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In a surprising turn of events, Indian opener Shubman Gill has dropped out of the ICC Test Batting Rankings top 10, despite delivering one of the most dominant individual performances in a five-Test series. Gill amassed a colossal 754 runs across 10 innings during the recently concluded England series, yet he now finds himself sitting at 13th in the latest ICC rankings. A Record-Breaking Series Gill’s performance in England was nothing short of exceptional. With an average of 75.40, he notched up four centuries, including a double hundred at Edgbaston and back-to-back tons at Headingley and Old Trafford. His consistency…

A prominent Georgian journalist was convicted Wednesday of slapping a senior police officer during an anti-government protest and sentenced to two years in prison in a case that was condemned by rights groups as curbing press freedom.Mzia Amaghlobeli, who founded two of Georgia’s independent media outlets, was convicted in the coastal city of Batumi. She was initially charged with assault, an offense that carried a maximum prison sentence of up to seven years, but the judge in the end found her guilty on the lighter charge of resistance, threats or violence against a defender of the public order or other…

Six persons, including a kingpin, indulged in manufacturing, selling and supplying counterfeit lifesaving drugs/medicine have been arrested, police said. Police said that the racket has a pan-India network at Moradabad, Deoria, Gorakhpur in UP, Panipat and Jind in Haryana, Baddi and Solan in Himachal Pradesh. Two factories involved in the manufacturing and packaging of these fake medicines were busted at Jind, Haryana and Baddi, HP. Counterfeit/fake drugs of reputed companies were recovered in huge quantities, police said. A major fake drug syndicate operating across multiple states has been busted by the Anti-Gang Squad (AGS) of Crime Branch, Delhi Police, with…

Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy along with a slew of state Congress leaders, including ministers and party MLAs, held a protest at Jantar Mantar in Delhi Wednesday to demand Presidential assent to the Bills passed by the Telangana Legislature giving 42% reservation to the Backward Classes (BCs) in the state.Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, and All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary and Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra also joined the protest. How were these Bills passed? The Revanth Reddy-led Telangana government, in line with its pre-poll promise made in the Kamareddy Declaration…

The Hundred: The second match of The Hundred 2025 will see Manchester Originals take on Southern Brave at Old Trafford in Manchester on Wednesday, August 6. The game is scheduled to start at 11 PM IST. The 100-ball tournament kicked off on August 5, with Oval Invincibles securing a comfortable six-wicket win over London Spirit in the opener. Originals Seek Turnaround After Poor 2024 Season Led by Phil Salt, the Manchester Originals had a disappointing 2024 campaign, winning just one out of eight matches. This season, they will be hoping for a strong start and a turnaround in form, especially…

MILAN (AP) — Italy cleared the way Wednesday to build the world’s largest suspension bridge linking the Italian mainland with Sicily in a massive 13.5 billion euro ($15.5 billion) infrastructure project that has been long delayed by debates over its scale, earthquake threats, environmental impact and the spectre of mafia interference.The Strait of Messina Bridge will be “the biggest infrastructure project in the West,” Transport Minister Matteo Salvini told a news conference in Rome, after an interministerial committee with oversight of strategic public investments approved the project.Premier Giorgia Meloni said that the bridge “will be an engineering symbol of global…

The police in Karnataka’s Belagavi district arrested a 22-year-old cleric on Wednesday on charge of raping a minor girl. Although the incident allegedly took place inside a mosque on October 5, 2023, it came to light after a right-wing activist posted online a video along with a phone conversation with the girl’s parents. Bheemashankar S Guled, Superintendent of Police, Belagavi, identified the arrested accused as Tufel Ahamed Dadapeer Nagarachi, a cleric from Mahalingapura in Bagalkot district. The social media monitoring unit of the Belagavi police informed the Murgod police in Belagavi of the video posted on X by Puneeth Kerehalli,…

Many men prioritize strength and physical fitness, often focusing on muscle building and cardiovascular health. However, a critical aspect of overall well-being, kidney health, often gets overlooked. One of the earliest and most subtle indicators of kidney problems is the presence of protein in the urine, a condition known as proteinuria.  While often asymptomatic in its initial stages, proteinuria can signal underlying kidney damage that, if left unaddressed, can lead to serious health consequences. Dr. Manish Jain, Senior Director, Nephrology, Kidney Transplant, Renal Care, Medanta, Gurugram shares hidden sign of kidney damage that men often overlook. Understanding the Kidneys and…

For companies importing goods from Southeast Asia, like Luxor, the timing of Trump’s announcement was particularly unhelpful, coinciding with Eid, the public holiday celebrated at the end of Ramadan. Initially, Luxor’s attempts to arrange collection went unanswered. In some cases, says Berschel, “factories had lines of trucks in front of them.” But eventually, in light of the circumstances, the warehouse agreed to prepare the hardware shipment.“We had to call a lot of people on the supply chain side to allow us to pick up,” says Lin. To arrange a collection at a few days’ notice, in the middle of a…