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MCG set a new record with over 350,000 fans attending the 2024 Boxing Day Test between India and Australia. Indian fans dominated, creating a vibrant atmosphere. IND vs AUS: The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) witnessed an unprecedented gathering of over 350,000 cricket fans for the Boxing Day Test between India and Australia in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, Cricket Australia confirmed on day five of the thrilling contest. This aggregate attendance shattered the 87-year-old record for the most fans attending a single Test match in the country. Historic Milestone The previous record was held by the MCG itself, with 350,534 fans attending the iconic Ashes Test in January 1937 over six days. The match, centered around Sir Donald Bradman’s legendary exploits, was a landmark moment in Australian cricket history. However, the 2024 Boxing Day Test, spanning just five days, has now surpassed that figure, reflecting the enduring allure of the traditional fixture. Indian Fans Paint the MCG in Blue A significant proportion of the crowd comprised Indian fans, adding a vibrant and electrifying atmosphere to the MCG. Nitish Kumar Reddy’s century was met with deafening cheers, making it feel like a home game for the Indian team. The stadium was packed with over 80,000 spectators on each of the first three days, culminating in a total of 87,000 fans on Boxing Day alone. Although day four saw a dip in attendance to around 40,000, Cricket Australia noted a remarkable surge on day five, with more than 50,000 fans entering the gates during the first session alone. To ensure the match remained accessible, Cricket Australia offered day five tickets at just AUD 10 (roughly INR 530), with free entry for children under 15. This initiative helped drive a projected turnout of over 70,000 fans on the final day, boosting the total attendance beyond the historic 350,000 mark. A Record-Breaking Contest While this match now ranks as the second-highest attended in cricket history, it falls short of the staggering 465,000 fans who attended the India vs Pakistan Test at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, in 1999. Nonetheless, the MCG’s feat underscores its status as a premier cricket venue, particularly during the festive Boxing Day Test. The Border-Gavaskar Trophy Delivers Drama As fans eagerly awaited a decisive fifth day, the MCG once again proved to be a theater of dreams, hosting a gripping contest that lived up to its billing. This remarkable turnout highlights the unifying power of cricket and the enduring passion of fans for the longest format of the game. With such overwhelming support from fans, the Boxing Day Test has reaffirmed its status as one of the marquee events on the cricketing calendar. Stay informed on all the latest news , real-time breaking news updates, and follow all the important headlines in india news and world News on Zee News.Authorities in Ayodhya are preparing for an influx of devotees during January and February, as many people visiting the Maha Kumbh-2025 in Prayagraj are also likely to come to the temple town to seek blessings of Ram Lalla . According to the Ayodhya Municipal Corporation , around 2.5 crore devotees are likely to visit the town from January 13 to February 12. ET Year-end Special Reads What kept India's stock market investors on toes in 2024? India's car race: How far EVs went in 2024 Investing in 2025: Six wealth management trends to watch out for Authorities of the civic body are also expecting a footfall of about three to five lakh devotees in the temple town on the New Year's Day. "We are expecting that around 10 per cent of devotees visiting the Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj will come to Ayodhya to have a glimpse of Lord Ram. "As the Maha Kumbh is likely to witness 25 crore people, so we believe that 2.5 crore to 3 crore devotees will be visiting Ayodhya during the period from Paush Poornima (January 13, 2025) to Maghi Poornima (February 12)," Ayodhya Mayor Girish Pati Tripathi told PTI on Sunday. Currently, 1.5 lakh to 2 lakh people are turning up in Ayodhya daily, Tripathi said, adding that on the New Year's Day (January 1) three to five lakh people will be visiting the town. 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When asked about the measures taken in view of the prevailing cold weather conditions in the region, Tripathi said that a proposal for establishing a Tent City (in Ayodhya) having a capacity to hold 5,000 people has been sent to the tourism department. Apart from this, temporary 'rain baseras' (shelter homes) have been set up and arrangements for bonfire at several places made, he said. "So, we hope that we will be able to take on the challenges of the prevailing cold weather." Mahak Kumbh-2025 will take place at Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh from January 13 to February 26. Elaborating on the Maha Kumbh, Prayagraj-based Ashutosh Varshney, the convenor of Raam Naam Bank, said that bathing in holy water at the Maha Kumbh Mela is the most significant ritual. At the Triveni Sangam (confluence of rivers), millions of pilgrims come together to participate in this sacred practice, he said. In addition to the bathing ritual, pilgrims also engage in worship along the banks of the Ganga, Varshney told PTI on Sunday. "After taking a dip in the Ganga during the Maha Kumbh period, if a devotee gets an opportunity to have a glimpse of Lord Ram in Ayodhya, then it will definitely be an additional divine moment for them," he said. (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel )
