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Former Indian all-rounder Irfan Pathan was surprised after fast bowler Auqib Nabi was once again overlooked for India selection for the Sri Lanka tour squad despite performing outstandingly for Jammu and Kashmir for the past couple of domestic seasons.Nabi has been in excellent form over the last two domestic seasons. The fast bowler impressed everyone in the Ranji Trophy, earned an IPL contract, performed well for India A, but still missed out on his maiden India Test call-up for the upcoming Sri Lanka tour.Auqib Nabi’s India dream delayed again despite stunning formAuqib Nabi took 60 wickets in the last Ranji…

When free agency opened, the New York Islanders only had PTO interest in Patrik Laine Stefen Rosner and David Kolb of The Elmonters: (mailbag) The New York Islanders did talk to Patrik Laine when free agency opened on July 1st, but believe they were only interested in offering a PTO and not a contract. Laine would help their power play, and he’s eligible for a low salary and bonus-laden contract, but they Islanders already have a glut of forwards. At this point it doesn’t look like they’d circle back. If Laine doesn’t get a contract that wants, it is possible…

Heathrow Airport will be allowed to charge airlines more for its services to recover money spent on the early stages of its third runway project.The aviation regulator is permitting the airport to claw back up to £320m through higher airport charges to airlines for each passenger. This is likely to end up adding 15p to ticket prices in 2028, rising to 30p in later years.A bidder which unsuccessfully put forward a rival design involving a shorter runway, Arora Group’s Heathrow West, will also be allowed to recover £4.1m pounds in costs.The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and Heathrow said safeguards would…

People can now pay with Bitcoin to buy flights from Dubai-based airline Emirates.  Working with Crypto.com, Emirates said Tuesday the customers now have the option to book flights using the crypto exchange’s payment feature. Crypto.com and Emirates last year announced they would work together.  Emirates’ Deputy President and Chief Commercial Officer Adnan Kazim said the move “reflects the rapidly evolving preferences of a younger, digitally fluent generation who manage their money and plan their journeys primarily from their phones and they expect the airlines they fly with to keep pace.” Emirates first teased plans back in 2022 to implement Bitcoin…

Oscar-winning Irish musician Glen Hansard has died in a motorbike crash in Dublin.Hansard, 56, was the frontman for rock group The Frames and also featured in The Commitments.He won an Academy Award for Best Original Song for Falling Slowly in 2008 which he wrote for the low-budget film Once.Hansard was born in Dublin in 1970 and busked on its streets before landing the role of Outspan Foster in The Commitments. Police are appealing for witnesses following the single-vehicle crash, which happened on Lower Road in Lucan, west of Dublin.It was reported to the emergency services shortly before 04:30 local time.Hansard…

File Pic: RCB players celebrate with IPL trophy. (Pic credit: RCB) Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) has cemented its status as the most valuable franchise in the Indian Premier League (IPL), becoming the first cricket team in history to breach the US$300 million brand value mark.According to global investment bank Houlihan Lokey’s 2026 IPL Brand Valuation Study, RCB retained its No. 1 ranking with a brand valuation of US$312 million (approx. Rs 2,600 crore), marking a 16% jump from US$269 million in 2025. The report highlights that RCB’s steep valuation curve reflects the compounding impact of sustained on-field performance, industry-leading fan…

The Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission has revised the UPPSC PCS 2026 registration schedule, extending the application and fee payment deadline to August 3. Candidates will be able to edit their submitted forms until August 10. The extension offers another chance to eligible aspirants to complete the application process before the Preliminary Examination scheduled for December 6, 2026. The Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) has extended the deadline of the Uttar Pradesh Combined State/ Upper Subordinate Services Preliminary examinations. The candidates can now submit their applications till August 3, 2026. The revised schedule provides another opportunity for civil services…

In crypto news today (July 29), Bitcoin climbed +1% overnight, reclaiming $64,000 ahead of today’s FOMC meeting, in which a rate hike is rumored to be on the table. Liquidations have slowed from yesterday, sitting at just over $420M, down from $605M the day before, although the majority of those liquidations are still from long positions, $325M to be precise. ETF flows have also continued their red streak; following an eight-day inflow streak, yesterday saw $49M in Bitcoin sold across various products, marking a fourth consecutive day of outflows totaling more than $500M, per CoinGlass data. With the total crypto…

The US Dollar has retreated as traders square positions ahead of the FOMC meeting results announcement. The futures market puts the odds of a Fed rate hike at 1 in 3 following the 28–29 July meeting. There is a high risk of a surprise from the Fed, so speculators are unwinding some of their record net long positions in the greenback, the highest since 2015.Data points to rates being held steady: June employment figures cooled after strong spring growth, and inflation has slowed. Furthermore, several FOMC officials have stated that monetary policy is in the right place, and Kevin Warsh…

In Jerusalem of the year 1229, there lived a Greek Ortho­dox monk named Johannes Myronas. Need­ing some parch­ment for a prayer book, he grabbed some already-used pages, erased their exist­ing con­tent, and over them wrote down “prayers for the dead, prayers for repen­tance, bless­ings for the loaves at East­er, and even a prayer for those who were unrea­son­ably exclud­ed,” says math-and-sci­ence YouTu­ber Ben Syversen in the video above. Myronas may have ful­filled his reli­gious duty with­out using too much valu­able parch­ment, but he could­n’t have known the even greater rel­e­vance his actions would turn out to have had in the…