Author: Dr Anand Mali
Australian star Glenn Maxwell says he apologized to India’s KL Rahul during Friday’s opening ODI, having fired with the bat after a dismal Indian Premier League campaign. Maxwell smashed 45 runs from 19 balls at the SCG, a powerful knock featuring three sixes and a strike rate of 236.84. The innings helped Australia to victory and must have left Indian wicketkeeper Rahul bemused behind the stumps, after he captained Maxwell in the IPL Maxwell was a $2.2 million signing for Kings XI Punjab in this year’s IPL, yet managed just 108 runs at 15.42 from 11 innings. He did not…
Gul Panag shared, “If there’s one exercise I could pick for its benefits , it would be the push up. Over the last few months, I’ve used a combination of different variations of pushups, squats and planks to keep fit. Body weight . No weights . And I’m fitter, leaner and stronger than ever before.” Gul Panag is quite the fitness enthusiast, and while staying indoors on account of the coronavirus pandemic has made all of us lazy couch potatoes, Gul seems to have made the most of this down time and upped her fitness routine. The Pataal Lok actor…
The Union road transport and highways ministry on Friday issued fresh guidelines for cab aggregators (such as Ola and Uber) to bring them under a regulatory framework. According to the new guidelines, surge price by cab aggregators should not be more than 1.5 times and they can’t offer discounts that are more than 50 per cent of the base fare. It also added that the ride hailing apps can’t charge more than 20 percent of the fare as commission. The drivers can be made to pay 10 percent of fare or a maximum of Rs 100, if they cancel a…
Do you remember ‘Bagwati’? Yes, the iconic handbag from the film Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara that became a source of hilarious discussions among people. There is a real-life ‘Bagwati’ and it is priced at over Rs 50 crore. Launched by Italian luxury brand Boarini Milanesi, a video of the bag has now created a stir among people. There are many expensive things in the world that you may have heard or read about. In such a situation, today we are going to tell you about the world’s most expensive bag, which has been launched recently. Yes, a luxury brand from…
Protesters call on State Bank of India to take back decision to provide loans worth AUD$1 Billion to Adani for Carmichael coal mine project in Australia; If SBI loans Adani public money, it will help fund climate disasters, they allege On the opening day of India vs Australia 2020 cricket tour, hundreds joined #StopAdani protests at the Sydney Cricket Ground, and the Indian Consulates in Canberra and Melbourne. Bypassing the security, two of the protesters also made their way into the field during the first ODI between India and Australia. They raised “No $1bn Adani loan” placards and were later…
International Business Machines Corporation IBM is likely to slash 10,000 jobs across Europe to contain costs, per a Bloomberg report. The latest series of eliminations will be concluded by the first half of 2021. Citing a union officer who was informed of the proceedings, Bloomberg added that IBM had announced the eliminations in early November at a meeting with European labor representatives. The job cuts will amount to nearly 20% workforce reduction in the region with the U.K. and Germany bearing the maximum brunt followed by Italy, Poland, Slovakia and Belgium. Bloomberg further added that most of the reductions are…
Former Indian cricketer Kiran More took to Twitter on Wednesday, to share pictures of his Team India jersey from the 1992 World Cup. https://twitter.com/JockMore/status/1331419261466624001 More uploaded four images, with the cricketer seen wearing the jersey in three of them. “Look what I found myself! The original jersey of the 1992 @ICC@cricketworldcup, still fits me very well. It brought back all the fond memories, what a tournament it was, as the great Richie Benaud would say on air: simply superb! #cricket,” read the caption on the tweet. https://twitter.com/JockMore/status/1331194834153992198 The 1992 Cricket World Cup was held in Australia and New Zealand. Pakistan…
A New nurse has revealed the devastating toll working on a Covid ward is taking on frontline workers by sharing before and after pictures of herself. Kathryn, who started working as a nurse in Tennessee, US, eight months ago, shared a “How it started VS How it’s going” post which has been liked over 790,000 times. https://twitter.com/kathryniveyy/status/1330607852524867587 The post features two pictures of her – one where she looks fresh-faced and smiling just before her graduation in April, and one capturing her exhaustion after a 12-hour weekend shift. The tweet includes a whole thread where Kathryn calls on the public…
“Indian govt says these apps were found ‘prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity, defense of India, security of state and public order”. Government of India Tuesday blocked 43 Chinese mobile apps from accessing by users in India, under section 69A of the Information Technology Act. “This action was taken based on the inputs regarding these apps for engaging in activities which are prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India, defense of India, security of state and public order”, the Centre said in an official statement. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has issued the order for blocking the access of…
Skyler Badillo Opens Up On Alleged Claims Of Sexual Harassment By David Villa: The NYCFC intern had previously accused the Spanish striker of sexually harassing. https://twitter.com/MLSist/status/1330864280724516868?s=19 David Villa’s time in the MLS was nothing what he would have envisaged. His short stay at New York City in his second outing with the club was marred by claims of sexual harassment with the club’s intern, Skyler Badillo directing the allegations his way. While nothing is yet to come of an investigation launched by the club since the claims took centre stage, Skyler Badillo has once again raked up the issue. Speaking…