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Rishabh Pant is all set to return to international red-ball cricket after the wicket-keeper batter was included in the Indian cricket team squad for the first Test match against Bangladesh starting September 19. Pant will be making his return after around 20 months as he was sidelined for a long time following the injuries suffered in a car accident in 2022. He was a key member of the Indian cricket team at the T20 World Cup 2024 and he also made his ODI return against Sri Lanka. Pant has now found a fan in WWE Hall of Famer Eric Bischoff. Bischoff reacted to a comment by a X (formerly Twitter) user commenting on Pant’s comeback… Read More »Pant Finds Unexpected Fan In WWE Hall Of Famer. Internet Left Stunned

With an aim to enhance language skills, improve employability, and facilitate students’ transition into the workforce, Karnataka government has launched four new skilling programmes for students. The programmes have been introduced in collaboration with the British Council. An MoU to this effect was signed between Karnataka State Higher Education Council (KSHEC) and British Council on February 26, 2024. The four skilling programmes launched include ‘Scholars for Outstanding Undergraduate Talent’ (SCOUT) programme, ‘English Skills for Youth’, ‘Capacity Building Training for International Officers,’ and a ‘Freemium Digital Library Wall’ at Bengaluru University. SCOUT programmeUnder this programme, KSHEC will select 30 students, which include five students and one faculty member each from Bangalore University, Bengaluru City University, Gulbarga… Read More »Karnataka Government Launches Four New Skilling Courses For Students

A law that rarely comes into play in cricket is when a wicket-keeper batter claims or interferes with play by keeping his gloves ahead of the stumps. But that is exactly the sin that Northamptonshire wicket-keeper Lewis McManus made in a Vitality T20 Blast contest against Somerset. With Somerset’s Tom Kohler-Cadmore on strike, McManus had just appealed for a stumping. However, after replays showed that McManus’ gloves had just crossed the line of the stumps before he collected the ball, the third umpire decided to call it a no-ball altogether. Although McManus had collected the ball well behind the stumps, his gloves had crossed the stumps before Kohler-Cadmore had played the ball. Although harsh, as… Read More »Watch: Third Umpire Demands Replay, Calls Rare ‘Wicket-Keeper’ No Ball

Former England cricket team skipper Michael Vaughan was extremely critical of the Ollie Pope-led side after their stunning loss against Sri Lanka in the third Test match on Monday. England were completely outplayed by an in-form Sri Lanka side that won their first Test match on English soil in more than 10 years. Vaughan went on to say that England disrespected Test cricket and Sri Lanka with how they decided to approach the match. He further said that England did not go with their usual Bazball style of play after winning the first two Tests of the series and Sri Lanka took advantage of the lapse. “I felt that they disrespected Test cricket and disrespected Sri… Read More »“Disrespected Test Cricket And…”: Vaughan Blasts England In Scathing Rant

A US jury has awarded $50 million in damages to a man who spent nearly 10 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted of murder, his lawyers said Tuesday. A federal jury in Chicago on Monday ruled in favour of Marcel Brown, 34, giving the largest award to a single wrongful-conviction plaintiff in US history, Loevy & Loevy, the law firm representing him said. Brown was arrested and sentenced to 35 years in prison after he was convicted of being an accomplice in the 2008 murder of a 19-year-old man. But in 2018 the case against him was dropped and he was released after his lawyers presented evidence that the confession had been obtained from… Read More »US Jury Awards $50 Million To Man After 10 Years Of Wrongful Conviction