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NEW DELHI: Six months out from the likely start of the Cricket World Cup in India, the match schedule for the tournament is still under wraps as geopolitics cloud the buildup to the showpiece event.
The delay is in stark contrast to the 2019 event, when the dates and venues for the tournament in England and Wales were announced more than a year out in keeping with usual practice for major sporting events.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has previously co-hosted three ODI World Cups and organising the 10-team event in October-November should present no major difficulties for the world’s richest board.
However, soured political relations between Pakistan and India have complicated matters and cricket finds itself caught in the geopolitical crossfire between the feuding neighbours, who play each other only in multi-team events.
India have ruled out travelling to Pakistan for the Asia Cup in September and are likely to play their matches at a neutral venue after organisers agreed on a ‘hybrid’ model — a move that looks likely to prompt a tit-for-tat response.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) denied media reports that it had made a similar demand at the ICC board meetings in Dubai last month but in a statement last week said it may push for the hybrid model “at the proper ICC forum at the right time”.
Should Pakistan agree to travel to India, the BCCI would have to secure visa clearance from the Indian government.
A source with direct knowledge of the deliberations told Reuters that moving matches out of India had not even been discussed and the fixtures would be announced in “due course”.
Cricket news website cricinfo.com has reported that the BCCI has yet to obtain a tax exemption for the tournament from the Indian government, which is part of the hosting agreement it signed with the ICC.
Should it fail to obtain the exemption the BCCI has said the amount could be deducted from its share of the ICC’s central revenue pool.
BCCI Secretary Jay Shah was not immediately available to clarify matters surrounding the schedule but, in an ICC statement revealing the tournament’s brand identity on Saturday, promised to deliver a “memorable event”.
“We cannot wait until October to see world-class cricket on show in the pinnacle event of the one-day game and for India to host an incredible spectacle,” Shah said.
Cricinfo has reported the World Cup will start on October 5 with the final scheduled at the world’s largest cricket stadium in Ahmedabad on November 19.
Bird flu in Japan has caused the country the loss of a substantial number of chickens and now it has not enough space to bury them, CNN reported.
According to the Japanese state media, NHK, “16 out of 26 prefectures in the country did not have enough land to dispose of culled birds properly.”
All 26 prefectures had reported record avian flu outbreaks in recent months leading the prices of poultry and eggs to surge.
The flu naturally occurs among wild aquatic birds and they have the ability to transmit the virus to other animals through various sources such as saliva and body excretions, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
As local authorities, in order to prevent the spread, kill and bury the infected animals, the shortage of land for their burial has caused a new problem for the authorities, NHK noted.
NHK also reported that more than 17 million chickens have been killed this season — the record highest.
In 2020, Japan killed nearly 9.9 million chickens when bird flu struck the country. It was its last record.
A report which was published last month by Rabobank said that egg prices have surged to a record high in 2023 citing the Avian flu as a major cause and the dear cost of feed for hens.
Russian Invasion of Ukraine has also caused an uptick in global feed prices which were already doubled from mid-2020 to mid-2022, it noted.
Nan-Dirk Mulder, Rabobank’s senior analyst of animal protein said: “Now, prices globally are 2.5 times higher than the reference year of 2007, and have increased more than 100% since this time last year.”
The current situation has led people to buy their own hens to make their supplies secure.
Rabobank also noted that egg prices in Japan have reached a 10-year record high — $1.8.
“Prices in many other markets have reached historic highs as well, including in Thailand, the Philippines, Israel, New Zealand, Nigeria, Kenya, Brazil, Mexico, and Argentina,” it noted.
The condition is to persist and there is no likely improvement this year.
The analyst Mulder noted: “While countries such as Japan and the United States may have already experienced price peaks, we expect prices to stay relatively high throughout 2023, especially in markets heavily impacted by avian flu, high costs, and regulatory changes.”
“In other markets there will be some drop in prices, but not to pre-2021 levels, as lingering high input costs are keeping prices higher.”
Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir has said that the Pakistan Army is resolved to defend the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the homeland against all kinds of threats, a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said.
The army chief made the remarks while visiting forward areas along the Line of Control (LoC) on Thursday, the military’s media wing added.
General Munir said that the army is determined to support the just cause of Kashmiris and seeks a resolution of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) in accordance with the resolutions of the United Nations.
He emphasised troops to extend all-out support to the local population, remain steadfast and discharge duties with utmost sincerity and devotion, read the statement.
