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London, Sep 14 (IANS) Despite New Zealand losing to England by 181 runs in the third ODI, left-arm pacer Trent Boult’s impressive return to international cricket has been a bright spot for the Blackcaps.In the match, Boult picked 5-51 in 9.1 overs, his sixth five-wicket haul in the format, even as Ben Stokes was on a rampage against the other bowlers while making a stunning 182, the highest individual score for England in men’s ODIs.Boult, who took 3-37 in his return to international cricket, also surpassed legendary Richard Hadlee for most five-wicket hauls taken by any New Zealand bowler in…

New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) Another exciting LaLiga EA Sports weekend lies ahead, with reigning champions FC Barcelona hosting Real Betis at the Estadi Olimpic on Sunday and with Real Sociedad travelling to the Spanish capital to face leaders Real Madrid a day later.Los Blaugrana have dropped points just once thus far, as they drew 0-0 away at Getafe CF in their 2023/24 season opener before beating Cadiz CF, Villarreal CF and CA Osasuna. They host a Real Betis side that have recorded two wins, against Rayo Vallecano and Villarreal CF, a draw with Atlético de Madrid and a loss…

New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) About four in five professionals in India believe that artificial intelligence (AI ) will significantly change the way they work, while 8 in 10 professionals believe that there will be ‘significant’ change to their jobs in the next year as a result of AI, a new report said on Thursday.According to the professional networking platform LinkedIn, while AI has created some uncertainty with 60 per cent of professionals feeling overwhelmed and 39 per cent worried that they won’t be able to keep up with AI developments sweeping through the workplace, the majority of professionals in…

“Beginning today, WebEx by Cisco and Zoom are both rolling out on Android Auto with audio-only capability, introducing a whole new category of apps,” Google said in a blogpost on Wednesday.”We’re taking the next step by making it easy and safe for you to quickly join scheduled meetings and conference calls from your car display, so you won’t have to go fumbling for your phone,” it added.Google first announced the new conferencing features in May at its I/O conference as part of its push into the automotive market via Android Auto and Google built-in.Along with this, the company expanded video…

Jaahnavi Kandula, a 23-year-old student of Northeastern University campus in South Lake Union, was hit by a Seattle Police vehicle on January 23. In the brief clip, which has sparked massive outrage on the internet, Seattle Police Officers’ Guild Vice President Daniel Auderer is heard saying, “she had limited value”, in a call with the guild’s president, Mike Solan. Congressman Ro Khanna, who is also the co-chair of the Congressional Caucus on India and Indian-Americans, said that anyone who thinks that “a human life has ‘limited value’ should not be serving in law enforcement”. “Jaahnavi Kandula came here for graduate…

As per a source: “Ira and Nupur Shikhare will first register their union in court in Mumbai during the end week of December after which they will fly to Udaipur for their wedding ceremony in January first week.”The source further mentioned that the ceremony will be an intimate affair and will see only the family members attending the function as has been the trend in B-town weddings of late.Ira, who is the daughter of Aamir Khan and Reena Dutta, got engaged to fitness trainer Nupur Shikhare, on November 18, 2022. The engagement ceremony was attended by Aamir, Reena Dutta and…

The education department has come up with an audit checklist for inspection of school buildings and room-to-room observations along with external areas of the campus.Director general school education Vijay Kiran Anand has asked all basic education officers to categorise school buildings as very good, good, bad and very bad.The rating will be based on parameters such as boundary wall, floor, brickwork in walls, staircase and ramps, toilets, and fire, electrical and flood safety.”Besides carrying out reconstruction of dilapidated buildings, we are checking the existing buildings for structural stability by conducting an elaborate school safety audit,” Anand said.The department had identified…

VOCs are known to affect health in myriad ways. It can cause eye, nose and throat irritation; headaches, loss of coordination and nausea; damage to liver, kidney and central nervous system; some organics can cause cancer in animals, some are suspected or known to cause cancer in humans.Researchers from the Environmental Working Group in the US tested both conventional products and “green” cleaning products and detected a total of 530 unique VOCs in the 30 products.Of these, 193 VOCs were hazardous — identified as having the potential to cause health harms such as respiratory system damage, increased cancer risk and…

According to the police, the victim was playing outside her house on Wednesday when she went missing. Her family members, along with locals, searched for the girl and later spotted a pack of dogs in a nearby field. She was later found in the nearby fields, after which police were informed and the child’s identity was confirmed. A senior police official said rape was confirmed after forensic investigations into the case were completed. Meanwhile, the family members of the minor expressed suspicion over a young man and held him responsible for the act. The accused, when detained, confessed to his…

Stokes hit 15 fours and nine sixes in his amazing knock of 182, and also set the new record for the highest individual ODI score by any batter in England men’s ODIs. Stokes also had a critical partnership of 199 off 165 deliveries with Dawid Malan (96) for the third wicket.“Stokes is a phenomenal cricketer, he really is. People asked whether or not he should come back but it was a complete no-brainer for me. Just because he may not be able to bowl, he’s still one of the best batters we’ve produced in any format,” said Hussain to Sky…