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2 weeks ago | pratidintime.com | Joydeep Deb

The great thing about test match cricket is it always gives you a second chance. When the going gets tough, you don't get out, but you hang in.  - Harsha BhogleThe historic Lord’s Cricket Ground—often romanticized as the "Home of Cricket"—transformed into a nightmare for batsmen over the first three days of the ICC World Test Championship Final between Australia and South Africa.

2 weeks ago | pratidintime.com | Joydeep Deb

On June 12, 2025, India witnessed a harrowing convergence of tragedies—one in the skies over Ahmedabad, the other on the railway tracks of Delhi. Two unrelated yet eerily aligned incidents brought the nation to a halt, evoking an unmistakable message: India is in distress. Air India Flight AI171, a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, departed Ahmedabad at 1:38 PM IST en route to London Gatwick.

2 weeks ago | pratidintime.com | Joydeep Deb

When the tragic murder of Raja Raghuvanshi in Meghalaya broke into the news cycle — allegedly orchestrated by his own wife during their honeymoon — the internet wasted no time turning horror into humour. Memes flooded timelines with hashtags like #TrustNoWoman, #ModernWife, and punchlines that painted women as calculated, cold, and dangerous. Social media, in its usual performative glee, erupted not with grief or reflection, but with cheap laughs and viral slander. It’s not the first time.

2 weeks ago | pratidintime.com | Joydeep Deb

As the Roland Garros comes to an end, the world of tennis witnessed a new generation of champions beneath the heavy skies of Court Philippe-Chatrier. The future of tennis unfolded with sweat, tears, and brilliance. Roland Garros 2025 will be remembered not just for the champions it crowned but for the seismic shift that it signaled: a new era of champions taking full command of the sport. Carlos Alcaraz arrived at Roland Garros 2025 as the defending champion from last year.

3 weeks ago | pratidintime.com | Joydeep Deb

Greta Thunberg, an environmentalist, is now on board the Madleen, a ship that is part of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition's effort to send relief to Gaza. Essential commodities such as baby formula, bread, rice, diapers, menstruation products, water desalination kits, medical equipment, crutches, and children's prosthetics are on board the ship, which set sail from Catania, Sicily on June 1, 2025. There have been some incidents along the Madleen's trip.