Alcohol and drugs kill nearly 30 lakh people annually, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on this Tuesday. Actually a WHO report said 26 lakh deaths were attributed to alcohol consumption in 2019 according to the latest available statistics, accounting for 4.7% of all deaths worldwide that year. In fact nearly three-quarters of those deaths…
Recently Afghanistan defeated Bangladesh by 8 runs (DLS method) in their last T20 World Cup 2024 Super Eight stage match to qualify for T20 World Cup semi-finals for the first time ever. In fact with this, Australia and Bangladesh have been knocked out of the tournament. Now Afghanistan will face South Africa in their semi-final,…
Recently after their win against Australia, Afghanistan are third on Super Eight Group 1 points table. Actually Afghanistan will qualify for semi-finals if they beat Bangladesh and India beat Australia. Even if Australia beat India by one run, Afghanistan can win by 36-plus runs to overtake Australia on NRR and become second qualify team from…
Recently Australia fast bowler Mitchell Starc has become the highest wicket-taker in World Cup (T20 and ODI) history. In fact with his sole wicket in the T20 World Cup 2024 Super Eight match, Starc took his tally of wickets in World Cups to 95. Actually he overtook Sri Lanka’s Lasith Malinga, who took 94 wickets…
On Thursday all the 10 Afghanistan batter were dismissed caught out against India in their T20 World Cup 2024 Super Eight match. In fact this marked the first instance of India taking all 10 catches in a T20I. Actually Rishabh Pant and Ravindra Jadeja took three catches each for India in the match. With it…
On Monday Estonia batter Sahil Chauhan created history by smashing the fastest T20I hundred. Actually the 32-year-old reached the three-figure mark off 27 deliveries against Cyprus to set the record. In fact he scored 144*(41) to help his team chase down 192-run target in 13 overs. Actually Namibia’s Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton slammed the previous fastest…
Recently Pakistan defeated Canada by seven wickets in New York to register their first win in T20 World Cup 2024. In fact Pakistan restricted Canada to 106/7 in 20 overs and chased down the target in 17.3 overs. Actually Mohammad Amir and Haris Rauf took two wickets each for Pakistan, while Muhammad Rizwan scored an…
In an alert released on Monday, recently the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) forewarned parents and students about false information regarding the curriculum, available resources, and sample test questions for the 2024-25 session. Actually students have been cautioned by the board not to fall for fake news that is being propagated via internet portals….
Recently the IMD has predicted very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall in Kerala, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim, Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura in next five days. Actually rainfall with thunderstorm is likely over Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, MP, Lakshadweep, Karnataka, TN, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. In fact light rainfall predicted over Himachal…
On Sunday Phalodi in Rajasthan was the hottest city in India with a maximum temperature of 49.8 C. In fact this was followed by Barmer 49 C, Bikaner 48.6 C, Jaisalmer 48.5 C, Delhi’s Mungeshpur 48.3 C and Najafgarh 48.1 C. Actually Ganganagar recorded 47.8 C, Churu and Jhansi 47.6 C, Faridkot 47.4 C and…
