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The Indian Cricket Team


Wellington, Feb 1 :  The Indian team was on Saturday docked 40 per cent of its match fee for slow over-rate in the fourth T20 International against New Zealand at the Westpack Stadium here.

ICC match referee Chris Broad imposed the sanctions after Virat Kohli's side was ruled to be two overs short of the target on Friday after time allowances were taken into consideration.

"In accordance with Article 2.22 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to minimum over-rate offences, players are fined 20 per cent of their match fees for every over their side fails to bowl in the allotted time," the ICC said in a statement.

On-field umpires Chris Brown and Shaun Haig, and third umpire Ashley Mehrotra had levelled the charges.

Skipper Kohli pleaded guilty to the offence and accepted the sanction, so there was no need for a formal hearing.

India beat New Zealand in the super over to stretch their lead to 4-0 in the five-match series.
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Auckland, Jun 21: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern gave birth to a baby girl in an Auckland hospital today, becoming only the second world leader to do so while in office.
It was the first child for the 37-year-old and her 40-year-old partner Clarke Gayford, with the new arrival weighing in at 3.3 kilogrammes (7.3 pounds).
"I'm sure we're going through all of the emotions new parents go through, but at the same time feeling so grateful for all the kindness and best wishes from so many people. Thank you," Ardern said.
She added on Instagram that the baby was healthy and doing well.
"We're all doing really well thanks to the wonderful team at Auckland City Hospital." The charismatic Ardern follows Pakistan's prime minister Benazir Bhutto in 1990 as the only women in recorded history to give birth while in power, but she downplayed the significance.
"Lots of people juggle a lot of things in their personal and private lives, and I'm not unusual in that. Plenty of women have multitasked before me, and I want to acknowledge that," she said when revealing the pregnancy in January.
The birth capped an eventful year for Ardern who became prime minister last October, three months after inheriting the leadership of the Labour Party when it was languishing in the polls.
When no party won sufficient support in the election to form a government, she was anointed prime minister by New Zealand First leader Winston Peters, the kingmaker in a three-party coalition also involving the Greens.
Peters, who became Ardern's deputy, is now acting prime minister while she takes six weeks maternity leave, although she will continue to be consulted on significant issues.
New Zealand opposition leader Simon Bridges offered congratulations.
"Being parents is a joy and a privilege and we are sure your new arrival will fill your lives with all the happiness our children have ours," he said.
Ardern, who refused to discuss plans for motherhood during the election campaign, waited until January to reveal on Facebook she had conceived and was going to be "prime minister and a mum".
Her plans for a family had sparked a sexism row during the election when a television host quizzed her on the issue, saying voters had a right to know before they cast their ballots.
She rejected the line of questioning as "unacceptable", saying pregnancy and child rearing should not hinder women's opportunities in the workplace.
"It is a woman's decision about when they choose to have children and it should not predetermine whether or not they are given a job or have job opportunities," she said then.
Pakistan's Bhutto, who was assassinated in 2007, gave birth in January 1990 to her daughter Bakhtawar who now describes herself on Twitter as "1st child born to a sitting female Prime Minister".
Ardern was due on June 17 and had said she did not want the pregnancy to drag on and was prepared to be induced if necessary.
The prime minister and Gayford, who hosts a television fishing show, had known the sex of the baby for several months but decided to keep it secret from the public.(AFP)
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Jakarta, Dec 16: There is no Tsunami alert in New Zealand after a 6 point 5 magnitude quake struck Indonesia's Java island on Saturday.
The temblor hit the main island of Java shortly before 6am New Zealand time this morning, the US Geological Survey said.
Buildings and towers in Jakarta were swayed and the tremor was measured at a depth of about 90km, an English daily The New Zealand Herald said.
There was no immediate reports of casualties or tsunami threats in Indonesia.
Powerful tremors lasted as much as 30 seconds in places. UNI
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Manila, Nov 15: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has suggested for deepening of bilateral relations with New Zealand especially in the field of renewable energy and related fields even as Mr Modi and his counterpart Jacinda Ardern invited each other to visit respective countries.
