-teaching staff

Govt had proposed a monthly stipend of Rs 25,000 for Group-C staff, and for Group D, ₹20,000

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Rhythms from Assam, Bengal converge at university's exchange programme

Against a backdrop of beating drums, flowing silk, and soul-stirring melodies, the department of folklore at the University of Kalyani came alive with colour, rhythm, and heritage as it hosted a remarkable cross-cultural exchange programme in collaboration with Kanyashree University and Pub Kamrup College, Assam.

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Union Coal Minister Visits Eastern Coalfields

The Union minister of coal and mines, G Kishan Reddy, today began a two-day visit to Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL) in West Burdwan district.

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Nine Killed in Road Mishap in Purulia

Nine residents of Jharkhand lost their lives early this morning when the MUV they were travelling in collided head-on with a truck at high speed near Namshole Primary School, along national highway 18 (Jamshedpur-Purulia route), under the jurisdiction of Balarampur police station in Purulia district.

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Bengal BJP chief writes to Om Birla, complains about attack on him by Trinamul supporters

West Bengal BJP President and Union Minister, Sukanta Majumdar, on Friday, wrote a letter to the Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, complaining about an attack on him and his aides by supporters of the ruling Trinamul Congress.

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Kolkata Police Urge Regional Passport Office to Cancel Passports Procured Using Fake Documents

The Kolkata Police, on Friday, sent a communique to the Regional Passport Office (RPO) in West Bengal, requesting the latter to immediately initiate cancelling passports made on the basis of fake documents, especially birth certificates.

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State Team Visits Khanakul to Assess River Embankments

A high-level delegation, led by additional chief secretary of the state government, Manish Jain, visited Arambagh to review the pre-flood situation and assess the current condition of the river embankments.

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Monsoon fury: Devastating floods in West Midnapore, Jhargram

Bhagwantpur and II gram panchayats have been hit particularly hard, with 14 villages submerged with temporary embankments being breached

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Irrigation Minister Inspects Durgapur Barrage

State irrigation minister Dr Manas Bhunia visited and inspected the Durgapur Barrage today, expressing concern over the increasing rainfall in the upper catchment area of the Damodar river plateau.

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'Operation Sindoor' a powerful message to terrorists, patrons across border: Rajnath Singh

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Friday that the 'Operation Sindoor' has sent a powerful message to terrorists and their patrons across the border that New India is assertive, resolute and will no longer be a victim of terrorism, but respond with strength and strategy.

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Author of Broken Promises faces ₹5 crore defamation notice from Sadhu Yadav

Mrityunjay Sharma, the Ranchi-based author of Broken Promises, has been served a ₹5 crore defamation notice by Sadhu Yadav—brother-in-law of RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav and a once-notorious figure in Bihar's political history.

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Woman Maoist killed in encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh

A woman Maoist was killed on Friday morning in a fierce gun battle between security forces and insurgents in the forested hills between Amatola and Kalpar villages in Chhattisgarh's Kanker district.

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Special allowance to forest personnel posted in Maoist areas

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Dr Mohan Yadav announced on Friday that the state government will provide special allowance to the forest department officials and personnel posted in the Maoist-affected areas of the state.

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Meghalaya Honeymoon Murder Case: Sonam's Childhood Friend Under Probe Net

In yet another twist in the Meghalaya honeymoon murder case, the alleged friend of Sonam Raghuvanshi, who is accused of conspiring to kill her husband Raja Raghuvanshi, has come to the fore, with the victim's family raising the clamour to bring her into the probe net.

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Uddhav Thackeray Urges Sena Workers To Get Ready To Contest Local Civic Body Elections

Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray has instructed his party's district unit presidents as well as top functionaries here on Friday to galvanise their workers to contest the local civic body elections in Maharashtra.

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Bihar Opposition targets Modi over false claims, misuse of public funds

Soon after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's public rally in Siwan on Friday, Bihar's opposition parties launched a fiery counterattack against him, accusing him and his party of promoting the BJP with the hard-earned money of the people of Bihar and fooling people with false claims.

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PM Unveils Projects Worth ₹19K Cr, Shares Odisha Vision 2036

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday, inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for development projects worth over Rs 19,000 crore.

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Kerala Govt Decides To Incorporate Governor's Constitutional Rights, Duties In The School Curriculum

Opening a new battlefront with Governor Rajendra Arlekar after the Bharat Mata portrait controversy, the LDF government in Kerala decided to modify the school syllabus to include the governor's role, responsibilities, and limitations as the constitutional head of the state governments.

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Cognizant gets land at 99 paisa per acre

Andhra Pradesh has decided to allot land at the nominal price of 99 paisa to Cognizant Technology Solutions to establish a world-class IT/ITES campus in Visakhapatnam with an investment of 1,582.98 crore.

