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Manchester, July 17 (IANS) Former Australia Test captain Tim Paine said he would prefer Josh Hazlewood instead of Scott Boland and sees no place for Cameron Green in the playing eleven for the fourth Ashes Test, set to start on July 19 at Old Trafford. Australia are currently leading five-game Ashes 2-1.Boland has picked only two wickets in the two Tests he’s played, compared to Hazlewood taking eight wickets in the same period of time. At the third Ashes Test in Headingley, Mitchell Marsh marked his return to Test cricket with a century in the first innings and picked a…

New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) As 5G rolls out rapidly across the country, Nokia on Monday announced the establishment of a 5G skill development centre in Gujarat, in collaboration with Telecom Sector Skill Council (TSSC) and Kaushalya-The Skill University.The Centre of Excellence (CoE) at ITI Kubernagar is setting up a skill Lab to train candidates in 5G technology skills with the aim of providing placement offers within 4-6 weeks of course completion to at least 70 per cent of learners, the company said in a statement.About 300 such candidates will benefit from the programme in the first year of the…

New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) Nearly 46 per cent of young professionals reported that tech careers were not promoted much to them during early education at schools or colleges, with that figure rising to 50 per cent for women, a new report showed on Monday.According to Wiley’s emerging talent and reskill training partner, Wiley Edge, about 8 per cent of young professionals said they never received sufficient information about tech careers, including 10 per cent of women, and they instead relied on independent research about careers.”The results emphasise the critical importance of bridging skills and diversity gaps within organisations to…

San Francisco, July 17 (IANS) Microsoft will reportedly sunset its Xbox Live Gold subscription, which enables multiplayer gaming, provides game discounts and much more.Games with Gold will also likely go away “after first appearing on the Xbox 360 in 2013”, reports Android Authority.The news was first reported by Windows Central, however, the link is now taken down.It appears that Xbox Live Gold will be replaced by a new subscription named ‘Xbox Game Pass Core.’This changeover is expected to take place on September 1 this year.The Game Pass Core tier will likely be available at the same price as Live Gold.This…

Bengaluru, July 17 (IANS) Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday chaired a high-level meeting with the Foxconn Industrial Internet (Fii) a subsidiary of i-phone maker Foxconn CEO Brand Cheng led delegation, regarding the proposal to set up another supplementary plant to that of the unit at Devanahalli ITIR region.Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said that the State owns an ecosystem to enable the growth of industries and there exists coordination between academia and Industries.Assuring, that the government would take the initiative to make available human resources with the required skill sets, he offered the leadership team of the company led by its CEO…

New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) Google’s tighter regulating policies have significantly reduced the number of available apps on its Play Store, pushing the total number of apps to the lowest point in years, a report showed on Monday.The total number of Google Play apps has dropped by 360,000 in the past three years, reaching 2.59 million in June, according to data by CasinosEnLigne.com.Low-quality apps have declined but still have a 37 per cent share on Google Play Store, the data showed.The Statista and AppBrain data show that Android users could choose between 2.95 million apps three years ago.By the end…

“Our government will not come under any pressure regarding effectively implementing prohibition of transfer of land rights of Dalits. We will not make any compromise on our concern in this regard,” Siddaramaiah added.The Chief Minister on Monday chaired a meeting regarding bringing amendment to PTCL (the Karnataka Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prohibition of Transfer Of Certain Lands) Act with various organisations, Ministers, senior officers and legal experts and discussed the matter.The state government’s commitment to protect the interests of the Dalits’ rights to own land has been reiterated in the state Budget presented recently, Siddaramaiah said.This meeting is convened…

Australia’s thrilling victory at Southampton sees them lead 8-6 on points and retain Women’s Ashes despite losing their last three white-ball games in the series and Nat Sciver-Brunt hitting an unbeaten 111 in the second ODI. But Australia’s ploy of playing four spinners meant they were able to restrict England to 279 in a chase of 283.”We pride ourselves to win key moments. We came here to win the Ashes and we’ve retained them, it’s exciting and huge congratulations to the group for getting it done. Nat Sciver-Brunt played a pretty incredible innings. I thought she was going to take…

In a regulatory filing, HDFC Bank said for the period under review, it had earned a total income of Rs 57,816.67 crore (Q1FY23 Rs 41,560.27 crore) and a net profit of Rs 11,951.77 crore (Rs 9,195.99 crore).For the first quarter HDFC Bank had provided a sum of Rs 2,860.03 crore as against Rs 3,187.73 crore.The Gross Non Performing Asset (GNPA) as on June 30, 2023 stood at Rs 19,064.12 crore against Rs 18,033.67 as on June 30, 2022.The net NPA as on June 30, 2023 was at Rs 4,776.87 crore as against Rs 4,887.73 crore as on June 30, 2022.According…

The 20-year-old Alcaraz, competing in just his fourth competition on grass, overcame the 23-time Grand Slam champion Djokovic in Sunday’s epic final at the All England Club to claim his second Grand Slam title.Alcaraz, who won his first major at the 2022 US Open, snapped Djokovic’s 34-match winning streak at Wimbledon with his four-hour, 42-minute victory in an SW19 classic on Sunday.Speaking to Eurosport’s experts Mats Wilander and Barbara Schett about the key to Alcaraz’s quick adaptation to playing on grass, Ferrero said: “It’s very difficult to say, I think he takes things on board very quickly, and we’ve also…