Bhaskar LIVE Updates: PM Modi to address webinar on ‘Energy for Sustainable Growth’

PM Narendra Modi will address the inaugural session of the webinar organized on the topic ‘Energy for Sustainable Growth’ at 10 am today. The webinar will have sessions on topics such as developing energy storage, environment friendly lifestyle (LIFE), coal gasification, promotion of biomass as an alternative energy source, agriculture and agro-forestry, renewable energy expansion and forest and climate change. In which officials from different ministries and state governments, as well as industry representatives and other experts will participate.

Today’s other big news…

India-Sri Lanka first match of test series today

The two-match Test series between India and Sri Lanka is going to start from today. The match will be played in Mohali. This has become very important for Indian cricket fans as well as fans of Virat and Rohit Sharma as with this match Rohit will make his captaincy debut in Test cricket. At the same time, this will be the 100th Test match of former Test captain Virat Kohli’s career.

You can watch the live telecast of the match on Star Sports 1, Star Sports 1 HD, Star Sports 2, Star Sports 2 HD and Star Sports 3. The match will start from 9:30 am.

Australia’s team will play Test cricket after 24 years in Rawalpindi, Pakistan

The three-Test series between Australia and Pakistan will begin in Rawalpindi from today. A 16-member team has been announced under the captaincy of Babar Azam. Five players have been kept in reserve. Haris Rauf has got a place in the Test team for the first time. Shan Masood is back as the opener in place of Abid Ali. Australia’s team has reached Pakistan tour after 24 years. Test matches are to be played in Rawalpindi, Karachi and Lahore.

Biden will decide whether to ban India under CATSA law

US President Joe Biden will decide whether to impose sanctions on India under the CATSA law for the purchase of the S-400 missile defense system from Russia. Donald Lu, US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia, gave this information to the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on US lawmakers. “The way Russia has faced criticism, India will understand that now is the time to distance itself from Moscow,” he said.

Russian Ambassador to India Denis Alipov said the sanctions will not affect the S-400 deal. Under the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act, the US President has the power to impose sanctions against a country that has significant transactions with Iran, North Korea or Russia.