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Earth's North Magnetic Pole Has Shifted All the Way from Canada to Siberia: Here's Why

Apparently, there's a tug of war going on between our planet's magnetic zones situated below North America and Asia.




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Facebook's Independent Board Gets its First 20 Members: Here's How They Would Work

The oversight board will focus on a small slice of challenging content issues including hate speech and harassment and people’s safety.




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Facebook, Youtube Remove 'Plandemic', A Viral Video Spreading COVID-19 Misinformation

The 26-minute video went viral this week across social media platforms.




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'Locker Rooms' are Common in Juvenile Internet Users, But What Should be Done About it?

The recently recurrent issues of juvenile ‘locker room’ chats have brought forth conversations around adolescent mental health and anti-cyber bullying acts.




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Spotify Reportedly Testing Video Podcasts: Could This Be the Next Big Thing

The video podcasts feature will likely to reach more Spotify listeners in the coming days, albeit Spotify has not mentioned any official date.




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Bitcoin Crosses $10,000 Threshold For First Time Since February Before Halving Again

Some analysts are predicting there are signs a major rally may be underway, with retail or individual investors involved.




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Samsung Said to be Working on its Own Smart Debit Card to Compete Against the Apple Card

Samsung's physical and virtual smart debit card could become a part of the company's existing Samsung Pay platform.




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Internet Traffic in India Sees 40% Spike in March Due to COVID-19 Lockdown: ACT Fibernet

The data is based on overall traffic data measured from February-April 2020 from 19 cities across the country.




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The Next Apple AirPods Refresh Will Not Arrive before 2021

Apple was all set to launch the new AirPods this year but has delayed its release owing to COVID-19 pandemic.




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Playing James Anderson in England Has Been 'Really Challenging': Ajinkya Rahane

Rahane, who has amassed over 4000 runs in Test cricket and has a century in England, the West Indies apart from India, emphasised on the need to be mentally fit during the coronavirus-forced lockdown period.




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Anil Kumble the Best Captain I Played Under: Gautam Gambhir

The cricketer-turned-politician believes if Kumble had led Team India for a longer period, he would have broken every captaincy records.




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Kagiso Rabada Says 'Consistent' Virat Kohli Pushes Him to Give his Best

The 24-year-old has taken 197 wickets from 43 Tests while he has picked up 117 ODI wickets from 75 matches.




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Sport in Empty Stadiums will be Disappointing, Feels Sachin Tendulkar

But does he think that winning and losing will have the same kind of impact in an athlete''s mind once the mayhem of this pandemic is over?




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Sunrisers Hyderabad Has the Best Death Bowling in IPL: David Warner

Asked about what they liked most about batting with each other, both said running between the wickets was a major contributing factor in their successful partnership.




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ICC CEC Meeting: FTP Set for Overhaul, World Test Championship Cycle Set to be Affected

But the T20 World Cup is on course even though Cricket Australia CEO Kevin Roberts said that his board is ready for any eventuality.




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After Coronavirus, Legalisation of Ball-tampering Could be Considered - Report

Following the chief executives meeting of the ICC on Thursday, its medical committee, headed by Peter Harcourt, had issued an update.




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Playing IPL Behind Closed Doors a Smarter Option: Pandya

All-rounder Hardik Pandya said that he would be okay with the 2020 season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) being played behind closed doors. The season has been postponed after the Indian government extended the ongoing lockdown in the country to May 3 amid the coronavirus pandemic.




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Ashwin Remains India's Best Spinner, Can't Keep Him Out of Shorter Formats: Saqlain

Akhtar's proposal of an India-Pakistan series to raises funds for the fight against COVID-19 pandemic in both countries had attracted criticism from big names like Kapil Dev. India did not need the money, Kapil had said.




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Youngsters Today Try to be What They are Not on Social Media: Yuvraj

He was a fearless batsman during his time. Now after calling time on his illustrious career, Yuvraj Singh has remained the same, calling a spade a spade.




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Ashwin Remembers IPL 2010's Harsh Reality Check, Says It Was Like a 'Hard Slap'

Ashwin recalled the 2010 IPL when he was dropped from the CSK squad after two bad games, which was like a "hard slap", more so because he felt that coach Stephen Fleming "didn't talk to him" and he was not backed enough.




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Australia Players Won't be Greedy if Asked to take Pay Cut: Tim Paine

Cricket Australia might lose a staggering AUD 300 million dollars if the Indian team fails to turn up for the bilateral series due to the global health crisis.




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Ian Smith Honoured with Bert Sutcliffe Medal by NZC

Former New Zealand wicketkeeper-batsman and commentator Ian Smith has been presented with the Bert Sutcliffe medal by New Zealand Cricket for "outstanding services to cricket".




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Mike Hesson Returns to New Zealand After Being Stranded in India Due to Coronavirus

He also thanked Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the New Zealand Embassy in India, New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.




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Buttler One of the Most Versatile, Best ODI Players at Present: Stokes

Star England all-rounder Ben Stokes on Tuesday heaped praise on teammate Jos Buttler, saying the destructive wicket-keeper batsman is one of the most versatile white-ball players in the world at the moment.




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Have Been Sledged for Looking Like Ellen DeGeneres, Reveals Joe Root

England Test captain Joe Root has revealed that he has faced a variety of sledges in his cricketing career, including comparison with American comedian and chat show host Ellen DeGeneres for his looks.




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No Indian Cricketer in Dale Steyn's Best XI, School Bowling Partner Included

Australia's Lee, former South African spinner Paul Harris and Proteas fast bowling great Allan Donald made up the bowling department.




