Tuesday, October 08, 2024
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SOUTH ASIA

India’s heatwave longest ever, worse to come

India’s heatwave is the longest ever to hit the country, the government’s top weather expert said on Monday as he warned people will face increasingly oppressive temperatures. Parts of northern India have been gripped by a heatwave since mid-May, with temperatures soaring over 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit). “This has been the longest spell […]

Urdu poet Munawwar Rana dies at 71

A famous name in the Urdu literature Munawwar Rana died due to cardiac arrest Sunday at the age of 71 in Lucknow according to his family as he was suffering from multiple health conditions alongside throat cancer.   His family told Press Trust of India (PTI) Sunday that he breath his last at the Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute […]

SPORTS

Kohli slams strike-rate talk and pundits ‘from the box’

India’s Virat Kohli on Sunday hit back at critics taking aim at his hitting prowess in T20 cricket after he slammed a match-winning unbeaten 70 off 44 balls in the Indian Premier League. The in-form Kohli set up Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s chase of 201 before his younger partner Will Jacks blew away Gujarat Titans with […]

Henry takes bowling spot as Williamson set to lead New Zealand in T20 World Cup fourth time

Matt Henry has edged out Ben Sears for the vacant seam bowling berth in New Zealand’s squad for the T20 World Cup in the West Indies and United States. Henry slots into a seam bowling attack featuring Trent Boult, Tim Southee and Lockie Ferguson, with Adam Milne ruled out due to ankle surgery and the […]

Nadal wishes he could play long enough for his son to remember him on court

Rafa Nadal said he would love to keep playing long enough for his son to remember him on court, though the 22-time Grand Slam champion concedes time is not on his side. The 37-year-old Spaniard, who has said he expects to retire after the 2024 season, returned to competition in Brisbane in January after almost […]