Photo/Dukes cricket website The upcoming English domestic cricket season is facing uncertainty over the supply of match balls, with the ongoing conflict in the Middle East affecting logistics, Daily Mail reported.Dukes, a manufacturer that has been in operation since 1760, supplies red balls for Test and first-class cricket in England. Around 4,000 to 5,000 balls…
Laura Mabel Francatelli’s Titanic life jacket sold for £670,000 at a UK auction/Image: BBC A life jacket worn by a Titanic survivor has been sold at auction for £670,000 ($906,000), far exceeding its estimated value, according to the Associated Press (AP).The jacket belonged to Laura Mabel Francatelli, a first-class passenger on the RMS Titanic who…
Australia’s inland edges are still, almost indifferent to change, where heat sits over the ground for long stretches and movement feels slow even when it is not. Yet in these same places, something introduced nearly a century ago has been steadily rewriting its own limits. The cane toad arrived with a very specific job attached…
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Monday fined Naseem Shah 20 million Pakistani rupees for posting tweets that were found to be in violation of his central contract.According to ESPNcricinfo, this was the ‘the largest fine in Pakistan cricket history’.The board said its disciplinary committee held Shah guilty of breaching contract clauses and acting irresponsibly on…
Irrfan Khan remains one of the most respected names in cinema and he worked across Indian, British, and American films. His career lasted over three decades and has also received numerous awards and critical acclaim. His passing has left a huge void in cinema. Just four days before his death, his mother Saeeda Begum passed…
Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan‘s granddaughter Navya Naveli Nanda has often made headlines for choosing entrepreneurship and business over a career in films. She also started her own podcast. Navya is the daughter of Shweta Bachchan Nanda and industrialist Nikhil Nanda, while her younger brother Agastya Nanda has stepped into movies. Recently, their father shared…
King Charles is reportedly keen to ensure a safe return to the UK for Prince Harry, Meghan Markle and their children amid ongoing efforts to mend family ties. According to latest reports, King Charles will intervene personally to help facilitate security arrangements for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle‘s return to the UK. The couple are…
NEW DELHI: A high-level committee on demographic changes, constituted recently under Justice (retd) Prakash Prabhakar Naolekar, will visit metropolitan areas and industrial towns, apart from border areas, as part of its assignment to examine the nature, causes and impact of demographic changes across the country, including due to illegal immigration. It will recommend policy, administrative…
Jung Hae In has come under fire for allegedly being one of the few celebrities to keep supporting Kim Soo Hyun amid the allegations and controversy regarding Kim Sae Ron. Actor Kim Soo Hyun has been cleared of all allegations in his legal case with the family of the late Kim Sae Ron. However, his…
Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman (Image credit: AFP) India’s win against Steve Waugh’s Australian team at the Eden Gardens was among the first steps into Sourav Ganguly becoming one of the defining captains in Indian cricket. On the 25th anniversary of the famous win, Ganguly spoke on how the Test sparked a much-needed transformation of…