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Jaipur: The New India Assurance (NIA) Company Limited entered the semi-finals of the BOB Corporate Golf Cup at the Rambagh Golf Cup here on Tuesday.In the quarter-final, the NIA team performed well and sailed into the semis for the first time by defeating Mahima Ki Udaan Corporate team.The pair of Krishan Kumar Haritwal and Ram…

Jaipur: Shashikant Ramani, Riaz Ahmed, Jagdish Tanwar, Sohini Kumari and Rani Smita Jain bagged three titles each on the penultimate day of the O N Dixit ITF World Tennis Masters MT-400 tournament at the Jai Club here on Tuesday.In the men’s 60 plus final, R Nagaraj thumped Bhanu Pratap Singh 6-1, 6-1. Balkrishna Bhatia defeated…

Jaipur: The 52nd edition of Sharma-Mathur state-level cricket tournament, organised by the Banipark Cricket Club, will begin on January 21.In the inaugural match, Maitri Cricket Club will take on The Rising Cricket Club at the Soni Stadium on Wednesday. Around twenty teams from across Rajasthan including defending champions Jaipur Blues, last year’s runners-up Aravali Cricket…

Jaipur: Economists and climate experts made a strong case for biomass as critical pillars of India’s clean energy transition at the Jaipur Literature Festival Monday, arguing that solar and wind power alone are insufficient to help developing countries achieve carbon-free targets within the next few decades.At a session titled “Climate Action and Energy Alternatives” featuring…

Jaipur: Speakers at a session titled “New World Order” at Jaipur Literature Festival Monday said the restrained international reaction to recent US actions in Venezuela and the threat of occupying Greenland revealed deeper fractures in the global rules-based order and exposed emerging geopolitical vulnerabilities, particularly for Europe.The discussion featured political philosopher Oscar Guardiola-Rivera, former UK…