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New Delhi: Vikas Krishan and Shiva Thapa are among the four Indian boxers who qualified for the World Championships and assured themselves of medals by advancing to the Asian Boxing Championships semifinals in Tashkent today.

Sumit Sangwan and Amit Phangal were the other two Indian boxers to book medals as well as World Championship slots in the prestigious continental event.

khabar Bureau

New Delhi:Government has told the Supreme Court that Aadhaar was made mandatory for PAN card to weed out fake PAN cards which were used for terror financing and circulation of black money.

Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi told the court on Tuesday that the idea behind bringing Aadhaar was to have a secure and robust system to ensure that the identity of a person cannot be faked.

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New Delhi:Today is World Press Freedom Day.The United Nations General Assembly declared 3rd of May to be World Press Freedom Day to raise awareness of the importance of freedom of the press and remind governments of their duty to respect and uphold the right to freedom of expression enshrined under Article 19 of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Prime Minister NarendraModi has wished on the day and reiterated his unwavering support towards a free and vibrant press, which is vital in a democracy. In a tweet Modi said, today social media has emerged as an active medium of engagement and has added more vigour to press freedom.

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New Delhi:India have dropped two places to slip to fourth position in the ICC Twenty20 International team rankings following the annual update on May 1. Having dropped six points, India are now on 118 points, three behind second placed England and third placed Pakistan -- both of whom are on 121 points each.

Pakistan joined England on 121 after earning five points. However, they are a rank behind England by a fraction of a point. England climbed up three places after gaining seven points but are still four points behind table-topper New Zealand, who are on 125 points despite dropping two points.

South Africa lost two places to be at fifth spot after conceding six points, but are a point ahead of Australia. Australia have swapped places with reigning ICC World Twenty20 champions, the West Indies.

West Indies are on 14 points ahead of 2014 winner and eighth-ranked Sri Lanka (95 points, down by four). Bangladesh are ranked 10th on 78 points after gaining four points, while Zimbabwe have retained 12th position. Australia and the next nine highest-ranked sides on the T20I Team Rankings will qualify automatically for the ICC World Twenty20 2020, which will be staged in Australia.

Six sides will qualify from the qualifier to complete the 16-team line-up