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Former South African batter Neil McKenzie has been appointed as the consultant coach for the Sri Lankan cricket team ahead of their two-match Test series against South Africa starting from November 27 onwards. The former right-handed batter shall join the visiting team between November 13 and 21, as confirmed by Sri Lanka Cricket, ahead of the first Test in Durban. The series will feature two Tests and will be important for both side’s ICC World Test Championship final chances. Mckenzie, who played 58 Test matches between 2000 and 2009, racked up over 3,253 runs for South Africa, with five centuries and 16 fifties. He also aggregated nearly 20,000 runs in first-class cricket. Famously, he is… Read More »Not De Villiers: This Ex-SA Star, Once With RCB, Now Made SL Consultant

<p><span style=”font-weight: 400;”>Are world governments acting with enough urgency to meet climate targets? A new report by UK-based energy think tank Ember, released to coincide with the ongoing COP29 conference in Baku, suggests they aren&rsquo;t, at least as far as boosting the capacity of renewable energy is concerned.</span></p> <p><span style=”font-weight: 400;”>A year after the global goal to triple renewables by 2030 was agreed at COP28, national targets by governments are almost unchanged, the report notes. According to the think tank, the national targets still add up to just over a doubling of the global renewables capacity by 2030. &ldquo;In that time, solar&rsquo;s prospects have improved, leading to upgrades in market forecasts for renewables by 2030,&rdquo;… Read More »World Govts Vowed To Triple Renewables Capacity At COP28. Year Later, Most Yet To Update Targets, Says Think Tank

<p>The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) medically examine E Abubacker, the former Chairman of the banned outfit Popular Front of India (PFI), to determine if he should be granted bail on medical grounds.</p> <p>A bench comprising Justices MM Sundresh and Aravind Kumar directed AIIMS to constitute a medical team for the purpose of medical examination. The top court has directed the authorities to take Abubacker to AIIMS within a period of two days and admit him as an in-patient for the purpose of examination.&nbsp;</p> <p>Solicitor General Tushar Mehta appearing for the NIA opposed bail for Abubacker, saying that he was previously taken to AIIMS on several occasions… Read More »Supreme Court Orders AIIMS Check-Up Of Ex-PFI Chief E Abubacker For Bail On Medical Grounds

The Supreme Court has dismissed a man’s petition in which he claimed his brain was controlled through a machine. Describing the petition as “bizarre,” a bench of Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah said they could not find any grounds to interfere. The petitioner, a teacher, approached the court with allegations that certain individuals used a “human brain reading machinery” obtained from the Central Forensic Scientific Laboratory (CFSL) in Hyderabad to manipulate his brain. He sought a court order for the deactivation of this alleged device. The case originally started in the Andhra Pradesh High Court, where the petitioner argued the machine was being operated on him without his consent. The CFSL and the… Read More »Man Claims His Brain Being “Controlled” With Machine, Supreme Court Junks Petition

Godrej Industries is set to acquire the food additives and emulsifier business of Savannah Surfactants Limited for Rs 76 crore. The deal will see Godrej Industries expand its product offerings to the Food & Beverages segment. Savannah Surfactants Ltd has a manufacturing capacity of 5,200 tonnes per annum of finished products.