Newsprint: January 17, 2018

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SPORTS

On the fifth and final day of the Centurion Test between South Africa and India, Cheteshwar Pujara needed to be the central figure for his team as they aimed to chase 287 to keep the series alive. But what happened in the early part of the morning session was quite the opposite as Pujara ran himself out. The right hander’s dismissal in this fashion in the second innings means, he now has the unenviable record of being the only Indian batsman to have been run out in both innings of a Test match. The last time a batsman was run out in both innings was New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming in 2000. Pujara's now also becomes the 25th batsman to be be run out in both innings of a Test match.

ENTERTAINMENT

Sanjay Leela Bhansali's film Padmaavat continues to be embroiled in controversy even as its filmmakers move the Supreme Court to act against the individual bans on the film being instituted by states. So far four states have banned the release of the film.

TECH

Huawei's sub-brand Honor has launched its latest smartphone Honor 9 Lite in India today. The new Honor Lite will go on sale on January 21, exclusively via Flipkart. The device will be available in two variants, 3GB RAM with 32GB internal storage and 4GB RAM with 64GB internal storage for Rs 10,999 and Rs 14,999 respectively. The smartphone was previously launched in China and is the second major launch by the brand in India this year after the launch of Honor View 10. Honor 9 Lite comes with a quad camera setup, an 18:9 edge-to-edge display, Android 8.0 and a sleek glass unibody design.