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England captain Heather Knight on Saturday conceded India showed them how to play in testing conditions after Harmanpreet Kaur’s side notched up the biggest-ever win by runs in women’s Test cricket. Despite playing on home soil after nine years, India crushed England by 347 runs inside three days during their one-off Test here at the DY Patil Stadium. On the third day, England lost all 10 wickets in a slightly extended first session as off-spinner Deepti Sharma and pacer Pooja Vastrakar shared seven wickets among them. “It probably deteriorated a little bit faster than probably we expected. I think it…

Lenovo Launches New Hybrid Cloud Platforms and Services to Accelerate AI New Lenovo ThinkAgile hybrid cloud solutions and ThinkSystemserver platforms, powered by next generationIntel Xeon Scalable Processors,accelerate performance,consolidate IT and lower power consumption to simplify AI journey Lenovo TruScale for Hybrid Cloud enables flexible, scalable, and cost-effectiveAI performance as a service United Arab Emirates, December 15, 2023– Lenovo (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY) announcedit has expanded its hybrid cloud platform for AI with new ThinkAgilehyperconverged solutionsand ThinkSystemserversthat advancecloud deployment, hybrid connectivity and AI capabilities, powered by the next generation ofIntel® Xeon® Scalable Processors. The newAI ready platformdelivers improved performance and the…

Sometimes, Hubble or other telescopes will capture two or more galaxies that are in the process of merging — called interacting galaxies. These huge collisions can warp one or both of the galaxies, twisting them into strange shapes. The results of such collisions can be catastrophic, with one of the galaxies being destroyed. Or they can be creative, with one larger galaxy being formed from the two merging galaxies. However, sometimes galaxies that appear very close in images are not actually interacting. Sometimes, they merely appear to be close when seen from Earth, but they can actually be thousands of…

Question: I stay in a rented apartment in Dubai. I have small maintenance issues at my place and reached out to my real estate. However, they pointed out a clause in the tenancy contract about all maintenance charges below Dh500 being the tenant’s responsibility. Is this legal? Answer: Since you are residing in a rented apartment in Dubai, the provisions of Law No. 26 of 2007 Regulating the Relationship Between Landlords and Tenants in the Emirate of Dubai are applicable. In Dubai, it is the responsibility of a landlord to carry out the maintenance and repair works of a rented…

The head of Israel’s Mossad spy agency met Qatar’s prime minister in Europe late on Friday, according to a source with knowledge of the matter, as attention turned to a possible new Gaza truce and a prisoner and hostage deal. Israel bombarded targets across Gaza on Saturday, but two Egyptian security sources said Israeli officials now appeared more willing to work towards a ceasefire and an exchange of Palestinian prisoners for Israeli hostages held by Hamas. The meeting between David Barnea and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani was apparently the first between senior officials from Israel and Qatar,…

Nigeria’s Mariam Eniola Bolaji is on a mission. She wants to become the first Para shuttler from Nigeria to win a gold medal at the Paralympics. And the way she is performing at the 5th Fazza- Dubai Para badminton International 2023 in Dubai has made heads turn. Currently ranked 23rd in the Paralympic Games qualification rankings, the promising shuttler is expected to climb the rankings helping her way to get to her dream event – the Paralympics. “I have a big dream of playing the Paralympics and become the first Para shuttler from Nigeria to win the gold medal there,”…

If you’re looking for a good drama to sink your teeth into in December, there are some great ones worth checking out on Amazon Prime Video. You’ll find old classic movies from the ‘80s and ‘90s, relatively recent ones from the ‘oughts, and a brand-new movie that was released just this year. Instead of watching the same drama movie you’ve watched again and again (except Die Hard, which is mandatory holiday season viewing, of course), check out something new that you haven’t watched before. The three dramas on Prime Video you need to watch in December feature an interesting mix…

In the past couple of months, the world has seen the killing of thousands of innocent men, women and children in Palestine. Amidst all the deaths and atrocities by Israel, strength and resilience were the words used by a mother to describe her fellow Palestinians. The Israeli bombings have resulted in the death of over 18,000 people in Gaza, and among them 80 were family members and friends of Sabah Elnemnem, a Palestinian grandmother from Gaza, who recently arrived in Abu Dhabi. Kamilla Ahmed, a cancer patient who lives in Gaza, also lost three of her children, as well brothers…

Apple introduced two new wearables in its latest lineup, the Apple Watch Series 9 and the Apple Watch Ultra 2, which join the second-generation Apple Watch SE launched in the fall of 2022. If you’re wondering what sets the Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch SE apart from each other, you’ve come to the right place. Although they look similar and share many features, they differ in very important ways. Let’s break it down. Apple Watch Series 9 vs. Apple Watch SE 2: specs Apple Watch SE (2nd generation) Apple Watch Series 9 Materials Aluminum Aluminum Stainless Steel Sizes…

Monetary policy transmission to the real economy in Sri Lanka is still incomplete, the governor of the country’s central bank, Nandalal Weerasinghe, said at a LSEG FX Community Event on Monday. Weerasinghe said he would like to see private sector interest rates come down further and at a faster pace, adding that the domestic debt restructuring is the most important focus for the debt-laden country in the near-term. “We would firstly like to see yields drop in line with policy rates and, from there, decline further. We are waiting to see this reaction from markets,” he said. “Given the downward…