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Fertilizer through Hormuz has dropped to zero. No fertilizer cargoes crossing the strait in September or October. Before the war, about 20% of the world’s traded nitrogen fertilizer went through it, Fertilizer Daily reports. The Gulf also supplies about half of the world’s traded sulfur. Hear me out: urea isn’t the problem. China raised its nitrogen exports about 47% and the US about 60%. By the end of August urea was back to its January price, IFPRI data shows. Sulfur is the problem. It has more than doubled, to above $1,000 a tonne, and phosphate is up 25–30%. You need sulfur to make phosphate fertilizer. Mosaic has idled two Louisiana plants, and India’s fertilizer subsidy bill could pass 3 trillion rupees, against 1.71 trillion budgeted. Oil found other ways out of the Gulf. Sulfur hasn’t. source: World Visualized

Rahul Dravid DECLARED India's Innings When Sachin Tendulkar Was Just 6 Runs Away From a Double Century. During India's 2004 Test against Pakistan in Multan, Sachin Tendulkar was batting on 194 when captain Rahul Dravid declared the innings. Sachin was left stranded just 6 runs short of his double century, and the decision shocked fans and several people in the Indian dressing room. - Virender Sehwag had already smashed 309 runs, becoming the first Indian to score a Test triple century. - Sourav Ganguly was injured, so Dravid was leading the side. - Sachin later expressed his disappointment over missing the milestone. - Australia's Ricky Ponting also said he would not have declared with his batter on 194. Dravid's decision was about giving India enough time to bowl Pakistan out, but the timing of the declaration remains controversial. Was Rahul Dravid right to prioritise the team's victory, or was leaving Sachin just 6 runs short of a double century an unnecessary decision ??..

Maureen Dowd’s column exposes how Natalie Harp used her access to knife Susie Wiles—showing Trump the Politico Playbook story about Wiles’s daughter profiting from lobbying for Republika Srpska (a pro-Russian Bosnian Serb territory). But Wiles didn't panic; she let television do her dirty work. When Zacharia was tossed onto Hannity, assuming she was in friendly territory, Hannity ambushed her over her fake attorney claims and 14-minute disaster debut. Within 24 hours, Trump showed Zacharia the door, advising her to "reconsider" her job. Dowd chronicles a single, breathtaking week of White House corruption and incompetence: •Kimberly Guilfoyle getting fired as ambassador to Greece after shaking down a donor to pay her $100,000 AmEx bill. •Ric Grenell and Alina Habba Mildon fighting over $5.6 million in misallocated Kennedy Center funds. •Pete Hegseth getting shut down over his "nitwit plan" to livestream a military firing squad execution on Twitch. •Volodymyr Zelenskyy calling out Trump's "sordid deal" with Vladimir Putin over Russian diesel while White House directives throttle Ukraine's Starshield connectivity. “Instead of running the country and dealing with the world he has set on fire, Trump is focused on settling petty squabbles and a web of corruption in his incompetent—and dangerous—court.” Trump’s bubble is getting smaller, more ingrown, and more fractious, leaving an exhausted public to watch an empire bicker over its own demise. nytimes.com/2026/10/17/opini…

WASIM AKRAM VS AZHARUDDIN Guys, Mohammed Azharuddin's all shots are absolute masterclass in cricketing technique. Guys, let me know which shot is your personal favorite?? 👇

“As a youngster, I was told to cut pace. They told me if I keep hurling the ball like this, I will not play more than 1 year but I went on to play 10 years of domestic cricket and even represented India. If you have pace, you shouldn’t compromise.” - David Johnson Born #OnThisDay in 1971. Played 2 Test for India.

This is the thing 180 was a par score in Australia in early 90s for ODI Can't compare that to today's 300/400 days In ODI cricket, Viv stands untouchable in that regard, then Sachin

Ashley st. Clair recounts a private election night exchange in which Elon allegedly told her he already knew Trump had won “hours ago”because his team had “the best real time data “.