Watch Video: Mohammad Amir’s Controversial Gesture In PSL Leaves Fans Fuming
Pakistani pacer Mohammad Amir has time and again made headlines for his action in the Pakistan Super League.
The left-arm seamer earned plenty of flak for his on-field antics while bowling to Pakistan national team skipper Babar Azam. The incident even saw ex-Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi reaching out to Amir and speaking to him about his actions.
However, Afridi’s words seem to have had no impact on Amir, who left fans disgusted with another poor action on the field in a PSL match.
Mohammad Amir, who is currently plying his trade for the Karachi Kings, was bowling in the 6th over of the game against Lahore Qalandars. On the first ball, Irfan Khan Niazi took a brilliant catch off Amir’s bowling to dismiss the dangerous Shai Hope. After taking the wicket, Amir took a leaf out of WWE Superstar Triple H’s book as he imitated the famous but controversial ‘Suck It’ gesture made famous by the pro wrestling legend.
In an earlier match between the Karachi Kings and Peshawar Zalmi, Mohammad Amir and Babar Azam were embroiled in quite a heated exchange, and this in turn angered fans and ex-cricketers alike, including Shahid Afridi who had quite some harsh words for the fast bowler.
Reacting to Amir’s antics, Shahid Afridi had said: “Whenever a player doesn’t perform, or even if he does, I drop him a message to call him. Likewise, I messaged Amir yesterday. I talked to him respectfully, but I also scolded him. I told Amir, ‘what do you want?’ You have gained so much respect, you faced a blot on your reputation and from there, you made a return. You got a new life, in a way. What are you even trying to do?”
Ye koi tareeka hai? (Is this the way to play?) There are juniors around you, you are using bad words. There are fans who are disheartened to see that. Even we have used such words and sometimes, the camera used to catch us. There are families, kids watching you on television. Aggression is fine, but keep it under control,” Afridi had further said.
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United Nations: Tropical Cyclone Freddy slamming into Madagascar’s eastern coast has claimed the lives of at least four people and displaced 11,000 others from their homes, a UN spokesman said.
Government preliminary estimates showed that although the storm weakened before landfall near the city of Mananjary, it brought devastating winds, said Stephane Dujarric, the chief spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, on Wednesday. More than 4,500 houses were flooded or damaged, mainly in the Vatovavy region.
“We and our humanitarian partners are supporting the government in the response and have started providing assistance to some 7,000 people who were evacuated from their homes,” Dujarric added.
“Assessments will start tomorrow (Thursday) to determine the full extent of the damage and the response required.”
After crossing Madagascar, Freddy is expected to head into the Mozambican Channel and re-strengthen before landing in Mozambique on Thursday, he said.
The spokesman added the UN and its partners are supplying residents with food, camp management and emergency telecommunications equipment. Nutrition supplies were replenished at health centres ahead of the cyclone, Xinhua news agency reported.
Next week, humanitarians will begin distributing cash and education assistance, he said.
A frustrated and irate tennis legend Bjorn Borg left India after Karnataka chief minister Basavaraj Bommai arrived nearly two hours late at an event in Bengaluru on Wednesday.
According to several media reports, the program was to honour Borg at the Karnataka State Lawn Tennis Association (KSLTA) stadium.
“Tennis legend Bjorn Borg had to walk away from a ceremony to honour him in India’s Bangalore (Bengaluru) city after a top politician turned up almost two hours late. The programme was scheduled for 9.30am but Karnataka CM Mr Bommai arrived at 11.15am.” ~ @BBCWorld https://t.co/l04CkiiejT
Along with Borg, Indian tennis star Vijay Amritraj was also set to be honoured. However, the ceremony was canceled as Amritraj felt it would be ‘inappropriate’ for him to be honoured alone, the source was quoted by the Deccan Herald.
Both of them will be honoured at the CM’s office tomorrow or the day after, the report further quoted the source.
