With India going down 4-0 at the hands of Australia and suffering their second successive whitewash abroad, it is assumed that a few of the big name cricketers such as Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman might call it a day in their careers sooner rather later. However, Sachin Tendulkar will definitely not even think of […]
Jan 28 2012 | Posted in
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The Indian team are about to complete first part of their Australian tour as they will go into the third day tomorrow with the Aussies already leading by a huge 382 runs. The Kangaroos have seven wickets remaining their bag and are certain to exploit the Indian bowling during early hours of Friday before declaring […]
Jan 26 2012 | Posted in
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Tillakaratne Dilshan steps down from Sri Lanka’s captaincy; Mahela Jayawardene takes over Tillakaratne Dilshan has stepped down from captaincy of the Sri Lankan team following a Test and One Day International (ODI) series loss against South Africa. "Dilshan has resigned as Captain in all three formats of the game," a Sri Lanka Cricket release stated. […]
Jan 23 2012 | Posted in
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Adelaide will host the fourth and the last test of the Australia-India test series with the Indians trailing by a comprehensive 3-0 margin. The Men in Blue can definitely not stage a comeback and level or draw the series, but there will be everything to play for pride under the captaincy of Virendar Sehwag. Yes, […]
Jan 23 2012 | Posted in
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Angelo Mathews wants his batsmen to improve against South Africa Sri Lanka’s all-rounder Angelo Mathews believes his side needs to cross the ‘250’ mark in order to challenge the strong South African side, which has won the opening two One Day Internationals (ODIs) of the five-match series convincingly. South Africa are hosting a complete series […]
Jan 16 2012 | Posted in
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The 1996 ICC World Cup champions are currently going through a lean patch, and hardly getting to win matches under the captaincy of Tillakaratne Dilshan. First it was Pakistan who ate them badly in the Middle East and currently it is South Africa who are tearing them apart in their own back yard. Not to […]
Jan 16 2012 | Posted in
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JP Duminy guides South Africa to a five-wicket win over Sri Lanka South Africa beat Sri Lanka by five wickets in the second One Day International (ODI) of the five match series at the Buffalo Park, East London in South Africa on Saturday, January 14, 2012. The hosts have now taken a lead of 2-0 in […]
Jan 14 2012 | Posted in
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He was expected to hold a calm head on his shoulders, As the Indians landed for the Thunder Down Under It all started with the toss in Melbourne, Michael Clarke won and decided to make runs Debutant Cowan and experienced Ponting, Made the task for Indians daunting India responded with two eighty […]
Jan 13 2012 | Posted in
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Corporate sector is the main source of income for any country and South Asian sector is not an exception. However, in the past one decade or so, this sector has incurred severe damages because of the negligence from their national governments and the worst case is Pakistan. World Bank’s chief economist for South Asia region […]
Jan 13 2012 | Posted in
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The audience however, raised the objection on Ms. Kochhar’s manifesto of “moving away from protecting jobs to protecting workers”. The audience objected that the World Bank should refrain from the propagation of the dogma that labour laws are restricting job creations. The protection of the labour at work and off the pitch is a mandatory […]
Jan 13 2012 | Posted in
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Applying conflict sensitivity in emergency response, current practices and way forward: seminar on Monday CARE International Pakistan Office in collaboration with Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI), Islamabad, is launching a research study titled ‘Applying conflict sensitivity in emergency response: current practices and way forward’. The study is the culmination of six months work, which involved field […]
Jan 12 2012 | Posted in
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The Lahore born hard hitting all-rounder has recently been a regular member of the Pakistan Cricket team. However, the Paki hasn’t been as effective as he used to be during his prime days. The reason being is that the all-rounder comes too far down the order in the line-up when there are hardly two or […]
Jan 12 2012 | Posted in
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