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• Pyeongchang Weather Troubles ! ~ First Gold in Winter Olympics 2018

  

  Pyeongchang has already carved out a name with the ongoing Winter Olympics 2018. At the opening ceremony, one thousand residents of Gangwon Province entered... Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2018 SOCIETY

• Fire ~ Fire Fighting ~ Sand Buckets ~ and Usage of Atta !!! as Extinguisher

  

  A very general statement is : South Indians are fond of rice ~ North Indians – of wheat (atta). Atta is wheat flour, used to make food items like chapathi, roti... Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2018 SOCIETY

• Pyeongchang Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony ~ and Luge !!

  

  This Olympics features 102 events in 15 sports, making it the first Olympics to surpass 100 medal events. Four new disciplines in existing sports have been... Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2018 SOCIETY

• Economist Apologises for His Twitter Post - Jamaican Bobsled in Winter Olympics

  

  Dr. Damien King an expert in Debt Management and Economic modeling is in news; Head of Department of Economics at the Mona campus of the University of the West... Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2018 SOCIETY

• Pita Taufatofua, the Tongan ~from Rio Olympics to PyeongChang Winter Olympics

  

  The venue in Aug 2016 was - Maracanã Stadium, a football stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. During the Parade of Nations within the Rio de Janeiro 2016... Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2018 SOCIETY

• Be a Little Compassionate ~ is Humanity Dying !!

  

  மானுடம் மெல்ல சாகிறதா ? Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2018 SOCIETY

• Capetown Win ; CSK Bowler Retires ~ Jhulan Goswami Takes 200th ODI Wicket

  

  You may not readily recognize this man, who has announced his retirement ? For most part, the city of Chennai experiences hot weather ~ and one most sought... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2018 SOCIETY

• SpeaceX Successfully Launches Falcon Heavy ~ the Man, Elon Musk

  

  SpaceX successfully launched the Falcon Heavy on February 6, 2018, at 3:45pm EST (20:45 UTC). Through a waterfall of cascading fire and smoke, SpaceX... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2018 SOCIETY

• BCCI Website Down ~ and the Lalit Modi Connection !!

  

  Players line up before the match and do notice the copyright mark up there on the photo !!! The 2nd ODI at Centurion was a delight to Indian fans ~ the toss... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2018 SOCIETY

• Indian Spinners Floor South Africa at Cenutrion

  

  I remember this Kiwi Wicket-keeper batsman Lee Germon playing at Chepauk ! Those not following up Cricket regularly would have wondered how a player who has jus... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2018 SOCIETY

• What's in a Name ? Greek Protests to the Name Macedonia by the Country

  

  Macedonia, a landlocked country, officially the Republic of Macedonia a country in the Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe is in news. Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2018 SOCIETY

• Russia Celebrates 75th Anniversary of Battle of Stalingrad

  

  This is Russian president Vladimir Putin posing with women dressed in historic Red Army uniforms ~ it is very significant, though we may not understand it... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2018 SOCIETY

• Manjot Kalra's Unbeaten Ton Ensures India Winning U19 WC 2018

  

  There was the short rain delay which perhaps was the only threat !! ~ Most of the Indian fans were hooked to the TV screens since morning and it was happier... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2018 SOCIETY

• ~ the Madras Mail - the Erstwhile Eveninger from Madras Mount Road !!

  

  Yesterday, I had posted on the launch of a new English Newspaper 'DT Next' – by the popular Tamil daily Dinathanthi group. Presently, we have The Hindu, Indian... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2018 SOCIETY

• Why Vanity Bags Command Such a High Price ?!?!?!?

  

  American crocodiles (Crocodylus acutus) are well-armoured with tough, scaly skin. They are gray-green or olive-green with long, slender snouts, which distinguis... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2018 SOCIETY

• Frozen Foods Giant Bird's Eye to Amend Cold Advertisement

  

  Decades ago, we used to see players using bats like Slazenger, G M, Grey Nicholls, SG, SS, BDM and the like….. now you see bats without brand name explicit but... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2018 SOCIETY

• Super Blue Blood Moon Today ! ~ Its Significance !!

  

  Today 31st Jan 2018 is a significant day ~ it is Thaipoosam – also Pournami .. .. religiously significant. On this day at Thiruvallikkeni divyadesam, there... Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2018 SOCIETY

• Volkswagen Cruel Test on Monkeys !!

  

  Identical long-tailed macaques Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua were born several weeks ago at a laboratory in China. Scientists say populations of monkeys that are... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2018 SOCIETY

• India Pak Encounter at Christchurch - Shubman Gill Century; Ishant Porel 4/ .. ??

  

  This morning as I watched the TV relay, it was a comedy of errors – 49.5 Muhammad Musa to Porel, 1 run – that was very crucial – penultimate ball – No. Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2018 SOCIETY

• India Beats South Africa at Wanderers !

  

  Test Cricket is at its charming best ~ a team doomed to loose 3-0 – finished victorious on day 4 reminding me of that 4th day – 28th Jan 1976 at Auckland ! Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2018 SOCIETY