Millions of users are unable to send or receive messages as popular messaging app WhatsApp experiences big global outage. Reports have come in from all over the world, highlighting the nature of the disruption that’s leaving millions frustrated. Aside from WhatsApp, Meta’s other huge platforms, such as Instagram and Facebook, are not exempted from this condition as they share the same infrastructure. The blackout has drawn a storm of complaints worldwide. Despite the widespread service disruption, Meta has still not issued an official statement on the cause of the outage nor given a timeline for full restoration of services. Meta Concedes On Problem Meta addressed the situation on social media platform X, acknowledging the technical issue that is impacting access to their apps. “We’re aware that a technical issue is impacting some users’ ability to access our apps,” the company stated, while reassuring users that efforts are underway to resolve the problem. “We’re working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible and apologize for any inconvenience,” the post added. A follow-up post on X relating to Instagram indicated that some users are also unable to access the photo-sharing service because of the technical issue. Again, Meta assured restoration of service in this update as well. What Instagram Responded? On X, Instagram posted, “Hi, we know there’s a technical issue impacting some people’s ability to access Instagram. We’re working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible and are sorry for any inconvenience. #instagramdown.” This outage follows a widely-reported two-hour disruption that hit in March 2024, coinciding with Super Tuesday during the U.S. presidential primaries. Even as Meta continues working towards resolving the issue, users await some form of definitive update when normal operations will resume. ALSO READ | Rift Between Centre And Punjab On RDF Funds Eases, After Finance minister Meets AAP MP Over Widening Escalation On Pending Dues To StateOpinion editor’s note: Editorials represent the opinions of the Minnesota Star Tribune Editorial Board, which operates independently from the newsroom. ••• Members of the Minnesota Star Tribune Editorial Board have long had a Thanksgiving tradition of pragmatic appreciation — that is, gratitude for the elegance that surrounds us, both natural and in human constructs, and mindfulness of the potential for their misuse or insufficiency. Here are our thoughts this year: Be thankful for free and fair elections, and for the peaceful transfer of presidential power that has endured throughout our nation’s history. Be mindful that these traditions form the bedrock of our democracy and must not be taken for granted. Be thankful for those serving our country, be they in the military, the Foreign Service or the bureaucracy. Be mindful that many service members and diplomats are dispatched overseas this Thanksgiving, and that many federal workers are worried over their futures — not for performance reasons, but for political ones. Be thankful for America’s allies — especially the NATO nations that answered the collective-defense mechanism known as Article 5 the one and only time it was invoked, by the U.S. after 9/11. Be mindful that these bonds are being tested by often reckless rhetoric from some in this country. Be thankful for a free and independent press. Be mindful that attempts to disempower it serve aspiring autocrats and those who have something to hide. Be thankful for the freedom of speech, which allows you to express your opinions without government interference or retaliation. Be mindful that this right does not protect you from the criticism of your peers. Words are a powerful tool that should be used thoughtfully. Be thankful this nation’s founders created a form of government that allows states to be laboratories of democracy. Be mindful of the inequalities this can create, and that the mobility to relocate to a setting one finds ideologically agreeable is a privilege, not easily undertaken by all. Be thankful that Minnesota declined to rush to allow sports betting, an option given the states by a ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court in 2018. Be mindful that black-market gambling is rampant, with or without legal sanction. Be thankful for Minnesota’s world-class health care providers. Be mindful that this vital workforce is stretched thin and that smart policies are needed to encourage more young people to enter these noble professions. Be thankful for our state’s abundant and glorious natural resources — its waterways, prairies, forests and wilderness. Be mindful of the need to protect them for future generations of Minnesotans. Environmental stewardship is a fundamental responsibility of citizenship. Be thankful for the cold. Be mindful that anthropogenic climate change is slowly warming our planet, and that this will continue in the absence of significant intervention from and cooperation among our world leaders. Be thankful for the cooling off of inflation, which in recent months has come close to the Federal Reserve Board’s target. Be mindful that it would be improbable for prices to return broadly to their previous levels without other kinds of economic pain. Be mindful that the Fed’s target has not quite been reached and that certain plans of the incoming presidential administration, especially tariffs, are seen as inflationary by most economists. Be thankful that the economy is ever-evolving and adapting to circumstances, as it did with the supply-chain disruptions caused by the pandemic. Be thankful for the plethora of books available in our libraries and local bookstores. Be mindful that access to some of those books is being threatened across the country by attempted book bans. Be thankful for the increased sensitivities in how we treat one another in society. Be mindful of the backlash against them — but also of the danger in banishing levity.
