2015 ICC World Cup: Moeen heroics give England first points
February 23, 2015
Brief Scorecard: England 303 for 8 (Moeen 128, Bell 54, Davey 4-68) beat Scotland 184 (Coetzer 71, Finn 3-26, Moeen 2-47) by 119 runs
Moeen Ali's century was only the second by an England batsman in ODIs in New Zealand, England v Scotland, World Cup 2015, Group A, Christchurch, February 23, 2015
Formula behind best-selling smartphone apps found
February 23, 2015
With more than 1,200 apps being released daily, an Indian-origin researcher and his colleague have discovered a number of ways to determine which smartphone apps will be the most successful.
More than 1,200 apps are being released on daily basis, according to a recent research. (Reuters)
Raghuram Rajan disapproves inheritance tax idea
February 23, 2015
MUMBAI, INDIA – Strongly disapproving the idea of inheritance tax, Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan has advocated a "cultural change" which pulls the rich towards philanthropy or giving back to the society.
Why Thousands Of People Are Willing To Die On Mars
February 22, 2015
Mars One recently narrowed its pool of candidates to 100 people--many of whom we featured in the November 2014 issue (part of which exists here). We've reposted this story for your convenience.
I. Early on a Saturday morning, about 60 planetary malcontents gathered in a narrow auditorium on the campus of George Washington University. They’d come to hear about a plan to build a self-sustaining colony in space, and they hoped to be among its first settlers, leaving the rest of us to live and die on Earth.
West Bengal CM Mamata refuses responsibility over Shibaji Panja’s arrest
February 22, 2015
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday shirked off any responsibility over the arrest of entrepreneur Shibaji Panja who accompanied her during her three-day visit to Bangladesh.
2015 ICC World Cup: Jayawardene thwarts Afghanistan
February 22, 2015
Brief Scorecard: Sri Lanka 236 for 6 (Jayawardene 100, Perera 47*, Hamid 3-45) beat Afghanistan 232 (Stanikzai 54) by four wickets
Centurion Mahela Jayawardene flays the ball on the on side, Afghanistan v Sri Lanka, World Cup 2015, Group A
Out of my mind: Secular, not socialist?
February 22, 2015
NEW DELHI, INDIA: There was recently much fuss about an advertisement in which the Preamble of the Constitution was reproduced without the words “secular” and “socialist”. There is a febrile atmosphere in the country about secularism with some members of the Sangh Parivar misbehaving.
2015 ICC World Cup: Pakistan implode as West Indies grab 150-run...
February 21, 2015
Brief Scorecard: West Indies 310 for 6 (Ramdin 51, Simmons 50, Russell 42) beat Pakistan 160 (Akmal 59, Maqsood 50, Taylor 3-15, Russell 3-33) by 150 runs
Losing four wickets for just one run at the start of their chase crushed Pakistan's aspirations of chasing down 311.
Push and pull of escape and belonging lures western women into...
February 21, 2015
As the numbers of western women travelling to join Isis in Syria and Iraq have grown – recent estimates suggest there are up to 550 from around the world – so has the understanding of their motivations and what analysts term the push and pull factors behind their actions.
Oil min espionage: It’s a Rs 10,000 cr scam, claims arrested...
February 21, 2015
NEW DELHI – The oil ministry espionage scandal got murkier today when former journalist and energy consultant Shantanu Saikia, who has been arrested by the Delhi police as an accused for stealing documents from the ministry and leaking them to corporate houses, claimed that the entire episode is a Rs 10,000 crore scam and that he was merely 'doing a cover up'.
