Ambati Rayudu is among players who can take Suresh Raina’s place in the CSK batting line-up.© BCCI Suresh Raina’s decision to leave UAE and return home due to family reasons has left a huge void in the Chennai Super Kings middle-order and former New Zealand all-rounder Scott Styris believes thatContinue Reading
Six men’s freestyle wrestlers and as many Greco Roman wrestlers have failed the dope test.© AFP Acting on the instructions of the government, the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) has demanded a return of medals and certificates from 12 wrestlers who have flunked dope test in the last four editionsContinue Reading
Nigerian government remains silent on the abduction School children in Kaduna State, Nigeria. Image by Jeremy Weate, January 15, 2010 via Flickr / CC BY 2.0. Armed bandits attacked a secondary school in Kaduna, northwestern Nigeria, on August 24, killing one person and kidnapping four students and a teacher, reportsContinue Reading
Laura Siegemund and Vera Zvonareva romped past third-seeded Xu Yifan and Nicole Melichar 6-4, 6-4.© AFP First-time doubles duo Laura Siegemund and Vera Zvonareva won the US Open women’s doubles on Friday, defeating China’s Xu Yifan and Nicole Melichar of the United States in straight sets in the final. Germany’sContinue Reading
‘Are Malawians sleep walking into a surveillance state?’ A demonstration in the capital Lilongwe, organized by the Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC), over fraud in the 2019 elections, which were eventually nullified. Photo by Steve Sharra. This article is part of UPROAR, a Small Media initiative that is urging governments toContinue Reading
IPL 2020: Mayank Agarwal also gave his inputs to Jonty Rhodes on his foot movement.© Twitter Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) batsman Mayank Agarwal and fielding coach Jonty Rhodes swapped roles during a training session, as visible in a video shared by the franchise’s official Twitter handle. KXIP reacted with surpriseContinue Reading
A government official said the website is ‘spreading fake news’. Screenshot of the website homepage of Justice for Myanmar The Justice for Myanmar website was blocked in Myanmar on August 27 for allegedly spreading ‘fake news’. The website was launched on April 28 by a ‘covert group of activists’ who vowedContinue Reading
Languages reflect a divided society Image from Pixabay, under Pixabay License, remixed by Global Voices. In the coming months, Global Voices will explore non-binary language initiatives, initially known as “inclusive language”. This first collective story begins with an exploration of gender in Romance languages. Language can be seen as a formContinue Reading
Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the US House of Representatives, has led a volley of warnings by senior American politicians that the UK government should not undo the Brexit withdrawal agreement it has signed with the European Union. Pelosi stated: If the UK violates its international agreements and Brexit underminesContinue Reading
A cybercrime bill was submitted to the parliament in February A view of downtown Kinshasa, the capital of Democratic Republic of Congo. Credit: MONUSCO/Myriam Asmani / CC BY-SA 2.0 This article is part of UPROAR, a Small Media initiative that is urging governments to address digital rights challenges at the Universal PeriodicContinue Reading
