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Mumbai, June 15: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Sourav Ganguly has said the roaring success of the IPL Media Rights e-auction (2023-27) was an indicator of the extremely strong foundation the sport of cricket has in the country, adding that the numbers should be the "biggest motivation for all the young players".

The richest cricket board in the world got richer when it sold the IPL Media Rights for an astronomical sum of Rs 48,390.32 crore, but Ganguly said that the sport was not about money but talent.

"The game has never been just about money, it is about talent. The IPL e-auction just showed how strong the game is in our country. The numbers should be the biggest motivation for all the young players to take their ability and Team India to the highest level," said Ganguly in a statement on BCCI.

"IPL's growth story and its phenomenal rise in the sporting world is a result of people's immense faith and belief in the BCCI leadership and its workforce to keep on delivering under all adversities. I am sure with the constant support of everyone in the ecosystem we will be able to take brand IPL to new heights on the global sports stage," added Ganguly.

The successful bidders will now acquire the Media Rights from IPL Season 2023 to IPL Season 2027 for a cumulative figure of Rs 48,390.32 crore, subject to execution of documentation and completion of formalities as required by BCCI.

BCCI secretary, Jay Shah said the latest round of auction had catapulted the IPL into the big league of global sport.

"The e-auction today has catapulted IPL into the big league in terms of per match media rights value. We ensured that the process was transparent and fair to all stakeholders. I express my gratitude to the market forces for believing in the brand and showing their faith and confidence in the BCCI to take IPL to newer heights. I am sure, together, we will keep adding value to the IPL and make it the biggest sporting league in the world in terms of revenue, participation and performance," said Shah.

He added that the money coming into the sport will help the game at the grassroots, adding that the Board was committed to the women's IPL next year.

"The whole idea is to balance cricket and commercial interests as BCCI is committed to developing sports in the country through cricket. The money we generate through media rights will ultimately benefit grassroots cricket in India and that is what ultimately matters. The BCCI is also committed to launching the Women's IPL in 2023 apart from creating maximum opportunities for the growth of women's cricket in the country.

In the BCCI's attempt to ensure that sports should travel beyond cricket, it is also setting up indoor sports academies in the Northeast and stadiums in select locations to promote sports in every nook and corner of the country. The BCCI will also build a resource pool to provide pension and financial aid to former players and widows of cricketers."

BCCI treasurer, Arun Singh Dhumal said that the media rights revenue will also help promote IPL as a 'Made in India' property.

"What we have achieved with IPL media rights will go a long way in promoting a purely 'Made in India' sports property on the global stage. This is our first step towards what we at the BCCI have aimed to achieve in making India a sporting giant and expanding IPL's base globally and making it the biggest 'sporting' league in the world.

"IPL's craze and popularity have never ceased to surprise anyone with each playing season. This is a landmark achievement and it will help the League grow not only in stature but also in credibility on the global sporting stage. It is not every day that your partners and stakeholders entrust so much faith and trust in a brand like the IPL and the leadership qualities of BCCI."

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New Hong Kong textbooks will teach students that the city was never a British colony, after an overhaul of a school subject that authorities have blamed for driving the pro-democracy protests.

According to local reports, the new texts will teach students that the Chinese government didnt recognise the treaties that ceded the city to Britain after the opium wars. They ended in 1997 when Britain returned Hong Kong to Chinese control, and therefore the texts claim Hong Kong was never a British colony.

The new books also adopt Beijings narrative that the 2019 protest movement was driven by external forces, South China Morning Post reported.

The four sets of textbooks for Hong Kongs liberal studies subject were released online last week, for schools to choose materials for the new academic year in September. They are set to be used by fourth form students in citizenship and social development classes, which replaced the liberal studies course designed in 2009 to teach students critical thinking. In 2020 the liberal studies course was attacked by pro-Beijing authorities who blamed it for driving youth towards protests and pledged rectification.

The chief executive, Carrie Lam, said students needed protection from being poisoned and fed false and biased information.

