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Virat Kohli, widely regarded as one of the greatest Test batters of his generation, continues to earn admiration for his deep love and passion for the longest format of the game. Even after retiring from Test cricket in May 2025, Kohli has repeatedly spoken about how much the format means to him, something that recently drew huge praise from England legend Ian Botham.Kohli brought down the curtain on his illustrious Test career on May 12, 2025, finishing with 9,230 runs in 123 matches along with a remarkable legacy as one of India’s most successful Test captains. Despite stepping away from…

HPBOSE releases application process for June/July 2026 supplementary and improvement examinations The Himachal Pradesh Board of School Education (HPBOSE), Dharamshala, has released the application process, fee structure and eligibility conditions for the Matriculation and ‘Jam-2’ supplementary, compartment and improvement examinations scheduled for June/July 2026.The announcement was made by HPBOSE Chairman Dr Rajesh Sharma, who stated that candidates seeking to appear for the examinations can now submit applications through their respective schools and institutions. The Board has also issued category-wise eligibility details and examination fee information for students applying under different sections.Eligibility criteria for Matriculation candidatesAccording to the Board, Matriculation students…

In XRP news today, Ripple has filed two new US trademark applications spanning treasury operations, prime brokerage, hedge fund management, and securities lending, on top of a $500M Wall Street funding round that valued the company at roughly $40Bn, and yet XRP’s price remains locked in a multi-month range that has frustrated retail holders watching the company grow around them. The headline expansion story is real. The price of non-reaction is equally real. The actual implication is more nuanced than either camp wants to admit. This article unpacks why on-chain liquidity and institutional infrastructure can surge simultaneously while spot price…

The United States (US) Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) will publish the Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) Price Index data for April on Thursday at 12:30 GMT. The PCE Price Index is closely watched by market participants because it is the Federal Reserve’s (Fed) preferred measure of inflation and could influence the policy outlook.Anticipating the PCE: Insights into the Federal Reserve’s key inflation metricThe core PCE Price Index, which excludes volatile food and energy prices, is expected to advance 0.3% month-over-month (MoM) in April, matching March’s increase.In 12 months to April, the core PCE inflation is set to edge higher to 3.3%.…

Why The ADDIE Process Still Defines Instructional Design The ADDIE process remains one of the most widely used Instructional Design frameworks because it provides learning teams with a clear, repeatable way to build effective training. Even as agile learning methods and rapid development models become more common, many organizations still rely on the ADDIE model of Instructional Design to create structured, measurable, and scalable learning experiences. So, what is the ADDIE model, and why does it continue to matter? The ADDIE acronym stands for Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation. Together, these five ADDIE model steps form a systematic Instructional…

Gwyneth Paltrow has a legen-dairy cooking hack.  The Oscar winner—who founded her health food chain Goop Kitchen in 2021—revealed the unexpected ingredient she recommends using in place of dairy. “If you want to avoid dairy,” Paltrow, 53, told Today Show cohosts Savannah Guthrie and Carson Daly during a May 27 cooking segment, “one trick that I do is I dice up arugula and I put it in.” She put her culinary tip to the test while making gluten-free, grain-free turkey meatballs on air, noting that the greens would work as a substitute for the cup of parmesan cheese she used…

Cinema has the power to shape perceptions of entire groups of people. People with AIDS are Tom Hanks in Philadelphia (1993); trans women are Norman Bates in Psycho (1960) or Buffalo Bill in The Silence of the Lambs (1991); both are Jared Leto in Dallas Buyers Club (2013). Autistic people are Raymond Babbitt, played by Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man (1988) – the archetypal ​“retard”, as his brother played by Tom Cruise repeatedly calls him, who is later exploited for his savantist capabilities. Here, neurodivergence was established as superhuman; as socially detrimental, but fodder for capitalistic enterprise. Leo Woodall’s Niki White in Tuner, directed by Daniel Roher,…

To Make America Healthy Again, we must first shake up the one-size-fits-all factory model that dominates K-12 education. These years shape children during the most formative period of their lives, laying the groundwork for physical health, mental resilience, and lifelong success. Without a strong foundation built on movement, play, and individual attention, we cannot expect the next generation to thrive.  The roots of today’s system reach back to the Prussian model of compulsory schooling that the United States imported in the early 1800s. After suffering military defeats, Prussian leaders created the structure to ensure they would never lose another war.…

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Rajasthan Royals kept their IPL 2026 title hopes alive with a commanding 47-run victory over Sunrisers Hyderabad in a high-scoring Eliminator clash at Mullanpur. The night belonged to teenage sensation Vaibhav Suryavanshi, whose explosive 97 off just 29 balls sent fans into a frenzy and completely changed the course of the knockout encounter.After being asked to bat first by Sunrisers Hyderabad captain Pat Cummins, Rajasthan Royals produced a batting masterclass to post a gigantic 243/8 in 20 overs. In reply, SRH fought hard but eventually crumbled under scoreboard pressure and were bowled out for 196 in 19.2 overs, bringing an…