After Bommai arrived, he sat for 20 minutes to watch a match between Borg’s son Leo Borg and Taiwanese tennis player Hsu Yu-hsiou.
Who is Bjorn Borg
Bjorn Borg is a legendary Swedish tennis player who played from 1970-1983. A teenage sensation, he became the first man in the Open Era to win 11 Grand Slam singles titles with six at the French Open and five consecutively at Wimbledon. He is the only man to achieve the Channel Slam three times.
However, he never won the US Open despite four runner-up finishes.
His rivalry with another legend John McEnroe is considered one of the best in the sport’s history. Their match at the 1980 Wimbledon final is considered one of the greatest matches ever played.
At the age of 26 Borg announced his retirement from international tennis, shocking the world. He is currently the owner of the Björn Borg fashion label and is considered second best to Calvin Klein.
Srinagar, Feb 20: The ban on stone quarrying in Jammu & Kashmir since 2016 has devastated thousands of households who relied on the business for a living.
Although the Lieutenant Governor-led administration reduced sanctions on stone quarry activities in 2021 by allowing the owners to lift only piled-up loose material, those associated with the business say there isn’t much to celebrate as they have apprehensions that the stockpiles will be depleted in a couple of years.
Bashir Ahmad, president United Quarry Association told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that after the 2016 ban, their survival has become difficult, and that the lifting of restrictive sanctions does not guarantee them a safe business.
“Before the ban, there were around 400 stakeholders associated with stone quarrying; now with the ban in place, more than 40 percent have closed down the business,” Bashir said.
He said the government in 2021 allowed the lifting of loose material but that too came with a condition to supply only to government contractors. There should be the complete lifting of the ban on our work, he urged.
The Association president said that after the permission for the lifting of loose material was given, a quarry owner can hardly lift 4 to 5 loads a month.
“The loose stone material that naturally fell down is not going to survive for long; it will drain out by the end of the next year or so, which will signal the complete shutdown of the business. We are currently in such poor financial shape that we are unable to even plan for new businesses,” he said.
According to Bashir, they also discussed a rehabilitation programme with the government that involved moving to a different location, but that plan was never carried out.
Another stone quarry owner, Naseer Ahmad, said his family has gone through mental stress. “We had taken loans against the business,” he said. “We were happy doing our business, everything was going smooth, and then there was a sudden ban.”
Naseer said they were never taken on board by the authorities. “What can we do now as we have families to feed; banks are after us as they are not ready to waive off our loans. Where shall we go in these conditions,” he said.
Ahmad claimed that after the ban on stone quarry works, the families associated with the business are struggling to make their livelihoods as their children were also in this business.
Following the ban on stone quarry works in 2016, numerous protests and pressers were held by the stone quarry owners and their workers demanding the lifting of a complete ban on the functioning of stone quarries—(KNO)
The future of transgender rights in Scotland remains in limbo, as SNP politicians warn that a leadership contest must not become dominated by ongoing rows on gender recognition reform.
Meanwhile, Scottish Greens sources suggest that any rowback on reform could lead to the collapse of the party’s power-sharing agreement with the SNP.
A key challenge for whoever replaces Nicola Sturgeon is whether to continue with her plan to challenge the UK government’s decision to block Holyrood’s gender bill through the courts.
Scottish government sources confirmed on Thursday that ministers were still taking legal advice on the prospect of challenging the section 35 order that was announced by the UK government in January, which prevents the bill from going for royal assent. They said a decision was unlikely to be reached until much closer to the 16 April deadline.
On Thursday evening, the SNP’s national executive committee confirmed that the results of its leadership contest would be announced on 27 March, giving the new leader just over three weeks to decide.
A number of SNP politicians, both supportive of and opposed to the bill, raised concerns that the leadership election could become mired in the increasingly toxic debate that has dogged the party for several years, leaving voters unclear whether the party shares their priorities.
One MP said: “People on the doorstep are not talking to me about GRR [gender recognition reform] but about the cost of living crisis.
