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Melbourne, Sep 3 (IANS) India captain Harmanpreet Kaur was the only player from the country selected in the inaugural Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL) overseas draft, held on Sunday. She was placed in the platinum category of the draft and was picked by Melbourne Renegades, who also drafted in West Indies captain Hayley Matthews.Harmanpreet returns to the Renegades and the WBBL after missing last season due to injury. She was the Player of the Tournament in WBBL season seven, after being the Renegades’ leading run-scorer (406) and wicket-taker (15). She recently represented the Trent Rockets in The Hundred, and led…

San Francisco, Sep 3 (IANS) Ford Motor has issued a recall notice of nearly 42,000 Super Duty F250 and F350 trucks in the US over a mechanical issue that can increase the crash risk.According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the left rear axle shaft on affected models “may have been improperly heat-treated” during production and may break.The recall includes 2023 models equipped with single rear wheels and a 10.5-inch rear axle shaft.”A broken rear axle could result in a loss of motive power and inability to hold the vehicle in park. If the parking brake is not…

Paris, Sep 3 (IANS) European Space Agency’s astronaut Andreas Mogensen is all set to study how light and sleep affects the body’s rhythm in space, the agency has announced.Mogensen, who is part of the NASA-SpaceX Crew-7 mission, flew to the International Space Station aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon, last week. This is Andreas’ second mission to ISS and first long-duration mission on the orbital lab, where he will work and live for half a year as part of Expeditions 69 and 70.Andreas will run several experiments to better understand how astronauts sleep in space and how to support astronauts’ mental…

MPRST Secretary Rupesh Velip said that the members of the organisation are disappointed over the reply received from the Union Law & Justice Ministry and have resolved to boycott the election during a meeting held on Saturday.The Ministry’s Legislative Department stated that the exercise of reserving seats for Scheduled Tribes (STs) in the state Assembly would only take place through a Delimitation Commission after 2026.After receiving the letter, the ST community in Goa again warned of boycotting the Lok Sabha election in 2024.In the recently-concluded Monsoon session, the Goa Assembly had unanimously adopted a private member resolution to make provision…

Talking to Cricbuzz, Karthik stated, “Shaheen, Haris Rauf, and Naseem can bowl 90+ consistently and all three are very different. Shaheen Shah, obviously the left arm, has an angle to it and brings the ball back in, Naseem Shah swings the ball both ways, Haris is arguably one of the best bowlers right now at the back end of an inning because of his skid and the nasty bouncer that he’s got.”On being asked whom he would prefer to bat on these wickets, he found Indian pacers (Mohammad Siraj, Mohammad Shami, and Jasprit Bumrah) comfortable to face. He mentioned the…

Forming alliances is one way to win, as alliances have a greater chance to earn immunities which will in turn prevent premature vote-outs, saving contestants from eliminations and extending the game.But alliances are just as easy to break, and now Rhea and Gautam will have to face off against one another as Prince Narula’s gang has taken the lead once again.Now what will happen in the tasks ahead is unknown, though this going to change the initially expected vote-outs and either add in or delete names which were scheduled for termination.Earlier, there was a huge feud between Prince and Gautam…

Whitehall officials and Tata Steel are close to agreeing a deal that would commit more than £1bn to the future of its Port Talbot steelworks, but which could ultimately result in thousands of job losses, Sky News reported.The terms of an agreement were subject to change, but that there were hopes of finalising it as early as this month.One insider suggested that Tata Steel had been trying to persuade the government to increase the proposed funding package in recent weeks, Sky News reported.Under the plans currently envisaged, the government would commit approximately £500m of public funding to the company, while…

The maximum number of lightning deaths was reported in 2018 at 304, followed by 295 in 2020, 265 in 2019, 260 in 2021, and 229 in 2022. In 2023, the number of lightning deaths had been 106 till July 31. The number may increase further during the current calendar year as the monsoon season, coupled with thunderstorms and lightning, is yet to be over. Environmentalists have noted that one peculiarity in the statistics is the sudden increase in the number of lightning-related deaths in Kolkata during the period of review, which was not that common before 2018. The statistics also…

“Just heard about Smt Sonia Gandhi being admitted to a hospital due to fever,” wrote Congress leader and Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K Shivakumar on X while confirming the same.Shivakumar also wished speedy recovery of Gandhi.Earlier in the day, sources in the party claimed that former Congress chief underwent health check-ups at the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital.Sources said Gandhi went to the hospital for a check-up on Friday evening and then again on Saturday morning following a mild fever.The hospital, however, has not issued any statement so far in this regard.Earlier this year, the former Congress was admitted to Sir…

Sources said that padyatra will be held across the country on September 7 between 5 p.m to 6 p.m.On September 7 last year, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi had carried out the BJY from Kanyakumari and concluded it in Jammu and Kashmir in January this year. The party Congress said the yatra was one of its most decisive mass contact programme.–IANS std/svn