T20 World Cup | India will be eager to showcase quality against lesser experienced Scotland

The situation remains do or die for Virat Kohli’s band of superstars as they head into their fourth match in the Super 12 stage “I think the approach today from everyone was different. I wish it was in the first two games as well, but it didn’t happen.”Minutes after India outplayed Afghanistan to register its…Continue Reading

Climate risks remain even if world limits warming to 1.5°C: UNEP report

The report found that the costs of adaptation are likely in the higher end of an estimated $140-300 billion per year by 2030 and $280-500 billion per year by 2050 for developing countries only. Even if the world limits warming to 1.5°C, many climate risks remain and will be irreversible, a latest UNEP report released…Continue Reading

Thousands expected in Glasgow on Saturday, as climate demonstrations go global

BATHINDA: Over 200 simultaneous events are set to take place as part of a ‘Global Day of Action for Climate Justice’ on Saturday – with a march through Glasgow expected to attract thousands of people. The organisers of the events, the COP26 Coalition, are expecting people from across the world to attend the Glasgow demonstrations…Continue Reading

Biden dials House Democrats to push $1.75 trillion bill

SynopsisDemocrats want to pass the $1.75 trillion spending bill and a $1 trillion infrastructure measure that has already been approved by the Senate by Thanksgiving later this month. Party leaders said a vote was possible on Thursday night.AgenciesA leading moderate Democrat raised doubts about the odds of quickly passing the “Build Back Better” bill on…Continue Reading

Rajasthan CM Gehlot urges Centre to reduce Excise Duty further on petrol, diesel

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday urged the Centre to reduce the Excise Duty further on petrol and diesel in order to bring down the inflation. “With the reduction of Excise Duty by the Center, the VAT of the states is automatically reduced in the same proportion, yet we demand that the Center should…Continue Reading

Learn English: THOU, THEE, THY, THINE

‘Thou’ and ‘thee’ are an old-style equivalent of:YOU and ME US and THEM YOU and YOU HIM and HER THEY and THEM MY and MINE’Thy’ and ‘thine’ are used for the ________ form:subject object possessive reflexive demonstrative irregular formalWhich one of the following is correct?Shall I compare thou to a summer’s day?Shall I compare thee…Continue Reading

Driver goes over cliff on Highway 1 south of San Francisco, survives fall into water

Nov. 4, 2021Updated: Nov. 4, 2021 1:42 p.m. A driver went over a cliff on Highway 1 south of Pacifica on Nov. 4, 2021.Cal Fire CZU A driver traveling south on Highway 1 near Pacifica went over a cliff and into the water Thursday morning and survived, officials said. Cal Fire said that the driver is…Continue Reading

‘I really, truly should be dead’: Bay Area woman mauled by bear in Tahoe while fighting cancer

Laurel-Rose Von Hoffmann-Curzi, of Orinda, knew something was wrong early Saturday morning when she heard large “thunk” noises coming from the kitchen of her North Lake Tahoe vacation home. It was about 5:30 a.m., and Hoffmann-Curzi roused herself from bed to investigate the noise, presuming it was her 29-year-old son being “rough” in the kitchen. Instead,…Continue Reading

China holds back Asian shares, dollar stands tall

A pedestrian looks at various stock prices outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, February 26, 2016. Asian shares made guarded gains on Friday as a gathering of world finance leaders provided a welter of reassuring comments, but little in the way of actual policy stimulus. REUTERS/Yuya ShinoHONG KONG, Nov 5 (Reuters) – Chinese markets dragged…Continue Reading