Pakistan loses to Australia in 2nd T20 match
Australian fast bowler Billy Stanlake demolished Pakistan’s top order with four quick wickets as they were held to 116 all out in the second match of the Zimbabwe Twenty20 Tri-Series.
Stanlake took 4 for 8 in his opening burst, the most economical spell by an Australian in T20 international cricket, and the second best ever behind James Faulkner’s 5 for 27 the last time the two teams met.
Cloudburst in Uttarakhand washes away roads
A road leading to Rasiyabad village is washed away after a cloudburst at Munsiyari in Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand on July 02, 2018. Photo via State Disaster Relief Fund
A road leading to Rasiyabad village is washed away after a cloudburst at Munsiyari in Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand on July 02, 2018. Photo via State Disaster Relief Fund
Uttarakhand experienced a cloudburst at Munsiyari in Pithoragarh district, with several roads being washed way.
According to the India Meteorological Department, heavy to very heavy rains at a few places, with extremely heavy rains at isolated places, are very likely over Uttarakhand and east Uttar Pradesh.
Search for boys in Thai cave complex enters ninth day
A rescuer makes his way down muddy steps past water pump hoses at the entrance to a cave complex where 12 soccer team members and their coach went missing, in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, in northern Thailand on July 2, 2018.
A rescuer makes his way down muddy steps past water pump hoses at the entrance to a cave complex where 12 soccer team members and their coach went missing, in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, in northern Thailand on July 2, 2018.
Rescuers in Thailand scrabbled to clear a constricted passageway for divers deep inside a flooded cave complex as the search for 12 boys and their soccer coach entered the ninth day. The divers from a Thai Navy SEAL unit were within 500 metres of a chamber containing an elevated rock mound, nicknamed ”Pattaya Beach” by cavers, which could have provided the boys with a refuge when heavy rains flooded the cave, blocking the way out.
Motive for birthday party attack unclear, say police
Fathi Mahamoud, 11, left, Esrom Habte, 12, centre, and Thado Aip describe the Saturday night attack that left nine fellow residents of their Boise, Idaho, apartment complex with stabbing injuries on July 1, 2018.
Several families who had fled danger and violence overseas were enjoying a 3-year-old’s birthday party in Boise, Idaho, when the unthinkable happened —a man ran up and began chasing and stabbing the children, turning his knife on the adults who tried to intervene. The attack came on Saturday night at a low-income apartment complex that is also home to refugee families from around the world. Nine people were injured, including the birthday girl and five other children ranging in age from 4 to 12.
Rain lashes Salem
A flooded street in Salem on July2, 2018, after a spell of heavy rain.
Heavy rain on Sunday night affected life in low-lying areas of Salem in Tamil Nadu on Monday. The city recorded 133.8 mm rainfall in the past 24 hours.
Sundari Nanda becomes first woman DGP of Puducherry
S. Sundari Nanda, who assumed charge as the first woman DGP of Puducherry, being greeted by outgoing DGP Sunil Kumar Gautam in Puducherry on July 2, 2018.
S. Sundari Nanda, a 1988 AGMU cadre Indian Police Service officer in the rank of ADGP, on Monday, July 2, 2018, assumed charge as the first woman Director General of Police of Puducherry. DGP Sunil Kumar Gautam has been transferred to the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi in place of Ms. Nanda.
‘Happiness curriculum’ begins in Delhi schools
The Dalai Lama, along with Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, at the launch of 'happiness curriculum' in Delhi Government schools, at Tyagaraja Stadium in New Delhi on Monday.
Starting July 2, 2018, lakhs of Delhi government school students from nursery to Class VIII will be taught a ‘happiness curriculum’. The initiative, which focuses on holistic education, will cover around eight lakh students. The curriculum focuses on meditation, moral teachings, and mental exercises, with the aim of turning students into good human beings, according to Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia.
Exit polls show Obrador winning Mexico presidential election
A street vendor sell a Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador mask in Mexico City's main square, the Zocalo, on July 1, 2018. Mr. Obrador is on the cusp of winning the presidency after the second of his two main rivals conceded defeat ahead of official results.
Leftist outsider Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador won Mexico's presidential election handily on Sunday, exit polls showed, setting the stage for a government that will inherit tense relations with Washington and the scrutiny of nervous investors. Jose Antonio Meade, the candidate of the ruling centrist Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, conceded defeat to Mr. Obrador, a 64-year-old former Mexico City mayor, within minutes of the polls closing. “For the good of Mexico, I wish him the very best of success,” Mr. Meade said in a speech. Mr. Obrador's other rivals also conceded that the race was lost.
Schools reopen in Delhi
Students at a school at Tagore Garden in west Delhi as it reopened after vocational holidays on July 2, 2018.
It's back to school for Delhi children as the vocational holidays come to an end.
