England beat New Zealand by 20 runs

ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Group 1, Brisbane England 176-9 (20ov)  Buttler 73 off 47, Hales 52 off 40, Ferguson 2-45 New Zealand 159-6 (20ov) Phillips 62 off 36, S Curran 2-26, Woakes 2-33. England won by 20 runs.   Jos Buttler’s 47-ball, 73 set up England’s 20-run victory over New Zealand in his 100th…

Moral: Success has many parents and failure is an orphan

Rishi Sunak was born on 12 May 1980 in Southampton  General Hospital, Hampshire, to Southeast African =born Hindu parents of Indian Punjabi descent, Yashvir and Usha Sunak. India claims Rishi Sunak, Primer Minister of the United Kingdom, is their origin, as he had migrated from the undivided British Indian land. India also added further, claiming…

Lingustic differences

George Bernard Shaw says that the United States and the United Kingdom are “two countries divided by a common language” and Oscar Wilde said “ We have really everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, the language. Shashi Tharoor, an Indian schooled in the English language, and born in the most literate state…

Lula is the new President of Brazil

Lula Da Silva, (Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva  “Lula”) Left-wing ex-president won 50.8  per cent of all valid votes to nearly 49.2 per cent for Far-right leader and former army captain, Jair Bolsonaro in the deciding round of Brazil’s presidential vote. Lula, president from 2003 to 2010, sought a political comeback after being embroiled in several corruption…

South Africa top Group 2 after defeating India

  ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Group 2, Perth   India 133-9 (20 ov)  S Yadav 68 off 40, Nagidi 4-29, Parnell 3-15 South Africa  137-5 (19.4 ov) Miller 59 not out off 46, Markram 52 off 41, A Singh 2-25. South Africa marched to the top of Group 2 with a  five-wicket victory over…

141 people died after a pedestrian bridge collapsed in Gujarat

  A 230-meter (754 feet) pedestrian bridge from the British colonial era, known locally as a Julto Pool,  collapsed killing 141 people in India’s western state of Gujarat. Hundreds of people plunged into river Macchu in Morbi town, as local footage shows survivors hanging off the party-submerged suspension bridge. Over 400 people were on the structure…

Four Samosas: Heist for love

https://youtu.be/s8-wlyy_kIo Four Samosas is about underachieving, Indian-American rapper Vinny played by Venkat Potula, who is disheartened to learn that his favourite ex-girlfriend Rina is engaged to his adversary and goat-shit recycler named Sanjay, assembles a group of fellow misfits to steal her dowry diamonds from her father’s grocery store, and disrupt her wedding. Four Samosas,…

Seoul Halloween stampede kills 154 and another 90 injured

  The crush which killed 154 people, 56 men, 97 women, and 19 teenagers, and injured 90, began in a narrow alley when around 100, 000 people attending the first outdoor no-mask Halloween event since the pandemic, fell over in Itaewon in central Seoul, South Korea’s capital, popular for its vibrant nightlife on Saturday night.…

Focus on China

  This is the inside story of a revolution in China policy, from Washington to Brussels, Berlin to New Delhi. The Rupture explains how many western politicians, thinkers, and business leaders closest to Beijing have become its sharpest opponents, how the Covid-19 pandemic dramatically accelerated this collective rethink, and why 5G represents the first test…