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CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — A Ukrainian girls’ hockey team is in Canada for a few days of peace and hockey in an arena that doesn’t have a missile-sized hole in its roof. After 56 hours of travel to Calgary, including a 24-hour bus ride from Dnipro to Warsaw, Poland, that required army escort for a portion of it, the Ukrainian Wings will join Wickfest, Hayley Wickenheiser’s annual girls’ hockey festival, on Thursday. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings. Get any of our free email newsletters — news headlines, obituaries, sports, and more.November 23, 2024 This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlightedthe following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: fact-checked peer-reviewed publication trusted source proofread by National University of Singapore Chemists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed a sustainable method to electrosynthesize 1,3-butadiene, a feedstock used for synthetic rubber production, from acetylene. Lowering the energy requirements and environmental impact of producing multi-carbon molecules is critical for advancing a more sustainable chemical industry. A key approach is electrification, which uses renewable electricity to convert simple feedstocks such as water and carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) into valuable chemicals and fuels. Achieving this requires identifying clear target molecules and efficient synthesis routes. One such target is 1,3-butadiene. Today, 1,3-butadiene is produced as a minor by-product alongside ethylene from the energy-intensive cracking of naphtha or ethane. Despite this, more than 18 million tons of this critical feedstock are produced annually. A research team led by Associate Professor Yeo Boon Siang, Jason from the Department of Chemistry at NUS has found that copper catalysts, after a simple modification with iodide anions, are highly efficacious for converting acetylene to 1,3-butadiene. The findings were published in the journal Nature Catalysis. The catalyst was able to produce 1,3-butadiene with a Faradaic efficiency of 93% at −0.85 V versus the Standard Hydrogen Electrode (SHE) and a partial current density of −75 mA cm -2 at −1.0 V versus SHE. The partial current density of 1,3-butadiene, an indicator of catalytic activity, was at least 20 times higher than that reported in previous studies. This research was conducted in collaboration with Dr. Federico CALLE-VALLEJO from the Basque Foundation for Science and the University of the Basque Country, both in Spain. The team also included Dr. Wei Jie Teh from the Department of Chemistry, NUS, Mr. Eleonora Romeo and Professor Francesc Illas from the University of Barcelona, Spain, Dr. Ben Rowley from Shell Global Solutions International B.V., and Dr. Shibo Xi from the Institute of Sustainability for Chemical, Energy and Environment, Agency for Science, Technology and Research. Extensive characterization of the catalyst using in situ spectroscopies and computational simulations using density functional theory revealed that iodide promotes stable ensembles of neutral and partially oxidized Cu sites (Cu δ+ –Cu 0 sites), which enhance the carbon-carbon (C–C) coupling of *C 2 H 3 intermediates to form 1,3-butadiene. Prof Yeo said, "This work is the fruit of an intense collaboration between experimentalists and theoreticians, together with our industrial partner, to discover how important chemicals, such as 1,3-butadiene, could be more sustainably produced." Building on the research findings from their work, the research team plans to develop catalysts capable of coupling acetylene into longer-chain hydrocarbons, which could potentially be used as aviation fuel. More information: Wei Jie Teh et al, Selective electroreduction of acetylene to 1,3-butadiene on iodide-induced Cu δ+ –Cu 0 sites, Nature Catalysis (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41929-024-01250-0 Journal information: Nature Catalysis Provided by National University of Singapore
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