Sampathkumar Sampath
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Sampspeak - the thoughts of an Insurer
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a Blog on Insurance especially Marine Insurance, Sports and Current Affairs
LATEST ARTICLES ( 5049 )
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Nail-baiter at Hamilton .. .. is DK to Be Blamed for That Refusal !!
Indian tour down under to Australia and New Zealand is over – Men in Blue and their supporters are feeling confident and happy after the good show. Read more
Posted on 11 February 2019 SOCIETY -
India Beats NZ in 2nd T20 - Kuggeleijn in News !!
Scott Kuggeleijn contributed 20 runs from seven balls in the Black Caps' record 80-run win on Wednesday, but struggled with the ball, conceding 34 runs from... Read more
Posted on 08 February 2019 SOCIETY -
Google Adds New Safety Feature ~ 'password Checkup'
Every morning, upon getting up, before coffee, many search their mobiles, check their WA messages, FB posts, friend requests, Instagram photos, and check some... Read more
Posted on 07 February 2019 SOCIETY -
Tim Seifert Takes Wind out of Indian Sails !
India has not done well in New Zealand, especially in T20s and the woes added up today with a worst defeat ! I had just posted on Sri Lankan injuries –... Read more
Posted on 06 February 2019 SOCIETY -
Why Australian Open Finals Was a Great Achievement for Petra Kvitova !!
Champions are made of sterner stuff !! Tennis fans enjoyed 2019 Australian Open which was 107th edition of the tournament. The tournament is run by the... Read more
Posted on 05 February 2019 SOCIETY -
Sri Lanka Injuries at Canberra .. .. .. and at WC 1975 !
It was 1975 – Prudential world Cup – the first ever limited Over tournament for men.. Sri Lanka and East Africa were the new entrants. Read more
Posted on 05 February 2019 SOCIETY -
Sinfield Faces Lawsuit Over Sale of Vintage 1958 Porsche
How long could some action return to haunt ? Back in 2016, Jerry Seinfeld decided to sell part of his Porsche collection at Gooding Company's Amelia Island... Read more
Posted on 05 February 2019 SOCIETY -
How to Register Your Vehicle, Rather How to Get a Fancy Number ??
The other day saw a ‘Porsche’ car on busy Mount road .. ! - worth crore or more !! Porsche India is a division of Volkswagen Group Sales India Private Limited,... Read more
Posted on 05 February 2019 SOCIETY -
Indian Freedom Struggle History ! ~ Indian Soldiers in France in 1914 !!
Midnight of 15th Aug 1947, India obtained freedom – Jawaharlal Nehru became the first Prime Minister of the Nation (India in fact became a dominion, a... Read more
Posted on 04 February 2019 SOCIETY -
Hardik Pandya Blitzkrieg ~ India Wins ODI Series 4 - 1 .. !!
Madras’s Mount road was richly associated with theatres and one among them was Wellington, which reportedly opened in 1918 and stood at the junction of Mount... Read more
Posted on 03 February 2019 SOCIETY -
Will Chinnathambi Be Captured ! ~ Will It Be Turned to a 'kumki' ??
A day after Chinna Thambi’s 30-km trek to Kottur from Anamalai Tiger Reserve (ATR), he surprised the residents of Deepalapatti village in Udumalai block by... Read more
Posted on 03 February 2019 SOCIETY -
Tim Paine's Strategy for Toss ~ Will Pucovski Released
On 4th Mar 2018 I had posted on this batsman .. .. about the injury sustained by Victorian batsman Will Pucovski in a Sheffield Shield match against New South... Read more
Posted on 01 February 2019 SOCIETY -
Swachh Bharat .. ..National Cleaning Day Initiative in Sierra Leone
A new campaign introduced by the country's president, has called on people to get out on the streets and clean in order to improve everyone's hygiene. Cleaning... Read more
Posted on 01 February 2019 SOCIETY -
Shubhman Gill Debuts ! ~ Stunner of Hardik Pandya Was Blindfold Technique !!
1983 India’s tour to WI there were surprises – Kapil Dev was the Captain, Anshuman Gaekwad and Srinivasan Venkatraghavan recalled for their experiences for the... Read more
Posted on 31 January 2019 SOCIETY -
Intolerance; Baroda Dynamite Case .. .. Coke and More
Ever heard of ‘Baroda dynamite case’ > ? A decade or so ago, - the ad campaign 'Thanda matlab Coca-Cola' made the almost universal rural word for soft... Read more
Posted on 30 January 2019 SOCIETY -
Intolerance ! ~ Not a Whimper When Kerala Transfers Police Officer !!
Intolerance and conspiracy theories have haunted the margins of France’s ‘‘yellow vest’’ movement since the first protests over fuel taxes roused the... Read more
Posted on 30 January 2019 SOCIETY -
Workmen Compensation ~ What Constitutes Working Hours ! - Apex Court
Every industry, every entrepreneurial activity requires labour – and people are employed in various capacities of manual labour – there is employment – while... Read more
Posted on 28 January 2019 SOCIETY -
Alderman ~ Workman Compensation - Notional Extention !!
An ‘Alderman’ ~ is a member of a municipal assembly or council in many jurisdictions founded upon English law. The term may be titular, denoting a high-ranking... Read more
Posted on 28 January 2019 SOCIETY -
Persimmons Fruit ......... and Phil Simmons
What fruits do you buy / eat often ? – earlier it was bananas, oranges, mangoes, sapota, grapes, guava, water melon, papaya ~ from Super markets, we started... Read more
Posted on 28 January 2019 SOCIETY -
Sun (outage) Stops Play at Napier One Dayer
For the NZ tour Jasprit Bumrah was rested .. .. and India captain Virat Kohli will not play the last two ODIs of the New Zealand series, and the T20s that... Read more
Posted on 24 January 2019 SOCIETY