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Record breaking Partnership by Babar and Rizwan: Pakistan Won Semifinal and First Finalist of T20 World Cup 2022

Record breaking Partnership by Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan are at their best, putting the Black Caps to the sword in Sydney and making an achievable but challenging chase appear simple.

In the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup semifinal on Wednesday, Pakistan’s opening batsmen put on an outstanding display that helped their team defeat New Zealand.

Babar and Rizwan have received periodic criticism for their play, scoring rates, and group-stage performance, with the captain appearing particularly off-balance.

However, the pair’s statistics in 20-over cricket are astounding, as they broke another another record while preparing for their victory over New Zealand.

More than any other opening combo in the tournament’s history, the Pakistan openers’ 105-run stand marked their third century partnership in a Men’s T20I World Cup.

Their eighth century partnership in all T20Is was also an all-time high, easily surpassing the next-highest team of India’s KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma, who had five.

New Zealand versus Pakistan T20 World Cup 2022, Live Cricket Score, First Semifinal: After losing the toss, Pakistan seized control of the semifinal, with Devon Conway getting run out by Shadab Khan off the final ball of the powerplay and Finn Allen being removed by Shaheen Shah Afridi in the first over. As New Zealand finished at 152/4 in their allotted 20 overs, runs from Kane Williamson (46) and Daryl Mitchell (53), among others, helped the team out much.

Babar and Rizwan have combined to score 2509 runs for Pakistan in the Men’s T20I format, which is 621 runs more than any other duo, making them by far the highest-scoring partnership in the history of the competition.

Their current partnering average is 51.20. In order to put things into perspective, only three duos with over 1000 partnership runs have an average over 40, and none have an average above 50.

After witnessing his openers turn on the style, Pakistan coach Matthew Hayden stated, “Tonight was quite spectacular and a couple things came out for us.”

“Babar and Rizwan will be the talk of the town… the sky is the limit, and these two men have been serving Pakistan for a while.”

Rizwan was only recently knocked off the top spot in the MRF Tyres ICC Men’s T20I Batting Rankings, and has appeared in somewhat better form than his skipper, scoring 49 against Netherlands and 32 against Bangladesh in the Super 12 stage.

But his 57 off 43 balls against the Black Caps was easily his biggest contribution of the tournament so far, and Rizwan afterwards stated that his knock was predicated on aggression up top and then a transition to an anchor attitude as the innings progressed.

“Of course, Babar and I opted to go after the new ball, and the pitch was tricky.”

“When we concluded the powerplay, we debated who of the guys should leave.”

Skipper Babar Azam (53) and Mohammad Rizwan (57) combined for 105 runs for the first wicket, effectively sealing Pakistan’s victory. The men in green eventually won the game with five balls remaining and seven wickets in hand.

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Pakistan vs New Zealand: Which side has the upper hand in T20 World Cups: Pakistan or New Zealand?

Pakistan vs New Zealand Live Cricket Score, T20 WC 2022, 1st Semi-Final: After almost a month of high intensity action, we are now at the business end of the T20 World Cup as Pakistan lock horns against New Zealand in the first semifinal at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Wednesday. Pakistan, who got to the semis after a nail-biting final day of the Super 12 stage, will have Netherlands to thank. The Dutch defeated favourites South Africa and then Pakistan defeated Bangladesh to scrape through to the next stage. The Men in Green will, however, start afresh in the knockout stage and with their gritty, never say die attitude, will be the team to beat.

New Zealand started their T20 campaign with a dominating victory over Australia and have just lost once in this tournament. Considered heavy favourites heading into the semi, the Kiwis will hope to end the jinx that Pakistan have over them. The Black Caps have never beaten Pakistan in a world-cup semi-final. In three past encounters, in 1992, 1999, and 2007, Pakistan would triumph. On Wednesday, New Zealand will hope to put all those doubts to bed.