The COAS appreciated officers and men for maintaining continued vigil, remarkable operational preparedness and a high state of morale.
Earlier on arrival at LOC, Gen Munir was received by the Corps Commander Rawalpindi Corps. He met officers and troops on the forward positions and was briefed on the situation along the LoC and the operational preparedness of the deployed formations.
There are several types of food items in our kitchen which can be healthy and nutritious but there are some items which are not healthy for our consumption. It is true that people do not necessarily eat unhealthy food but if we carefully cut our unhealthy food intake it will benefit us to maintain a healthy lifestyle.
Starting step by step, the consistency of a healthy diet enables us to achieve our desired health goals and maintain energy in our bodies.
Dietitian Manpreet Singh suggested its viewers to replace some food items from the kitchen with other healthy options to maintain a balanced lifestyle, according to a report by the Indian Express.
She also explained some good recipes of food in her Instagram post.
Vegetable oil which is processed is a basic part of our daily diet. The oil contains a large number of chemicals and polyunsaturated fats. Its consumption adversely affects health but we can replace it with cold-pressed virgin oils which are healthier and a good alternative.
Refined white sugar is linked to numerous diseases such as obesity, diabetes and other cardiovascular complications. What people need is sweetness that’s why they use sugar. If this sweetness is attained from a healthy alternative — jaggery or coconut sugar — it would prove far healthier for our bodies.
There is a large number of fruit juices in the market and are an instant source of energy, however, most people do not know that it contains low fibre and is a major cause of diabetes. Rather than increasing our intake of high sugar content fruit juice, we should go towards fresh fruits as there are countless benefits already told by nutrition experts and science.
The dietitian also suggested using Millet flour instead of refined flour as it is easily digestible and more nutritious.
There is no alternative to fresh vegetables no matter how fine they are preserved. Doctors always suggest their patients eat seasonal fruits only because of their freshness. While the vegetable is frozen and preserved, they lose their necessary nutritional ingredients. Therefore, fresh vegetables should always be preferred.
Manpreet also advised replacing the market mixture with poha mixture by sharing a healthy recipe.
At least five people have been killed in a devastating tornado that hit southeastern Missouri ripping off roofs, splintering trees and destroying power lines in Bollinger County, Reuters reported on Thursday.
The rescue teams promptly responded and searched through the devastated homes and other places that will take a long time to recover from such destruction, according to Missouri Governor Mike Parson.
Eric Olson, the superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, said that five people were also injured and 87 structures were damaged with 12 of those buildings destroyed due to the tornado.
Photographs circulating on social media show houses severely damaged with no roofs, trees drowned and debris and electricity wires covering the road in the village because of the tornado in Missouri Missouri.
After surveying the damaged areas from the tornado in Missouri, state Patrol Highway Sergeant Clark Parrott told Reuters, “It’s just heartbreaking to see people’s homes missing roofs and their homes gone.”
“We got work ahead of us, but we will get through this,” he also added.
The tornado in Missouri came into the area about 3:30am said National Weather Service adding that “one of more than a dozen twisters seen in the Midwest overnight.
About the Marble Hill tornado, a 45-year-old resident Chris Huffman said he raced to his basement with his wife and two daughters after hearing tornado sirens and the power went out.
“Outside was pitch black and there were dark clouds, high winds and rain, and bursts of lightning”, he said.
“It was startling,” he went on while speaking with Reuters from his shop where he was preparing food for those in need.
“We heard the roar of everything. That’s how close it was”, he noted.
Governor Parson noted: “State would aid people who lost their homes even though some sparsely populated communities would not have sustained enough damage to be eligible for public disaster relief.”
“This is going to be weeks upon months to be able to recover,” Parson noted, while also highlighting that President Joe Biden called to offer help and services.
The deadly twister came in just after destructive tornadoes ripped parts of the South and Midwest, claiming the lives of at least 32 people. Just a week earlier, deadly tornadoes also turned
Mississippi Delta town of Rolling Fork upside down, killing 26 people.
Economists had viewed pandemic-related distortions to seasonal factors, the model that the government uses to strip out seasonal fluctuations from the data, as one of several factors keeping claims low despite high-profile layoffs in the technology industry and some interest rate-sensitive sectors.
Goldman Sachs in a note estimated that distortions to the seasonal factors had been “depressing reported seasonally-adjusted initial claims by 40,000-50,000 and have masked a roughly 45,000 rise in the official series since the start of the year.”
