Saturday, May 28, 2022
Dec 29, 2021 PTI Australia opener David Warner has reignited himself leading Australia to their maiden T20 World Cup win this year before playing a big role in their Ashes series win over England. He was also player of the series in the T20 World Cup.
Dec 29, 2021 Associated Press (AP) Australia have retained the Ashes after winning all three Test matches against England so far in the series. Interestingly, Australia's all three wins have come in a bigger margin. The final two Test matches are in Sydney and Hobart.
The firm had in July this year stated that it has struck coal and exposed the first of coal seams at the Carmichael project in Queensland.
Dec 25, 2021 Koushik Paul Nathan Lyon and Pat Cummins did most of the damage as their combined six wickets put the hosts in a strong position on the opening day of the third Ashes Test at the MCG. Get Day 1 highlights of AUS vs ENG.
Andy Murray, a former world number one, had accepted a wild-card entry last year but didn't go after testing positive for COVID-19 shortly before he was due to board a charter flight to Melbourne.
In four innings against England in Ashes 2021-22 series, Marcus Harris has scored just 38 runs and has been dismissed for 3 in the first innings at both the Gabba and Adelaide Oval. His Test total against England is even worse...
Nivethan Radhakrishnan shot into the limelight earlier this year when the Delhi Capitals named him as one of their net bowlers for IPL 2021. The India-born ambidextrous cricketer has made it into the Australia U-19 World Cup squad.
Former Australia Test team captain Tim Paine took an indefinite break from all forms of cricket after stepping down from his position following a sexting scandal just ahead of the Ashes 2021-22.
Catch Day 2 highlights of the first AUS vs ENG, Ashes Test match at The Gabba, Brisbane. Australia lead England by 196 runs. Travis Head remained unbeaten on 112 off 95.
Overall, Pat Cummins is the 14th player to bag a five-for on Test captaincy debut and first since Afghanistan Rashid Khan who had five-fors in both innings against Bangladesh at Chattogram in September 2019.
Serena Williams hasn't played since retiring from her first-round match at Wimbledon with a right hamstring injury and her ranking has slipped to No. 41. She won the last of her 23 Grand Slam singles titles at the 2017 Australian Open.
England’s Test record in Australia is abysmal – nine defeats in the last 10 matches. The Three Lions last won the Ashes in 2011.
An alternative venue for the fifth Ashes Test hasn't yet been named but Hobart in Tasmania may be the front-runner. Queensland, Victoria and New South Wales states, along with the Australian Capital Territory also have expressed interest.
England's tour of Australia for the Ashes cricket series 2021-22 starts with the first Test at the Gabba, Brisbane on December 8. Check schedule, squads, TV channels and live streaming details here:
Uncapped Josh Inglis and veteran Alex Carey will be vying for the wicketkeeping spot vacated by Tim Paine, who quit as Australia's captain after the 'sexting' scandal. Paine later withdrew from Test selection ahead of Ashes 2021-22 series.
Pat Cummins was made Australia's 47th Test captain ahead of the Ashes series after Tim Paine stepped down last week and took an indefinite break from cricket following the 'sexting scandal'.
Pat Cummins becomes Australia's 47th Test captain succeeding Tim Paine. The last time a fast bowler captained Australia in Tests was Ray Lindwall for a single match in 1956, and only as a stand-in.
Tim Paine was removed as Australia's Test captain after his lewd messages to a co-worker came to light. Paine was named the captain of the Australian Test team in 2018 following the ball-tampering saga.
A farmer sits near his red chillies at a deserted APMC market, during the weekend curfew imposed by the Karnataka government to curb the spread of COVID-19, in Hubballi.
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Delhi Chief Minister & AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal being welcomed by women supporters during his door-to-door campaign ahead of the Goa Assembly elections, in Goa.
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A health worker collects swab sample of a woman for COVID-19 test, amid concerns over rising Omicron cases, in Gurugram.
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Traffic jam on a road at Shalimar Bagh during the weekend curfew imposed by the Delhi government to curb the spread of Covid-19, in New Delhi.
PTI Photo/ Shahbaz Khan
The Lajpat Nagar market wears a deserted look during the weekend curfew imposed by the Delhi government to curb the spread of Covid-19, in New Delhi.
PTI Photo/ Shahbaz Khan
He would take his colour, brushes and canvas outside to paint and talk with his love. He would stand close to the window and paint, keeping an eye on his muse.
They say the violin mimics the human sound. In his case, it was that of love, of longing. He didn’t know any other way of loving.
Younger people do not have much progressive beliefs; a 2017 survey found that one-third of young people opposed inter-caste marriage.
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The pandemic has made it clear that virtual learning is here to stay. In the West, the big question is whether it will dilute the quality of the college experience and education. In India, which grapples with digital divide, the question remains whether this will reach most people at all.
Jan 15, 2022 Saikat Majumdar 
Even after two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, many 'informed' individuals in India continue to deny the virus with unscientific claims and unfounded data. The latest? Omicron will end the pandemic.
Jan 08, 2022 Rakhi Bose 
Across Asia there are deeply entrenched obstacles to a mode of higher education that is liberal in multiple senses – disciplinary and epistemological but also social and political.
Jan 01, 2022 Saikat Majumdar 
The two incidents in the recent past, one in Mon district of Nagaland and the other at Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh, undermined the core principles democracy and federalism.
Dec 28, 2021 Tanvir Aeijaz 