“The leadership contest shouldn’t become all about the bill. The contest must concentrate on what to do to unify the party and lead us to independence.”
While Sturgeon was an unapologetic defender of the legislation, which would simplify how an individual may legally change their gender, Scottish equalities campaigners have raised concerns that a new leader less committed to reform – as at least one potential contender is known to be – might offer concessions to the UK government rather than formally challenge section 35.
Another SNP MSP who was closely involved in the bill’s progress through Holyrood said that while they expected at least one candidate to emerge who was opposed to the reforms, they would be surprised if the new leader did not continue with the legal challenge.
“This is about much more than gender reform, it’s about whether the Scottish parliament can pass its own legislation. I’d be surprised if a nationalist leader didn’t challenge that, and I’m much more concerned about winning that challenge,” they said.
A Scottish Green party source said the party’s joint leaders, Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater, would almost certainly resign from their ministerial posts if the new SNP leader either delayed or rewrote the gender recognition bill.
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That would lead to the collapse of the formal cooperation deal brokered by Sturgeon and Harvie in 2021, which led to the SNP sharing power for the first time. “It’s a red line for the party,” he said. “There’s no compromise on this.”
Sturgeon’s successor would almost certainly see that threat as another significant argument in favour of fighting to keep the bill on track. “I think they would walk if a new SNP leader didn’t do everything in their power to get that bill on to the statute book,” the source said.
He also suggested that if the government watered down or dropped the bill, SNP MSPs would revolt in far greater numbers than the nine SNP backbenchers who voted against it.
Senior SNP sources suggest the successful leadership candidate must offer a robust defence of the bill itself but also open up dialogue, while shifting focus to other pressing domestic concerns such as heating and healthcare.
The SNP MP Joanna Cherry, a vocal critic of the changes, tweeted immediately after Sturgeon’s resignation announcement that a leadership contest must “restore the SNP’s tradition of internal party democracy, open respectful debate and intellectual rigour”.
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That win on Election Day set up the abortion providers in the state who are challenging the laws to argue on Nov. 15 that both the state’s near-total ban on the procedure beginning at conception and a separate law banning abortion after six weeks of pregnancy violate provisions of the state constitution adopted in 1891 — namely, the “right of seeking and pursuing their safety and happiness” and freedom from “absolute and arbitrary power.” Both bans, which the state legislature passed in 2019, criminalize abortions with no exceptions for cases of rape or incest, with a narrow exception for life-endangering complications.
During oral arguments in the case, the American Civil Liberties Union in Kentucky argued on behalf of clinics in the state that the abortion restrictions are causing “irreparable harm” to patients who are undergoing the “pain and trauma” of being forced to bear children they don’t want or having to search for ways to travel out of state for the procedure.
Justice Lambert ruled Thursday that the clinics don’t have standing to challenge the laws on behalf of their patients, but do have standing to argue that the state’ s abortion bans violate protections in the state’s constitution.
Several justices dissented in part from the decision, with some accusing the court’s majority of ignoring arguments made by the challengers that the bans are causing such “irreparable harm” in the state that an injunction is warranted.
Justice Angela McCormick Bisig lamented that the court decided to “retreat from the duty of judicial review by failing to evaluate whether Plaintiffs present substantial allegations that the bans unconstitutionally prohibit the women of this Commonwealth from obtaining reproductive healthcare.” Citing recent reporting about Kentucky “women placed in untenable positions due to severe fetal anomalies” who had to travel out of state for an abortion, Bisig argued the court should have backed the Circuit Court’s decision to block the law temporarily.
The ACLU and other groups that brought the case said they were “extremely disappointed” in the decision and vowed to keep fighting on the merits in the lower court. Pointing to the results of the November ballot referendum, they argued the state Supreme Court went against the will of the people in leaving the bans in place.
“We’re elated, but we know that it’s not the end. There will be more litigation in the courts and we have more work to do,” said Addia Wuchner, a former Republican representative in the Kentucky Statehouse who led the unsuccessful Yes for Life ballot measure campaign last year. “For now, however, this means the abortion facilities will remain closed.”