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Moeen Ali Wants The Hundred to be Postponed Due to Coronavirus

The flagship tournament, which the ECB expects can match the global popularity of that of the Indian Premier League and the Big Bash League, could add to the long list of events being put on hold due to the pandemic.




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AB De Villiers Denies being Approached to Captain South Africa Again

The explosive batsman retired from all forms of international cricket in 2018 but there has been talk of a return in the national team.




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Scotland Willing to Host Australia, New Zealand Series Behind Closed Doors

Cricket Scotland said that it is willing to host their scheduled matches against New Zealand and Australia behind closed doors. Both teams are scheduled to visit the associate nation for a brief series in June and the matches are yet to be postponed.




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Part of Umar Akmal's Three-year Ban Could be Suspended, According to PCB

Umar has the right to appeal against the panel decision 14 days after he gets a copy of the detailed judgement. His appeal will be heard by an independent adjudicator to be appointed by the board.




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Playing Without Spectators Will be Deja Vu, Admits India's Ajinkya Rahane

Playing behind closed doors has been suggested as one way to resume professional cricket, which has been suspended over the




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Australia Overtake India as World Number One Test Team, England Lead ODI Rankings

On the other hand, Australia had lost to South Africa as well as to India in the same period.




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Jasprit Bumrah Will Become World-class But Bowlers in Our Times Were Better: Abdul Razzaq

The standard of cricket has gone down, according to Razzaq.




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Ultimate Goal is to Beat India in Their Backyard: Justin Langer After Australia Reclaim Top Rank

Langer also hoped that white ball team under Aaron Finch will win the World Cup.




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Aakash Chopra Leaves Virat Kohli & Rohit Sharma Out of Best XI, Picks Jasprit Bumrah

Buttler is also the wicketkeeper of the team. At one down comes New Zealand's Colin Munro after which comes Pakistan's Babar Azam at no.4.




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One of My Most Memorable Moments: Suresh Raina Remembers First T20I Ton

With the world coming to a standstill due to the coronavirus outbreak, sporting events across the globe have either been cancelled or suspended and sportspersons have been spending a lot of time interacting with fans on social media.




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VVS Laxman Had Beautiful Technique, Was Hard to Get Through: Brett Lee

In particular, the Hyderabad batsman is remembered for his memorable 281-run knock at the famous Eden Gardens Test in 2001 which India won conceding a follow-on in 2001.




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Had to Flee After Being Constantly Threatened by Umar Akmal: Zulqarnain

Pakistan's former wicketkeeper-batsman Zulqarnain Haider has blamed Umar Akmal for his disappearing act during an ODI series against South Africa in 2010, saying he was threatened by the tainted player for not conniving with him to lose a match.




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MSK Prasad Differentiates Between Dhoni, Kohli & Rohit as Captains

Former India chief selector M.S.K. Prasad listed out the differences between Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma as captains. Speaking during an online live video session, Prasad states the three have altogether different styles of captaincy that has brought so much success over the last few years.




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We Robbed Indian Spinners in 1978-79 Test Series, Says Miandad

Former Pakistan captain Javed Miandad has recalled how he and Zaheer Abbas went after the Indian spin attack -- comprising of Bishan Singh Bedi, Bhagwath Chandrasekhar and Erapalli Prasanna -- and scored bulk of runs in the three-match Test series in 1978-79.




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India Bowler Mohammed Shami Had Contemplated Suicide Before Comeback

The bowler also struggled with injury that saw him spend nearly a year on the sidelines, leading to weight gain. He said his family and friends helped him bounce back.




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Would be Devastating if India Don't Tour Australia: Labuschagne

In between, there is the T20 World Cup, scheduled for an October 18 start, but the mega event's future is also shrouded in uncertainty due to the global crisis.




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Some Pakistan Players Deliberately Underperformed in 2009 NZ Series: Rana Naved

A number of senior players "deliberately under-performed" during Pakistan's 2009 ODI series against New Zealand in the UAE because they were unhappy with Younis Khan's captaincy, former pacer Rana Naved-ul-Hasan has alleged.




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This Cricket World Cup, Scheduled for October 2020 in Australia, Postponed Due to COVID-19

The cricket world cup scheduled to be held in Australia in October this year has been postponed to 2021. No, we're not talking about the ICC T20 World Cup.




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Harbhajan Singh Says He's Not Jealous of Ashwin, Expects Him to Become a Legend

Harbhajan is not yet retired but last played for India in 2016. The 39-year-old has played 103 Tests with his final game coming in 2015.




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Ben Stokes Completes First Half-marathon to Raise Funds for NHS

England all-rounder Ben Stokes has run his first-ever half marathon to raise money for Britain's National Health Service amid the coronavirus pandemic which has so far claimed more than 30,000 lives in the UK.




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Playing Without Fans Won't Diminish Competitive Edge: Ben Stokes

When asked if cricket might lose its competitive edge in such an atmosphere Stokes, 28, said that even without fans the players would still be going out to win.




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Will Need One Month of Training Before Playing Competitive Match: Rahane

He agreed that in future, players will be wary of wild celebrations and group hugs which they are so used to at the fall of wickets.




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Babar Azam is Better Than Virat Kohli: Tom Moody

The former Sunrisers Hyderabad coach, however, admitted considering Azam's statistics at the moment, it is very difficult to put him in the top five current batsmen.




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Will be in Good Position to Start Off Again When Cricket Returns: Virat Kohli

While speaking to his fans, Kohli also talks about the things he misses while staying at home like the IPL, the excitement the tournament brings for the players and the fans and the magical moments that are created.