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New Zealand Face Injury Scare Ahead Of Women’s T20 World Cup

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The all-rounder is not the only New Zealand player under an injury cloud either, with young left-arm orthodox spinner Fran Jonas battling a calf strain sustained at the U19 Women’s T20 World Cup, also in South Africa.

Wellington: New Zealand suffered a huge blow ahead of their ICC Women’s T20 World Cup campaign after captain Sophie Devine sustained an injury while playing in the domestic circuit.

The White Ferns skipper broke her foot and will not be part of the team’s practice matches against England as a precaution, confirmed coach Ben Sawyer. Sawyer downplayed the severity of the injury and believes the 33-year-old will be ready to go for their opening match of the tournament against Australia on February 11.
“We’re taking it nice and slow with her.

She is tracking well and was walking around today and had a little bit of a catch and a throw. Everyone is confident she’s going to be there for the first game,” Sawyer told reporters while in Pretoria.

Devine would be a key player in the Kiwi campaign, with the side looking to go further than their group-stage exit in the 2020 tournament.

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The White Ferns captain was named skipper of the ICC Women’s T20I Team of the Year in the 2022 ICC Awards, scoring 389 runs at a strike rate of 112 and taking 13 wickets across T20Is over the calendar year.

The all-rounder is not the only New Zealand player under an injury cloud either, with young left-arm orthodox spinner Fran Jonas battling a calf strain sustained at the U19 Women’s T20 World Cup, also in South Africa.
On top of facing the defending champions, New Zealand also meet hosts South Africa, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in their T20 World Cup group Bangladesh, with the top two teams advancing to the semi-finals.

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Delhi: PM Modi To Address Global Meet On Terror Funding Today

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday will deliver the inaugural address at the third ‘No Money for Terror’ (NMFT) Ministerial Conference on Counter-Terrorism Financing.

New Delhi:  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday will deliver the inaugural address at the third ‘No Money for Terror’ (NMFT) Ministerial Conference on Counter-Terrorism Financing.

In a statement, the Prime Minister’s office (PMO) said the conference will offer a unique platform for participating nations and organizations to deliberate on effectiveness of the current international regime on Counter Terrorism Financing as well as steps required to address emerging challenges.

The conference will build on the gains and learnings of the previous two conferences held in Paris in April 2018 and in Melbourne in November 2019.

It will also work towards enhancing global cooperation to deny finances to terrorists and access to permissive jurisdictions to operate.

“It will be attended by about 450 delegates from across the world, including Ministers, Heads of Multilateral organisations and Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Heads of Delegations,” the PMO said.

During the Conference, deliberations will be held in four sessions which will focus on ‘Global Trends in Terrorism and Terrorist Financing’, ‘Use of Formal and Informal Channels of Funds for Terrorism’, ‘Emerging Technologies and Terrorist Financing’ and ‘International Co-operation to Address Challenges in Combating Terrorist Financing’.

PM Modi will inaugurate the conference while Union Home Minister Amit Shah will conclude the event, conveying India’s determination in its fight against terrorism and its support systems for achieving success against it.

On Thursday, India said that confirmation from China is still awaited while Pakistan and Afghanistan are not participating in the international event.

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However, a total of 78 countries and multilateral organisations, including Ministers from 20 countries, have confirmed their presence at the two-day conference being organised on November 18 and November 19 here in the national capital.

“A total of 78 countries and multilateral organisations are participating in the third edition of the ‘No Money For Terror’ Conference beginning from tomorrow (November 18),” said Dinkar Gupta, Director General, National Investigation Agency (NIA), India’s anti-terror agency which works under the Ministry of Home Affairs, while speaking in a press briefing.

Asked about the presence of Pakistan and Afghanistan in the conference, the NIA Director General said, “Pakistan and Afghanistan are not participating in this conference”.

On a query over the presence of China in the international event on terror financing, Secretary West (MEA) Sanjay Verma said “the participation of China is not yet confirmed”.

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