India level 3 match T20I series 1-1

England tour of India, 2nd T20I: India v England at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur, Jan 29, 2017 England v India India 144/8 (20/20 ov) V Kohli 21 off 15, 2 fours, 1 six, KL Rahul 71 off 47, 6 fours, 2 sixes, MK Pandey 30 off 26, 1 six, Chris Jordan 22/3, TS…

Federer wins Australian Open

Roger Federer (35) wins a record 18th major title and beats Rafa Nadal 6-4, 3-6, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 in the 2017 Australian Open. Swiss national, Roger Federer jumps up and own on the spot, tear flowing down his face before going over the net for an embrace with defeated Spanish, Rafa Nadal. Earlier Nadal won…

Sir John Hurt 77, one of the best known English actors dies of cancer

Veteran English actor Sir John Vincent Hurt CBE, dies aged 77, on Wednesday at his home in Norfolk. He was an English actor and voice actor whose career spanned six decades. The Bafta-winning star, famous for his roles in David Lynch’s The Elephant Man (1980) and chestburster inAlien (1979), had been treated for pancreatic cancer…

Serena wins 23rd Grand Slam singles at the Australian Open

Serena Williams 35, beat sister Venus Williams 36, in straight set 6-4, 6-4 and created an Open-era record 23rd Grand Slam singles title at the Australian Open 2017, to beat Steffi Graf’s all-time list of major winners since Grand Slams accepted professional players in 1968. Serena regains the number one ranking from German Angelique Kerber.…

Rags to Riches

Aniljyothi Reddy, a Warrangal orphan from South India at last became a millionaire on the software world with her keys software solutions. Born into poor family, Jyothi and her sister grew up in an orphanage after her father lost his job as a teacher, her parents decided to keep their son at home and leave…

Scientists invent hydrogen wonder material

Scientists in the US claimed to have turned hydrogen into a state where it behaves like a metal according to Ranga Dias and Isaac Silvera , Harvard researchers. Their report is featured in this week’s Science Magazine. Their theory suggests metallic hydrogen could be used to make zero resistance electrical wiring and super-powerful rocket fuel.…

India celebrates 68th Republic Day

India celebrates 68th Republic Day with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zyed Al Nahyan as the chief guest at the annual parade, abd a 149-member United Arab Emirates Presidential Guards with 35 musicians playing a delightful marching tune Kaptien. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and three service chiefs paid tribute at Amar Jawan Jyoti.…

Social Entrepreneurs in higher education: wake up

The tragic suicide of a student in Hyderabad, in India,  is a symptom of a greater malaise that besets higher education. The spontaneous reverberations that this has created across the campuses in the country is a symptom of much human energy lost in anything but student learning. This is a time to introspect and act.…

Janey set up WECare charity to rescue stray dogs in Sri Lanka

Janey Lowes (28), from County Durham, Barnard Castle, has spent two years saving Sri Lanka’s stray dogs. There are over 3 million street dogs and most puppies born rough on the street do not survive to adulthood. Her charity WECare Worldwide set up while on holiday in Sri Lanka in 2014. The charity aims to…