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First Pink Ball Test: India creates history

India beat Bangladesh by an innings and 46-run in first Day-Night Test Match played with a pink ball. Audiences in Eden Garden rejoiced as India created history and a world record as they are now the first team to win 4 consecutive tests by an innings. India dismissed Bangladesh for 195 runs in the second […]
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Philippines kids turn dog poop into bricks

A group of school children in the Philippines are turning dog poop into ‘bio bricks’. As a class project, the Eight graders from Manila secondary school picked stray dogs’ poop from street and converted it into bricks. They gather and mix sun-dried feces with cement powder to form eco-friendly bricks for construction purposes. The students […]
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Dutee Chand named in Time 100 Next list

Dutee Chand has made India proud on many occasions, and once again she has made our hearts swell with pride.  The young sprinter has been named in Times 100 Next list. It’s an important mention because the Time magazine claims this list as new expansion of the TIME 100 list of the most influential people […]
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Cricket: First Day-Night test starts

India is all set to host its maiden Day-Night cricket test match in Eden Garden from November 22. The Indian team will play the match against Bangladesh whom they defeated in T20I series recently. As the name suggests, certain part of the match would be played under artificial lights. Pink ball would be used instead […]
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Sitting Ducks: All batsmen get out on zero!

This would go down in the history of Harris Shield in cricket. In what might be called the rarest of the rare instance, no batsman of a team was able to score any runs in a cricket match.  The losing team  and the team lost by a massive 754 runs in an U-16 Harris Shield […]
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Sri Lanka gets new President

Gotabaya Rajapaksa is the new president of Sri Lanka. Rajapaksa, 70, defeated Sajith Premadasa, 52, by more than 13 lakh votes, the Sri Lankan election commission announced. He succeeded President Maithripala Sirisena for a five-year term. After the blasts which happened on Easter this year in the country, the voters chose for a hardline president. […]
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Venice is flooded

If you’re planning for a Venician holiday, this is not the right time. The city has seen three deluges in one week and is still flooded. The scenes at famous St. Mark’s Square were miserable. Tourists were seen in high rubber boots carrying their luggage around, and many wanted to leave the city ASAP. The […]
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Ayodhya Verdict: SC gives nod to Ram temple, space for mosque

In a historic judgement, the Supreme Court of India put an end to centuries old dispute and 70-year-old legal matter on November 9. The Ramjanmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute was sorted by the five-member bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, Sharad Arvind Bobde, Ashok Bhushan, S Abdul Nazeer and […]
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T20 Series: India win as Deepak Chahar make history

India beat Bangladesh by 30 runs in the third and final match of T20I series in Nagpur. Bangladesh had put a target of 175 runs. Indian pacer Deepak Chahar took a sensational six-wicket haul including a hat-trick with giving away just seven runs in 3.2 overs. Chahar became the first Indian to take a hat-trick […]
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Italy schools to teach climate change from next year

We all know the importance of nature, but how many actually do anything about it? Well, at least a few people are taking the initiative. From next year, Italian school students in every grade will be required to study climate change and sustainability, in an attempt to position the country as a world leader in […]