The second and last US presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden was another round in a duel between two very distinct forms of masculinity. An excellent moderator, Kristen Welker, combined with rule changes that reduced the candidates’ ability to interrupt each other, toned down the vitriol and helpedContinue Reading
As you drive down the road leading to Jodrell Bank Observatory, a sign asks visitors to turn off their mobile phones, stating that the Lovell telescope is so powerful it could detect a phone signal on Mars. Radio telescopes are designed to be incredibly sensitive. To quote the legendary astronomerContinue Reading
Kapil Dev is expected to be discharged in couple of days, the hospital said.© AFP Cricket legend Kapil Dev underwent an emergency coronary angioplasty after complaining of a “chest pain”, Fortis Escorts hospital said in a statement on Friday. As per the statement, the World Cup-winning captain went to theContinue Reading
IPL Points Table: SRH climbed to No. 5 after defeating RR by eight wickets.© BCCI/IPL SunRisers Hyderabad beat Rajasthan Royals by eight wickets to keep their play-off hopes alive in Dubai on Thursday. After a three-wicket haul from Jason Holder in his first match of the season helped SRH restrictContinue Reading
IPL 2020, RR vs SRH: Manish Pandey remained unbeaten on 83, Vijay Shankar on 52.© Twitter SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) skipper David Warner was full of praise for batsmen Manish Pandey and Vijay Shankar, who stitched an unbeaten partnership of 140 runs against Rajasthan Royals (RR) on Thursday. The stand helpedContinue Reading
giuseppelombardo/Shutterstock After a fairly relaxed summer, more and more places are bringing back tighter restrictions in response to rising COVID-19 cases, with some even returning to full or near-full lockdowns. We all know that social distancing makes sense: the fewer people we meet (and the further away from them weContinue Reading
RR vs SRH IPL 2020 Score: Jason Holder picked three wickets, while conceding 33 runs.© BCCI/IPL SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) have been handed a target of 155 runs by Rajasthan Royals (RR), who finished with a total of 154 runs for the loss of six wickets. Sanju Samson was the highestContinue Reading
EPA/Larry W Smith As election day approaches in the US, journalists around the world are working in the most challenging environment of their lifetimes. This will be no ordinary election, not only because COVID-19 has changed the way Americans vote, with 45 million ballots already cast by mail, but alsoContinue Reading
microstock3D/Shutterstock For those of us who insist on seeing the glass half full, even when the miserable brigade point out that it’s also half empty, COVID-19 poses particular challenges. In regular times, our relentless optimism wins us friends and provides us with a host of benefits including higher levels ofContinue Reading
Even before Donald Trump was elected US president in 2016, researchers who study democratic backsliding, the rise of authoritarian regimes and their policies, feared his “America first” agenda would pose a serious threat to democratic norms and the rule of law. In office, the president repeatedly refused to commit toContinue Reading
