Preity Zinta with new Kings XI Punjab captain KL Rahul.© Instagram Kings XI Punjab owner Preity Zinta is in the UAE ahead of this year’s season of the Indian Premier League (IPL). The Bollywood actor on Tuesday sent a special message for her team while she quarantines before joining upContinue Reading
Virender Sehwag and other Indian cricketers pose in a swimming pool© Instagram With the coronavirus pandemic in full flow, people, including athletes, have become nostalgic lately. Posting throwback photos on social media has become a trend since the lockdown began, and its being carried on even now. Former India cricketerContinue Reading
Some of the country’s schools are also set to reopen later this month End of the year exams (maths, 10th class) in Mahatma Gandhi Seva Ashram, Jaura, India. All the students are grouped on a compound out of the school. Photo from 2010. By Yann Forget / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY-SA. Around 2.8Continue Reading
Rashid Khan shared a photo from his hotel room during his quarantine in the UAE.© Instagram Afghanistan’s sensational leg-spinner Rashid Khan landed in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Sunday ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020. Since then, the SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) star has been quarantining as perContinue Reading
Just as the global death toll from COVID-19 reached 250,000 at the start of May this year, a short film emerged that has since been called “the first true hit conspiracy video of the COVID-19 era”. Titled “Plandemic”, it featured a lengthy interview with the discredited scientist Judy Mikovits, whoContinue Reading
Crisp sounds can trigger ASMR. Andrey_Popov/ Shutterstock ASMR is the third most popular search term on youtube worldwide. But in case you haven’t heard of it, it stands for autonomous sensory meridian response. ASMR is a complex emotional state that only some people experience when they hear, see, and feelContinue Reading
Bad food: it's addictive and cheaper. Ekaterina Markelova/Shutterstock Under some estimates, airplane emissions could be down by almost 40% in 2020 because of COVID-19 lockdowns. We’ve been told not to fly so much for years by campaigners, researchers, even governments – that it’s our responsibility to reduce carbon emissions. UntilContinue Reading
Rajasthan Royals players participated in an intra-squad match ahead of IPL 2020.© Twitter Aiming to give final touches to their IPL 2020 preparations, the Rajasthan Royals players participated in an intra-squad match. The players were divided into two teams led by Robin Uthappa and Sanju Samson. While it was justContinue Reading
After the end of the war, millions of servicemen and women needed a job. Coxy58/Shutterstock The present government’s struggle to get Britain back to work amid the pandemic looks a little less daunting when compared to the challenge that faced its predecessor in 1945. In her fine account of theContinue Reading
Sourav Ganguly visited Sharjah Stadium to review the preparations ahead of IPL 2020.© Instagram The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Sourav Ganguly on Monday visited Sharjah Cricket Stadium — one of the three venues for IPL 2020 — to review the preparations, with only few daysContinue Reading
