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Former India pacer VRV Singh brings curtains down on incomplete career

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VRV Singh, the Indian pacer who recently played five test matches in 2006-07. has declared his retirement after a career persistently hampered by injury. The India pacer played two ODI matches for India also five tests as part of a new-look Indian pace attack. The bowler was able to take eight wicked in five tests however not take in the ODI format . “I kept trying to make a comeback, but if it was not my ankle, it was my back. You cannot fool around with your body. I had surgeries, rehab … After 2014, I did not play at all for a few years, but I trained and tried to play in 2018. But I could not make it, so I started thinking about the future,” ESPN Cricinfo quoted Singh as saying. “It is not an overnight decision, but once I could not get fit for the 2018-19 season, I thought it made sense to leave. Yuvi ( Yuvraj Singh ) encouraged me a lot, the PCA (Cricket Association” Punjab Cricket Association) also backed me, and I gave it my best. But, unfortunately, it didn’t hap...

US: Failure to designate JeM chief runs counter to goal of regional stability, peace

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The United States has stated that the disappointment to designate Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Masood Azhar as an international terrorist “runs counter” to Washington and China’s goal of local stability and peace. “As UN Sanctions Committee deliberations are confidential, we don’t comment on specific matters, but we will continue working with the Sanctions Committee to ensure that the designations list is updated and accurate,” said a US Embassy spokesperson here on Thursday. "With respect to China, the United States and China share a mutual interest in achieving regional stability and peace, and a failure to designate Azhar runs counter to this goal,” the spokesperson further said. US’ observation comes tight on the heels of China, in the United Nations Security Council, cutting off the proposal of France, United States, and the UK to settle dreaded terrorist Masood Azhar on the UN terror blacklist. Also Read:  Emotional: Pulwama martyr’s last video to wife fro...

10 Countries Where Government Request Their Citizens To Make Love

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"Countries Where Government Request Their Citizens To Make Love" - This may seem to you funny and stupid, but do you know that there are countries where the government urges their people to have more lovemaking? Have a look at Sex-hungry nations . Some things are more important than fertility in determining the future life of a nation. Demographers suggest that in order to have ‘replacement fertility”, a country needs a fertility rate of just over two children per woman. The rate at which new births is taking the place of deaths. But due to some cultural and economic forces, only half of the world's 224 countries presently strike replacement fertility. People, who don’t, they encourage people their citizens to have fornication? Encouraging people to have sexual intercourse may include strategies that start from highly specific to something known as weird. 1. Romania Via: asiawebdirect.com There was a dangerous time for couples in Romania back in the 196...

Unique-Shaped Spider Named After Hogwarts Sorting Hat in Harry Potter

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A new discovery, Eriovixia gryffindori. In a forest of the Southern part of India, Karnataka, a team of researchers observed a particularly strange-looking spider found in a shrub which is about 4 feet (1.2 m) off the ground. Credit: thescienceexplorer.com Also Read: BIZARRE BUILDINGS AROUND THE WORLD In a new study, the author details the creature’s greyish-brown colorful body, which was seen with dark brown dots, and sprayed or covered with white and light yellow hairs fused with the surrounding greenness. Perhaps the most striking thing is unique body shape of the spider as it looks like a crooked witch hat. According to the research, it was said that other creatures of the forest might mistake the spider understanding or recognize it as a dried up leaf, the While other forest creatures may make spider mistake for spicy dried leaves, the arachnologists (one who is engaged in arachnology, the study of spiders), who also grew up as huge admirer for Harry Potter...

BCCI demands for rescheduling of India-Pakistan Game, Slams “Mindless” Asia Cup Fixture

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Cricket fans around the world wait for arch-rivals, India-Pakistan as they will lock horns in the upcoming Asia Cup on September 19 and the BCCI is in mere surprise by the scheduling of undoubtedly the biggest game of 2018. On Tuesday, as per the scheduled released, India has to play against a qualifier much on the day before the encounter against Pakistan, a decision the Indian board has described as “mindless.” As per a senior BCCI official told to CricketNext, “The scheduling is mindless.” Mind appears to have gone zero. How can you accept the sequence of events where India will be playing back to back as today and tomorrow it will have to face its rival Pakistan, which will be the rest of the two days? Via: indiatvnews.com He further added, This is unacceptable and has to be revisited. Maybe for the organizers, it is just a money-spinning game but for us, it is important that there be equity in scheduling.” Pakistan is scheduled to have a match against the qualifiers o...