West Indies Test skipper Jason Holder on Tuesday said his team will treat Barbados-born speedster Jofra Archer as just another English cricketer when the opening Test begins in Southampton on July 8. Archer gained eligibility to represent England in 2018. …
Read More »CBSE 2019 recruitment exam answer keys released; check here for direct link
Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has released answer keys for the exams conducted for 2019 recruitment for various positions on June 16. All the candidates can check the answer keys for the exam on the official CBSE website, cbse.nic.in. …
Read More »Bhima Koregaon: Spyware attacks on rights defenders show continuing attempt to fix case
On Monday, an Amnesty International report, put together with digital activist group Citizens Lab, pointed to targeted spyware attacks last year against nine human rights defenders who were helping the people arrested in the Bhima Koregaon case in Maharashtra. The …
Read More »‘The subject should speak to you’: ‘Shool’ director E Niwas is back with web series ‘Your Honor’
Shool and Dum director Eshwar Niwas hasn’t made a film since 2014. He is back, but with a web series: SonyLIV’s first original production, Your Honor. Adapted from the Israeli series Kvodo, Your Honor tells the story of how Bishan …
Read More »Breaking barriers in sport: Meet India’s first transgender football team
The Yaoshang Festival is one of Manipur’s most captivating and vibrant festivals. It marks the onset of spring and is often referred to as the ‘Holi of Manipur’, celebrated across five days. The festival, with a rich heritage, is synonymous …
Read More »Tennis: ATP, WTA players question US Open’s ‘selfish’ decision to go ahead without fans in August
The US Open tennis championships will go ahead as scheduled in August but without spectators, officials confirmed on Tuesday. After weeks of uncertainty surrounding the tournament – which is being staged in the epicentre of the US coronavirus crisis – …
Read More »Athletics: World 100m champion Christian Coleman faces two-year suspension for missed drug test
Reigning world 100 meters champion Christian Coleman is facing a two-year suspension after revealing on Tuesday he missed a drugs test last December. The US sprint star – who only narrowly avoided being banned last year after three violations of …
Read More »La Liga: Lionel Messi on target again as Barcelona beat Leganes to put pressure back on Real Madrid
Lionel Messi was rugby tackled and then scored a penalty as Barcelona put the pressure back on Real Madrid with a 2-0 victory over Leganes at an empty Camp Nou on Tuesday. Messi was hauled to the ground in the …
Read More »Bundesliga: Bayern Munich win eighth straight title with 1-0 win over Werder Bremen
Robert Lewandowski said Bayern Munich had proved they are the best club in Germany after securing their eighth straight Bundesliga title on Tuesday as the Poland striker’s first-half volley saw them claim a 1-0 win at Werder Bremen. Bayern were …
Read More »Hard Times: With cinemas shut because of Covid-19, a single screen owner faces his worst-ever crisis
In 2019, Scroll.in’s Hard Times series sought to explain and illustrate how India’s slowest economic growth in a decade was affecting ordinary people. This followed reporting by Scroll.in in 2016 and 2017 on the effects that demonetisation had on the …
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