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Legendary Indian and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) wicketkeeper-batter MS Dhoni on Sunday became the first Indian glovesman to score 7,000 runs in T20 cricket. The 42-year-old veteran accomplished this milestone against Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League (IPL). During the match, Dhoni was at his best. Coming at the end, CSK’s five-time IPL champions’ former captain smashed 37 in just 16 balls, with four boundaries and three sixes. His strike rate was 231.25. The result did not matter to CSK fans, as they were happy to see their ‘Thala’ bat and punish pacer Anrich Nortje by smashing him for…

A few years ago, buying a gaming laptop meant you had to spend thousands of dollars for a big and bulky thing that could barely play most video games for more than an hour. Luckily, that has changed drastically in the past two to three years, and you can now get some really excellent laptops, even at budget prices. That said, gaming laptops do remain expensive compared to non-gaming laptops, especially if you want to play some of the best PC games, which is why we’ve gone out and found our favorite gaming laptop deals for you. We’ve picked several…

The UAE government has announced the official holidays for private sector employees across the country on the occasion of Eid Al Fitr. The break will begin on Monday, April 8 and last till 3 Shawwal (or what is equivalent to it in the Gregorian date). As per the Islamic calendar, Ramadan lasts 29 or 30 days, depending on when the Moon is sighted. Eid Al Fitr is celebrated on the first of Shawwal. Here is how the holiday will pan out in both scenarios: If Ramadan lasts 30 days: The Eid break is from Monday, April 8 (Ramadan 29), till…

Hundreds of people stared at the smoke-blackened ruins of Gaza’s biggest hospital on Monday, horrified by the damage and death left behind by a fierce two-week battle between militants and Israeli troops. The crowd stood amid debris and large mounds of dirt at the foot of a shell-pocked five-story building in the sprawling Al Shifa complex that was once a shelter for both patients and displaced Gazans. “Bodies and martyrs are scattered in Al Shifa Medical Complex. Medical teams are still working in the field to remove the bodies and injured people around and inside,” said Fares Afanah, an ambulance…

Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin loved pulling pranks, so much so they began rolling outlandish ideas every April Fools’ Day not long after starting their company more than a quarter century ago. One year, Google posted a job opening for a Copernicus research centre on the moon. Another year, the company said it planned to roll out a “scratch and sniff” feature on its search engine. The jokes were so consistently over-the-top that people learned to laugh them off as another example of Google mischief. And that’s why Page and Brin decided to unveil something no one would…

There are not many better batters than the great Mahendra Singh Dhoni when it comes to game awareness and that reflected in his maiden outing with the bat this IPL season, said Chennai Super Kings head coach Stephen Fleming. The margin of defeat for CSK’s first loss of the season would have been bigger than 20 runs if it was not for Dhoni’s unbeaten 37 off 16 balls at number eight. Dhoni’s cameo against the Delhi Capitals included a thundering six over extra-cover before he unleashed a one handed maximum over mid-wicket in the 20th over. The 42-year-old, who last…

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The Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT) has started work on the HCT-SAT 1 project, which is the institution’s inaugural student-led space mission. This is being developed in collaboration with the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC). The Earth-observation CubeSat project which has a unit size of 1U (10cm x 10cm x 10cm) is set to be launched by the end of 2024. Stay up to date with the latest news. Follow KT on WhatsApp Channels. This collaboration involves the centre’s engineers providing comprehensive knowledge transfer and mentorship to the students across all critical phases of the satellite’s life cycle, including…

Adnoc Gas shareholders plc have approved the board of directors’ proposal to distribute a robust full-year 2023 dividend of $3.25 billion. The decision was taken at the company’s first annual general meeting (AGM) since its landmark initial public offering (IPO) in March 2023. An inaugural interim cash dividend of $1.625 billion was paid in December 2023, with a further $1.625 billion scheduled for distribution in the second quarter of 2024. Adnoc Gas is well-positioned to benefit from Adnoc’s planned expansion of oil production capacity to five million barrels per day by 2027. In addition, Adnoc has announced its intention to…

Joe Jones, last year’s runner-up from Wales, will hope to go one better when he competes alongside a quality field in this week’s second Robert Rock Abu Dhabi Championship at Abu Dhabi Golf Club. The three-day tournament will be held at the National Course from Tuesday to Thursday. Last year’s inaugural event was won by Thomas Nesbitt from the Yas Links Abu Dhabi. A field of 32 players, including 19 boys and 13 girls aged 21 years and under, will be seen in action on the first day of the event. The Robert Rock Abu Dhabi Championship is a World…