Employers have generally been reluctant to send workers home after struggling to find labor following the COVID-19 pandemic. The labor market is expected to loosen up in the second quarter as companies respond more to slowing demand triggered by the Federal Reserve’s interest rate increases.
Credit conditions have also tightened following the recent failure of two regional banks, which could make it harder for small businesses and households to access funding.
Small businesses, like restaurants and bars, have been the main drivers of job growth. Surveys from the Institute for Supply Management this week suggested that the labor market was fraying at the edges.
Labour market loosening
The Labor Department reported on Tuesday that job openings fell below 10 million at the end of February for first time in nearly two years. Still, there were 1.7 job openings for every unemployed person in February, which is making it easier for some laid off workers to quickly find employment.
The number of people receiving benefits after an initial week of aid, a proxy for hiring, rose 6,000 to 1.823 million during the week ending March 25, the claims report showed.
The claims data has no bearing on March’s employment report, which is scheduled to be released on Friday. According to a Reuters survey of economists, nonfarm payrolls likely increased by 239,000 jobs in March after rising 311,000 in February. The unemployment rate is forecast unchanged at 3.6%.
Cooling labor market conditions could allow the Fed to halt its fastest interest rate hiking cycle since the 1980s.
The US central bank last month raised its benchmark overnight interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point, but indicated it was on the verge of pausing further rate hikes due to financial market turmoil. The Fed has hiked its policy rate by 475 basis points since last March from the near-zero level to the current 4.75%-5.00% range.
Signs that the labor market was losing speed were underscored by a separate report on Thursday from global outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas showing that US-based employers announced 89,703 job cuts in March, up 15% from February. Layoffs jumped 319% on a year-on-year basis in March, concentrated in the technology industry.
Layoffs this year have been blamed on a range of factors, including market or economic conditions, cost-cutting, store or department closures as well as financial loss. Businesses also had little desire to add workers.
“With rate hikes continuing and companies reigning in costs, the large-scale layoffs we are seeing will likely continue,” said Andrew Challenger, senior vice president at Challenger, Gray & Christmas.
Andy Wood, boss of brewer Adnams, says his company is considering its membership of the group.
Idaho has become the first state to pass a law explicitly restricting some out-of-state travel for abortions.
The new legislation makes helping a pregnant minor get an abortion, whether through medication or a procedure, in another state punishable by two to five years in prison. Gov. Brad Little signed the bill on Wednesday night, and it goes into effect after 30 days.
Abortion has been banned at all stages of pregnancy in Idaho since August — a result of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. Terminating a pregnancy is illegal in the state unless it saves the life of the mother or in cases of rape and incest in which the survivor has reported the incident to law enforcement.
Although Oklahoma and Texas allow lawsuits against people who help facilitate an abortion within the states’ borders, Idaho’s law is the first that expressly criminalizes assisting with an out-of-state abortion.
“Giving [minors] money, giving them a ride, helping them organize the visit to a doctor out of state — all of the activity that’s required to help a young person leave the state — any of that would be punishable,” said Elisabeth Smith, the director of U.S. state policy and advocacy at the Center for Reproductive Rights.
With the bill’s passage, Idaho has the most extreme abortion restrictions in the U.S., according to Mistie DelliCarpini-Tolman, Idaho state director of Planned Parenthood Alliance Advocates.
“House Bill 242 might be the most extreme bill that I’ve ever seen in my career,” she said.
Since the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision last year, legal experts have anticipated attempts from conservative lawmakers to further restrict abortion access. Now, Smith said, Idaho has outlined a playbook for other states to copy.
“For a long time, there has been this sort of jockeying of which state could have the most oppressive laws on abortion,” she said. “For that reason, I think Idaho could be an example to anti-abortion lawmakers.”
Idaho’s new law offers those who facilitate a minor’s access to abortion a reasonable defense against prosecution if the parents consented.
David Ripley, executive director of Idaho Chooses Life, a political action committee that lobbies for anti-abortion legislation, said one reason for the law is that minors are unable to make their own informed decisions about any kind of medical care.
“When you’re talking about a minor being transported across state lines, especially for a medical procedure without parental consent, I think that is clearly within the authority of the state of Idaho to criminalize and discourage,” Ripley said.
But abortion rights advocates think the bill could pave the way for future laws that target people who help adults seek out-of-state abortions.
“That is the way, historically, all abortion restrictions have begun: by first limiting young people’s access, and then moving to adult access,” Smith said.
DelliCarpini-Tolman said Planned Parenthood will be “examining every angle that we can to fight this legislation.”
