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T20 World Cup: Australia's chief selector and coach forced to play, help in warm-up match win
T20 World Cup: In an unusual turn during Australia's first T20 World Cup warm-up match on Tuesday, the team fielded only nine players against Namibia, requiring the chief selector and coach to step in. The match, held at Trinidad’s Queen’s Park Oval, saw Australia easily win by seven wickets. Namibia was restricted to 119-9, and Australia, led by David Warner’s unbeaten 54, chased the target with 123-3 in 10 overs.
Oscars 2024: Emma Stone bags ‘Best Actress’ award for ‘Poor Things’, reaction to host Jimmy Kimmel’s sexist joke on her movie goes viral
This is the second time Stone has gone home with a 'Best Actress' Oscar. In 2016, she received her first Academy Award in the same category for the romantic comedy 'La La Land'. In 'Poor Things', she plays the role of Bella Baxter, a zombie, who goes on a one-of-a-kind journey to find herself.
Ramesh Damani on what's making Indian stock market so unique and resilient?
Let me tell you a bit of history, which people may not remember. My father was in the stock market and he has lived through very painful times, the Dividend Control Act, the China War, when the markets were closed and there was no foreign investment coming into India. So they were non-existent out there.
What is Boxing Day: Origins, traditions, and evolving celebrations explained
Boxing Day, originating in Victorian England, diverges from its boxing sport misconception. It symbolizes generosity as the affluent once boxed surplus items for the less fortunate. This globally embraced holiday extends beyond the UK, celebrated with unique regional flavors in Australia, Canada, and Europe. Modernly, it's a day of familial revelry with leftovers, sports, and charitable deeds. However, its commercial shift, marked by significant sales, sparks debates on consumerism eclipsing its altruistic roots.
Christmas 2023: Why do we say Merry Christmas not Happy Christmas
Christmas 2023: The origins of this linguistic preference are shrouded in history, reaching back to the time when the phrase "Merry Christmas" found its roots in medieval England. The word 'merry,' back then, didn't solely mean 'joyful' as it does today; it encompassed a broader spectrum of merriment, including feasting, revelry, and overall festive happiness. Therefore, when people wished each other a "Merry Christmas," they were invoking not just joy but a celebration filled with mirth and festivity.
Biographer Philip Normal reveals what made George Harrison 'The Reluctant Beatle', a 'paradox'
Harrison lived several separate lives. He was a rock star. A follower of Hinduism. A prolific film producer who came close to financial ruin.
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Victorian disease that killed millions makes a comeback. Know about its symptoms, treatment, revival in UK
This disease was once a scourge and it killed an estimated four million people between 1851 and 1910. Now, it can be cured with antibiotics and most people will make a full recovery. But it has returned and it remains the second-biggest killer infection worldwide after Covid. Know about the disease.
When cricket itself looks timed out
Cricket on the outside looks like a lovely sport. But when the rules of the sport in real life happen in real turn, it turns ugly. Just like, timed-out rule is there on paper but when it happened to Sri Lanka's Angelo Mathews when he was playing against Bangladesh, it did not sit well with everyone.
Keshav Maharaj’s turn of the screw
With India’s score pottering along just fine at 93/1 and our man in the middle Shubman Gill looking like he was planning a long stint under the floodlights, in sauntered left-arm spinner Keshav Maharaj with the third delivery of the 11th over. His run-up was short, unremarkable. His delivery was taut. As the ball left his hand from close to the crease, you could see the wound-up torque coil around Maharaj’s midriff, and the recoil release in his brisk, left arm delivery.
Lake Champlain, Green Mountains: Here's how you should spend your 36 Hours in Burlington, Vermont
Burlington, Vermont's most populous city, is known for its natural beauty, farm-to-table food scene, and progressive sensibility. Visitors can enjoy gelato at Shy Guy Gelato, sip tropical beers at Foam Brewers, experience a sonic journey at Paradiso, and dine at the candlelit Dedalus Wine Bar. Other highlights include the Burlington Farmers Market, apple picking at Yates Family Orchard, and exploring the town of Bristol.
Commonwealth Games 2026: Victoria withdraws from hosting the games citing cost overruns; What will happen next?
The Commonwealth Games, a quadrennial multi-sport event, brings together thousands of athletes from 72 Commonwealth countries and territories.
Commonwealth Games in limbo after Australia pulls out as 2026 host
The Australian state of Victoria has caused uncertainty for the Commonwealth Games by deciding not to host the 2026 multi-sport event, claiming it would cost too much. Originally set to cost AUD 2bn ($1.36bn), the price rose to AUD 7bn. Victoria's State Premier, Daniel Andrews, also announced plans to terminate the contract.
