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Star India batter Smriti Mandhana opened up on her mindset before the start of the Women’s Asia Cup 2024 and said that she just plays ‘according to the merit of the ball’. In the T20 format, Mandhana has played 136 matches and 131 innings, where she scored 3320 runs at an average of 28.13 and a strike rate of 121.83. The defending champions, India, will kickstart their journey towards a record-extending eighth Asia Cup title when they meet arch-rivals Pakistan at Dambulla on Friday. Speaking on Star Sports, Mandhana said it is easier to bat in the second inning since…

India vs Sri Lanka Squad Announcement LIVE Updates: The Indian cricket team squads for the upcoming T20I and ODI series against Sri Lanka are expected to be announced on Thursday. The Sri Lanka tour holds special significance for the reigning T20I world champions as it will be Gautam Gambhir’s first assignment as Team India head coach. With Rohit Sharma retiring from T20Is, the captaincy is up for grabs and Hardik Pandya as well as Suryakumar Yadav have emerged as top contenders. However, recent reports have claimed that SKY have an advantage over Hardik in the race. Follow India vs Sri Lanka…

Team India reached Sri Lanka on Wednesday ahead of the Women’s Asia Cup, which starts from Friday onwards. The defending champions, India will kickstart their journey towards a record-extending eighth Asia Cup title when they meet arch-rivals Pakistan at Dambulla on Friday. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) posted a video of the team-members, including Jemimah Rodrigues, Shafali Varma, Renuka Singh, Shreyanka Patil and skipper Harmanpreet Kaur, showing the fun and banter they had throughout their flight from Chennai to Dambulla. “A journey filled with smiles and banter from Chennai to Dambulla! All set for #WomensAsiaCup2024 #TeamIndia…

US President Joe Biden said he could drop his reelection bid if doctors found he had a medical condition, as a top Democrat on Wednesday urged the 81-year-old to step aside. Biden’s comments were the first time he has even slightly opened the door to abandoning the White House race, and came as Representative Adam Schiff, a key ally from California, urged Biden to “pass the torch.” “If I had some medical condition that emerged, if somebody, if the doctors came and said ‘you’ve got this problem, that problem,'” Biden told the Black media outlet BET in an interview taped…

US President Joe Biden tested positive for Covid on Wednesday, shortly after conceding that he would consider dropping his troubled reelection bid if he was diagnosed with a serious medical condition. The 81-year-old Democrat gave media the thumbs up from his limousine and said “I feel good” as he cut short a campaign trip to Las Vegas following the diagnosis. The White House said he was suffering from a runny nose, cough and “general malaise,” was taking Covid medication, and was flying straight to isolation at his beach house in Rehoboth, Delaware. The diagnosis came hours after the release of…

A Florida man has been arrested for making threats against US President Joe Biden, just days after an assassination attempt on his Republican rival Donald Trump. Jason Patrick Alday, 39, was arrested on Monday, the US Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Florida said. Alday, of Quincy, Florida, allegedly “engaged in sending threatening communications, making threats against President Joe Biden and other federal officials,” the office said in an announcement Wednesday. According to the criminal complaint, Alday made threatening statements about Biden while being checked into a mental health facility in Tallahassee, Florida, last month. He allegedly made further…

Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle has agreed to testify before the U.S. House of Representatives Oversight Committee on July 22 for a hearing related to the shooting of former President Donald Trump at a rally, the panel said on Wednesday. WHY IT IS IMPORTANT Security at the Republican presidential candidate’s rally in Pennsylvania has been under scrutiny after the former president was shot on Saturday at the event. The FBI said it was probing the shooting as an assassination attempt. The shooting has raised serious concerns about how the suspect was able to access a nearby rooftop with a direct…

 A public inquiry examining Britain’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak will issue its first report on Thursday, focusing on how well prepared the nation was for handling such a pandemic. Britain recorded one of the world’s highest number of fatalities from COVID with more than 230,000 deaths reported by December 2023. Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered the inquiry in May 2021, and it was formally launched the following year with former judge Heather Hallett as its chair. The inquiry was told in early evidence that the government was under-prepared and had failed to anticipate measures needed to protect the…

Ever since Pan-India films burst onto the scene, they’ve made a splash by delivering epic period dramas or diving into rich mythological tales. From the grand Kalki 2898 AD to the legendary Baahubali franchise, RRR, the Karthikeya series, Hanu-Man and Kantara, these films have not only rocked the South, but also won hearts in the Hindi belt. With the first half of 2024 behind us, the next six months promise an exciting lineup of Pan-India films, mostly from the South, featuring a mix of period dramas and mythological sagas. Here are a few films from the south to watch out…

President Joe Biden can’t catch a break. The president’s hopes of counter-programming the Republican National Convention were dashed Wednesday after he learned he had contracted COVID-19, forcing him to cancel an appearance before a key Latino advocacy group. While Biden’s symptoms are mild, the diagnosis both removes him from the campaign trail and thrusts his health back into the spotlight – all at a critical moment when he is trying desperately to prove that concerns over his age and mental acuity are overblown. Earlier Wednesday, Adam Schiff – the California congressman and Democratic candidate in that state’s US Senate race…