The new season will be the biggest of its kind in the history of Indian sport. It will feature over 130 matches, spread across 11 states and a time period of 13 weeks. In the auction and out of the blue, it was raider Nitin Tomar, who was the highest pick of the auction, garnering a spectacular Rs 93 lakh bid from the Uttar Pradesh team. Also read: Pro Kabaddi 2017 Season 5: Full List of players bought by all the teams...
The home side UP Yoddha faced off against their opponents from Southern India, Telugu Titans in a fiercely contested clash. UP Yoddha were looking for their first win of the home leg after a couple of losses and a drawn match against Bengal Warriors on Sunday. UP Yoddha skipper Rishank Devadiga returned to form in their previous encounter against Bengal Warriors scoring his first Super 10 of the season. However, he could only lead them to a draw and hoped for a win tonight against the Telugu Titans....
As Vidal jump-cuts back and forth over the first 39 of his 70 years, the result on one level is a highbrow “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous.” That’s fine–so are Byron’s journals and letters. Vidal is a kind of contemporary Byron: patrician, major writer, glamourboy, flouter of norms (an open “same-sexual,” as he prefers to call it), role-player in public events. What he’s really wanted, as this memoir reiterates, is to be president....
In an interview with Fox News this week, Conway mocked Pelosi’s public spat with Pressley and Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) over border aid spending. “Those four female Democrats that Nancy Pelosi is brushing back, I think they are all freshman members,” the White House adviser said. “A major ‘meow moment’ — brushing back in a huge catfight, really ridiculing them — and they voted against the Democratic aid package....
Eight teams will square off in the first leg matches of the FA Cup quarter-finals this Saturday, with four of them from the Super League, and the other four from the Premier League. The highlight of the round is arguably the match between Pahang and JDT, the preview can be read here . Sabah vs Negeri Sembilan The match at the Likas Stadium will pit two second-tier sides, although one club are unarguably having a much a better season than the other....
The AFC Cup returns this year with a new format, and Group G will see Tampines Rovers FC of Singapore taking on Felda United FC of Malaysia, on Tuesday at the Jalan Besar Stadium. The home side are no stranger to the continental competitions, but for the visitors, this will be their first ever action at the Asian level. Having been established in 2007, the Fighters qualified for this year’s competition by virtue of their second-place finish in last season’s Malaysia Super League (MSL), their highest ever finish in the Malaysian football pyramid, as the league champions JDT have already qualified by also winning the Malaysian FA Cup....
The irony is marvelous. Pushed into obsolescence by the technological advances of cable and satellite, antennas are re-emerging thanks to one of the most promising high-tech services of the digital age. High-def channels can be plucked out of thin air by antennas just like regular broadcast signals–no cable, no satellite dish, no monthly bill, no waiting for the cable man. It’s like the old days, except this time antennas (which cost between $18 and $150) may offer the clearest picture....
The Prince of Wales made the off-the-cuff remark during a tour of Canada, triggering a debate about the convention of royal impartiality among U.K. politicians and in the press. Charles’ tour was in May 2014, just a few months after Russia had annexed Crimea, and he was talking to a Jewish survivor of the Second World War, Marianne Ferguson, who volunteered at the Canadian Museum of Immigration in Halifax....
Queen Elizabeth II’s son toured Jesus House, in West London, two days after Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s bombshell Oprah Winfrey interview. At the time, he discussed the impact of coronavirus on people of color, positioning him as close to Britain’s Black community even as the world debated royal racism allegations. However, after Sir Keir Starmer, leader of the opposition Labour Party, visited on Friday Pastor Agu Irukwu’s views on gay rights were put under the spotlight....
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex did not take the decision to quit royal duties lightly, according to Omid Scobie, co-author of Finding Freedom. He made his comments to People as the re-released paperback edition caused a storm in Britain due to quotes suggesting the royals were not taking “ownership” after Meghan and Harry’s Oprah Winfrey interview. Scobie said: “They were quite afraid of the consequences of stepping away and challenging the system....
