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Sourav Ganguly, the former Indian skipper, recently featured on a reality show where he was asked about the qualities he would like to take from Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, and MS Dhoni. Ganguly responded: «Sachin's greatness, Virat's aggressiveness, and Dhoni's calmness.» When queried about a quality he possesses that the three legends don't, Ganguly promptly replied, «adjustment,» earning applause from the audience. Sourav Ganguly, a former BCCI president, is celebrated as one of Team India's finest captains.

Pat Cummins wins ICC Men's Player of the Month award for bowling heroics in the Test triumph against Pakistan. Meanwhile, Deepti Sharma of India won the maiden ICC Women's Player of the Month award thanks to her multi-format brilliance against England and Australia, according to a release from the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Tuesday. ICC revealed the Men's and Women's Player of the Month award winners for December 2023 after shortlists were announced last week. Pat Cummins caps a spectacular 2023 with the ICC Men's Player of the Month award for December, following a supreme bowling performance in his side's victorious Test series against Pakistan. On the other hand, Deepti Sharma won her first ICC Women's Player of the Month prize after batting and bowling brilliance in all three formats secured notable victories for India over strong opposition in England and Australia. Cummins was at the forefront of Australia's Test success over Pakistan in December, demonstrating the leadership and bowling prowess that personified Australia's surge to success in 2023, winning their maiden World Test Championship mace, and their sixth Men's Cricket World Cup crown earlier in the year. The highlight of another spectacular month for Cummins came in the side's second Test victory over Pakistan in Melbourne.

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Preesha Chakraborty, an Indian-American schoolgirl from Fremont, California, has been recognised among the «world's brightest» students by the esteemed Johns Hopkins Centre for Talented Youth (JH-CTY). Preesha, a Grade 3 student at Warm Spring Elementary school, secured her position on this global list following the results of above-grade-level tests that encompassed over 16,000 students spanning 90 countries.

₹8.3 lakh per year can afford luxury cars, a quick pace of upward mobility spells optimism over big-ticket purchases ahead. If Mercedes logged sales in 2023 that amount to 87% of its annual capacity of 20,000 units, as reported, it would need to scale up local assembly soon. Where EV models figure in its new roll-out mix may depend on the carmaker’s supply outlook.

US-based Johns Hopkins Centre for Talented Youth (JH-CTY) test in Summer 2023 as a Grade 3 student, a media release said on January 15. Preesha Chakraborty figured in the list after the results of above-grade-level tests of over 16,000 students from more than 90 countries around the world were assessed, it said.

Bloomberg reported. The company is selling a $20-a-month consumer version of Copilot, with access to OpenAI's latest ChatGPT technology and image-creation features, said Redmond in an official statement. Consumers with a cloud subscription to Office will be able to use Copilot to help answer questions, summarize data, and create content in Word, Outlook, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Betavolt, claims to have developed a groundbreaking battery that can power smartphones for an impressive 50 years without the need for charging. The nuclear battery, which has been hailed as the world's first miniaturized atomic energy system, uses 63 nuclear isotopes packed into a module smaller than a coin. The technology behind the battery involves converting the energy released by decaying isotopes into electricity. This concept was first explored in the 20th century and Betavolt has successfully realized it in their innovative product. The startup has already initiated pilot testing and plans to mass-produce the battery for commercial applications, such as smartphones and drones.

Baidu on Monday refuted a newspaper report that said its artificial intelligence chatbot Ernie was linked to Chinese military research. Hong Kong newspaper South China Morning Post on Friday cited an academic paper from a university affiliated with the People's Liberation Army cyberwarfare division. The paper stated that the division had tested its artificial intelligence system on Baidu's Ernie and on artificial intelligence firm iFlyTek's Spark, both of which are language-based AI chatbots similar to ChatGPT.

Canadian home sales saw an “unexpected surge” in December as sellers and buyers came together to get deals done before the new year, according to the national real estate body.

