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India tour dates confirmed

India will kick off its Australian tour with a three-match ODI series starting Friday, November 27, followed by as many T20Is and four tests. The first two ODI will be played at the Sydney Cricket Ground (November 27 and 29) and the third at the Manuka Oval in Canberra (December …

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California wildfires explained

Written by Mehr Gill, edited by Explained Desk | New Delhi | Updated: October 28, 2020 7:56:21 am NASA’s Earth Observatory has noted that wildfires ignited in California in August after an “unprecedented burst of dry lightning.” (Photo: AP) Fast-moving wildfires in Southern California have seriously injured two firefighters as …

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Explained: France, Emmanuel Macron and Islam

Written by Nirupama Subramanian | Mumbai | Updated: October 28, 2020 7:52:44 am French President Emmanuel Macron. (File photo) French President Emmanuel Macron’s comments on Islam have pitted France against several countries in the Islamic world. See what he said and why: Why are many countries in the Muslim world …

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Controversial FB Senior Executive Ankhi Das Resigns

NEW DELHI: Ankhi das, he Facebook senior executive which was recently embroiled in a fierce controversy over allegations of political prejudice at the leadership of Facebook and WhatsApp in India, left the American social media giant. Das, who had joined Facebook in 2011 when it began to gain on a …

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Covid-19: what you need to know today

On June 21 (Dispatch 87), I wrote: “So, bored, tired, perhaps alone and physically, mentally and emotionally tired, we let things slip away. And the virus wins. “ There is a term for this, pandemic fatigue, and while the second wave hits Europe and the third wave the United States, …

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