New Zealand began their T20 season with a resounding victory over Australia and have only lost once since. The Kiwis, who are considered heavy favourites going into the semi-final, will be hoping to break Pakistan’s curse. Pakistan has never beaten New Zealand in a World Cup semi-final. Pakistan has won three previous meetings, in 1992, 1999, and 2007. New Zealand will seek to put all those misgivings to rest on Wednesday.

Pakistan were handed a lifeline when the Netherlands defeated South Africa in the opening game of the three-game series on Sunday, but with a clean slate, they are determined to go all the way. Pakistan and New Zealand face off in the first semi-final of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 in Sydney. Both teams are familiar foes from prior tri-series in this region of the world. Having having defeated New Zealand in New Zealand to win the tri-series trophy, Pakistan will be looking for a win with the momentum they have built over the last couple of Super 12 matches.

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Live Update: Fifty for Babar Azam as Pakistan inch towards hundred chasing 153

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Sarah Huckabee Sanders is Arkansas’s first woman governor : Republican

Former White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders was elected governor of Arkansas on Tuesday, becoming the state’s first female governor and the highest-profile Trump administration official in political office.

Sanders defeated Democratic nominee Chris Jones in the governor’s election in her mainly Republican home state, where former President Donald Trump still enjoys popularity. Sanders was widely expected to win the campaign, which also included Libertarian nominee Ricky Dale Harrington.

Sanders’ campaign, which focused mostly on national concerns, broke state funding records. Sanders, the daughter of former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, has repeatedly threatened to use her position to oppose President Joe Biden and the “radical left.”

Sanders, 40, becomes the state’s first female governor and succeeds outgoing term-limited Gov. Asa Hutchinson. Her inauguration is scheduled for January, 16 years after her father, Mike Huckabee, departed office after a 10-year tenure as governor.

Despite a recent cancer diagnosis and a strong campaign from Democratic nominee Chris Jones, Sanders’ win was all but certain. Sanders was chastised during her campaign for not focusing on Arkansas-specific concerns and for restricting press access in favour of highly planned rallies and appearances.

Jones, a Baptist preacher and MIT-educated scientist, chastised Sanders in their single debate two weeks before Election Day for her apparent lack of transparency and clear policy goals.

“The more we have politicians who are unwilling to turn up and answer the tough issues in front of opposing crowds and opposing media, the more we will deviate from the strength of our democracy,” Jones added.

Sanders, in her victory speech on Tuesday night, did not address either the previous or current president, instead sharing tales about supporters she encountered during her campaign.

“This election is about propelling Arkansas to the top,” Sanders declared. “I feel Arkansas has the potential to be first, and I’m committed to being the leader who gets us there.”

Stan Hall, a retired postal worker, said he supported Sanders but wished she would focus more on state issues rather than criticising Biden or extolling her time working for Trump.

“I think you should just state your own feelings about what you’re going to attempt to do to change things,” Hall advised. “Everyone knew who she was and what she did, so continuing to beat that drum was a little too much for me.”

Sanders will succeed Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson, who will step down in January due to term restrictions. Hutchinson, who supported Sanders’ campaign, is exploring a run for president in 2024 and has regularly disagreed with Trump.

Sanders scaled back daily televised briefings during her nearly two-year stint at the White House after repeatedly fighting with reporters who questioned her aggressively. She was called out on her reliability, especially after special counsel Robert Mueller’s report revealed that Sanders admitted to making an incorrect allegation to media about FBI agents’ reactions to director James Comey’s removal. But she also earned the respect of reporters by working behind the scenes to build ties with the media.

During her campaign for governor, Sanders embraced Trump’s rhetoric and adopted many of his favourite targets, including critical race theory and the national news media. But she has refrained from condemning Hutchinson, even after the former president called her a RINO — Republican In Name Only — for vetoing an anti-transgender bill.

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Google increases ‘Workspace Individual’ free storage from 15GB to 1TB

Workspace Individual, an enhanced version of the suite, was released at the same time to attract you into paying the company money. With its expanded storage space, Workspace Individual has become a little more appealing. Last year, Google made its Workspace productivity application free to all users.

