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The veteran seamer broke and dislocated his right thumb while attempting to take a catch during the fourth ODI against England last Friday.A decision on the senior pace-bowler’s availability for the upcoming ICC Cricket World Cup in India will be made early next week once the results of the surgery are known.Head coach Gary Stead remained hopeful Southee could recover in time to be available for the tournament.”We’ve got our fingers crossed the surgery goes well for Tim. He’ll have some pins or screws inserted in his right thumb and, providing the procedure is a success, it will be a…

During a two-hour debate on Tuesday, Leader of the House Indranee Rajah said the ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) would consider a clawback of Iswaran’s MP allowance if he is given criminal charges, the Channel News Asia reported.The Progress Singapore Party’s (PSP) motion had called for Iswaran — who was arrested in July and is under investigation by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau — to be suspended as an MP for the remaining session of Parliament.In response, Rajah filed a counter-motion for Parliament to consider the matter when the outcome of ongoing investigations against Iswaran is known.The ruling PAP MPs…

The boy, a resident of Fatehganj in Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly, made a call on the emergency Helpline 112.The boy is presently being interrogated by the police.Further details are awaited.–IANSamita/dpb

The 36-year-old become the four-time World Cup winners’ youngest coach since 39-year-old Jurgen Klinsmann was appointed in 2004, Xinhua reports.According to media reports, he will take charge of the UEFA Euro 2024 hosts until the end of that tournament next July.Ten days ago, Hansi Flick left the Germany role after 25 games in charge due to several poor results in friendlies that followed a disappointing group exit at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.Former Germany striker Rudi Voller took charge of the team in a friendly against France last week, which Die Mannschaft won 2-1.Nagelsmann has agreed to a…

The company said it has received approval from the reviewing independent institutional review board and the first hospital site to begin recruitment for our first-in-human clinical trial.“The PRIME Study (short for Precise Robotically Implanted Brain-Computer Interface) aims to evaluate the safety of our implant (N1) and surgical robot (R1) and assess the initial functionality of our wireless brain-computer interface for enabling people with paralysis to control external devices with their thoughts,” the company said in a statement late on Tuesday.During the study, the R1 Robot will be used to surgically place the N1 Implant’s ultra-fine and flexible threads in a…

He then pushed her into a canal believing her to be dead. The victim was rescued by locals who spotted her in the canal. She is undergoing treatment at a local hospital, said police on Wednesday.The accused was married and a father of two children. He took this step as the woman had decided to end her relationship with him after her marriage was fixed with another person, said the police spokesman.“The police launched a hunt for the man after the woman confirmed the identity of her culprit as Gash-u-Zama Khan, 32, and arrested him along with his elder brother…

The 35-year-old assistant professor was hacked to death on Tuesday, allegedly by armed robbers who barged into his house.Three of his family members were also critically injured.The main accused Shahbaz was arrested later in the evening on Tuesday but he snatched the firearm of an inspector while he was being taken to court and was shot dead in the encounter.According to reports, neighbours found the family, including assistant Professor Alok Gupta, lying in a pool of blood. His wife Sonam, father Sudheer Gupta and brother Prashant were among the injured.In a police complaint, Sonam said, “I was asleep in my…

New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) Meta-owned WhatsApp is apparently testing a version of its iOS app that is also optimised for Apple iPad.WhatsApp for iPad is currently under testing which can now be installed via the TestFlight app for all beta testers who can already use the beta app on their mobile devices, reports WABetaInfo.The version 23.19.1.71 of WhatsApp’s TestFlight app includes the new iPad.To set up WhatsApp on your iPad, you’ll need to have the beta iOS version of the app installed on your iPhone and iPad.“Once this is done, you need to use WhatsApp on your iPhone and…

A senior customs official said that the accused was held based on profiling, adding that both the accused arrived at Chandigarh Airport from Dubai.”We checked their luggage which led to the detection of 12 gold biscuits weighing 1400 grams valued at Rs 83 lakhs. They were smuggling it in a cigarette pack,” said the official.The recovered gold was confiscated under the provisions of Section 110 of the Customs Act, and the passengers were subsequently arrested under Section 104 of the Customs Act.Further investigation into the matter is on.–IANSatk/shb

The Red Sand Boa is a rare non-poisonous snake and is used to make medicines, cosmetics and in black magic, hence, is in demand globally.The STF officials said one Red Sand Boa snake fetches several lakh rupees internationally.They said this snake is protected under Schedule IV of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, and was included in the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species in 2021.Those arrested on Tuesday were identified as two Gorakhpur residents — Om Prakash Singh and Mohd Saifudeen, a Varanasi resident Ram Shankar Maurya and an Azamgarh resident Raja Ram Yadav.–IANSamita/dpb