Day: February 3, 2021

Former Australian fast-bowler Merv Hughes has been inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame.

Scientists have developed new protein-based biosensors that glow when mixed with components of the novel coronavirus or specific Covid-19 antibodies, a breakthrough that could enable faster and more widespread testing for the disease.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Tuesday announced the nominees for the inaugural ICC Player of the Month Awards, in which India’s Rishabh Pant and England’s Joe Root have found a place in the men’s category.

Rela Hospital in Chennai has posted 99.2 per cent patient survival rate from liver transplant surgeries performed since the beginning of the pandemic.

Upto 50 per cent of the seats at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium will be allowed to be filled with spectators for the second Test between India and England which is scheduled to be played from February 13 to 17, the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) said on Tuesday.

Cement manufacturers representing southern India on Tuesday said the steps announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the budget to boost the realty sector would give a fillip to cement demand in the country.

Australia’s three-match Test tour of South Africa has been postponed due to an ‘unacceptable’ coronavirus risk, Cricket Australia confirmed on Tuesday.

The Gamaleya National Research Centre and the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) said that interim results of a Phase III clinical trial of Covid-19 vaccine ‘Sputnik V’ showed 91.6 per cent efficacy against the pandemic.

You don’t get left-arm wrist spinners every day, former pacer Irfan Pathan said, firmly backing Kuldeep Yadav and hoped that there will be a place for him in the Indian team for the Test-series against England.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Chauri Chaura Centenary Celebrations at Chauri Chaura, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, on 4 February 2021 at 11 am via video conferencing.