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Saturday, May 11, 2024
TopicBen Stokes

Topic: Ben Stokes

Indian cricket did a great favour to England by puncturing Bazball. Stop indulging mediocrity

England's batters have been hiding their failures under the pretext of Bazball. This classic case of escapism has now been exposed by India's 4-1 victory in the Test series.

England cricket has a ‘class’ problem. And Bazball can’t hide it anymore

English men’s cricket could argue it has championed diversity with players such as Moeen Ali, Adil Rashid, and Jofra Archer in its setup, but the hierarchical reality tells a different story.

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What’s Xi Jinping doing in Europe? His goal is more strategic than economic

India should aim to get European investments that are clearly no longer going to China. That is where the dots of its efforts to save Asia from China’s dominance converge at its most basic.

Day after mass sick leave by employees, Air India Express fires crew members, cancels 85 more flights

About 300 employees had called in sick Wednesday, allegedly in protest against mismanagement of airlines. Remaining staff given ultimatum to rejoin work by end of Thursday.

Vice Admiral Sanjay Bhalla takes charge as Chief of Personnel of the Indian Navy

His tenure as Chief of Personnel will be marked by a number of important appointments, both afloat and ashore.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.