A subsequent overhaul of the education system included an increased focus on national security and patriotism, with teachers encouraged to report students who breached the national security law.

It is necessary for schools to teach students to think positively and to love their nation, the head of Hong Kongs education department said on Monday.

Several of the textbooks discuss the 2020 national security law widely criticised as infringing on basic freedoms by outlawing acts of dissent as terrorism, secessionism, foreign collusion or sedition. One reportedly says the law was introduced in response to violent terrorist activities and illegal acts in 2019 which endangered national sovereignty and security.

Another mentioned national security 400 times across 121 pages, the report said.

Chinas state-backed tabloid, the Global Times, said the changes would ensure some teachers will no longer be able to convey their wrong and poisonous political views to students when teaching this course.

Tang Fei, an editor and reviewer of two of the textbooks, and also a Hong Kong legislator, told the outlet the texts had passed internal review and were now awaiting final approval. With the new texts there will be no need for school teachers to bring in too much other content, Tang said.

The proposed new textbooks come just weeks before Hong Kong marks 25 years since the British handover. The territory was promised 50 years of semi-autonomy, but activists argue the post-2019 crackdown, national security law, electoral changes, and growing central government interventions in civil society and the media have in effect ended that autonomy already.

This years anniversary on 1 July will also mark the first day in office for the citys new Beijing-anointed leader John Lee. Lee, the former security chief, will take over from Lam.

Chinas senior leaders have traditionally attended the swearing-in ceremony. Xi Jinpings attendance has not been confirmed but speculation increased after at least one Hong Kong primary school announced it was looking for pupils to spend a week in hotel quarantine, suggesting preparations for a strict closed-loop system will allow Xi to visit.

Additional reporting by Chi Hui Lin and Xiaoqian Zhu

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The EU has "no choice" but to initiate legal action against the UK government in response to its move to override elements of the Northern Ireland Protocol, the European Commission Vice President has said.

Speaking at a press conference this morning, Maros Sefcovic said the UK's unilateral move has "created deep uncertainty and casts a shadow over our overall co-operation, all at a time when respect for international agreements has never been more important."

This is extremely damaging to mutual trust and respect between the EU and the UK," he said.

The EU's legal action had been on hold since last September in order to facilitate negotiations with London.

"Let there be no doubt: there is no legal nor political justification whatsoever for unilaterally changing an international agreement," Mr Sefcovic said.

Opening the door to unilaterally changing an international agreement is a breach of international law as well."

So lets call a spade a spade: this is illegal.

Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney said the EU's resumption of legal action was "not where we want to be."

"This is the result of a deliberate UK Government strategy of provocation over partnership," he said.

"Reckless UK decisions this week have forced EU into responding to a threatened breach of international law with serious consequences."

A 'monstrous mountain of paperwork'

Mr Sefcovic also said that the UK Governments plans would result in a monstrous mountain of paperwork for businesses in Northern Ireland which currently enjoy access to the EU single-market.

Permanent solutions and simple operations of the protocol proposed by the EU versus constant uncertainty with UK ministers having open hand to change the rules on a whim."

He said the EU's steps were "proportionate" but insisted the door remained open to negotiations to agree upon a resolution to the issue.

The two infringement proceedings announced by the European Commission Wednesday relate specifically to to alleged UK failures around Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) checks on agri-food produce entering Northern Ireland from Great Britain.

The EU is issuing formal notices of action in respect of the two new infringement proceedings, alleging that the SPS checks are not being carried out properly, with insufficient staff and infrastructure in place at the border control posts at the ports in Northern Ireland.

The proceedings outlined do not directly relate to the content of the UK Governments controversial Northern Ireland Protocol Bill.

The EU said any potential proceedings over the Bill would only happen when it was enacted at Westminster.

The EU has given the UK two months to respond. If it fails to do so, the matter will be referred to the European Court of Justice.

Proposed UK legislation

The UK legislation, tabled by British foreign secretary Liz Truss on Tuesday, enables her government to bring forward four key factors overriding the international treaty.