"Prime Minister (Modi) suggested deepening cooperation in the renewable energy sector and related fields and both the Prime Ministers, as in our Prime Minister and the Prime Minister of New Zealand invited each other to visit their respective countries (during their one-on-one meeting here on Tuesday)," a senior official in the Indian External Affairs Ministry said here. Secretary East, in the External Affairs Ministry, Preeti Saran told reporters here on Tuesday that the deliberations between the two leaders were for the first time. "This is the first opportunity for our Prime Minister to meet with the new Prime Minister of New Zealand so our Prime Minister very warmly congratulated her for her election," she said. Ms Saran further said Mr Modi also mentioned the importance of the Indian diaspora’s presence in New Zealand and the importance of greater collaboration especially the need for New Zealand becoming an "important destination" for Bollywood - film shooting. "Already Indian cinema has been an important source of encouraging tourism from India to New Zealand and that was reiterated," Ms Saran said, adding that Mr Modi recalled that India's second highest civilian award Padma Vibhushan was given to Edmund Hillary -- the famous mountainer. Hillary has been a "household name in India", she said. "These are people to people contacts. Of course the Indian students community issue was taken up in the sense that yes more self-financed because New Zealand is a democracy. It is an English speaking country, it had the potential, like several other countries, to attract more Indian students into New Zealand," Ms Saran said. During deliberations, Mr Modi also spoke about the popular game of cricket -- another sector that sees lot of mutual interests. UNI
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Manila, Nov 14: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday attended the on-going 12th East Asia Summit being held on the sidelines of the three-day long ASEAN Summit here.
Mr Modi joined the rest of the nation heads and key regional leaders for the group photograph. 
Prime Minister was seen interacting merrily with the Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte. Mr Modi also spoke to his counterpart from New Zealand Jacinda Ardern for a while. "ASEAN is central to India’s Act East Policy therefore our Prime Minister’s participation in the ASEAN India Summit and the East Asia Summit, provides a very important opportunity to reiterate our commitment to the partnership, especially as we celebrate this landmark year," Secretary East Preeti Saran has told the reporters on the eve of Mr Modi's visit to Manila here. East Asia Summit comprises of 10 of the ASEAN countries plus eight other countries -- India, China, USA, Russia, New Zealand, Australia, Japan and South Korea. "India is a founding member of the East Asia Summit. We attach the highest importance to this forum," Ms Preeti Saran, Secretary (East) had said on November 10. Since the inception of the East Asia Summit, "being founding members", India has consistently attended the East Asia Summit since 2005. "The East Asia Summit as a forum provides an important opportunity for the leaders of the region to exchange views and assess international issues of concern including traditional and non-traditional security threats, primarily terrorism, maritime cooperation, maritime security and non-proliferation etc," she has said. The significance of East Asia Summit can be also underlined in India's focused approach of 'Act East' policy. Notably, the East Asia Summit meet comes two days after India, the United States, Australia and Japan on Sunday held the first formal deliberations giving a booster to the new block created essentially to counter China's growing influence - at the regional level and also globally. UNI
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Manila, Nov 14: On the last day of his three-day visit to the Philippines for the crucial ASEAN and East Asia Summits, PM Modi today held one-on-one dialogues with his counterparts from Japan and Australia -- Shinzo Abe and Malcom Turnbull  giving a "new vigour" to the bilateral ties.
"Delighted to have met you, Prime Minister @TurnbullMalcolm. Our talks today add new vigour to the friendship between India and Australia," the Prime Minister tweeted in response to a missive from the Australian leader. For his part, Mr Turnbull earlier tweeted saying, "Productive meeting this morning in Manila with Prime Minister @narendramodi focused on increased economic cooperation, security, and counter-terrorism. #ASEANSummit".  Continuing with his high-level bilateral engagements here on the the sidelines of the ASEAN Summit and other related conclaves, the Prime Minister on Tuesday met his Japanese counterpart and a "valued friend". Besides, Mr Modi interacted with the New Zealand Prime Minister. "Wonderful meeting with PM @jacindaardern. We discussed deepening economic and cultural cooperation between India and New Zealand," he wrote in a twitter post. Mr Modi also met Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei Darussalam. He also met leaders from Vietnam. "Meeting a valued friend and a trusted partner. PM @narendramodi and PM @AbeShinzo held a wide ranging and engaging discussion on intensifying Special Strategic and Global Partnership between the two countries," MEA spokesman Raveesh Kumar tweeted posting a photograph