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The first cargo ship is likely to reach Sri Lanka’s Adani-John Keells Holding (JKH) West Container Terminal (WCT) in Colombo Port in the first quarter of 2025, Srilankan news website The Morning Online reported quoting JKH chairperson Krishan Balendra. The vessel’s arrival will add 1.5 million 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs) to the port capacity, Mr Balendra said. The first phase of the WCT is likely to be operational in Q1 of 2025, which will add 1.5 million TEUs to the 8 million TEU capacity at Colombo Port, he said at the JKH investor webinar for Q2 of fiscal 2025. The first batch of quay and yard cranes for WCT arrived in September, and the cranes’… Read More »Adani-JKH Terminal At Colombo Port Likely To Be Operational From Q1 2025

<p>Russia launched a record 145 drones against Ukraine on Saturday night, marking the largest single-night aerial assault of the war so far, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed on Sunday.&nbsp;”Last night, Russia launched a record 145 Shaheds and other strike drones against Ukraine,” Zelenskyy said on social media, urging Kyiv&rsquo;s Western partners to ramp up supplies to bolster Ukraine’s air defences.</p> <p>The Shahed drones, which are inexpensive one-way attack devices, are designed with a “fire and forget” system, where their flight path is pre-programmed before launch, allowing the drones to autonomously strike their target areas, CNN reported.</p> <p>Ukraine&rsquo;s Air Force Command reported that 62 of the drones were shot down by Ukrainian defences by 9.30 a.m.… Read More »Russia Launches Record 145 Drones At Ukraine, Kyiv Responds With Largest Attack On Moscow

Indian cricket team skipper Rohit Sharma will not be travelling to Australia with the rest of the side ahead of the first game of the five-match Test series, according to RevSportz. The squad is all set to leave for Australia in two batches on Sunday and Monday. However, as far as Rohit is concerned, nothing concrete has been confirmed yet. The report further said that Rohit is not travelling with the side due to “personal reasons”. Head coach Gautam Gambhir will address the media in a pre-departure press conference in Mumbai on Monday. The first Test match against Australia will start on November 22 in Perth. More to follow…

<p><strong>Baba Siddiqui Murder Case:</strong> Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force and Mumbai Crime Branch in a joint operation arrested the shooter Shivkumar from Nanpara in Bahraich on Sunday. He was trying to flee to Nepal. UP STF arrested three more people who helped the shooter flee to Nepal, Uttar Pradesh STF informed, as per news agency ANI.</p> <blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”> <p dir=”ltr” lang=”en”>Baba Siddiqui murder case | UP STF and Mumbai Crime Branch in a joint operation arrested the shooter Shivkumar from Nanpara in Bahraich. He was trying to flee to Nepal. UP STF arrested three more people who helped the shooter flee to Nepal: Uttar Pradesh STF</p> &mdash; ANI (@ANI) <a href=”https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1855621685640298527?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>November 10, 2024</a></blockquote> <p> <script… Read More »Baba Siddiqui Shooter Arrested In UP’s Bahraich While Looking For Escape Route To Nepal

With James Anderson entering the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction for the first time ever, former England skipper Michael Vaughan feels the legendary pacer could end up playing for Chennai Super Kings (CSK). Anderson, who retired from Test cricket earlier this year, has registered at a base price of Rs 1.25 crore for the IPL 2025 mega auction, scheduled to be held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on November 24 and 25. However, Anderson has not played a T20 game since 2014, and it will be interesting to see if any franchise will show interest to get him on board. Vaughan suggested he won’t be surprised if CSK bid for Anderson at the auction, mainly because… Read More »James Anderson To Play For CSK In IPL 2025? England Great Says “Heard…”