News in Short

• Ross Taylor became New Zealand's highest run-scorer in Test cricket on the fourth day of the third test against Australia.
• He broke Stephen Fleming's previous record for the highest runs in Test cricket for New Zealand.
• Taylor now holds New Zealand's record in both Tests and ODIs having also passed Fleming in the 50-over format last February against Bangladesh.

• New Zealand batsman Leo Carterentered the history books by becoming the seventh cricketer in the world to hit six 6s in an over.
• Carter achieved the feat during his side Canterbury Kings' win over Northern Knights in New Zealand's domestic Twenty20 tournament Super Smash.
• Carter also became only the fourth batsman to achieve the feat in T20 cricket in both domestic and international level.
• The other batsmen to achieve the feat in T20s include India's Yuvraj (2007), Whitely (2017) and Zazai (2018).

• An arrest warrant has been issued against former Bangladesh Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha for embezzling 40 million taka.
• Sinha, who lives in the US, has been described as a "fugitive" by Bangladesh's Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) in its chargesheet.
• In 2015, Sinha became the first Hindu chief justice of Bangladesh, and the 21st occupant of the office since the country’s independence from Pakistan in 1971.

• India’s world-class facility for training astronauts will be established in three years at Challakere in Chitradurga district of Karnataka.
• The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has proposed a ? 2,700-crore master plan to create top infrastructure that will house its young Human Space Flight Centre (HSFC).
• When ready, the 400-acre ISRO land at Challakere will be the single-stop consolidating infrastructure and activities related to space travellers.
• Challakere will also host work related to crew and service modules of the spacecraft that carries the astronauts and up to mission control.

• Hollywood actor Joaquin Phoenix won the Golden globe best actor award for his role as Joker in the movie Joker.
• Director Sam Mendes won the best director award for his movie 1917.
• The beat actress award was won byRenée Zellweger for her role in movie Judy.
• Director Quentin Tarantino won the award for the best screenplay motion picture for the movie Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.