They are:

The British government insists the legislation is compatible with international law under the doctrine of necessity which allows obligations in treaties to be set aside under certain, very exceptional, limited conditions.

It claims the changes are designed to protect all three strands of the Good Friday Agreement despite widespread opposition to the move in Northern Ireland.

Boris Johnson insisted the new legislation contained only minor, bureaucratic changes, and that it would be used as an insurance mechanism in case an updated negotiated agreement with the EU could not be reached.

Business leaders across the UK have reacted with alarm, fearing a trade war between the EU and the UK.

We recognise that the protocol in the current state does need to be changed, said Stephen Phipson, chief executive of the manufacturers organisation Make UK.

But the way to do this is not to start a trade war with the EU in the middle of a financial crisis which would be damaging for both British and EU businesses alike and put further strain on already stretched supply chains.

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The situation was brought under control by police after there were tensions over a social media post, informed the police on Saturday.

The police officials informed that members from one community staged a protest in front of the One town police station after a local posted a social media status.

"We've registered a case under relevant sections of IPC against one person (who posted the post on social media) for hurting religious sentiments and have arrested the accused. The situation is now under control," said Superintendent of Police (SP) Adilabad, D Uday Kumar Reddy.

The police resorted to lathi-charge onto the protestors so as to bring the situation under control.

The officials also said that a curfew might be imposed if the locals engage in another such act.

Further details are awaited.

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An Australian newspaper columnist has apologised after being accused of trying to out the actor Rebel Wilson.

Andrew Hornery, who writes a gossip column for the Sydney Morning Herald, said he regretted how he handled the story, which has been characterised as an attempt to expose the sexuality of the Pitch Perfect star.

Hornery emailed Wilsons management team last Thursday, saying he knew that the actor was in a new relationship with the fashion designer Ramona Agruma, and giving her two days to provide a comment. Rather than reply to the newspaper, Wilson took control of the announcement and posted about her new girlfriend on her personal Instagram account.

The Sydney Morning Heralds role in the story would have been unknown if Hornery hadnt decided to write a column complaining about how he had been scooped by Wilson. He initially complained he had emailed the actors representatives to give a heads-up with an abundance of caution and respect.

He wrote: Big mistake. Wilson opted to gazump the story, posting about her new Disney Princess on Instagram early Friday morning, the same platform she had previously used to brag about her handsome ex-boyfriend, wealthy American beer baron Jacob Busch.

The Sydney Morning Herald, which is owned by Australian media conglomerate Nine, has now retracted Hornerys column after a global outcry, and replaced it with an apology.

Hornery, who identifies as gay, said he made a mistake in how he approached the story, having told management that he had enough sources to confirm the relationship without Wilsons cooperation. In particular, he said he regrets setting a deadline for Wilson to comment and insists no decision had been made by the Heralds editors on whether to run any story.

He wrote: My email was never intended to be a threat but to make it clear I was sufficiently confident with my information and to open a conversation. It is not the Heralds business to out people and that is not what we set out to do. But I understand why my email has been seen as a threat. The framing of it was a mistake.

The newspapers editor, Bevan Shields, initially backed his reporter and insisted the paper did not out Wilson but simply asked questions and as standard practice included a deadline for a response.

By Monday this position had become untenable and amid an outcry from staff and the storys timing during LGBT Pride month the outlet apologised for its reporting.

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Hornery said the outlet would in future make sure we always take into consideration the extra layer of complexities people face when it comes to their sexuality while reporting on same-sex relationships.

Celebrities have huge influence in our culture. We still have to ask questions, sometimes very difficult ones. It would be much worse to write gossip items about the unscripted events in their lives without them having a chance to have their say. But we need to make it clear that a deadline is not an ultimatum.

Wilson and Agruma are now adjusting to the enormous media attention on their relationship. The actor announced the relationship on Friday with a post hashtagged #loveislove, declaring that she had previously thought she was searching for a Disney Prince.

But maybe what I really needed all this time was a Disney Princess, she said.

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