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Hemantha, the leg-spinner, replaces injured off-spinner Maheesh Theekshana in Sri Lanka’s playing eleven, with pacer Kasun Rajitha also being back. “Seems like a good wicket, there will be some turn in the afternoon. Last year, we weren’t able to get these crowds but this time we are really fortunate.””I’m very pleased with the youngsters – Wellalage, Pathirana, Samarawickrama. It is a good team and the results are there, this is a good boost for the WC,” said Sri Lanka captain Dasun Shanaka, amidst loud cheers from the sell-out crowd on winning the toss.On the other hand, off-spin all-rounder Washington, playing…

The kingpin of the racket, Mantu Mallick, a resident of Betberia village under Chapra Police Station of Nadia district, was arrested early Sunday morning. A huge consignment of 4.10 kilograms of high-quality marijuana was seized from his possession.Meet Kumar, the additional district police superintendent of Krishnanagar District Police, under which Chapra police station comes, claimed that the arrested person will be produced at a district court on Sunday only where his police custody will be sought.Meanwhile, district police sources said that the entire racket used to operate in a three- tier system. “In the first tier there were a number…

The benchmark indices gained on all five days of the week while midcap and Smallcap indices gained on four days and lost on one session. However, the fall on Tuesday was severe to see the BSEMIDCAP and BSESMALLCAP end in the negative for the week. The loss on Tuesday in BSEMIDCAP was 1,000 points while it was 1,600 points on BSESMALLCAP.BSESENSEX gained 1,239.72 points or 1.86 per cent to close at 67,838.63 points while NIFTY gained 372.40 points or 1.88 per cent to close at 20,192.35 points. The broader indices saw BSE100, BSE200 and BSE500 gain 1.53 per cent, 1.32…

Led by IIM Lucknow, the study sheds light on how airlines and airports can collaboratively achieve sustainable growth through various agreements.Moreover, the government can also step in, acting as an overall leader — enabling a further greening of this sector by imposing taxes, the study has suggested.The study has been published in the European Journal of Operational Research and Transportation Research.“Airlines in India have been working on improving fuel efficiency to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This involves adopting more fuel-efficient aircraft, optimising flight routes, and implementing operational practices that minimise fuel consumption, reducing taxi times, and implementing procedures to minimise…

The actress added that the layers in her character and her character graph are remarkable as well.“Mukesh Chhabra’s casting company approached me for the role of Tanvi. This happened about two years before we began shooting the movie. I was one of the first people to be chosen for the film. Later on, they selected other actors for different roles. They wanted to make a movie about girls having fun and forming strong bonds.”“I had previously acted in a film called ‘Angry Indian Goddesses’, which was my first film and had won awards. The topic of that film was similar,…

New Delhi, Sep 17 (IANS) Former cricketers Kumar Sangakkara and Eoin Morgan picked Team India as the hot favorite to win the ICC Men’s World Cup 2023 “at home”.Talking to Sky Sports, both the ex-cricketer said India is at their best with their perfect combination of players. It’s going to be very tough to beat India in “home conditions”.“I think England and India are going to be top favourites, I saw Sri Lanka play the last game and how they played throughout the Asia Cup, so they could be challenging for a playoff position, once you’re in the playoffs, you’re…

Wolverhampton (England), Sep 17 (IANS) Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah has achieved a milestone of 200 Premier League goal involvements for one club after he claimed two assists as he came from one behind to beat Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-1 at Molineux Stadium.Salah started on Saturday with 199 goal involvements for Liverpool, and set up goals for Cody Gakpo and Andrew Robertson to take his tally to 201.The Egyptians 201 combined goal involvements make him just the eighth player to achieve the double-century for a single club in the Premier League era. And with his tally having been recorded in 223 matches,…

London, Sep 17 (IANS) New Zealand head coach Gary Stead came up with an update on star all-rounder Tim Southee’s injury and stated the team will only make a decision after consulting the specialists back home.Southee fractured his right thumb while fielding in the fourth One Day International (ODI) against England at Lords on September 15.”We’ll just need to understand the timeframes and what that looks like and once we have that information, we will then be able to move forward and make a decision,” said Stead.”Until then, we can’t make a call around the World Cup.”Stead expressed his concern…

Toronto, Sep 17 (IANS) Intrusive thoughts of people with obsessive-compulsive disorder, or OCD are more frequent, last longer and create a need to act on the compulsion in order to neutralise their thoughts, finds a study.It may be normal to have intrusive thoughts such as a random or inappropriate idea popping into people’s heads, or to feel compelled to double-check and triple-check that the front door is locked. Typically they go away and people go about our lives.But for some, the intrusive thoughts can become uncontrollable, persistent and invasive, and so they may try to alleviate them through compulsive rituals:…

London, Sep 17 (IANS) Neonatal kidney transplantation can offer a ‘game-changing’ solution to the pressing organ shortage crisis, suggests a study.While previous research confirmed the viability of transplanting kidneys from paediatric donors into adults, making the decision to donate can be an incredibly tough process for families and caregivers, especially the organs of their newborn.A team from the Drexel University in the US, analysed neonatal mortality in the country and the long-term development of these kidneys aftertransplantation as well as the ethical and social considerations surrounding the procedure.The research, presented at the ongoing European Society for Organ Transplantation (ESOT) Congress…