of Mr Modi and Mr Shinzo Abe shaking hands. On his interaction with Shinzo Abe, the Prime Minister wrote, "My friend @AbeShinzo and I had an excellent meeting in Manila. We reviewed the ground covered on various aspects of India-Japan ties and discussed ways to deepen cooperation between our economies and people". In another tweet, Mr Kumar said, "PM @narendramodi met with Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei Darussalam. Both leaders had fruitful discussions on expanding bilateral partnership, specially in trade and investment, renewable energy, culture and people to people contacts". The Prime Minister met his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Xuan Phuc. "Strengthening comprehensive strategic partnership. Prime Minister @narendramodi and Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc of Vietnam shared common goal to deepen bilateral relations between the two countries," the MEA spokesman said in his missive in the micro blogging site.
During the last three-day high-level diplomatic engagements, Mr Modi also met US President Donald Trump and Philippines Prez Rodrigo Duterte. Officials from India, Australia, Japan and the US on November 12 held a crucial meeting giving for the first time a concrete strategy to the much talked about strategic tie up amongst themselves to take on China. UNI
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Manila, Nov 13: The Southeast Asian leaders during their summit meeting here on Monday could skip major deliberations of South China Sea dispute, but are expected to raise the Rohingya refugee crisis that hit its member nation Myanmar in a big way.
"It will be taken up by our leaders, but it is always good start when the state which is dealing with the internal problem brings it up and opens up the topic," Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano told reporters here on the sidelines of the ASEAN Summit and other related high-profile meetings. Malaysian Foreign Minister Anifah Aman said that even Prime Minister Najib Razak was very concerned about what was happening in Myanmar’s Rakhine state. 'And in all probability it will be one of the agendas, but it also depends on the circumstances. Maybe there is a closed door meeting, that could be more effective," he told the Malaysian media covering the summits. For her part, Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Sunday steered clear of the Rohingya crisis and in her address at the Business Investment Summit instead said that countries must continue to pursue reforms that will empower women.
Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi said, 'The empowerment of women toward economic and social development can be significant not only in my country but throughout our region'. More than 600,000 Rohingya Muslims have been displaced from their homes and have fled to neighbouring Bangladesh since August 25, when an army crackdown against the Rohingya intensified. Leaders from the 10 Asean member countries and its dialogue partners, namely Australia, China, India, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, Russia, United States, Canada, the European Union are here in Manila for the important summits. The Centre for Human Rights Research and Advocacy (CENTHRA) urged ASEAN to appoint a special envoy to the Rakhine state for resolving the Rohingya crisis. Its chief executive Azril Mohd Amin said the appointment of a special envoy would be the best immediate plan for the regional bloc in dealing with crisis of the ethnic minority. ASEAN, he said, must use all possible diplomatic channels in stopping the systematic persecution of the Rohingya Muslims. The Philippines Foreign Secretary, however, said while discussing and debating the Rohingya crisis, the ASEAN leaders would keep balance between the "relevance" of the bloc and also the cherished principle of non-interference in domestic affairs. The regional bloc would probably not discuss much about South China Sea dispute as the Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday suggested that, "The South China Sea is better left untouched. Nobody can afford to go to war". Mr Duterte told the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Business Investment Summit that Chinese authorities have agreed with his stance to pursue diplomatic channels and cooperation to deal with the maritime row. The investment meet will continue on Monday as well, and among others Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will also address it. According to experts, a major challenge for the regional bloc will be to set aside purely national concerns and to be able to unify for a wider front in confronting the terror threat. National Defense College professor Chester Cabalza said here that addressing terrorism within the region will have to contend with the ASEAN principle of non-interference as a vital principle. Mr Cabalza said that such stance often can make coordinated action difficult despite the clear and present threat of terrorism in the region.
The Philippines forces lately were credited for ending the siege of Marawi city decisively even as the IS employed resources and launched a call for its followers to launch a jihad.  UNI
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