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The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman, Mohsin Naqvi, finally clarified why he didn’t boycott the Asia Cup 2025 match against the United Arab Emirates (UAE) despite threatening to do so if the ICC didn’t meet their demand of removing Andy Pycroft for the remainder of the eight-team tournament following the no-handshake saga in the match between India and Pakistan. Here’s what the PCB had to say about not going ahead with their Asia Cup boycott threat. (AP) The PCB’s theatrics continued on Wednesday, hours before the scheduled start of the match against the UAE, pushing the game back by an…

Zoom has introduced a new feature that might soon make attending Zoom meetings yourself a thing of the past. The video communication and collaboration platform will let users create photo-realistic, AI-generated avatars of themselves to appear in online meetings on their behalf.The AI avatar will be able to track and mimic users’ live video feed. It is one of several AI-powered updates unveiled at Zoomtopia 2025, the company’s annual flagship event showcasing its latest innovations. “For the moments that require a polished presence without being “camera-ready,” participants will be able to use a lifelike AI-generated avatar based on their likeness,”…

Mumbai: After a lengthy drama, that ran through most of Wednesday, played out within the corridors of power in the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on their team’s further participation in the Asia Cup, the first ball in Pakistan’s must-win Group A tie against UAE in Dubai was finally bowled at 9 PM (IST) an hour after the scheduled start time. Pakistan’s captain Salman Agha shares team list with match referee Andy Pycroft at the toss during the Asia Cup. (AP) The pre-match toss was overseen by Zimbabwean match referee Andy Pycroft, who the PCB wanted out as a precondition to…

Trucks and vans carrying around 60 displaced families arrive in their village after more than five years in the Atmeh camps near in South Syria. File | Photo Credit: AP Human Rights Watch (HRW) accused Israeli forces on Wednesday (September 17, 2025) of forcibly displacing residents of southern Syria, which Israel has demanded be demilitarised in a new security deal Syria is seeking with its neighbour.The statement quoted the Israeli military as saying it is operating in southern Syria “to protect the citizens of the State of Israel” and that its activities are “in accordance with international law”.The report came…

India’s new national policy on geothermal energy seeks to build on interest from research firms in the United States, Iceland, and Norway to test its commercial viability in the country, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) Secretary Santosh Kumar Sarangi said on Wednesday. Companies from Iceland and Norway are looking at R&D and pilot projects in the Gulf of Cambay, Arunachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand, he added.Geothermal energy taps the earth’s heat from hot water springs on the surface or reservoirs deep underground, using steam to spin turbines and generate electricity. It is a renewable source and can also be…

Robert Redford appeared in more than 80 movies over his career and founded the Sundance Institute, a nonprofit foundation to develop and promote independent films. He died Tuesday at the age of 89. Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Hulton Archive/Getty Images As a kid in Los Angeles, Academy Award-winning actor Robert Redford wasn’t a good student. During class, he remembers gazing out the window and drawing pictures under the desk. “I wasn’t learning the way I was supposed to learn,” he told Fresh Air in 2013. “I think I realized that my education was going to happen when…

Pakistan agrees to have Andy Pycroft as a cricket match referee after he apologises for his role in a handshake row against India.Pakistan’s cricket match against the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the Asia Cup was delayed by an hour amid uncertainty about the fixture as Pakistani officials deliberated pulling out of the tournament as a mark of protest.The match at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium began at 7:30pm local time (15:30 GMT) on Wednesday, as the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and the International Cricket Council (ICC) reached an agreement on Andy Pycroft’s assignment as match referee following his role…

Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Bengaluru. | Photo Credit: File Photo Amid the row over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar, the Election Commission of India (ECI) is gearing up, after over two decades, to launch an SIR of voter lists in Karnataka, anytime after September 25. In Karnataka, the SIR was last conducted in 2002, and the notification for the 2025 SIR is expected shortly. After conducting the SIR exercise to remove dead, migrated, and duplicate voters from the electoral roll, the voting percentage in urban centres like Bengaluru, which is significantly lower compared…

India A began on a strong note in response to Australia A’s mammoth total of 532/6 declared in the first unofficial Test underway in Lucknow’s Ekana Stadium. After Australia’s top-order dominated the proceedings on the opening day, their lower middle-order put up another dominant show with wicketkeeper Josh Phillippe scoring an unbeaten 123 off just 87 deliveries as India A attack struggled to penetrate. In response, India A openers Abhimanyu Easwaran and N Jagadeesan put on an 88-run stand for the first wicket before the Bengal batsman was dismissed for 44. Jagadeesan was unbeaten on 50 with his statemate B…

You’ve probably seen this one before: first it looks like a rabbit. You’re totally sure: yes, that’s a rabbit! But then — wait, no — it’s a duck. Definitely, absolutely a duck. A few seconds later, it’s flipped again, and all you can see is rabbit.The feeling of looking at that classic optical illusion is the same feeling I’ve been getting recently as I read two competing stories about the future of AI.According to one story, AI is normal technology. It’ll be a big deal, sure — like electricity or the internet was a big deal. But just as society…