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Paine has also recently been announced as an Assistant Coach for Australia A ahead of their series against New Zealand A beginning next week.Having recently retired from First-Class cricket, Paine is one of the most experienced players in Australian cricket, with well over 400 professional games to his name amassed across an 18-year on-field career.Strikers General Manager, Cricket Tim Nielsen is thrilled that Paine will be bringing his expertise to the Strikers this summer.”Tim is a great addition to our team and will help us in so many ways this season. A gifted keeper and Test level batter, Tim will…

In a social media post, the Ministry said that nine of the drones were shot down and the remaining 33 were jammed by electronic warfare equipment and crashed without reaching their targets, CNN reported.“Overnight, an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out terrorist attacks using unmanned aerial vehicles on Russian Federation territory has been thwarted,” the post added.The Ministry also claimed that Ukraine had launched an upgraded S-200 air defence complex missile that was detected and shot down by Russian forces over the Kaluga region southwest of Moscow.Ukraine is yet to comment on the developments.Russia’s claims came a day…

Interestingly, they were so confident of the safe landing of the country’s moon lander on Wednesday evening, that they had decided on the thanksgiving puja on Tuesday itself.“We had performed thanksgiving puja to the Moon God at the Chandranaar Temple in Thingalur on Thursday. We also distributed sweets to the devotees,” Easanasivam, Thanjavur District Organiser, Hindu Munnani told IANS.The Chandranaar Temple is one of the Navagraha temples, all located near Kumbakonam, and devotees pray at these temples to get rid of negative planetary influence on them.While the presiding deity at the temple is Soma (Moon), the main deity is Lord…

The meeting took place on Thursday night. During the meeting, the Chief Minister apprised the Home Minister of the current situation and also discussed a wide range of issues pertaining to the strife-torn state, sources said.Singh also apprised Shah of the various initiatives taken by the government for rehabilitation of the displaced people, added sources.”Law and order situation is improving in the state. I have come here to take advice from the Home Minister,” Singh told reporters before the meeting. Singh along with a few of his cabinet colleagues and party MLAs reached the national capital on Thursday, officials said.Sources…

Tokyo initiated the discharge of contaminated water a day earlier, a process expected to span more than three decades, despite lingering health and environmental concerns from neighboring countries, reports Yonhap News agency.”So far, the discharge is proceeding stably as originally planned, and it is understood that there are no abnormal situations,” said Park Ku-yeon, the first deputy chief of South Korea’s Office for Government Policy Coordination, during a daily briefing on the Fukushima issue.Park also emphasised that the Seoul government is thoroughly monitoring and analysing the ocean discharge process through a “double hotline” between the regulatory and diplomatic authorities of…

The successful landing of Chandrayaan 3 on the Moon’s south pole has every Indian in a state of euphoria and pride. The fabulous achievement of ISRO is just the boost that the Indian cricket team requires when they play in the Asia Cup’23. The tournament will be a cricketing treat to savour for the millions of Asian cricket lovers. India play Pakistan in their very first match and with Nepal being the third team in the group, both the Asian giants should easily qualify for the Super 4 stage.The interesting schedule of this tournament is that India and Pakistan will…

A Liberia-registered cargo ship made an emergency call at around 11.40 p.m. on Thursday night, reporting that it had collided with a Japanese cargo vessel Izumi Maru in the Kii Channel off the prefecture, Kyodo News reported, citing the country’s coast guard.The Izumi Maru capsized, with three of the five crew members of the 499-ton cargo vessel rescued, while two others are missing, Xinhua news agency quoted the report as saying.The Japan coast guard rescuers are searching for the remaining two, it added.There are no reports of injuries to the crew of the Liberian-flagged ship.–IANSksk

Heading into the sixth and last attempt on Thursday final, Tentoglou and Jamaica’s Pinnock had both jumped an impressive 8.50m. However, the Greek athlete’s second-best result was just 1cm behind Pinnock’s 8.40m, placing him in second position, Xinhua reports.Tentoglou, coming in second in the previous year’s World Championships, delivered his final jump with unwavering determination, achieving a season-best of 8.52m, out of Pinnock’s reach.”The only gold medal I missed is now mine,” Tentoglou remarked. “It was a great competition, a great battle, better than last year. Now I’m going to defend all my titles.”Last year’s defending champion, Wang Jianan, who…

“To show our appreciation to the small business community and highlight our recent product improvements, X will offer a one-time ad credit of $250 USD when a small business spends $1,000 USD on a new campaign within the next30 days,” the company said in a Business blogpost.According to the company, more than eight in 10 active advertisers on the platform are small and medium businessesIn a related FAQ page, the platform said that the X Ads credits “Credits” will expire on December 31 of the calendar year they were issued.Also, the use of the Credits may be subject to a…

The world football governing body will livestream the draw from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on its official website on Thursday .Seven teams are set to compete in the tournament. The lineup includes Urawa Reds from Japan, Al Ahly from Egypt, Club Leon from Mexico, Auckland City from New Zealand, Manchester City from England, and Al Ittihad from Saudi Arabia. The winners of the CONMEBOL Libertadores 2023 are yet to be determined, Xinhua reports.Al Ittihad and Auckland City will face off in the first round on Dec. 12. The victors will move on to the second round, joining Urawa Reds, Al Ahly,…