The Supreme Court has said that social, educational and economic backwardness or inadequate representation of a community in public services cannot be a ground to grant it reservation in breach of the 50% ceiling fixed by the court. The bench stayed the operation of the Maharashtra law to grant reservation to Marathas holding that the government failed to make a case.
‘Symptomatic but negative? Must retest’
Amid a record single-day surge of over 95,000 new cases of Covid-19 on Wednesday, the Centre has again urged all states and Union Territories to mandatorily retest all those found to be symptomatic negative in rapid antigen tests (RAT). The retests are to be done through the more reliable RT-PCR method. Around 60% of the total new cases were reported from just five states.
Trinbago Knight Riders canter to Caribbean Premier League title
Two teenage cricketers dead in Bangladesh lightning strike
Two promising teenage cricketers were killed by lightning in Bangladesh Thursday, officials said, as the death toll during the annual monsoon season rose to at least 350. The boys, named by officials as Mohammad Nadim and Mizanur Rahman, were playing football after rain halted their cricket training at a stadium in Gazipur outside the capital Dhaka when they were hit by lightning.England’s Morgan hopes for turning pitches in Australia ODI series
Shoaib Akhtar says ‘discussions on’ with PCB for chief selector’s post
Joe Root underrated in white ball game, says Eoin Morgan
Joe Root will return to England’s ODI team for the opening clash of the three-match series against Australia at Old Trafford on Friday with a ringing endorsement from his skipper Eoin Morgan. Test captain Root was left out of the T20 series which England won 2-1, but will be back in his familiar number three slot for the 50-over world champions.