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Now it’s time to get angry. Chelsea were slick, measured and rather impressive – until they reached the final third. Chances came, chances went and, when Graham Potter looks over the statistics and thinks of all the near misses, he can be forgiven if yet another sloppy display from his forwards leaves him in a rage.
Chelsea should never have lost control of this game. Ultimately, though, the lack of ruthlessness was no surprise. After all Chelsea, who probably could have done with including a finisher of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s calibre in their Champions League squad, have scored six goals in their past 10 matches and they should be furious with themselves for allowing opponents as vulnerable as Borussia Dortmund to establish a lead before next month’s return at Stamford Bridge.
The worry is that there was plenty of blame to go around. There will be questions about Potter’s decision not to have Aubameyang as an option off the bench given that Kai Havertz remains pretty but effective. João Félix was also wayward in front of goal and, when Dortmund struck midway through the second half, it was staggering that Enzo Fernández was the only outfield player standing in Karim Adeyemi’s way when the winger put Edin Terzic’s team ahead.
In fairness it was magnificent from Adeyemi. He began in his own half when a corner was cleared, tore beyond Fernández, rounded Kepa Arrizabalaga and tapped into the empty net. But it was a disastrous concession for the visitors and, while Chelsea should be capable of overturning a 1-0 deficit, there can be no guarantee that they will be clinical enough to do so.
Potter needs his players to develop a nasty side. Much of the pre-match focus before had lingered on his calm when decisions go against Chelsea. More interesting, though, is whether Potter can inspire a response on the pitch. Tenth in the Premier League, Chelsea need more conviction.
Afterwards Potter called the performance “another step forward”. He often speaks about the new faces needing time to settle. Yet Dortmund, third in the Bundesliga, cannot match Chelsea’s resources. Over £500m has been spent on refurbishing Potter’s squad. There is a process, but results should be better.
To his credit Potter picked a fun team – Félix off Havertz, creativity and pace out wide, Kalidou Koulibaly in a back four on his first start since 11 January – and the start was as promising as you might have expected from a side with an £106.8m world champion in midfield.
Dortmund had nowhere near as much star power, even with Adeyemi a livewire on the left and Jude Bellingham driving them on. The press was furious but the high line was less convincing. It was a dangerous tactic with Mykhaylo Mudryk on the left – Nico Schlotterbeck had to make a crucial early tackle on the winger – while Dortmund soon found themselves struggling to contain Félix.
Borussia Dortmund’s Gregor Kobel denied Chelsea on several occasions in the second half. Photograph: Wolfgang Rattay/Reuters
There was a fluidity to Chelsea’s football. Was this the future? Mason Mount was on the bench again. Félix was the main man in attack, though his finishing disappointed. Twice the forward let Dortmund off the hook; first when he blazed over from Hakim Ziyech’s cutback, then when he snaked through and hit the bar.
Chelsea, who had a goal disallowed for handball by Thiago Silva, could not pull clear. That encouraged Dortmund, who went close through Sébastien Haller. Julian Brandt also bent a shot wide.
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Koulibaly’s presence alongside Silva was a reminder of Chelsea’s new look. Being forced to name only three January signings in their squad meant there was no room for Benoît Badiashile, even though the centre-back has been in excellent form. In came Koulibaly – £34m last summer, bags of experience – while Potter also rotated his expensive left-backs, with Ben Chilwell eager to impress after replacing Marc Cucurella.
Chelsea had more energy than Dortmund, who were often overrun in midfield. Bellingham was fortunate not to be sent off for a second booking at the start of the second half and Reece James started to maraud. One run from the Chelsea right-back drew a risky foul from Emre Can. Goalkeeper Gregor Kobel pushed James’s free-kick away.
Kobel was soon repelling James again. The set-pieces piled up and the pressure grew. Then Dortmund struck. Much of their threat had come from Adeyemi, who had wriggled down the left and created a rare chance for Brandt, and Chelsea were in trouble when a clearance found the winger. “It’s ‘Meep Meep’,” Terzic said, comparing Adeyemi to Road Runner. “And then he goes.”
