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Kobe Bryant's death put life in perspective for me: Virat Kohli

Need guys at Nos 6 or 7 to win matches under pressure: Kohli

7:06 pm January 4, 2020

Guwahati: India captain Virat Kohli on Saturday said it will be tough for India to win ICC events unless the middle-order steps up and delivers in pressure situations if the top-order has a rare failure. India last won an ICC event back in 2013 (Champions Trophy), have often been described as a top-heavy team […]

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Britain temperature records tumbled in 2019

7:51 pm January 3, 2020

Paris: Britain recorded its highest ever summer and winter temperatures in 2019, ending one of the hottest decades in history, the Met Office said Friday. As much of northern Europe sweltered in a July heatwave, the mercury hit 38.7 Celsius (101 Fahrenheit) in the east of England, marking Britain’s highest daily maximum temperature on record. […]

Cheers, tears, prayers: A look at how world is ushering in 2020

5:52 am January 1, 2020

Washington: Revelers around the globe are bidding farewell to a decade that will be remembered for the rise of social media, the Arab Spring, the #MeToo movement and, of course, President Donald Trump. A look at how the world is ushering in 2020: ___ PARIS A joyful crowd of Parisians and tourists walked, biked and […]

Men have 30 pc higher risk of dying from COVID-19 than women: Study

One in three teens globally at risk of lifestyle diseases: Study

7:15 pm December 26, 2019

Melbourne: One in three adolescents globally are at the risk of lifestyle diseases such as diabetes and cancer, with low fruit and vegetable intake, and physical inactivity as the most prominent risk factors, according to a study. The study, published in the journal Preventive Medicine, is the largest global research of the major lifestyle risk […]

Wolf ‘snatches kangaroo’ in Belgium

12:47 am December 26, 2019

Brussels: A wolf is believed to have snatched a domesticated kangaroo in Belgium and wounded another in an overnight attack, a wolf expert told AFP on Wednesday. The missing marsupial is “probably dead”, eaten “as a Christmas meal” by the unidentified wild canine, the expert, Jan Loos, said, confirming information he had given to local […]