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  • EXPLAINED: How Australia’s Win Over Scotland Helped England Qualify For Super 8 Stage Of T20 World Cup 2024 | Cricket News

    Australia secured a convincing victory over Scotland in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 match held on Sunday, June 16. Playing in Group B at the Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium in Gros Islet, St Lucia, Australia successfully chased down a target of 181 runs , reaching 185/5 in 19.4 overs. Opener Travis Head and all-rounder Marcus Stoinis both contributed half-centuries, ensuring Australia maintained their perfect record in the ongoing tournament.

    How Australia’s Win Helped England Qualify For Super 8 Stage?

    England was eager for Australia to win as it would have helped them qualify for the Super 8s. If Australia had lost the game, Scotland would have qualified alongside Australia, as Australia had already secured qualification with 3 wins and 6 points. However, if Scotland had won, they would have accumulated 7 points and qualified. Despite Scotland also finishing with 5 points from four matches, England’s superior net run rate ensured their advancement to the Super 8s.

    Australia’s Tricky Chase

    Australia successfully chased down the target of 181 runs in a thrilling encounter, reaching 186/5 in 19.4 overs against Scotland. The match remained closely contested as Scotland fought hard until the end to stay in contention. Despite reducing Australia to 60/3 at one point, Scotland’s efforts weren’t enough to contain Australia’s key batsmen of the tournament, Travis Head (68) and Marcus Stoinis (59), who once again rose to the occasion. Initially asked to bat, Scotland had set a competitive total of 180/5, showing resilience against the formidable Australian side.

    England vs Namibia T20 WC

    Earlier, on Saturday, defending champions England kept their hopes alive for advancing to the second round of the T20 World Cup by securing a 41-run victory over Namibia in a rain-affected Group B match in Antigua. This crucial win brought England level on points with Scotland, underscoring their determination to progress in the tournament.

    Australia vs India Super 8 WC Match On 24th June

    Australia will compete in Group 1 of the Super 8s alongside India and Afghanistan. The final team for Group 1 will be determined based on the results of upcoming matches between Nepal-Bangladesh and Netherlands-Sri Lanka on Monday, June 17. Australia’s Super 8s journey begins with a match against either Bangladesh or the Netherlands on June 20, followed by games against Afghanistan on June 22 and India on June 24.

  • Humza Yousaf, Pakistani-Origin Scottish First Minister, Resigns Ahead Of Confidence Vote | world news

    After days of political turmoil that saw the ruling Scottish National Party plunge into a minority government, its Pakistani-origin leader Humza Yousaf resigned on April 29, over a year after he assumed power. Yousaf resigned as the First Minister of Scotland. In Scotland, the First Minister is the head of the government. The 39-year-old leader became Scotland’s first Muslim and youngest First Minister of the country in March last year after sealing a power-sharing deal with the Scottish Green Party.

    However, due to growing policy differences, the SNP had to sever its ties with the SGP. The SGP has already supported Opposition parties including Conservatives, Labor and Liberal Democrat to back two non-confidence motions – one in Yousaf’s leadership of Scotland and the second regarding the Scottish government led by the SNP.

    Aware of the minority government status of the SNP due to the withdrawal of the SGP, Yousaf resigned ahead of the trust vote. However, Yousaf said that it’s possible for him to route through the motion of no confidence, he was not willing to trade his values ​​and principles for retaining power.

    “I am sad that my time as First Minister is ending, but I am so grateful, I am so blessed, for having the opportunity that is afforded to so few to lead my country and who could ask for a better country to lead than Scotland ,” said Yousaf in his speech at Bute House in Edinburgh.

    Yousaf’s father is from Pakistan while his mother is from Kenya. As per reports, Yousaf will remain in his post until a replacement First Minister is chosen in the Scottish Parliament, Holyrood.

    The Opposition parties welcomed his resignation, with the Scottish Tories saying Yousaf had averted a ‘humiliating defeat’ at a vote of no confidence later this week and the Labor Party demanding a UK-wide general election soon for a ‘fresh start’ across the country. .