Travelling to the UK? How to spend 36 hours in Bath, England
Impressive restaurants such as the Elder, which opened during the pandemic, add finesse to regional British fare, while a new museum dedicated to Mary Shelley, who wrote most of "Frankenstein" while a teenager in Bath, celebrates the city's literary side in good, spooky fun. While centuries' worth of visitors have flocked to Bath for a steaming soak, the sweeping Georgian architecture and rolling, lush countryside also attract active travelers to enjoy the area on foot or bicycle, or even in a kayak.
The architect of the city of New Delhi - Edwin L Lutyens - mopes exclusively to ET
Anyway, my complaint is about your government deserting and rejecting my buildings. I'm not writing to say, why are you doing it? I'm writing to ask - what took you so long? And if there's anyone you should blame for not liking Imperial New Delhi and Raj era hangovers, it is Herbert Baker, my partner and snake.
6 Best Jane Austen Books for Lovers of the Classics Starting at Rs. 119
Novels by Jane Austen have found a way to remain popular almost two centuries after they were first written. The most popular novels by Jane Austen are on every bibliophile’s reading list. Here are our picks for the 6 best Jane Austen books of all time. Read on to know more about each novel.
11 Best Charles Dickens Books for Every Type of Reader
Charles Dickens, one of England's best-loved novelists, was a prolific writer. His famous books Oliver Twist, David Copperfield and Nicholas Nickleby are some of the best books to read this summer. If you're not sure where to begin with, his numerous novels, travel books, and short tales, here's our list of the best Charles Dickens books for every reader.
Anne Perry, best-selling crime writer with a murderous past, dead at 84
Her first novel, 'The Cater Street Hangman', came out in 1979 and unveiled the husband-and-wife detective team.
Legendary Australian spinner Shane Warne leaves most of 120 cr estate to his children
Shane Warne, the legendary Australian spinner who died tragically on March 4, last year, left the majority of his nearly 120-acre estate to his three children. It is also reported that now that Warne's will has been granted probate, his executors will be able to divide his property among the beneficiaries.
Victorian disease Gout torments UK, NHS shares concern. See all you may want to know about ailment
A severe Victorian disease, Gout, has been troubling the residents of the UK for sometime. Over 1.5 million Brits have been affected by the disease in recent years.
Remembering Elizabeth II, the queen who transformed Windsors into a bourgeois yet mesmerizing dynasty
How has this come about? In preparation for her job, the Queen was provided with a handbook on how to survive the acid of modernity. This was Walter Bagehot’s great book The English Constitution, published in 1867 at the height of Victorian brio.
View: Will Bengalis revive their love of flowery ‘English’ pet names?
Of course, given Rabindranath Tagore's influence on Bengalis and his fascination for flowers (evident in his poetry) his contribution to this efflorescence of floral monikers among Bengalis cannot be discounted. His lyrical names for some flowers - such as Nilmani for the purple wreath or Petrea Volubilis that a friend brought for him from Argentina and Agnishikha for the flame lily tree or Gloriosa Superba - found resonance among Bengali parents for their progeny.
Australia's Victoria state to host 2026 Commonwealth Games
It will be the sixth time that Australia has staged the Commonwealth Games and the second time in Victoria, after Melbourne hosted the 2006 event.
Warne's state funeral to be held at iconic MCG in front of an expected crowd of 1 lakh: media reports
The MCG was Warne's favourite ground and the scene of his famous hat-trick against England in the Boxing Day Test in 1994, taking the wickets of tail-enders Phil DeFreitas, Darren Gough and Devon Malcolm.
Liverpool 'Beatles pub' gets top architectural listing
It's a Liverpool institution that was a favourite hangout of The Beatles. Now, the Philharmonic Dining Rooms has become the first Victorian-era English pub to be given Grade I listed status.
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The Tata voice is lost where James Bond advertises Pan Bahar and where information is noise
In a world, where Snapchat is a giant, where information is noise, where James Bond advertises Pan Bahar, the Tata voice is lost.
London finds itself in unfamiliar territory as Scotland votes for independence
For the Scots, London is a disinterested overseer, shrunk from the “capital of vilayat” for the once-colonised, to capital of shrivelled Great Britain.
William Hunt's masterpiece to lead sale of Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite and British Impressionist Art
The composition was acknowledged to be his greatest secular masterpiece and in 1886 Cosmo Monkhouse, a contemporary art critic, described it as a "picture of the century.
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