Thanks to a recent Google update, new capabilities are now available in Workspace Individual. The most significant is expanded cloud storage without an increase in pricing. Previously, 15GB of space for individual accounts—equivalent to a basic Gmail account—was offered, but this has since been extended to a dependable 1TB of online storage.

Individual users are immediately upgraded from 15GB to 1TB. Simply sit back and wait for it to appear in your bank account, assuming you have one.

*Google increases ‘Workspace Individual’ free storage from 15GB to 1TB*: **Research Editorial**

Expanding firms, according to the corporation, require as much storage as feasible. Furthermore, Google Drive allows users to access their data “securely from any device,” according to Google. Furthermore, the idea that Workspace Individual clients would not use other services (like as OneDrive or Dropbox) since they already have so much storage doesn’t harm. When it comes to purchasing additional storage, the search engine behemoth plans to be the frontrunner.

Individual Workspace is still fairly local, at least for the time being. Recently, the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Taiwan, Portugal, the Netherlands, Belgium, Finland, Greece, and Argentina were granted access.

What exactly is Google Workspace?

It is a single, integrated service from Google that provides everything in one place – Gmail, Chat, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Meet, and more.

You may use Google Chat to set up a secure collaboration space to keep everyone up to date, discuss ideas, and keep track of all your vital information in one spot, from videos and photos from your last vacation to a Google Sheet of your family’s annual budget. Whether you’re drafting a message in Gmail to the entire group or booking a meeting invite in a shared Calendar, smart suggestions let you bring in recommended files and swiftly include the right people using @-mentions.

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Earthquake of magnitude 6.6 strikes rocks western Nepal, with tremors reported as far away as New Delhi

An earthquake hit west Nepal’s highlands early Wednesday, killing at least six people who were sleeping in their homes, according to a government official.

The tremor was felt as far away as New Delhi, India’s capital, which is around 400 kilometres (250 miles) west of the epicentre.

According to Kalpana Shrestha, the chief officer of Doti district, six people were killed when their dwellings in a remote, sparsely populated mountain community were crushed. Five more people were hurt.

A 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck the lower Himalayan region early Wednesday morning, November 9, causing tremors to tear through north India and portions of Nepal and jolting people out of their sleep in dozens of cities and villages. Strong earthquake shocks were felt in Delhi and the nearby areas of Ghaziabad and Gurugram, as well as in Lucknow, jolting people awake. Here are some recent developments:

*Earthquake of magnitude 6.6 strikes rocks western Nepal*: **Research** **Editorial**

The earthquake, which struck at 2:12 a.m. local time, frightened people in mountain communities, forcing many to spend the night outside, according to Shrestha.

She stated that security forces had been sent to the rural communities to assist with the rescue effort. There were reports of houses being damaged in various areas, but no fresh casualties were reported.

Videos released on social media showed residents moving debris by hand to find casualties buried by earthquake-damaged buildings, as well as shining cell phone lights to shift the heaps of wood and stones used to build dwellings in most mountain villages.

The majority of the mountain settlements can only be accessed by foot, and there are no highways to transport heavy equipment to aid in the rescue.

In a statement, Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba said he has directed government authorities to provide urgent support to victims and their families, as well as all necessary medical care to those injured.

The preliminary magnitude was 6.6, according to Nepal’s National Earthquake Monitoring and Research Center. The early data of a 5.6 magnitude earthquake with a depth of 15.7 kilometres (9.8 miles) and an epicentre 21 kilometres (13 miles) east of Dipayal were released by the US Geological Survey.

Earthquakes are widespread in Nepal’s hilly terrain, which is home to the world’s tallest peak. In 2015, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake killed 9,000 people and injured thousands more.

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Nvidia to Sell New Chip in China: Says Meets US Export Ban

Nvidia Corp., the world’s most valuable chipmaker, has begun manufacturing a processor for China that complies with new laws intended at limiting that country’s access to artificial-intelligence computing.

Nvidia announced in a statement Monday that the A800 GPU, or graphics processing unit, entered into production in the third quarter and will be an alternative to the A100 model. “The A800 fulfils the US government’s explicit test for reduced export restriction and cannot be programmed to exceed it,” stated the chipmaker based in Santa Clara, California.

