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Joe Root made a scintillating 150 and became the second-highest run-scorer in Tests, while skipper Ben Stokes came after hobbling off due to a cramp and be unbeaten on 77 as the duo played huge roles in England taking a substantial 186-run lead over India on day three of fourth Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy Test at Old Trafford on Friday.  Resuming from 225/2, England added a whopping 319 runs for the loss of five wickets. But the highlight of day three’s play was Root combining the precision of a surgeon and composure of an artist to overtake Jacques Kallis, Rahul Dravid and…

Mohammad Rizwan, Babar Azam and Shaheen Afridi made their comeback in the Pakistan squads as they are all set to tour the West Indies for a three-match T20I and ODI series, starting on July 31. After the T20I series loss against Bangladesh, Pakistan have strengthened their bowling line-up by going back to the experience of Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf and Hasan Ali. Faheem Ashraf, who impressed in the final T20I match against Bangladesh, retains his spot while Salman Mirza misses out. Meanwhile, for the ODI series that will begin on August 8, Pakistan have gone with a fully experienced squad…

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The United Nations and experts say that Palestinians in Gaza are at risk of famine, with reports of increasing numbers of people dying from causes related to malnutrition. Yet Israel says hundreds of truckloads of aid are waiting at the border for the U.N. to distribute in Gaza. On Thursday, Israel’s military took journalists to the Gaza side of the Kerem Shalom crossing where hundreds of boxes of aid were on pallets filling a huge lot. Israel says it has allowed in around 4,500 aid trucks since it lifted a total blockade in May —around…

20th Century Fox When George Lucas released “Star Wars” in 1977, he changed the face of cinema forever. The film doesn’t fit perfectly within a single genre, as it stretches the boundaries of what is considered fantasy, science fiction, and Western. Most notably, the film’s legendary visual effects were transformative for the industry, proving that random pieces of junk and found items could be made into everything from droids to beverage dispensers. But while fans absolutely loved the “Star Wars” trilogy in its original analog format, Lucas cannot claim the same.…

Veda Krishnamurthy, who represented India in both the ODI and T20I format, has announced her retirement from professional cricket. Veda represented India in 48 ODIs and 76 T20Is, scoring 829 runs and 875 runs respectively. The former India international had last played a T20I match in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Final in Melbourne in 2020 while she donned the ODI colours last in 2018. She took to social media to announce her retirement. While announcing her retirement, Veda also added that she was ready to give back to the game. “A small-town girl with big dreams. That’s how…

New DelhiJul 25, 2025 21:49 IST First published on: Jul 25, 2025 at 21:49 IST Share As the first phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of Bihar’s electoral rolls concluded on Friday, the Election Commission (EC) said about 92% of 7.89 crore registered voters in the state would remain on the draft rolls to be published on August 1. About 8%, or approximately 65 lakh names, are likely to be removed from the draft rolls after they were found to be either deceased, registered in more than one place, permanently migrated to another place, or untraceable, according to the…

Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images Contains spoilers for “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” From watching the trailers and marketing materials, you probably had a good idea of what to expect going into “The Fantastic Four: First Steps.” However, there’s one thing from the trailers that’s conspicuously absent from the final film — John Malkovich in the role of Marvel Comics villain Ivan Kragoff, aka Red Ghost. Fans have been expecting him since the original “First Steps” trailer featured a glimpse of him emerging out of darkness with wild hair and an untamed beard. Combined with…

Lucknow: Months after raising concerns about ‘irregularities’ in Anganwadi recruitment, Uttar Pradesh’s Minister of State, Pratibha Shukla, is once again in the spotlight, but this time for protesting against the state police. Her husband, former MP Anil Shukla Warsi, was also present at the dharna, and claimed that Brahmins are being unfairly targeted in the current government. Pratibha Shukla staged a dharna on 24 and 25 July at Akbarpur police station, accusing that her close aides were specifically targeted by the police. She demanded that the local police inspector be removed. Police officers tried to persuade her to end the…

PARIS (AP) — France’s bold decision to recognize the state of Palestine could help to shift conversations about the future of the Middle East, even if it’s unlikely to have an immediate impact for people in Gaza or on Israel’s war with Hamas. In a world where nations are again using military force to impose their will on others — notably Russia in Ukraine, and the U.S. and Israel with their recent strikes on Iran and its nuclear facilities — French President Emmanuel Macron is attempting to strike a blow for diplomacy and the idea that war rarely brings peace.With…

However, VS would soon be enchanted with the Communist ideology. At the age of 17 in 1940, he was recruited to the Communist Party of India (CPI) by taluk secretary Simon. In 1943, after attending the first state conference of the CPI, VS came under the tutelage of comrade P.Krishna Pillai, who convinced him to plunge full time into the Communist movement.As a rookie, VS was tasked with setting up communist party units in Kuttanad, and he returned to Alappuzha only after successfully accomplishing that. His role in the 1946 Punnapra-Vayalar uprising remains contested. Notwithstanding that, VS rose through the…