  • Maharashtra bags climate action award in UK for regional leadership

    By PTI

    LONDON: Maharashtra has bagged the Inspiring Regional Leadership award for its climate action efforts at the Leadership Awards by the Under2 Coalition of the international non-profit Climate Group on the sidelines of the COP26 summit in Scotland.

    Aaditya Thackeray, the state’s environment minister, collected the award at Stirling Castle in Scotland on Saturday evening, where he highlighted Maharashtra’s policies and campaigns that prioritise sustainable development.

    “We strongly believe that it is high time we put in collective efforts and meaningful actions to work on this global issue that sees no borders of geography, race, nationality or gender,” said Thackeray.

    “We are truly delighted to have been recognised by the Under2 Coalition for our heartfelt ongoing contribution towards climate action,” he said.

    The Under2 Coalition is among the largest global network of states and regions committed to climate action, with the inaugural awards held to coincide with the COP26 Climate Summit in Glasgow.

    While British Columbia, Canada, was awarded for Creative Climate Solutions, Québec, Canada, won in the Climate Partnerships category.

    Describing itself as one of India’s most industrialised states with a 720-km-long vulnerable coastline, Maharashtra in its nomination highlighted how within a short span of time the western Indian state had found it essential to include climate resilience into policy-making and had embarked upon novel projects, policies and campaigns.

    The state government claims to have succeeded in creating a culture of climate action in Maharashtra, which has borne expenses worth USD 2 billion due to climate-related disasters during the past year.

    “Local and regional partnerships had been successfully achieved through ‘Majhi Vasundhara’ or My Earth the only holistic state-wide programme in the world to focus on climate change mitigation and adaptation. In its second year, ‘Majhi Vasundhara’ mission is being taken to all local bodies to cover the entire population of Maharashtra,” a statement from the state’s environment ministry notes.

    “Similarly, global partnerships to further climate work in Maharashtra have been gaining pace with the state partnering with the UN Race to Zero Initiative and joined the C40 Cities initiative to address climate change on a global level,” it notes.

    On Monday, Thackeray also gave a keynote at the Under2 General Assembly to 260 state governments from around the world and highlighted Maharashtra’s continuing efforts in its battle against climate change.

    He reiterated the state’s commitment to align with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ambition to make India Net Zero by 2070 and noted that just as developed countries are expected to get to the Net Zero goal earlier, the same could apply to state governments.

    As India’s most developed state, Maharashtra plans to exceed expectations on the timeline of going carbon neutral, he stated.

    Some of Maharashtra’s key climate action efforts highlighted at the event include 43 cities joining the Race to Zero towards a Net Zero future; conserving 9,800 hectares of mangroves and wetlands in one year; state-wide climate change mitigation and adaptation program ‘Majhi Vasundhara’; and a new electric vehicles policy which mandates that from April 2022 all new government vehicles will be electric.

  • Kolkata Derby for women too: Bala Devi

    Today there is talk of only one match in Indian football and that match is the first Kolkata derby of Hero Indian Super League to be held on Friday. This is probably the most important Kolkata derby of the last few years as this biggest match of Indian football is being organized on the largest football platform in the country.

    On the one hand, where thrills can be felt in Fijas, India’s female footballer Bala Devi is dreaming a different dream in Scotland and that is for the women’s derby between ATK Mohun Bagan and SC East Bengal.

    Bala Devi recently participated in the Old Firm derby. It is famous as the world’s oldest football rivalry between Rangers FC and Celtic FC. Bala Devi believes that it is not a big deal that these two big clubs of Kolkata should also develop a women’s soccer team and between them should also be the most important derby in India.

    Bala Devi, India’s first female footballer to sign for professional football, said, “Now people are starting to recognize me wherever I go. They wish me goodluck for a different match. Football has tremendous respect here and during the match they remain standing in every half. It shows how much love they have for the teams and this motivates the players. “