News Highlights: Inaugural WPL auction ends; 87 players picked; 30 overseas players

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Nepal, India agree to allow export of power on long-term basis

Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra and his Nepali counterpart Bharat Raj Paudyal during a bilateral meeting here on Monday reviewed various aspects of Nepal-India relations and expressed commitment to allow the export of power from Nepal to India on a long-term basis.

Cold wave sweeps Himachal Pradesh

A piercing cold wave swept Himachal Pradesh on Monday with the mercury plummeting to minus 13.2 degrees Celsius, 5 notches below normal, in Keylong, according to the meteorological department. Night temperatures dropped by two to six degrees despite dry weather in the state and remained below normal.

Hong Kong adds security law clauses to land sales, property stocks drop

Hong Kong's Lands Department has added national security clauses to all land sale and short-term lease tender documents in the Asian financial hub, the Development Bureau said on Monday, confirming an earlier media report that had sent property stocks tumbling. The move empowers the government to disqualify bids and suspend short-term leases due to national security reasons, Hong Kong Economic Times report on Monday said, adding the terms had been included in the latest land sales.

India does not want to remain 'assembly workshop' for military platforms: Rajnath to CEOs of defence majors

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday conveyed to the top honchos of Indian and global aerospace majors that India does not want to remain an "assembly workshop" for military platforms and asserted that it now aims to produce cutting-edge defence hardware. Singh made the remarks while addressing a "CEOs' Roundtable" at the 14th edition of Aero India at the Yelahanka Air Force station complex on the outskirts of Bengaluru.

Court junks Nirav Modi sister's plea for ED intervention in US bankruptcy matter

A special court on Monday rejected a plea of Purvi Mehta, sister of fugitive diamond trader and PNB scam accused Nirav Modi, seeking a direction to the Enforcement Directorate to intervene in bankruptcy proceedings underway against him in the United States where she has been made a defendant. In the plea, filed in April last year before the special court for cases under the Fugitive Economics Offenders (FEO) Act, Mehta (47) had said the ED should be directed to intervene in the case before a US court and seek injunction at least with respect to assets concerning her.

Excavators start removing debris in Turkish region hit by earthquake

Excavators began removing debris from an urban area in Turkey's southern Hatay province that was devastated by last week's massive earthquake, drone footage showed on Monday, as the operation to find survivors started drawing to a close. Several large hydraulic excavators, near the city of Antakya, scraped at piles of masonry or knocked down the tops of teetering concrete buildings, footage showed, with clouds of dust rising from the rubble as slabs of concrete fell.

News Alert: India discussing with G-20 nations development of SoP for regulating crypto assets: Sitharaman

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said India is discussing with the G-20 member countries the need to develop a standard operating protocol (SoP) for regulating crypto assets. She said crypto assets and web3 are relatively new and evolving sectors, and require significant international collaboration for any specific legislation on these sectors to be fully effective.

Women's IPL auction: Auction ends; 87 players picked up out of which 30 were overseas

Top three expensive Indian buys: Smriti Mandhana, Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues

Top three biggest overseas buys: Ashleigh Gardner, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Beth Mooney

RCB picks Sahana Pawar and Megan Schutt

; ends the WPL auction

Megan Schutt goes for 40 Lakh andSahana is bagged for 10 Lakh

Sonam Yadav to Mumbai; makes 15 players

Sonam joins Shabnam (bagged by Giants for 10 lakh)as the joint-youngest player in the auction. The Under-19 left-arm spinner was bagged by Mumbai for her base price of 10 Lakh

Women's IPL auction: Another round of accelerated auction to go up shortly

Mumbai Indians have 14 slots filled, and they need to have at least one more player - another round of auctions taking place for their benefit.So far, only one player from the Associate team has been picked up - USA's Tara Norris.

Women's IPL auction: Arundhati Reddy go to Delhi Capitals along with Sneha Deepthi

South Africa hard-hitting allrounder Chloe Tryon heads to Mumbai Indians.Ashwani Kumarito play for the Giants for 30 Lakhs

Women's IPL auction: Second round of accelerated auction begins

Sushma Verma will play for Giants after she was bagged for 60 Lakh.Jess Jonassen to Capitals for 50 Lakh, taking their total player tally up to 15 players.

News alert: RBI cancels registration of 2 entities for regulatory lapses

The Reserve Bank of India on Monday said it has cancelled registration of Pune-based Kudos Finance and Investments and Mumbai-based Credit Gate for regulatory lapses in lending practices. With cancels Certificate of Registration (CoR), the two NBFC should not transact the business of a Non-Banking Financial Institution (NBFI), the RBI said in a statement.

Women's IPL auction: First accelerated auction ends

Teams have to now choose a maximum of seven players each for the next round of accelerated auction.