“The mere suggestion that the state would consider prosecuting someone for assisting a young person accessing safe, legal medical care in another state flies in the face of our democratic system and sets a dangerous statutory precedent,” she added.
Idaho isn’t the first state to attempt to limit people’s ability to assist those seeking out-of-state abortions.
In 2021, Missouri lawmakers included a provision in a larger abortion bill that would have made it illegal for a person to help a Missouri resident get an abortion outside the state. But the state’s House of Representatives blocked the provision.
In February, a federal judge in Texas also temporarily blocked prosecutors from pursuing charges against people who help facilitate out-of-state abortions while a lawsuit challenging the state’s abortion ban is argued in court.
States where abortion is legal, on the other hand, have pushed for legislation to protect out-of-state travelers who seek abortions within their borders.
Washington’s state Senate is currently considering a bill that would restrict courts and law enforcement agencies from responding to warrants, subpoenas or other court orders from states seeking information about abortions performed in Washington for nonresidents. Oregon is weighing similar legislation.
These so-called shield laws could make it tougher for Idaho prosecutors to build cases related to out-of-state abortions, Smith said.
Paul Dillon, the outgoing vice president of public affairs at Planned Parenthood of Greater Washington and North Idaho, said Washington legislators are expected to vote on the state’s shield law any day.
“It does feel like a race, I think, to make sure that those protections are in place before this Idaho law goes into effect,” Dillon said.
In the meantime, he added, patients who travel to Planned Parenthood clinics in Washington aren’t required to disclose where they came from or whom they traveled with. Residence data from those who’ve offered it suggests the Washington state clinics saw a 75% increase in Idaho patients from January 2022 to early 2023.
Idaho health workers who refer patients out of state for an abortion are in fraught legal territory, according to a recent letter from the state’s attorney general, which suggests its abortion ban prohibits these referrals. On Thursday, a group of providers, including Planned Parenthood, filed a legal challenge to that interpretation.
Critics of Idaho’s anti-abortion policies say the laws are already having downstream effects, including reduced access to reproductive health services.
Two Idaho hospitals announced last month that they were closing their labor and delivery units. One of them, Bonner General Health, said in a news release that the closure was due to a pediatrician shortage and Idaho’s political climate.
“The Idaho Legislature continues to introduce and pass bills that criminalize physicians for medical care nationally recognized as the standard of care,” the statement said.
Medical providers said the closures force patients to travel farther for reproductive care, which could jeopardize their health in emergencies. From Bonner General Health, the next closest Idaho hospital with a labor and delivery unit is 45 miles away.
Package holiday company Tui Group has recorded strong demand for Easter holiday trips to destinations with “guaranteed sun”, as it expects a busy summer and bookings to return to pre-Covid levels.
The optimistic update led to a big jump in the firm’s share price, which was up by around 13 per cent on Thursday morning.
The German-headquartered tourism business revealed that Britons were being drawn to countries around the Mediterranean and the Canary Islands especially, seeking sun, relaxation and activities abroad.
Turkey, the Balearics, Spain, Egypt and Greece are also popular destinations for holidaymakers this year.
More than 500,000 customers have booked a Tui holiday over Easter, the firm said.
Booking momentum remains encouraging and the travel trends and strong demand for the Easter holidays are a healthy signal for the upcoming summer
Sebastian Ebel, Tui Group’s chief executive
It expects its load factor – which airlines use to measure the proportion of seats on a plane that are filled – to be around 95 per cent for the period, which it said was broadly in line with pre-pandemic levels.
The travel and tourism industry has been slowly recovering from Covid, which first struck in March 2020, shutting down international borders and having a lasting effect on people’s hesitancy to travel.
The sector has also been impacted by severe staff shortages that led to major disruption for airports such as Heathrow last summer, with sudden flight cancellations and long delays.
Tui assured investors that people were willing to travel as it recorded a big increase in booking momentum since the start of the year.
Consumers were continuing to book at shorter notice and preferring package holidays and all-inclusive offers, it noted.
Sebastian Ebel, chief executive of Tui Group, said: “Booking momentum remains encouraging and the travel trends and strong demand for the Easter holidays are a healthy signal for the upcoming summer.
“Our products and strong brand are popular and in high demand – in the UK, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland and many other markets where people are looking for relaxation in the sun and active experiences.
“Based on trends to date and, as we have said in March, we continue to anticipate capacity to be close to pre-pandemic levels. We expect a good summer 2023.”