The Duke of Sussex told Oprah Winfrey his family “literally cut me off financially” in the first quarter of 2020. Accounts from the Prince of Wales’ annual review show funding for the activities of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, with £4.4 million ($6.1 million) assigned to the heading. It is not clear how much of the total Harry got before the payments stopped, as Newsweek revealed, in the summer of 2020....
The Duke of Sussex says private information, including an intimate message to ex-girlfriend Chelsy Davy, was obtained by illegal practices at the tabloid. Harry also accuses sister title The Sun, highlighting a series of stories including one regarding an intimate photograph of Davy that she was claimed to have sent him for Valentine’s Day 2005. The allegations, which include claims of phone hacking, date back to between January 1996 and December 2010 and cover hundreds of stories, payments for commissions and emails disclosed by News Group Newspapers, owned by Rupert Murdoch....
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were not able to visit in person due to the lockdown but spoke to children wearing easter bunny ears at Casterton Primary Academy, in Burnley, U.K., over the internet. In a lighthearted moment, Kate, 38, joked her husband was eating all the chocolate while Prince William, 37, insisted there would be plenty for the family come Sunday. One boy called Harris, 10, held up a painting he’d created of his mum who risks coronavirus infection going into work each day for the health service....
Ahead of his birthday on July 22, the couple released a new photo of the third in line to the throne, taken by his mother, which shows him sitting on the hood of a Land Rover Defender in the English countryside. After fans posted birthday greetings for the young prince, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge expressed their gratitude on social media. Prince William and Kate tweeted: “Thank you for all your lovely messages on Prince George’s eighth birthday!...
The Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and Wilson College will now be known as The Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and First College, respectively. “The trustees concluded that Woodrow Wilson’s racist thinking and policies make him an inappropriate namesake for a school or college whose scholars, students, and alumni must stand firmly against racism in all its forms,” Esigruber said in his statement. The Board of Trustees for the university released a statement on their vote to make the name changes Friday, citing that students called for a name change back in 2015....
According to iol.ca.za, Pinnacle College Kyalami Chief Operating Officer Christo de Wit, sent a letter to parents on Monday, announcing that the school’s principal, Angela Barnard, is no longer employed by the school. “During our investigations into this incident, further information came to light which necessitated disciplinary action against Ms Angela Barnard, and we hereby wish to inform you that the employment contract with Ms Barnard has been terminated, effective July 2,” the letter said, according to iol....
Change the File Type in PowerPoint PowerPoint shows use the extension .ppsx and PowerPoint presentations use the extension .pptx. Before you can print the show file, save the PowerPoint show file as a presentation from within PowerPoint. Open PowerPoint. Go to File and select Open. Select the slideshow (with the . ppsx extension) you want to print to open it. Select Enable Editing if the file is displayed in Protected View....
Microsoft says that the KB5004945 patch for the PrintNightmare exploit, caused by a vulnerability with Windows Print Spooler, is working as intended. However, now some users are reporting that the security update is causing connection errors with their printer—most notably Zebra label printers. Microsoft says that the connection errors are due to changes in the overall update and are not a part of the PrintNightmare fix. “Our investigation has shown that the OOB security update is working as designed and is effective against the known printer spooling exploits and other public reports collectively being referred to as PrintNightmare,” Microsoft wrote in its blog update, “All reports we have investigated have relied on the changing of default registry setting related to Point and Print to an insecure configuration....
Cox’s anguish didn’t end in the privacy of an AA meeting. One AA listener tipped off authorities last year, and two weeks ago seven AA members testified under subpoena at the murder trial. (The defense contends temporary insanity.) Cox’s lawyer argued that his client’s confession was privileged – that like conversations between an individual and a doctor or lawyer it was protected from being revealed in open court. The trial judge ruled otherwise....