Number of slotsfilled and remaining budget:

DC: 2.15 crore and 12 players bought
Giants: 1.30 crore and 13 bought
MI: 1.30 crore and 10 bought
RCB 1.95 crore and 11 bought
Warriors 10 lakh left and 15 players bought

Women's IPL auction: Devika Vaidya is Warriorz-bound

Indian legspinning allrounderDevika Vaidyais bagged by UPWarriorzfor a whopping 1.4 crores after an intense round of bidding with Delhi Capitals

Women's IPL auction: Women's cricket will grow only when it gets more money: Shefali Verma

"Happy, andthanks to Delhi Capitals for taking me. Women's cricket will grow only when it gets more money. There'll be more stars coming through, and I am happy for the domestic cricketers." she says

Women's IPL auction: Georgia Wareham will spin it for Giants; Alice Capsey heads to Delhi Capitals

Aussie leggie bagged by the Gujarat Gaints for 75 Lakh. English batter Alice Capseytaken by Delhi Capitals for 75 Lakh.

Women's IPL auction: Erin Burns will turn up for RCB; Grace Harris goes to Warriorz

Erin Burns, allrounder from Australia gets RCB's offer for INR 30 lakh.UP Warriorz lock in Australian allrounder Grace Harris for 75 lack after a bidding war with RCB.

News Alert: DU women students protest against 'withholding' of exam results

Students of Delhi University's Non-Collegiate Women's Education Board (NCWEB) on Monday staged a demonstration at the varsity's examination branch decrying the withholding of examination results of many students. Krantikari Yuva Sangathan (KYS), a student organisation, alleged that the semester results of many students have been withheld by the officials who claim that there are errors in the registration forms of the students.

Women's IPL auction: Shafali Verma snapped by DC for Rs 2 crore

So far, 34 players in total have been sold. With an offer of Rs 3.4 crore, Indian batter Smriti Mandhana continues to be the most expensive player. Shefali Verma for DC is the 5th most expensive player to be bid along withBeth Mooney for Gujarat Giants also for 2 crore.

News Alert: Lok Sabha adjourned, to meet again on March 13 after month-long recess

News Alert: Jahangirpuri communal clash: Man involved in pelting stones arrested

A 24-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly pelting stones during last year's communal clashes in northwest Delhi's Jahangirpuri, police said on Monday. The accused, Salman alias Suleman, was part of the group that allegedly conspired and executed the riots on April 16, 2022, they said.

WPL Auction 2023 Live: 10 sets of WPL auction complete; unsold uncapped players to happen later 

- Mumbai Indians: Harmanpreet, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Amelia Kerr, Vastrakar, Yastika

- RCB: Mandhana, Devine, Perry, Renuka, Ghosh

- UP Warriorz: Ecclestone, Deepti, McGrath, Ismail, Healy, Sarvani, Gayakwad, Chopra, Sehrawat, Yashasri

- Gujarat Giants: Gardner, Mooney, Dunkley, Sutherland, Harleen, Dottin, Rana

- Delhi Capitals : Rodrigues, Lanning, Shafali, Radha, Pandey, Kapp, Sadhu

WPL Auction 2023 Live: Indian U19 star bowler Titas Sadhu goes to Delhi Capitals 

Titas Sadhu, who was the backbone of India's bowling during U19 World Cup will play for Delhi Capitals which snagged her for ₹25 lakh.

WPL Auction 2023 Live: S. Yashasri joins UP Warriorz at Rs 10 lakh

In the group 10, Najla C M C, Sonam Yadav, Shabnam Shakil, Falak Naz, Shorna Akter, Sonia Mendhiya, and Hurley Gala remain unsold. First player sold in this group is S. Yashasri who joins UP Warriorz at Rs 10 lakh.

News Alert: India January CPI inflation rate surges to 6.52% from 5.72% in December

India January CPI inflation rate of 6.52% highest in three months.

WPL Auction 2023 Live: Shweta Sehrawat, Vice-captain of the India's U19 WC winning team is sold to UP Warriorz for Rs 40 lakh.

WPL Auction 2023 Live: Bowler Titas Sadhu is sold to Delhi Capitals for Rs 25 lakh

WPL Auction 2023 Live: Parshavi Chopra from the India U19 team is sold to UPWarriorz for Rs 10 lakh

Moving to group number which is list of emerging players. First player up for bidding is Hrishita Basu, Grace Scrivens, G. Trisha, Archana Devi, Mannat Kashyap and Soumya Tiwari go unsold.

WPL Auction 2023 Live: Marizanne Kapp sold to Delhi Capitals at Rs 1.5 crore

Marizanne Kapp sees opening bid from UP Warriorz. The player sold to Delhi Capitals at Rs 1.5 crore after bidding war between RCB, DC and Gujarat Giants.

