Anupam Mittal, Shark Tank India judge, commented on the IPL 2025 season, suggesting that it heavily favors batsmen with high scores dominating games. He humorously proposed replacing bowlers with machines. The 18th edition of IPL began on March 22 and features 74 matches. Mittal also discussed leveraging India's UPI to challenge global payment giants like Visa and Mastercard.
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Sharmistha Mukherjee thanked PM Modi for earmarking land for a memorial for former President Pranab Mukherjee. She expressed gratitude for the decision, highlighting that they didn't request the honor, which aligned with her father's belief that such honors should be offered, not asked for.
Doctors and citizens protested in Kolkata against CBI's alleged failure in the RG Kar rape-murder probe. They demanded speedy justice and questioned the delay in filing chargesheets against former principal Sandip Ghosh and ex-OC Abhijit Mandal, who were recently granted bail. Protesters marched, seeking answers and accountability from CBI, while others held demonstrations criticizing both state and central governments.
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A 20-year-old MBBS student, Ivy Prasad, was found hanging in her room at Kamarhati ESI Hospital quarters. Her mother, a doctor, discovered her after multiple unanswered calls. No suicide note was found, and police have registered a case of unnatural death. Authorities suspect depression; an investigation is underway, and a post-mortem is being conducted.