But where was Chelsea’s structure? Fernández could not live with Adeyemi. The 21-year-old was too quick, the balance was beautiful and his finish was smart.
Chelsea responded by bringing on Mount. Cucurella replaced a tiring Chilwell. They raised the pace again and Kobel made stunning saves from Koulibaly and Fernández. Somehow, with a little help from Chelsea, Dortmund emerged triumphant.
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Hyderabad: ‘Kya toh bhi hai re bhai’, ‘Aiasaa’, ‘Nako’, ‘Kya hai ki kya nai ki’, ‘Hallu’, ‘Miya’, ‘Baigan ke baatan nako karo,’ etc., are some of the words almost every Hyderabadi chants whenever they talk. Influenced by Deccani Urdu, the Hyderabadi dialect is known for its unique vocabulary and sentence structure. Hyderabadi biryani, unique lingo and sense of humour and Charminar are what make everyone fall in love with the city.
The Hyderabadi accent has a distinct flavour that has caught the attention of outsiders too who love to try to talk in the same manner. People here are also known for giving positive messages in a unique way and the best example of it is Shehbaaz Khan and Saleem Pheku. Their style of speaking is amusing and has a way of making everyone laugh.
And now, a quirky notice of a shopkeeper to customers has been grabbing eyeballs on social media. The ‘no credit only cash’ notice has been written in such a way that once you read it, you will guffaw at it. The poster reads, “Aake Detu, Laake Detu, Shaam Me Detu, Kal Detu, Daily Atou Bhai, Nai Pehchante Kya, Server Slow Ara, Ye Sab bata Nakko…No Credit..Only Cash.” This unique style is for the customers who ask for goods without cash or want to pay later. The customers who procure credit facilities from shopkeepers too might be laughing after reading this message.
The poster is doing rounds on social media now and netizens are reacting to it with many finidng it ‘relatable’. Whatever, but the shopkeeper’s quirkiness deserves appreciation as the poster made thousands of people laugh.
One Twitter user commented, “Owner be like “baigan ke baata nakko karo, merko abhich paise hona”. “Made my day.”
Dehradun: The family of Vijay Kumar, who died in the earthquake in Turkey, is in shock.
A resident of Kotdwar in Uttarakhand, Vijay Kumar was on a business trip to Turkey when the earthquake struck. His mortal remains were found and identified among the debris of a hotel in Malatya. He left Kotdwar on January 23.
Kumar’s family members were in deep shock as they came to know of the tragic news. They cried inconsolably. Neighbours and relatives came to Kumar’s residence to express their condolences.
Vijay Kumar is survived by his mother, wife, and six-year-old child. He had lost his father about one-and a half months back.
The Indian Embassy in Turkey informed on Saturday that mortal remains of Kumar have been found.
“We inform with sorrow that the mortal remains of Shri Vijay Kumar, an Indian national missing in Turkiye since February 6 earthquake, have been found and identified among the debris of a hotel in Malatya, where he was on a business trip,” the Embassy said in a tweet.
“Our deepest condolences to his family and loved ones. We are making arrangements for the earliest possible transportation of his mortal remains to his family,” it added.
Ministry of External Affairs had said earlier this month that ten Indians were struck in remote parts of Turkey after the country was hit by two “biggest natural disaster” earthquakes, but they are safe while one citizen is missing.
“There are 10 individuals who are stuck in some remote parts of the affected area but they are safe. We have one Indian national missing, who was on a business visit to Turkey’s Malatya. And he has not been traced for the last two days. We are in touch with his family and the company in Bengaluru,” Sanjay Verma, Secretary (West) in Ministry of External Affairs, had said at a media briefing on ‘Operation Dost.’
The death toll from the earthquakes stood at more than 25,000 across southern Turkey and northwest Syria, reports said.
