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Indian batting icon Sunil Gavaskar will have one more feather added to his already impressive cap when a stadium in Leicester, England will be named after him. The former India captain already has stadiums in Kentucky, US and Zanzibar, Tanzania named after him The stadium will be named on Saturday, July 23. ‘Delighted, honoured’ “I am delighted and honoured that a ground in Leicester is being named after me. Leicester is a city with possibly the strongest supporters of the game, especially Indian cricket, and therefore it is a huge honor indeed,” Gavaskar told The Times of India. The report…

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – NASA is now targeting the morning of August 29 for the launch of its monstrous Space Launch System rocket and the Artemis I mission to the moon, the agency announced Wednesday, the 53rd anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. “It’s a special day, the anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing 53 years ago. It’s really great to talk about this test flight to begin our Artemis program to go back to the moon,” Jim Free, NASA associate administrator, said in a briefing with reporters. The Artemis I mission, slated to send an uncrewed Orion capsule around the moon and back, is set to liftoff…

American sprinter Noah Lyles led the U.S. in a sweep of the 200-meter final at the World Athletics Championships Thursday night, beating a national record in the process. Lyles, who took home the bronze medal at the 2020 Toyko Olympics in the men’s 200-meter, took home gold with a time of 19.31 – beating his own personal best of 19.50 and the American record of 19.32, which was set by Michael Johnson at the 1996 Games in Atlanta. “I was very self-concerned about whether that number was going to turn from a ‘2’ to a ‘1,” Lyles said of the unofficial time which first…

The Yarmouth Clam festival, held yearly in Yarmouth, ME, has been a summertime tradition since 1965 Each year for the last 55 years, more than a score of non-profit groups volunteer thousands of hours to make this festival happen. Enjoyed a long weekend that included Friday night parades, fireworks on Saturday, food, music, arts & crafts shows, races, and much more! The fun started on Friday at 10:00 AM and runs through Sunday. This event was fun for all ages. There were a 5 mile road race, a clam shucking contest, a muster competition, a kids’ race, even a diaper…

The fog didn’t stop the Biddeford and Saco communities from celebrating last year weekend at River Jam and Fringe Fest. Festivities began Friday night, with local artists and businesses gathered on Main Street and in Shevenell Park for Fringe Fest and the Biddeford ArtWalk. The “art-smorgasbord” hosted by Engine included music, photography, macramé and even fire performers. The event focused on bringing the community together, and that was evident through Biddeford Blooms, a community loom project. Attendees were invited to weave recycled materials into the loom as a part of Biddeford’s celebration of its textile history for Maine’s bicentennial. Artist…

It should have been a no contest for any other contender as most parties including few opposition allies extended their support to the BJP Presidential candidate Draupadi Murmu. With this win she has become the 15th and also the 1st tribal woman president of the great Indian republic. The incumbent president will carry on the legacy of Ram Nath Kovind who held the office from 25th July 2017 till now. Kovind also hailed from a humble dalit background. Although the opposition alleged him being a puppet president, there’s much hope pegged on Draupadi to advance the cause of the suppressed,…

The founders of Three Arrows Capital, the defunct cryptocurrency hedge fund that filed for bankruptcy this month, are reportedly on their way to Dubai after liquidators said they’d been unable to locate them during bankruptcy proceedings. In an interview with Bloombergg, the pair described the stunning collapse of the firm “regrettable”. Kyle Davies and Zhu Su were in the spotlight this month after liquidators said they had apparently abandoned their Singapore office and were not giving “meaningful cooperation” in bankruptcy proceedings. The founders did not show up to an emergency court meeting and were reportedly unresponsive in a scheduled Zoom call. But the…

Some cinemas have banned people from wearing formal attire at screenings of Minions: The Rise of Gru due to a TikTok trend. Hoards of youngsters have been watching the film wearing suits and recording themselves on social media as part of a new viral craze. But the behaviour that accompanies the trend – cheering, clapping, shouting and mimicking the Minion characters – has caused issues for other disgruntled filmgoers. It has also led to many cinemas being forced to offer refunds to those not in on the joke. The trend took off right after the release of the new film on 1 July. Universal Pictures also endorsed…

BJP lawmakers and Bhojpuri film stars Manoj Tiwari, Ravi Kishan, and Dinesh Lal Yadav will also be on board the inaugural flight launched by IndiGo The first commercial flight from Delhi to Deoghar in Jharkhand will commence on July 30, days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 657-acre airport in the pilgrimage town built at a cost of Rs 400 crore. On July 12, PM Modi had also flagged off the Deoghar-Kolkata IndiGo flight from the new airport. BJP lawmakers and Bhojpuri film stars Manoj Tiwari, Ravi Kishan, and Dinesh Lal Yadav will also be on board the inaugural flight launched by…

New Delhi: BJP Member of Parliament Ravi Kishan will introduce a private members’ bill on population control in the Lok Sabha today. The proposed legislation on population control, issue that usually trigger heated polemics in the country, are in line with BJP’s ideological agenda. https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1550303857519267840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1550303857519267840%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.firstpost.com%2Fpolitics%2Fbjp-mp-ravi-kishan-to-table-population-control-bill-in-lok-sabha-today-10941561.html A notice for a similar bill on population control has also been given by BJP MP in Rajya Sabha Rakesh Sinha. The proposed legislations on population control emphasise on deincentivising couples having more than two children, by making them ineligible for government jobs and subsidies on various facilities and goods given by the government. Asked about…