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Saturday, November 7, 2009

Wanted: Kindred spirit for the great Tendulkar

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This was one of Sachin Tendulkar's best and, in many ways, the saddest innings. How could the Gods allow this; how could his mates not be inspired when thousands in stands and millions on telly were ready to step on the field and bat for him? This isn't time to coldly dissect the game. Instead, the storywriters must pick up their pens; the film-makers get behind their cameras; the playwrights roll out musicals in an ode to this heroism in an era when vested interests, thuggery and betrayals dominate our lives. It was as if Tendulkar wanted to cover up for all the mess of his mates: dropped catches, ordinary bowling and batting.

It's miraculous how his genius survived the mediocrity around him. Dare one club the timidity of some of his team mates, with the ingenuity of this champion. This stuff was beyond mortals; don't forget he is 36. After yesterday it was as if he is 16 going on 17.

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Friday, November 6, 2009

Sachin amazing feat in defeat

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For a team which couldn't chase 250 in perfect batting conditions about 72 hours ago, getting 100 more even on a batting beauty seemed too tall a task. So what if bowling was reduced to an exercise in futility and Australia were without all first-choice bowlers.

The target still looked Himalayan because more than 350 in a winning cause batting second has happened just once in an ODI, three years ago in Johannesburg. With nearly everything favouring an Australian win halfway through the fifth ODI, the cricket god turned his head towards this game. And the one blessed almost proved that wonders aren't restricted to the Wanderers only.

In an unforeseen twist to the script made possible by a sublime batting display that only a genius is capable of, Sachin Tendulkar almost single-handedly undid the brilliant job done by Australia's batsmen.

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Thursday, November 5, 2009

An English village that only Google maps can see

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The world's eyes are focused on a small village called Argleton near Ormskirk, Lancashire, north west England. Camera crews have been dispatched. "Argleton" is fast becoming a popular hashtag on Twitter. There is even talk of merchandising opportunities.

The reason for all the interest is simple: Argleton doesn't actually exist. It is a phantom village that appears on Google Maps. You can search online for Argleton's local weather forecast, property prices (not much for sale at the moment) or for the number of a local plumber, but in reality the village's coordinates point to little more than a muddy field.

However, just a few hundred metres away stands the very real village of Aughton.

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Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Internet could run out of web addresses next year

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The world could well run out of Internet addresses next year, unless urgent action is taken to switch to a new generation of net addresses, the European Commission has warned.

According to the commission, businesses urgently need to upgrade to Internet protocol version six or IPv6, a new version of the Internet's addressing protocol, which will hugely increase the number of available addresses.

The IPv6 system has been ready for over a decade and is providing 340 trillion, trillion, trillionwebaddresses.But,notmany companies are actually ready to migrate to the new platform.

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Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Common Admission Test 2009 will offer 560 extra Indian Institutes of Management seats

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There will be 560 more seats on offer for students taking the common admission test (CAT) for entry to the Indian Institutes of Management this year.

Human resource development ministry sources said the CAT committee for 2009 had been asked to include these additional seats.

The cabinet had cleared the setting up of four new IIMs n Tiruchirappalli (Tamil Nadu), Ranchi (Jharkhand), Raipur (Chhattisgarh) and Rohtak (Haryana) in August.

But the institutes are yet to be established.

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Monday, November 2, 2009

Aamir for Kiran Bedi as watchdog body head

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Kiran Bedi, retired director general of police and Magsaysay award winner, should be made the new chief information commissioner, a number of well-known personalities have said in letters sent to the prime minister.

Heading the list is actor Aamir Khan, along with Magsaysay award winners Sandeep Pande and Arvind Kejriwal, apart from other noted social activists like Anna Hazare.

The position fell vacant after Wajahat Habibullah resigned on October 21 to take charge of the newly formed Jammu and Kashmir Information Commission.

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Friday, October 30, 2009

Huge blaze in Jaipur oil depot

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At least five people were killed and over 100 injured when a ferocious blaze, with flames leaping up to the height of three or four-storeyed buildings, engulfed an Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) depot at Sitapura Industrial Area, 16 kilometers south of Jaipur, on Thursday night.

The fire, beginning with an explosion at around 7.30 p.m., reportedly due to a leaking pipeline, spread to at least 12 oil tanks in the vicinity, the police said.

"Around 80 injured people have been admitted to hospital," said Kanhaiya Lal, Assistant Director General (Crime).

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