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Scientists create slippery toilet seat coating that stops poop from sticking
short by Ankush Verma / on Tuesday 19 November, 2019
Researchers in the US say they have created an ultra-slippery toilet coating that stops poop from sticking to the seat. Scientists at Penn State University added that the coating cuts the amount of water required to flush excrement by 90%. "I was very happy to see how easily faecal matter slid off our coated surface," one of the researchers said.
read more at The Guardian
Rohit Sharma drops 33 spots in 9 months, now ranked 40th in Test cricket
short by Anmol Sharma / on Wednesday 1 January, 2025
Team India captain Rohit Sharma has dropped 33 spots in rankings for Test batters in nine months and is ranked 40th in the latest rankings, which were released on Wednesday. Rohit's batting average in Test cricket has dropped to a six-year low of 40.57. Rohit has scored 31 runs in five innings in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
read more at ICC
Harsha Bhogle names his T20 Team of 2024, excludes Suryakumar Yadav
short by Anmol Sharma / on Wednesday 1 January, 2025
Commentator Harsha Bhogle has named his T20 Team of 2024. Bhogle, who didn't pick India captain Suryakumar Yadav in his XI, included five Indians (Sanju Samson, Hardik Pandya, Varun Chakaravarthy, Arshdeep Singh and Jasprit Bumrah) in his team. He named Travis Head and Phil Salt as openers. Nicholas Pooran, Heinrich Klaasen, Andre Russell and Rashid Khan complete Bhogle's XI.
read more at CricTracker
10 killed, 30 injured after vehicle rams into crowd in US
short by Ankush Verma / on Wednesday 1 January, 2025
Ten people were killed and 30 injured after a vehicle drove into a crowd on Canal and Bourbon Street on US' New Orleans in the first hours of New Year's Day, the city's emergency preparedness agency said. Authorities advised people to stay away from the area, adding that the injured had been taken to five local hospitals.
read more at Hindustan Times
Howland and Baker Islands become last places to enter 2025
short by Anmol Sharma / on Wednesday 1 January, 2025
Howland and Baker Islands have become the last places to enter 2025. The two uninhabited US atolls in the Equatorial Pacific entered 2025 at 12 pm GMT (5.30 pm IST) on January 1. The Republic of Kiribati, an island nation in the Micronesia sub-region of Oceania in the central Pacific Ocean, was the first to enter 2025.
read more at LatestLY
Multiple people feared dead as vehicle rams into crowd in US on New Year's Day
short by Ankush Verma / on Wednesday 1 January, 2025
Multiple people are feared dead after a vehicle rammed into a crowd in US' New Orleans on New Year's Day, reports said. Videos from the site of the incident surfaced online. Witnesses told a CBS News reporter that a truck crashed into the crowd on Bourbon Street at high speed, and the driver got out and started firing a weapon.
read more at Free Press Journal
Jasprit Bumrah creates history, records highest-ever rating by an Indian bowler
short by Anmol Sharma / on Wednesday 1 January, 2025
Team India fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah has achieved the highest ICC rating by an Indian bowler in history. Bumrah is the top-ranked Test bowler with 907 rating points. He overtook the previous record held by Ravichandran Ashwin, who had achieved 904 rating points in December 2016. Bumrah has taken 203 wickets in 44 Test matches so far.
read more at ICC
Gautam Gambhir lashes out at Team India in dressing room, says 'Bahut ho gaya': Report
short by Anmol Sharma / on Wednesday 1 January, 2025
Head coach Gautam Gambhir lashed out at Team India players in dressing room following their defeat in the Melbourne Test, The Indian Express reported. "Bahut ho gaya (I've had enough)," he reportedly said. Gambhir is learnt to have talked about how he let the team do what it wanted for "last six months" but would now "decide" how they'd play.
Israel kills top Hamas commander Abd al-Hadi Sabah linked to October 7 attack
short by Arshiya Chopra / on Wednesday 1 January, 2025
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Tuesday confirmed that Abd al-Hadi Sabah, a commander in Hamas' elite Nukhba Platoon, was killed in a recent drone strike. He led the attack on a Jewish settlement during the October 7, 2023, terror attack, the IDF stated. The strike took place in an Israeli-designated humanitarian zone.
read more at ABP
Cold day and dense fog warning issued for several states for Day 1 of 2025, list released
short by Anmol Sharma / on Wednesday 1 January, 2025
The IMD has issued cold day and dense fog warning for several states and UTs for Day 1 of 2025. Cold day conditions are very likely in Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh. Meanwhile, dense fog is very likely in Himachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura in night and morning hours.
read more at IMD
Woman burnt to death on New York train identified
short by Arshiya Chopra / on Wednesday 1 January, 2025
The woman who died after being set on fire on the New York City subway in December was identified as 57-year-old Debrina Kawam of Toms River, New Jersey, the New York medical examiner's office said. Kawam was identified through fingerprint analysis. A 33-year-old Guatemalan citizen, Sebastian Zapeta, set Kawam on fire on a train and watched her burn to death.
read more at Hindustan Times
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