Laxman to oversee India's Zimbabwe tour, Asian Games campaign

This is not the first time that Laxman will be in charge of a second-string Indian team
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After govt notice, Meta details child safety steps
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Operation Hard Ball: 24 with links to India-based gangs arrested in US, Canada, Europe
As part of this investigation, law enforcement has seized about 1,000 kg of cocaine and 1 kilogram of heroin along with $40,000 in cash and a dozen firearms.

Prolonged hospitalisation of US Republican Mitch McConnell raises questions
The senator has been hospitalised since June 14 with few details released, raising questions over his return to work.