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New Delhi, Nov 1 (IANS) The Board of Cricket Council of India (BCCI) has put a ban on the use of fireworks during the remaining World Cup matches in Delhi and Mumbai over the deteriorating Air Quality Index (AQI) in these two cities.Mumbai will be hosting two of the league matches on November 2 (India vs Sri Lanka), November 7 (Australia vs Afghanistan), and the semi-final on November 15, whereas Delhi will be hosting its last league match between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka on November 6.BCCI is sensitive to environmental concerns. I took up the matter formally with the ICC…

Paris, Nov 1 (IANS) Russian Roman Safiullin earned the biggest win of his career year by stunning No.2 Carlos Alcaraz in the Paris Masters.The qualifier recovered an early break in both sets of a shock 6-3, 6-4 victory, dealing Alcaraz his first opening-round loss of 2023.Safiullin is up to No. 39 in the ATP Live Rankings with the victory, setting himself up to break into the Top 40 for the first time. The 26-year-old’s upset win against Alcaraz follows breakthrough runs to the Wimbledon quarter-finals and the Chengdu final in recent months.”Since qualies, I was not playing at this level…

New Delhi, Nov 1 (IANS) Former Pakistan cricketer turned commentator Ramiz Raja has stated that Pakistan skipper Babar Azam doesn’t feel comfortable while facing spin bowling at the start of his innings and later advised to make a comeback with a ‘hundred’.In the ICC World Cup 2023seven matches thus far, Babar has scored 216 runs at an average of 30.85 with three half-centuries to his name.Out of seven innings, he has got out to spinners five times after being dismissed by Colin Ackermann, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Noor Ahmad, Tabraiz Shamsi, and Adam Zampa.Ramiz talking to Star Sports suggested Babar to…

Pune, Nov 1 (IANS) New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson has been ruled out of their upcoming ICC World Cup 2023 match against South Africa on Wednesday, as he is yet to recover from the thumb injury fully.Williamson sustained a thumb injury in the match against Bangladesh at the MA Chidambaram Stadium and has not been deemed fit form the New Zealand medical team.New Zealand Cricket in an update on Williamson’s injury, wrote on X (previously Twitter), “Kane Williamson has been ruled out of Wednesday’s match against @ProteasMenCSA.Williamson has batted in the nets the last two days but has been ruled…

Berlin, Nov 1 (IANS) Leipzig were eliminated in the second round of the German Cup, ending their hopes of a third consecutive title, as Vaclav Cerny’s first-half goal secured Wolfsburg’s place in the last 16 on Tuesday.Wolfsburg made a promising start. Within the first 24 seconds, Tiago Tomas almost found the net after Mattias Svanberg intercepted a pass from Leipzig’s David Raum, reports Xinhua.New summer signing Cerny, however, capitalized on a through ball from Tomas and shot it into the roof of the net, recording his first goal for the Wolves only 14 minutes into the match.While Leipzig maintained more…

Geneva, Nov 1 (IANS) Saudi Arabia has declared its interest in hosting the 2034 World Cup, FIFA confirmed on Tuesday.The world football governing body also received interest confirmations from Morocco, Portugal and Spain to host the 2030 FIFA World Cup and from Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay to host celebratory games, reports XinhuaThis first step will be followed by thorough bidding processes for both FIFA World Cup editions, with the hosts to be appointed by the member associations gathered at FIFA Congresses in 2024, FIFA announced.FIFA will open a dialogue with bidders before publishing evaluation reports. The FIFA Congress will discuss…

Bhubaneswar, Oct 31 (IANS) Sunil Chhetri inched closer to becoming the all-time leading goal-scorer in the ISL with his 58th strike but Bengaluru FC slumped to a 3-2 defeat to Odisha FC in the Indian Super League (ISL) 2023-24 at the Kalinga Stadium here on Tuesday.After Chhetri opened the scoring and R. Williams doubled the lead in the 18th minute, Odisha scored through L. Khawlhring (23′), I. Vanlalruatfela (45’) and A. Ranawade (60′) to get back to winning ways.Chhetri’s knack of finding the back of the net was evident straightaway as the striker beat his marker and Odisha goalkeeper Amrinder…

Guwahati, Nov 1 (IANS) Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati incubated startup Beta Tank Robotics (BetaTANK) on Wednesday announced two robotic solutions that can efficiently maintain and clean petroleum tanks eliminating manual labour for the hazardous task. The robot to clean crude oil tank bottom sludge will sweep tank bottom sludge, and pump it to a receptacle outside the tank. These also have three very distinct USP over its contemporaries in the world.Another robot to water wash and strip retail outlet petrol pump tanks will move inside the tank, raise their arms, spread their arms, and water-wash the tanks, including…

New Delhi, Nov 1 (IANS) Microsoft has started rolling out the next major update to its Windows 11 PC operating system with some new features.The main change in the new update (known as Windows 11, version 23H2) includes the name change of Microsoft Teams to Chat.”Chat is now Microsoft Teams (free) and is pinned by default to the taskbar,” VP of programme management for Windows servicing and delivery, John Cable, said in a blogpost on Tuesday.”When you click to launch Microsoft Teams, you will discover a mini communications experience that makes it possible to chat, call, meet, and create a…

New Delhi, Nov 1 (IANS) Music streaming giant Spotify’s Regional Director (APAC) Vineeta Dixit on Wednesday appointed as the new Chairperson of the Internet and Mobile Association of India’s (IAMAI) Public Policy Committee.Sandeep Aggarwal, founder and CEO of Droom Technology, and Senthil Kumar, Public Policy and Government Relations of Ninjacart, have been appointed as Co-Chairs of the Public Policy Committee.The new leadership replaces Amit Mathur (Reliance Jio), Udai Mehta (Amazon), Urvashi Sahay (Paytm) and Aprameya Radhakrishna (Koo).The new appointments were made following elections for the leadership of the Public Policy Committee.”IAMAI is a powerful voice for the digital industry in…