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 ( 5054 )
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Cameron Bancroft Admits Ball-tampering ~ and Did Steve Smith Knew It ??
In Cricket – shortleg is a specialist position, yet it is an unwritten rule that the man donning that position would be the junior in the team or the opener ! .... Read more
Posted on 24 March 2018 SOCIETY -
Afghan Qualifies ~ Stuie Broad Takes 400; Morne Morkel 300 ..
At Auckland – England had the ignominy of being bowled out for paltry 58 – yet there was something to succor .. Stuart Broad becoming the youngest fast bowler t... Read more
Posted on 24 March 2018 SOCIETY -
Remembering Martyrs : Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar & Shivaram Rajguru
A bomb was thrown "to make the deaf hear and to give the headless a timely warning" ~ the perpetrators did not run away – but like our own Veera Vanchinathan,... Read more
Posted on 23 March 2018 SOCIETY -
Parliament Passes Payment of Gratuity (Amendment) Bill 2018
‘Gratuity’ ~ the dictionary meaning is : a tip given to a waiter, taxi driver, etc. It also means : sum of money paid to an employee at the end of a period of... Read more
Posted on 23 March 2018 SOCIETY -
Boult and Southee Skittle out England for 58 - Auckland Test
In 8 balls Dinesh Karthik’s career has changed ~ now perhaps he has more fans than ever before ! ~ Test Cricket is no slambang – no T20 this, yet .. Read more
Posted on 22 March 2018 SOCIETY -
Google Honours Woman Researcher on Radioactivity on Seawater with a Doodle
Most days begin with Google and today Google is honouring a woman scientist who did pioneering work in her field – and then inspired many more like herself to d... Read more
Posted on 22 March 2018 SOCIETY -
Human Error and Rain Intervention Sees WI Qualify !!!
Scotland were 105-4 in the 32nd over when Windies off-spinner Ashley Nurse rapped Berrington's pads and umpire Paul Wilson raised his finger after lengthy... Read more
Posted on 22 March 2018 SOCIETY -
Pitiful End to the Escaped Animals of Tbilis Zoo ~ White Tiger Shot at and Killed
The white tiger is a pigmentation variant of the Bengal tiger. Rewa was a Princely State, famous for its white tigers, the first one, nicknamed Mohan, was caugh... Read more
Posted on 21 March 2018 SOCIETY -
the Button-less Lifts of South Glasgow Univ Hospital
The South Glasgow University Hospital is one of the biggest critical care complexes in Europe. It is nicknamed the "Death Star" by locals because of its imposin... Read more
Posted on 21 March 2018 SOCIETY -
Kumbakonam Tragedy and Attempt to Make Money out of Misery
That gory incident took place on 16 July 2004 in a Middle School around 10 am when the noon meal was being prepared in the school kitchen that had a thatched... Read more
Posted on 20 March 2018 SOCIETY -
Law of Triviality ~ Difference Between Big and Small Crime !!
Punjab National Bank (PNB) was at the centre of a $1.8 billion fraud - one of the largest to be detected across the Indian banking sector. Read more
Posted on 19 March 2018 SOCIETY -
Dinesh Karthik Changes Fortune with a Great Cameo and Last Ball Sixer
Not many may be remembering that 3rd ODI against England at London in Sept 2004 which India won by 23 runs and Sourav Ganguly was the man of the match. Read more
Posted on 18 March 2018 SOCIETY -
Reading the Glory of West Indies in Cricket ~ Loses to Afghan - Nepal Gets ODI...
In social media - Anwar ali smashing Wahab riaz for a 6 but getting out too in PPL was circulated .. .. that brought in remembrances of the final of World Cup... Read more
Posted on 16 March 2018 SOCIETY -
Australia Mulls Fast-track Visas for White South African Farmers
Every heard of the Lancaster House Agreement, signed on 21 Decr 1979 ~ the agreement that covered the Independence Constitution, pre-independence arrangements... Read more
Posted on 15 March 2018 SOCIETY -
Pi Day ~ and Celebrating the Birth Day of Albert Einstein
There are days and there is today ~ 14th of March .. .. ! - have never read about Ulm, a city in the federal German state of Baden-Württemberg, situated on the... Read more
Posted on 14 March 2018 SOCIETY -
Volatile Oil Trade ~ Venezuela Mulls Oil Trade with India in Rupees
Crude oil is a naturally occurring, unrefined petroleum product composed of hydrocarbon deposits and other organic materials. A type of fossil fuel, crude oil... Read more
Posted on 13 March 2018 SOCIETY -
China Removes Term Limits Allowing Xi Jinping to Be President for Life !!
It is always a great paradox that Commies are vociferous about human rights, people power and more ~ but in the land they proclaim – such things are... Read more
Posted on 11 March 2018 SOCIETY -
Ugly Spar at Durban ~ India Beaten in Nidahas Trophy : MJ Gopalan Trophy
DSport is an Indian television channel launched by Discovery Communications India on February 6, 2017 ~ and today we watched the India – Sri Lanka match live... Read more
Posted on 06 March 2018 SOCIETY -
Fiorentina Captain Davide Astori Dies Young ~ ~ Sporting World is Dazed !!
யக்ஷ பிரஷணம் (யுதிஷ்டிரன்,... Read more
Posted on 05 March 2018 SOCIETY -
Will Pucovski Floored by a Bouncer ~ and Talks About Nov 2014 Sheffield Shiled...
Do you remember that Sheffield Shield match at Sydney, in Nov 2014 – for which the scorecard would officially read ‘Match drawn’ with South Australia at 136/2 V... Read more
Posted on 04 March 2018 SOCIETY