Nvidia shocked investors earlier this year when it announced that it would be banned from selling the A100 and upcoming H100 devices to Chinese consumers unless special US government approval was obtained. The adjustment jeopardised hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue. According to Nvidia in an August regulatory filing, the US is afraid that the CPUs would be used by the military.

Last month, the Biden administration tightened the limits, raising tensions between the two countries and creating new obstacles for US chipmakers already facing a fall in demand. Nvidia has lost more than half of its value this year, after three years of growth.

Data centres rely on graphics hardware from companies like Nvidia to conduct AI tasks and process massive amounts of data. The US government’s limits on China exports limit the speeds at which such chips may communicate with one another, limiting their utility.

According to Reuters, Nvidia has began selling the A800.

According to a Center for Strategic and International Studies analysis, “the White House is attempting to limit the controls to chips that are designed to be networked together in data centres or supercomputing facilities that train and run large AI models by only targeting chips with very high interconnect speeds.”

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Elon Musk recommends Republicans to vote in the US midterm elections

Elon Musk recommended on Monday that voters support Republican candidates for US Congress in Tuesday’s midterm elections.

Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, suggested on Monday that voters choose Republican candidates for the United States Congress in Tuesday’s midterm elections.

*Elon Musk recommends Republicans to vote in the US midterm elections*

“To independent-minded voters: Shared authority restrains the worst excesses of both parties; therefore, provided that the presidency is Democratic, I urge voting for a Republican Congress,” Musk wrote on Twitter.

Since Musk’s purchase of Twitter, human rights organisations have attacked the Tesla CEO’s content moderation attitude over his absolutist free speech stance, which they believe would increase the volume of disinformation and hate speech on the platform.

According to nonpartisan election analysts and surveys, Republicans have a very strong probability of winning a House majority, with control of the Senate likely to be fought more closely.

Musk has previously stated that he will vote for Republicans, but he also supports moderates on both sides of the political line.

“Hardcore Democrats and Republicans never vote for the other side, so independent voters actually decide who’s in charge!” Musk wrote on Twitter.

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Twitter employees have been pushed to work 84-hour weeks and managers have slept at the office over the weekend in order to meet Elon Musk’s strict deadlines.

GSK’s blood cancer treatment fails to meet its primary trial target, causing its stock to plummet

GSK’s blood cancer medicine Blenrep failed to meet the primary goal of a late-stage research designed to demonstrate that it was superior to an existing treatment on the market, the company announced on Monday.

GSK’s shares plummeted 3% after its comments, which raised concerns that Blenrep’s regulatory licence may be revoked. Oncology is a significant area of concentration for GSK as a separate prescription pharmaceutical and vaccine business.

GSK said that Blenrep did not reach the primary endpoint of “progression-free survival,” or the time a person lives with the disease without it worsening following therapy, in patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma.

The business decided to buy Sierra Oncology in April, acquiring access to its primary experimental medicine for a rare blood cancer and complementing GSK’s Blenrep.

*GSK’s blood cancer medicine Blenrep failed to meet the primary goal of a late-stage research designed to demonstrate that it was superior to an existing treatment on the market*

The medicine obtained accelerated approval in the United States in 2020 and is currently approved as a therapy for patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma who have had at least four prior therapies.

Blenrep was compared in the experiment to a combination of pomalidomide and low doses of the steroid dexamethasone. Celgene, which is now part of Bristol-Myers Squibb, developed pomalidomide, which was authorised as a therapy for multiple myeloma in 2013.

J.P.Morgan analysts noted in a note that findings from the so-called superiority trial termed DREAMM-3 may put into doubt Blenrep’s existing approval, adding that several regulatory scenarios now exist, including existing licences being revoked or authorities waiting for additional evidence.

“Overall, given these evidence putting into doubt Blenrep’s approvability in the current environment and the likelihood of success in previous treatment lines, we expect the market to price in the possibility that Blenrep authorisation is revoked,” they said.