WPL Auction 2023 Live: Sneh Rana sold to Gujarat Giants at Rs 75 lakh

WPL Auction 2023 Live: Shikha Pandey with a base price of Rs 40 lakh goes to Delhi Capitals at Rs 60 lakh

WPL Auction 2023 Live: India all-rounder Radha Yadav sold to DC at Rs 40 lakh

Group number 8 which is second group of all rounders starts with Leigh Kasperek who remains unsold. South Africa all-rounder Nadine De Klerk is unsold. Salma Khatun, Jess Jonassen from Australia are unsold.

WPL Auction 2023 Live: All-rounder Radha Yadav picked by Delhi Capitals 

Indian all-rounder Radha Yadav goes to Delhi Capital at base price of ₹40 lakh.

WPL Auction 2023 Live: Some of the early names we went for, the prices were very high. So, we had to pull out, says Parth Jindal, Co-owner, Delhi Capital

"Some of the early names we went for, the prices were very high. So, we had to pull out. But when I look back on how the auction rounds have gone we have our batting order of 1, 2,3 set. We have legend in the game with Meg Lanning. We are looking for all-rounders now. When we came into the auction we had a clear strategy to build a competitive squad. We didn't want star players or star names,"Parth Jindal, Co-owner, Delhi Capital on the WPL auction.

WPL Auction 2023 Live: 26 players sold, 28 unsold players and teams have spent Rs 39.65 crore

WPL Auction 2023 Live: Rajeshwari Gayakwad sold to UP Warriorz at base price of Rs 40 lakh

- The next set is of spin-bowlers. First player is Sarah Glenn with opening price of Rs 30 lakh was unsold.

- Rajeshwari Gayakwad was sold to UP Warriorz at base price of Rs 40 lakh.

- South African bowler Nonkululeko Mlaba is unsold. Poonam Yadav remains unsold.

- No bids for Poonam Yadav and remains unsold. Inoka Ranaweera and Alana King go unsold.

- Afy Fletcher at base price of Rs 30 lakh remains unsold along with Fran Jones from New Zealand.

- With this, player auction for the seventh set comes to an end.

WPL Auction 2023 Live: The first Bangladesh player during the auction Jahanara Alam was unsold

New Zealand's Léa Tahuhu is also unsold along with South Africa's Ayabonga Khaka. Last player for the group (bowlers) is Shakera Selman at opening bid of Rs 30 lakh also was unsold.

Women’s Premier League 2023 Live: Anjali Sarvani with base price of Rs 30 lakh goes to UP Warriorz at Rs 55 lakh

Next player at Rs 40 lakh base price is Megan Schutt who goes unsold.

Women’s Premier League 2023 Live: UP Warriorz bought Australia wicketkeeper Alyssa Healy for ₹70 lakh

Sushma Verma, Bernadine Bezuidenhout and Amy Jones remained unsold in this round.

Women’s Premier League 2023 Live: India's Yastika Bhatia sold to MI for ₹1.5 crore

Mumbai Indians buys Yastika Bhatia for ₹1.5 crore. Her base price was ₹30 lakhs.

Women’s Premier League 2023 Live: India's Richa Ghosh sold to RCB for Rs 1.9 cr

RCB buys explosive wicketkeeper-batter Richa Ghosh for ₹1.9 crore. Her base price was ₹50 lakhs.

News Alert:

In Adani Hindenburg PIL, Union Government agrees to SC’s suggestion to form a committee to ensure that the existing regulatory regime is strengthened to protect investors from market volatility. However, the government submit the remit (roles, responsibilities, scope for change etc) in a sealed cover. SC agrees to consider it on Friday -case to come up on 17 Feb.

Women’s Premier League 2023 Live: Auction moves to group number five which is a set of wicket keepers

India's wicket keeper Taniya Bhatia and Sri Lanka's Anushka Sanjeewani remained unsold in this round.

Women’s Premier League 2023 Live: Mumbai Indians buys Pooja Vastrakar for ₹1.9 crore

India allrounder Pooja Vastrakar hits big as Mumbai Indians buy her for Rs 1.9 crore.

Women’s Premier League 2023 Live: Pooja Vastrakar with base price of Rs 50 lakh sold to Mumbai Indians at Rs 1.9 crore

Women’s Premier League 2023 Live: Sune Luus, Danni Wyatt and Chamari Athapaththu remain unsold

Women’s Premier League 2023 Live: Gujarat Giants buys Annabel Sutherland for ₹55 lakhs

Australian all-rounder Annabel Sutherland sold to Gujarat Giants for ₹55 lakhs.