DRDO is continuing with its project to further develop the Tapas medium-altitude, long endurance (MALE) drone in which one of the three services has shown interest to use them around the Andaman and Nicobar Islands for operations. The Tapas drones being developed by the Aeronautical Development Establishment Laboratory have not been able to fully meet the Joint Services Qualitative Requirements of flying at 30,000 feet for over 24 hours at a stretch and have been excluded from the category of mission mode projects. «One of the defence forces has shown interest in using the Tapas drones for operations in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, where it can be used for surveillance and reconnaissance,» sources in the Defence Research and Development Organisation said. The Tapas drones have been tested by the defence forces and during the trials, it managed to reach 28,000 feet altitude and could fly for over 18 hours, they said. In one of the trials, the drone was also operated by Indian Navy officials over the Arabian Sea for a few hours after it flew from an airfield in Chitradurga, Karnataka. The sources said that the runway length required for the Tapas drone to take off is not very long and can be used from some of the small airfields in the island territories. DRDO officials said the laboratory concerned would be working on improving designs and increasing the power in the drone to make it more suitable for service requirements of altitude and endurance, which it was not able to meet in the recent evaluations. The premier defence research agency led by Dr Samir V Kamat has been working on major drone projects, including unmanned combat aerial vehicles like Ghatak and other projects like Archer.

India vs Afghanistan, 2nd T20: The youngsters of Team India on Sunday displayed some exceptional cricketing skills to take ‘Men in Blue’ to their second victory against Afghanistan and clinch the series by 2-0. Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shivam Dube played a stunning innings to take the game home by 6 wickets. The only thing that sunk the hearts of Indian fans was Rohit Sharma's second consecutive dismissal on a duck.

The good work of bulls was done early last week but rallies had run out of steam by Friday's close, although the weekly charts still look good.

Investing.com -- U.S. stock markets will be closed on Monday for a federal holiday following a muted session to end the prior week in the wake of a fresh slate of bank earnings. More Wall Street lenders are due to report results on Tuesday. Elsewhere, the World Economic Forum in Davos is set to begin, as a survey of top economists shows that the outlook for global growth this year is «subdued.»

Multibagger small-cap stock: Tiger Logistics shares are one of the multibagger stocks that the Indian stock market has delivered in the last one year. This small-cap stock with a market cap of ₹888 crore has been in the news for securing an order from Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL).

Russian version of the popular Wikipedia internet encyclopaedia, will take place on Monday, according to Russian media reports. Beta testing — a limited audience testing of the site — started in mid-2023, the daily Kommersant reported, and there were reportedly already more articles in Ruwiki than in the Russian-language segment of Wikipedia.

India Today has stated. The man, identified as Angrez Singh, was taking the test on Paramjit Kaur's behalf, both residents of Punjab's Fazilka district. As per the report, on January 7, Singh showed up for a multipurpose health workers exam administered by Baba Farid University of Health Sciences at DAV Public School in Kotkapura, in the state's Faridkot district.

North Korea on Monday said it successfully test-fired a solid-fuel intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) carrying a hypersonic warhead on Sunday, Yonhap News Agency reported. In a bid to verify the warhead's gliding and manoeuvring capabilities and the reliability of newly developed multi-stage high-thrust solid-fuel engines, the missile loaded with a hypersonic manoeuvrable controlled warhead was launched on Sunday afternoon, Yonhap News Agency reported, citing Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).

The Centre plans to begin testing GPS-based toll collections on five to 10 highways from next month, a top government official said. GPS tolling, which is faster and more efficient, is expected to ultimately replace the existing FASTag-based tolling system. The new system will be piloted on limited highway stretches before it is rolled out nationwide, roads ministry secretary Anurag Jain said.

Nifty, indicating a potential test of the 22,400 level soon. However, technical analysts note that the ascent might be gradual due to the underperformance of bank shares. Infosys, Cipla, Aditya Birla Capital, LIC Housing, Aptus, Bharti Airtel, Birla Soft, Canara Bank, IOC, PNB, RIL, Tata Consumer, Tech Mahindra, and Wipro have positive setups. PRITESH MEHTA EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT-INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH, YES SECURIES Where is Nifty headed? Following Friday’s rally, Nifty has confirmed a move above the three-digit Gann number of 218(00) and a bullish ABC break on the point and figure (P&F) chart, implying the end of the recent consolidation phase.

By Maria Caspani