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London, Sep 13 (IANS) England’s left-arm pace all-rounder David Willey revealed that he thought his career in international cricket was over post being omitted from the 2019 World Cup winning squad, if not for the Covid-19 pandemic.Willey was a last-minute omission from England’s squad for the mega event at home in favour of Jofra Archer, who would bowl the Super Over which gave the squad the trophy in a dramatic final at Lord’s.”If it wasn’t for Covid, I probably thought that my England career was done. They picked the two squads (to stay in bubbles) for the Test matches in…

Bhubaneswar, Sep 13 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister, Naveen Patnaik, on Wednesday announced financial support for the state’s athletes, who are set to participate in the upcoming Asian Games in China, to held from September 23 to October 8.Each Asian Games-bound athlete will receive Rs 10 lakhs each, to support their training, preparation, and participation in the prestigious sporting event.For the upcoming Hangzhou Asian Games 13 athletes from Odisha have qualified, including Kishore Jena in Athletics; Anshika Bharati, Ritu Kaudi and Sonali swain (Rowing); Anupama Swain (Ju-Jitsu); Neha Devi Leichondam (Kayaking & Canoeing); Pyari Xaxa (Football); Deep Grace Ekka and Amit…

Colombo, Sep 13 (IANS) KL Rahul was initially not slated to be in India’s playing eleven for their Asia Cup Super Four match against Pakistan, till a back spasm to Shreyas Iyer made him a last-minute addition.It gave Rahul his first international game since March, and after undergoing surgery plus rehabilitation for a right thigh injury sustained in IPL 2023. In a rain-marred match which India won by 228 runs, Rahul struck an unbeaten 111, placing his shots well and attacking against spinners, followed by keeping wickets for the entire game.Against Sri Lanka on Tuesday, Rahul made 39 off 44…

New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) Apple has announced its first-ever carbon-neutral products in the all-new Apple Watch lineup as part of its ambitious 2030 climate goal and also ended the use of leather across all of its product lines.The company will replace leather with a new textile called FineWoven, an elegant and durable twill made from 68 per cent post-consumer recycled content.FineWoven offers a subtle lustre and a soft, suedelike feel, and is available on iPhone MagSafe cases and wallets as well as the Magnetic Link and Modern Buckle Apple Watch bands.The company also introduced a new tool in the…

The team from the AquaWatch Australia Mission at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) is aiming to create a world-leading weather service for water quality using the sensors and satellite data, reports Xinhua news agency.Alex Held, the CSIRO’s AquaWatch Mission Lead, said in a statement on Wednesday that the project could help support the management of the reef – the largest coral reef system in the world and one of Australia’s top tourist attractions.The specialised sensors, which were installed in the southern part of the reef, will monitor the flow of sediment and dissolved organic carbon from rivers…

The Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM), which measures whether people have enough resources to cover their needs, increased 4.6 percentage points in 2022 from a year earlier, Xinhua news agency quoted the report released late Tuesday as saying.The data also showed that the child poverty rate more than doubled, from 5.2 per cent in 2021 to 12.4 per cent in 2022. It was the largest change in child poverty since the agency began tracking the index in 2009, the report said.The rise in poverty amounted to an increase of 15.3 million Americans living in poverty, according to the Center on Budget…

Police raided a three-storey building located at Lakhpatia Mor of Gopalganj town and detained them.The police acted on the inputs of the local intelligence that the youths may possibly be from Bangladesh but are posing as natives of West Bengal on the basis of fake documents.Police also suspect that some kind of training was on in the building.The youths came under the radar of security agencies as their language and tradition differed from the local people. Moreover, they did not interact with the local residents.On the basis of suspicion, the police seized their laptops, mobile phones and other documents, including…

Earlier in the day, Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi shared an image on X (formerly Twitter) and wrote: “PM Modi launched the Kisan Sampada scheme to double the income of farmers of India. But in Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma used his influence to help his wife’s firm get Rs 10 crore as part of credit linked subsidy..“Are Central government schemes meant to enrich the BJP?”Reacting to Gogoi’s post, the Chief Minister tweeted: “I would like to clarify that neither my wife nor the company she is associated with has ever received any financial subsidies from the Government of India.”Earlier,…

“I want to let people know how the public’s hard earned tax money is being diverted to the Chief Minister of Assam, Himanta Biswa Sarma’s family and friends. His wife, Riniki Sharma Bhuyan, has embarked on a path to become ‘Assam’s Adani’ since he became the Chief Minister,” alleged Rajesh Sharma.He said that Assam CM’s wife opened a luxurious private school called ‘Vandya International School’ and she also owned a tea garden and a resort.”The Chief Minister’s wife has purchased more than 106 bighas (35 acres) of agricultural land in the Nagaon district of Assam. The significant issue here is…

Actress Pallavi Joshi is known to give depth to any character she plays on screen. The actress will now be seen in ‘The Vaccine War’, for which she is the producer as well. The trailer of the film was launched in Mumbai on Tuesday and here she spoke about her experience working on this film and also working with her husband Vivek Agnihotri who is the director of the film.Pallavi said: “Vivek is always a good director. It was a wonderful experience as always working with him. It was our third film together and he is always fun to work…