Spread the love A bow is usually held with one hand and drawn with the other. For Sheetal Devi, neither of those movements was an option. Born without arms, the young archer from Jammu and Kashmir had to find a way to make the equipment work with the body she had. Her answer was a technique that is now recognised...
23 years later: Pakistan recreate India’s Lord’s magic with record-equalling chase
Spread the love Pakistan equalled India’s famous record against England in the 2002 NatWest Series final at Lord’s. (Image credit: Agencies) Pakistan produced a memorable run chase to beat Sri Lanka by three wickets in the One-Day International tri-series final in Lahore on Saturday. Fakhar Zaman led the charge with a brilliant century as the hosts chased down a target...
Trump says Brazil’s Bolsonaro can stay in US ‘as long as he wants’
Spread the love While supporting Bolsonaro, Trump however added that he had “no plans to meet” him US President Donald Trump on Saturday said he had no plans to meet Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro but the defeated presidential candidate who fled Brazil following his election loss could remain in the United States “as long as he wants”.“No plans to meet,...
Glenn Phillips on the brink of breaking world record vs India
Spread the love New Zealand’s Glenn Phillips celebrates his century during the T20 cricket international between New Zealand and India in Auckland, New Zealand. Glenn Phillips will be one of New Zealand’s key players in the fifth and final T20I against India on Sunday (November 1). The match, scheduled at Seddon Park in Hamilton, will give the right-handed batter a...
California real estate CEO sentenced to 18 months over $2.2m investor losses
Spread the love Representative Image (AI-generated) A real-estate business can face financial difficulties, but concealing those problems from investors can turn a struggling company into a fraud case. A California property developer who continued seeking investments while his company was heavily in debt and facing serious cash-flow problems has now been sentenced to federal prison. More than 20 investors lost...
‘Politicisation of energy flows harmful’: EAM calls for diversified supply chains at G20
Spread the love Jaishankar speaks at the G20 foreign ministers’ meeting in Atlanta, calling for diversified supply chains and the de-politicisation of energy markets External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Saturday called for reducing political interference in energy markets and diversifying global supply chains, saying disruptions were placing a disproportionate burden on developing countries.Speaking about the message he delivered at...
Court rejects Nevada ranchers’ demand to swiftly remove excess wild horses
Spread the love Wild horses (Representative image) Nevada ranchers who wanted federal officials to remove excess wild horses more quickly have lost their appeal. On October 29, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a lower court ruling in favor of the U.S. Department of the Interior and other federal officials, holding that the Bureau of Land...
US woman uses lottery winnings to fund neighbours’ first holiday abroad
Spread the love Honorata Jamrozik and husband win lottery. Image Credit: Good News Network A woman who won £1 million in a UK lottery draw decided to share her good fortune by giving £5,000 to her neighbours of 14 years so their family could take its first holiday abroad. Honorata Jamrozik, a mother of two from Dartford, Kent, received the...
Publisher with 25m Facebook followers loses key claim over Meta’s 2020 shutdown
Spread the love Representative Image (AI-generated) Losing access to a social media account can mean losing years of work, an established audience and an important source of business. That was the situation faced by a Canadian online publisher whose Facebook pages once attracted around 25 million followers. The company had submitted more than 500,000 advertisements to Meta over the years,...
10L turnout target, 4,000 cops, 200 CCTV: Delhi braces for INDIA bloc’s anti-CEC rally
Spread the love Preparations underway at Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan for the INDIA bloc’s anti-CEC rally NEW DELHI: Delhi is gearing up for INDIA bloc rally at Ramlila Maidan on Sunday, with opposition parties expecting a turnout of up to 10 lakh people and police deploying more than 4,000 personnel to manage security and crowds.The rally is being organised to protest...