GSK stated that results from the trial will be shared with health authorities, and that conversations are presently underway, with future Blenrep trials continuing as scheduled.

The medicine is part of a promising class of treatments known as antibody drug conjugates, which are designed antibodies that bind to cancer cells and then release cell-killing chemicals.

(In Bengaluru, Pushkala Aripaka and Amna Karimi contributed reporting, and Rashmi Aich, Uttaresh.V, and Susan Fenton edited the piece.)

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Meta is to lay off thousands of employees beginning this week, according to a report

According to a new Wall Street Journal article, Meta, the parent corporation that owns Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram, may begin major layoffs as soon as this week. While it’s unclear how many of Meta’s around 87,000 employees may lose their employment, the new report says it’s in the “thousands.”

Meta has a massive global reach, with over 2.7 billion Facebook users and 2 billion WhatsApp users. According to the Wall Street Journal, the corporation has been on a hiring binge over the previous three years, with over 37,000 new jobs since the beginning of 2020.

The layoffs would be the first in the company’s history, as it just relaunched as Meta in an effort to focus on CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s grand vision for the metaverse. However, that ambition has not been properly achieved, according to stories from behind the scenes, where Meta’s product developers refuse to even use the metaverse. According to the Wall Street Journal, most visitors to Horizon Worlds do not return.

*Meta is to lay off thousands of employees beginning this week, according to a report*

According to September reports, Meta expected to cut spending by around 10%, although it’s unclear how much of that would come in the form of layoffs. When it was still known as Facebook, Meta had a market cap of almost $1 trillion in September 2021. The company’s current market capitalization is under $240 billion.

In recent weeks, the US tech sector has experienced significant layoffs, with Stripe laying off 14% of its 8,100 employees and Twitter terminating around 50% of its employees when Elon Musk took over. In recent months, Netflix, Spotify, and Shopify have all experienced significant personnel reductions.

Despite low unemployment, the United States, like the rest of the world, has been battling with high inflation, causing businesses to fret about the prospect of a recession. The Federal Reserve has been boosting interest rates in an attempt to increase unemployment in the hope of slowing inflation.

Meta did not respond to an early Monday comment request. If we receive a response, Gizmodo will update this article.

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Twitter fires more than 90% of its Indian employees, leaving about a dozen

Twitter fires more than 90% of its Indian employees, leaving about a dozen

Twitter Inc. let off more than 90% of its employees in India over the weekend as part of Elon Musk’s global layoffs, significantly depleting its engineering and product personnel in a prospective growth region.

The company employed slightly over 200 workers in India, and the cuts reduced it to about a dozen employees, according to persons familiar with the situation, who asked not to be identified due to the sensitivity of the situation.

India is an important growth engine for global internet companies like Twitter, Meta Platforms Inc., and Alphabet Inc.’s Google, which rely on its vast potential pool of new online users. However, the companies are also subject to more stringent content laws aimed at limiting the country’s large digital firms.

According to one source, over 70% of the employees lost in India were from the product and engineering team, which worked on a worldwide mandate. Positions were also reduced in functions such as marketing, public policy, and corporate communications, according to the sources. Globally, the San Francisco, California-based company Twitter cut its workforce by approximately half, or 3,700 employees.

*Twitter Inc. let off more than 90% of its employees in India over the weekend as part of Elon Musk’s global layoffs*

Twitter did not respond immediately to an email requesting comment

On Twitter, India has one of the most heated political debates, with rival parties frequently hurling accusations at each other and accusing each other of spreading misinformation. On the service, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has over 84 million followers. It’s unclear how Twitter plans to manage that debate with its newly decreased employees in the country, which speaks more than 100 languages.

Twitter’s India offices are in New Delhi, Mumbai’s financial capital, and Bengaluru, India’s southern IT hub.

According to Bloomberg News, the company still employs approximately 3,700 people worldwide. Musk is pressuring those who remain to produce new features swiftly, and in some cases, employees have even slept at the office to fulfil new targets.

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