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Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Invites Colombian Lawmakers to Dream of a Violence-Free World

Gurudev addressed the Colombian parliament in Bogota, from the very city where he gave a humanitarian call for peace a decade back, an effort that culminated into a historic peace agreement between FARC and the then Colombian government, after a fifty-year-old conflict claiming millions of lives.

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Amit Shah Inaugurates Bengaluru Campus Of Adichunchanagiri University

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday inaugurated the Bengaluru campus of Adichunchanagiri University (ACU), which has been built on 16 acres of land at a cost of Rs 200 crore, in Bengaluru, Karnataka, an official communique said.

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Azharuddin Puts Congress in a Bind Over Jubilee Hills Bypoll

Even as the Election Commission of India (ECI) is yet to formally notify the byelection, former cricketer and Congress leader Md Azharuddin declared himself the party candidate for the bypoll for the Jubilee Hills constituency.

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Corruption has crossed all limits at every level: Kumaraswamy

Union Minister reacts to audio clip, purportedly of ruling MLA, alleging corruption in K'taka housing dept

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War across screens

Recently, while the war between India and Pakistan erupted along physical borders, a more insidious war has been playing out on screens.

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Temporary Setback for Air India

India just witnessed its worst aviation disaster in recent times. Shortly after takeoff, Air India Flight 171 crashed into the hostel block of a medical college in the Meghani Nagar neighborhood of Ahmedabad in Gujarat on June 12.

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UK Lawmakers Back Bill to Allow Terminally Ill Adults to End Their Lives

U.K. lawmakers on Friday approved a bill to allow terminally ill adults in England and Wales to choose to end their lives in a historic vote in Parliament that takes it a step nearer to becoming law.

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Appeals court lets Trump keep control of National Guard troops deployed to LA

An appeals court on Thursday allowed President Donald Trump to keep control of National Guard troops he deployed to Los Angeles following protests over immigration raids.

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Armed men in western Niger kill 34 soldiers and wound 14

Armed men killed 34 soldiers and wounded 14 others in western Niger near the tri-state border with Mali and Burkina Faso, the defence ministry said.

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Israel, Iran Launch New Attacks as Diplomacy Gains Traction

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Iranian state television that his country was 'not seeking negotiations with anyone' as long as Israel's attacks continued

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Russian Drones Slam Into Two Ukrainian Cities

Russian drones slammed into two Ukrainian cities, killing at least one person in nighttime attacks, authorities said Friday, as a Kremlin official said he expected an announcement next week on dates for a fresh round of direct peace talks.

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Inflation Eases Further in May for India's Farm and Rural Workers

The year-on-year inflation rates based on the all-India consumer price index for agricultural labourers (CPI-AL) and rural labourers (CPI-RL) for May this year declined to 2.84 per cent and 2.97 per cent, respectively, compared to 7 per cent and 7.02 per cent in the same month of the previous year, bringing respite to poor households, figures released by the Ministry of Labour & Employment on Friday showed.

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Lilavati Trust Files ₹1,000 Crore Defamation Case Against HDFC Bank CEO Jagdishan

In a major development, the Lilavati Kirtilal Mehta Medical Trust, which runs Mumbai's Lilavati Hospital, has filed a Rs 1,000 crore defamation case against HDFC Bank's Managing Director and CEO, Sashidhar Jagdishan.

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Market rallies, riding on the easing of Iran-Israel tensions, crude oil price drop, and FIIs' buying

Indian benchmark indices witnessed a sharp rally on Friday, with the Nifty50 surpassing the key psychological level of 25,000 and the BSE Sensex crossing 82,000, both gaining nearly 1 per cent.

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Sivasubramanian Ramann assumes charge as PFRDA Chairperson

Sivasubramanian Ramann has assumed charge as the Chairperson of the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) on Friday.

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India's Eight Core Industries Grow 0.7% in May

The combined Index of Eight Core Industries recorded a marginal year-on-year increase of 0.7 per cent in May 2025, compared to May 2024, according to provisional data released by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.

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Swedish car manufacturer Volvo selects Tata Technologies as strategic supplier

Product engineering and digital services company Tata Technologies has been selected as a strategic supplier by Swedish car maker Volvo, according to a press release issued here.

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Bulls Back in Action as Indices Snap Three-Day Losing Streak

On BSE, around 80 stocks touched their 52-week highs, which included Hyundai Motor, ITD Cementation, Axiscades Technologies, MCX India, Bharti Airtel, Aditya Birla Capital, Bharat Electronics, Authum Investment, among others

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Gogoi accuses BJP-RSS-VHP of spreading communal hate

Assam Congress president and MP Gaurav Gogoi accused the BJP and its ideological affiliates—the RSS, VHP, and Bajrang Dal—of \"deliberately spreading communal tension\" to divert attention from their governance failures.

