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New Zealand came into criticism for making South Africa do what they like doing: batting first. It proved to be game-changing as South Africa posted 357/4, with Quinton de Kock and Rassie van der Dussen making centuries, along with David Miller making a quick fifty.“At the end of the day, we chose to do a toss what we thought was best on this pitch with the information that’s been given and that’s what we go by every game. Obviously South Africa are incredibly strong batting first.”“But we’ve got an incredibly good bowling lineup and there was no reason that we…

The strike, the first in school district history, comes after a 10-month stalemate between district and union leaders as they were unable to agree on even basic budget realities, reports Xinhua news agency.Rallies broke out at most Portland Public Schools campuses starting early Wednesday. The two sides will not meet to negotiate until Friday, which means schools will also close on Thursday.Union leaders say teachers need large raises to keep pace with inflation, class size limits to allow them to meet students’ academic and emotional needs, and more planning time to adjust instruction to widely varying achievement levels, according to…

The scheme aims at making artisans self-reliant.The craftsmen whose applications are accepted will be provided training and a voucher of Rs 15,000 for purchase of toolkit. They will also receive assistance in getting bank loans.Applications have been received from craftsmen engaged in 18 trades identified under the scheme, with 42,000 — the highest number of applications– being received from those involved in tailoring.Applications have been received from masons (9,000), carpenters (7,000), blacksmiths (4,000), barbers (2,600), garland makers (1,500), hammer and toolkit makers (1,300), and toy makers and washermen (1,000 each).Before being accepted, the applications will be vetted at three stages…

The police registered a case against the unidentified man, whose image was captured in the CCTV footage, and the temple administration without naming the office-bearers.As per reports, the woman had gone to the temple on Tuesday when the accused approached her. He started talking in an obscene manner and then tried to molest her.He then became violent and attacked her with a heavy iron chain causing injuries to her face and limbs.“My face got swollen due to the attack. Some of the office-bearers of the temple are facing a legal case and they are forcing me to take back the…

Prasad, 40, was murdered on Monday in Mudlapur near Manvi taluk.The arrested persons have been identified as Keshava, Ramu and Deva Reddy.The three accused confessed that the victim had tortured them and they killed him in revenge.According to the police, the killers had waylaid the victim while he was going on a bike and attacked him with sharp-edged weapons.The palm of the victim was severed and he had cut marks all over his body.Raichur SP Nikhil had visited the spot following the incident.The Jurisdictional Manvi police have taken up further investigation.Dalit organisations had condemned the incident and demanded action against…

The increase in the DA will be effective for pensioners as well.According to a state government spokesman, the finance department has already moved a proposal in this regard.The Centre has announced an increase of 4 per cent in the DA and the state government is set to follow the same.A senior official confirmed that the proposal by the finance department has been sent to the Chief Minister’s office for Yogi Adityanath’s clearance.“Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has assured that the bonus and increase in the DA will be paid to the employees before Diwali. We request the state government to calculate…

Suhana took to her Instagram and shared two separate stories with throwback pictures of her with her father and wrote “Happy Birthday” in one of them and “Love you the most” on the other.The first picture, clicked during an old IPL match, has baby Suhana giving a loving peck on Shah Rukh Khan’s cheek. The second picture is a heartwarming collage of some throwback pictures with her dad and elder brother Aaryan Khan, which were clicked during their childhood with a caption.With loud cheers, whistles and chants of his name, Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan rang in his 58th birthday…

According to Ming-Chi Kuo of TF International Securities, the made-in-India iPhones are projected to account for 12 to 14 per cent of Apple’s global iPhone shipments this year.In a Medium blogpost, he further predicted that the importance of the South Asian market to Apple will notably rise in the coming year.Taiwanese giant Foxconn currently owns between 75 per cent and 80 per cent of India’s iPhone production capacity, said Kuo.This dynamic is expected to shift as Tata Group begins manufacturing iPhones at the Wistron production line it acquired in India.”By making India’s Tata an iPhone assembler (already acquired Wistron’s iPhone…

This is the third consecutive day of protests by the all-party legislators — from the ruling MahaYuti and Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi — to press for the reservation demands and express solidarity with Shivba Sanghatana leader Manoj Jarange-Patil who is on a rigorous hunger strike for the ninthday Thursday.The legislators raised slogans of ‘Ek Maratha, Lakh Maratha’ and ‘Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Ki Jai’, gathered outside the state government headquarters at Nariman Point and squatted on the road briefly halting the morning traffic.Later, they were detained and whisked off in vans by the Mumbai Police to the Azad Maidan police chowky,…

“Based on the current security situation, we have decided to ban bags at all major sporting events as of today. The decision is connected to the fact that the terrorist threat level is at 4 (on the 5-grade scale),” Xinhua news agency quoted Buster Mirow, a press secretary at the Swedish Police, as saying to local media late Wednesday.The bag ban also applies to concerts and festive celebrations, the Swedish Police said on its website.When the terrorist threat level was raised to 4, or “high”, in mid-August, director general of the Swedish Security Service Charlotte von Essen said that “Sweden…