West Indies Canters to victory over Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka 122/9 (20/20 ov) NLTC Perera 40 off 29, 5 fours and 1 six, Ad Mathews 20 off 32, LD Chandimal 16 off 18 balls 1 four,1 six, S Badree 12-3, DJ Bravo 20-2, AD Russell 34-1, CR Brathwaite 36-1 West Indies 127/3 (18.2/20 ov)  ADS Fletcher 84 not out off 64 balls, 6…

Anbang offers $13.2bn cash for takeover of Starwood

Anbang led by Wu Xiaohui, is determined to takeover the US company, after Starwood Hotels and Resorts said a $13.2 bn cash bid from a group led by Anbang, China’s Primavera Capital and US private equity Group JC Flowers, thereby trumping its planned deal with Marriott International. Mr Wu is married to the granddaughter of…

Mobile inventions – but not phones – great art!!

Celebrated as the “originator of the mobile” (not phone) Alexander Calder – an American artist’s work is currently being exhibited at The Tate Modern London.  On the third floor of this unusually architecturally “different” venue, you can see 3 dimensional artworks and mobiles too.  Calder was influenced by Mondrian, Miro and other artists who engineered…

Mitchell McCelnaghan steers NZ to 8-run victory over Australia

World T20, 17th Match, Super 10 Group 2: Australia v New Zealand at Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala, Mar 18, 2016. New Zealand 142/8 (20/20 ov) MJ Guptill 39 off 27 balls, 2 fours, 4 sixes, GD Elliott 27 off 20 balls 3 fours, KS Williamson 24 off 20 balls 4 fours, JP Faulkner…

Baby elephant who refuses to return to forest

A five-month old baby elephant strayed away from the herd I the Achankovil forest in Kerala, South India into the village. Vinod, a local opened his front door of his house and at Kadambupura was shocked to see an elephant calf at his front door swaying his tiny trunk. Panicked Vinod, raised an alarm imagining…