West Indies great Chris Gayle on Saturday made 15 off nine balls against Australia in the Twenty20 World Cup in what was likely his final innings in national colours. The 42-year-old Gayle smashed two sixes before chopping a delivery from Pat Cummins on to his stumps as he walked back with his bat raised and a standing ovation from his …

Just like its predecessors including Start10 and Start8, Stardock is releasing the Start11 1.0 utility to let you customise Windows 10 Start Menu looking like Windows 11. Stardock had originally designed Start8 to let the users bring back the old Window 7 Start Menu to fix the mess that was Windows 8. The new utility will allow the users to …

ISLAMABAD: The state-run Pakistan LNG Limited (PLL) on Friday received yet another set of most expensive bids for two cargoes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) for delivery in third and last week of the current month. Earlier this week, PLL had invited emergency bids to make up for the sudden gas shortage caused by default on the part of two …

Pfizer and Merck have developed experimental antiviral pills that have shown promising efficacy in trials of adults with COVID-19 who are at high risk of serious illness. Both drugs also are being studied to see if they can prevent infection in people exposed to the virus. Here is an explanation of the differences in the two pills. Which of the …

ISLAMABAD: The government on Friday announced the minimum support price (MSP) of Rs1,950 per 40kg for wheat crop 2021-22. Speaking at a news conference in Islamabad, Minister for National Food Security and Research Syed Fakhr Imam said the new support price — which is Rs150 more as compared to last year’s support price of Rs1,800 — will incentivise farmers to …

The BBC dropped former England captain Michael Vaughan from a radio show next Monday after he was named in a report looking into allegations of institutional racism at Yorkshire made by former player Azeem Rafiq, the broadcaster said on Friday. In a column for The Telegraph on Thursday, Vaughan, 47, said he was alleged to have told Rafiq and two other Asian players as they walked onto the …

Dubai Municipality today said that 45% of the Dubai Waste Treatment Centre in Warsan, the world’s largest waste-to-energy project, has been completed. The first phase of the landmark renewable energy project will be completed by 2023 while the entire project is expected to be finished by 2024. Undertaken under the directives of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President …

KARACHI: For the second tournament in a row, the semi-final hurdle proved too high for Pakistan number one Tayyab Aslam. The second-seeded Tayyab went down to Egyptian fourth seed Moustafa El Sirty in a see-saw 53-minute semi-final of the CNS International Squash Championship here on Friday, having also fallen in the last four of the CAS International last month in …

ABU DHABI: West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo said he will retire from international cricket after their final Super 12 game at the Twenty20 World Cup against Australia on Saturday. Holders West Indies were eliminated from contention for the semi-finals on Thursday following defeat by Sri Lanka. Bravo, who had come out of retirement to help West Indies defend the title, …