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Topic: England

What is the Azeem Rafiq race scandal, and why it has gone beyond Yorkshire & English cricket

Karachi-born Rafiq, who hasn’t played for Yorkshire since 2018, spoke of slurs & discrimination last year. He recently appeared before UK parliament panel to elaborate on claims.

Calm New Zealand’s explosive method as they get even with England, first to enter T20 WC final

With Guptill & Williamson gone early and others struggling for timing, New Zealand looked hopeless, but then Neesham & Mitchell took over.

4th Test, Day 4: Indian batting fights back, but Ashwin exclusion hurting Kohli-Shastri

Despite India’s batting class act, Day 5 has all three possibilities open. With England at 77-0 India needs Jadeja to find rhythm.

4th Test, Day 3: Rohit checks another box with overseas 100, but goes before sealing the match

At stumps on Day 3, India had a lead of 171 runs with Kohli (22*) and Jadeja (9*) at the crease.

6 dead, including suspected gunman, in mass shooting in United Kingdom’s Plymouth

The suspected shooter, locally known as Jake Davison, is believed to have turned the gun on himself during the shootout that killed three females and two males in southwest England.

Universally credited vs universal credit — what sets England football manager apart from UK PM

The best international cartoons of the week, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

‘Low’ Covid cases & outbreaks in UK schools that reopened in June, Lancet study finds

In a study published in The Lancet, re-opening of schools in the UK was associated with low risk of Covid cases where 113 single cases, 55 outbreaks and 9 co-primary cases were recorded.

England offers travellers shortened quarantine with Covid tests ahead of holiday season

The new rules, which will come into force on 15 December, will reduce the self-isolation period to five days if a passenger tests negative for Covid-19 on or after the fifth day.

Major antibody study finds 3.4 million in England had Covid-19

The findings are significant because they are likely to influence the decisions on future lockdown restrictions and find which groups are at greatest risk.

Wimbledon cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic, first time since World War II

The All England Club scrapped the tournament for 2020 after an emergency meeting. The next edition will be held from 28 June to 11 July 2021.

On Camera

Royal Enfield bikes are the new rage in Bangladesh. What happens to ‘boycott India’ now

Royal Enfield has launched four 350cc models—Hunter, Classic, Bullet, and Meteor—priced between Bangladeshi Taka 3.4 lakh and 4.35 lakh in Bangladesh.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

Indian firms sanctioned by US didn’t violate laws, says MEA. Hyderabad firm that supplied to Army on list

Among 19 Indian firms sanctioned by US Treasury Dept was Lokesh Machines Ltd accused of coordinating with 'Russian defence procurement agent to import Italy-origin CNC machines'.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.