Cricket Australia is asking its curators to rethink how domestic pitches are prepared, with a simple new message: “If in doubt, favour the batter.” The shift comes amid growing concerns over the quality of batting in Australian cricket and the number of Tests ending before the third day. Four of Australia’s last 20 home Tests […]
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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has said he does not support a planned Madison Square Garden event featuring Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat, while acknowledging that the city may not have the authority to cancel the private gathering. Bhagwat is scheduled to address around 5,000 members of the Indian diaspora at Madison
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Ravindra Jadeja continued to make an impact with the ball in Colombo on Tuesday, but another unsuccessful DRS review added to one of the most unusual streaks of his Test career. Jadeja has now gone 22 consecutive reviews off his bowling without an on-field decision being overturned, a sequence that stretches back more than three
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The United States has temporarily paused visa appointments at US embassies and consulates worldwide as the Trump administration begins a global training programme for consular officers. Applicants with scheduled interviews have received notices that their appointments are being cancelled or rescheduled, with no clear timeline for when new dates will be offered. The State Department
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Team India still has a route to the World Test Championship (WTC) final, but former head coach Rahul Dravid believes they have already lost ground and now face a demanding finish to the 2025-27 cycle. India is currently fifth in the WTC standings and has eight Tests remaining. With around six wins likely to be
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England’s latest drinking controversy has prompted former captain Michael Vaughan to call for a punishment strong enough to send a message across the entire squad. Fast bowler Brydon Carse was briefly arrested during a night out with Durham teammates in Derby at the weekend and has since been removed from England’s squad for the second
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Logitech, the Swiss company that makes computer mice, keyboards and webcams sold across India, is facing a lawsuit over refunds it did not give to customers. The complaint, filed in the United States, claims that Logitech kept prices high on its products even after tariffs that had increased costs came down, according to The Register.
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The State Bank of India’s research team has flagged a troubling gap between what RBI officials say in public and what they actually write in official documents. When the Reserve Bank of India released its monetary policy committee minutes last week, the tone was noticeably stricter than what RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra had suggested in
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Nonconsensual AI-generated images designed to look only slightly altered from real photos are spreading rapidly across X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, making them increasingly difficult to identify. According to research from 404 Media, these ‘subtlefakes’ are not dramatically warped or obviously artificial. Instead, they appear almost real, with only minor changes to someone’s
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The Trump administration has removed Syria from its official list of countries that sponsor terrorism, a dramatic shift in US foreign policy that reflects Washington’s decision to engage diplomatically with Syria’s new government. The move comes as the Trump team has moved quickly to embrace Syria’s new president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, despite his history as a
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