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Gogoi Accuses BJP-RSS-VHP of Spreading Communal Hate

Assam Congress president and MP Gaurav Gogoi accused the BJP and its ideological affiliates—the RSS, VHP, and Bajrang Dal—of \"deliberately spreading communal tension\" to divert attention from their governance failures.

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Social media accounts operating from foreign soil: Himanta warns of surge of fundamentalist activity

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday sounded an alarm over what he described as a coordinated surge of \"Islamic fundamentalist\" social media activity targeting the state in the run-up to the upcoming Assembly elections.

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Mayawati demands SIT, vigilance probe in UP government transfers

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati has demanded that corruption cases through transfers in government departments in UP should be handed over to SIT and vigilance and has asked CM Yogi to take strict action on the guilty people.

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CM Yogi Launches Rs 7,283 cr Gorakhpur Link Expressway

The CM said this expressway will provide world-class connectivity not only to Azamgarh but also to Ambedkar Nagar, Sant Kabir Nagar, and Gorakhpur. He added that the expressway will connect eastern Uttar Pradesh to the mainstream of development and make travel from Patna to Delhi much faster.

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Preserving the past

Recently, Pracheen Kala Kendra, one of the foremost cultural organisations devoted to the promotion of Indian art and culture, successfully organised its 28th Quarterly Baithak under the esteemed series 'Legends of Tomorrow' at Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi.

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Sister Midnight: A despicable, ugly squalid view of womanhood

I will be honest. I hated Sister Midnight. It is one of the most seriously loathsome films on slum life, injected with heavy doses of sickening surrealism.

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Popcorn punchers and mobile mumblers sieging cinema

It was a tender moment, a sheer romantic minute when the lips of the boy and the girl on the screen were about to meet in a kiss.

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Trinbago Knight Riders Name DJ Bravo Head Coach for CPL 2025

Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR) have appointed former West Indies allrounder Dwayne Bravo as their new head coach for the upcoming edition of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) 2025.

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Club WC: Botafogo stun European champions PSG

Igor Jesus scored the decisive goal after a swift counter-attack, marking his fifth goal in seven appearances

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Salah, Rice, Bruno among six nominated for PFA Player of the Year honour

Mohamed Salah, Alexis Mac Allister, Declan Rice, Cole Palmer, Bruno Fernandes and Alexander Isak have been nominated by their peers for the PFA Player of the Year honour.

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I'm really looking forward to seeing Jaiswal perform in England: Rahane

India's seasoned batter Ajinkya Rahane predicted the flamboyant Yashasvi Jaiswal to shine on the tour of England thanks to his ability to perform multiple roles as opener.

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Messi's Free-Kick Lifts Inter Miami Over Porto in Club World Cup

Lionel Messi struck a stunning free kick to seal a 2-1 comeback victory for Inter Miami over Porto in their FIFA Club World Cup Group A clash on Friday (IST).

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Ultimate Kho Kho season 3 to begin from November 29 in New Delhi

After two action-packed seasons, the Ultimate Kho Kho (UKK) returns for Season 3, which will feature players from leading Kho Kho-playing nations worldwide and will unfold high-intensity match-days at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium from November 29.

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Mumbai Open Chess: Madhesh Kumar upsets GM Tornidze in fourth round

Candidate Master Madhesh Kumar toppled experienced Grandmaster Sanikidze Tornidze of Georgia, pulling off the upset of the fourth round in the Rs 40 lakh prize money Mumbai International Grandmaster and Junior Chess Tournament, being played at the World Trade Centre, here on Friday.

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Bavuma to miss Zimbabwe Tests; Maharaj to lead Proteas

South Africa's World Test Championship (WTC) title-winning captain Temba Bavuma has been ruled out of the upcoming two-match Test series against Zimbabwe due to a left hamstring strain.

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Eyeing his first win of 2025, Neeraj returns to Paris DL after eight years

After consecutive runner-up finishes this season, Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra will be eager to return to the top of the podium as he lines up for the Paris Diamond League at Stade Sébastien Charléty in the early hours of Saturday (1:12 AM IST).

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Govt to launch new mobile app to tap future sporting stars from India's heartlands

Aimed at talent identification through citizen participation, the union sports ministry is planning to come up with a dedicated mobile application to turn raw sporting potential into national assets.

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Life comes a full circle: Karun Nair eyes fresh start in familiar territory

Eight years after his Test career came to a halt in England, Karun Nair is back in the mix in the very country as India began a new chapter post the retirements of stalwarts—Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, in red-ball cricket under new skipper Shubman Gill on Friday.

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