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Bangladesh cricketers resume training, one by one

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“Imrul Kayes said it felt good to pick up a bat again after he resumed training in Bangladesh. ©AFP” /> Dhaka (AFP) – Bangladesh cricketers have resumed training, but only one player and a trainer are allowed inside Dhaka’s main stadium at a time as a precaution against coronavirus. “I could hold the bat again after about four months…It felt good,” said batsman Imrul Kayes, one of two cricketers to train at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Monday. “We did gym work at home over the past four months but…

Indian Officials Left without Hearing Jadhav

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COURTESY BY: https://timesofpakistan.pk/ Pakistan on Thursday provided consular access to Commander Kulbhushan Jadhav for the second time at the Indian request but the Indian diplomats left the meeting without hearing the naval officer-turned-RAW agent, compelling Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi to conclude that New Delhi was never interested in the consular access. “Two consular officers of the Indian High Commission in Islamabad were provided unimpeded and uninterrupted consular access to Commander Jadhav at 1500 hours,” said a statement issued by the Foreign Office. Previously, Pakistan provided the consular access on…

Google-Apple Remove Palestine From World Maps, Replace With Israel

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COURTESY BY: https://timesofpakistan.pk/ Why aren’t we talking about this: The Israeli annexation of Palestine comes to an end with latter being completely removed from Google and Apple maps, netizens left in shock. Type Palestine on Google Maps and to your shock, you will not see it instead the users are being directed to Israel. Gripping netizens in a state of anxiety, the latest stint has been followed even by Apple maps which marked the end of Israeli annexation of Palestine by completely removing the later country off the world map.…

Archer’s virus error ‘could have cost tens of millions’, says England’s Giles

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“Fast bowler Jofra Archer is a key player for England. ©AFP” /> Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Jofra Archer’s breach of the coronavirus regulations was a potential “disaster” that could have cost “tens of millions of pounds”, according to England managing director Ashley Giles. England dramatically announced fast bowler Archer had been left out of their side to play the West Indies in the second Test just hours before play got underway at Emirates Old Trafford on Thursday. Archer was omitted after he went home to Brighton on Monday to…

Ton-up Stokes takes charge for England against West Indies

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“On the attack – England’s Ben Stokes hits out during his century in the second Test at Old Trafford on Friday as West Indies wicketkeeper Shane Dowrich looks on . ©AFP” /> Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Ben Stokes piled on the agony for the West Indies with a century in the second Test at Old Trafford on Friday after Dom Sibley’s painstaking hundred finally came to an end. England were 378-5 at tea on the second day, with Stokes 172 not out in a match the hosts need to…

Ex-S.Africa cricket capt Du Plessis will ‘take the knee’

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“Faf du Plessis has said a comment he made in January that South African cricket selectors “don’t see colour” had been a mistake. ©AFP” /> Johannesburg (AFP) – Former South African captain Faf du Plessis on Friday came out in support of Black Lives Matter and said a comment he made in January that “we don’t see colour” had been a mistake. The BLM issue has shown up racial divisions in South African cricket, with 30 black former international players claiming earlier this week that racism remained a factor in…

Sibley leads England recovery in second West Indies Test

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“Stokes and Sibley guided England into a strong position. ©AFP” /> Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Dom Sibley’s painstaking unbeaten 86 helped England recover from an early collapse to be 207-3 at stumps on the first day of the second Test against the West Indies at Old Trafford on Thursday. Warwickshire opener Sibley batted out the day’s 82 overs during more than six hours at the crease on the way to posting his second successive fifty of the series. England, in a match they have to win to level the…

Russian hackers targeting vaccine trials, say UK, US, Canada

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COURTESY BY: https://www.hindustantimes.com/ The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre on Thursday announced along with its counterparts in the United States and Canada that hackers based in Russia have been targetting research teams and organisations involved in developing a vaccine for coronavirus. The coordinated charge by the three countries identifies a group called APT29 (also known as ‘the Dukes’ or ‘Cozy Bear’) and concludes that the cyber group is “almost certainly part of the Russian intelligence services”. The UK centre released a report, revealing IP addresses and other details, adding that similar…

PM Boris Johnson appoints Indian-origin experts on new race commission

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COURTESY BY: https://www.hindustantimes.com/ A new commission announced by Prime Minister Boris Johnson in June in the wake of the Black Lives Matter campaign to look into race and ethnic disparities includes two Indian-origin commissioners: Samir Shah and Ajay Kakkar, officials said on Thursday. Chaired by education consultant Tony Sewell, the independent commission has 10 members. Shah is a former BBC journalist and former chair of the race relations think-tank Runnymede Trust, while Kakkar is professor of surgery at University College London. Other members include experts across fields such as science,…

‘Obstructive and insincere’: India roasts Pak after meeting Kulbhushan Jadhav

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COURTESY BY: https://www.hindustantimes.com/ A long-awaited meeting of Indian officials with Kulbhushan Jadhav ended inconclusively on Thursday after Pakistan refused to give them unimpeded consular access, the external affairs ministry said on Thursday evening. New Delhi has lodged a formal protest with Islamabad. Indian officials had made nearly a dozen requests to Islamabad over the last one year for “unimpeded, uninterrupted and unconditional” consular access to the former Indian naval officer in line with the verdict of the International Court of Justice. Jadhav, a former naval officer turned businessman, was quietly sentenced to death by a military…