Sampathkumar Sampath

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• 500th Test ~ (in)experience of Selectors .. !!

  

  Jan 2000 ~ Test no. 1481 – Australia beat India by an innings and 141 runs – VVS Laxman scored a brilliant 167 – do you know or remember who were the Indian... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2016 SOCIETY

• Porsche Accident Kills One in Chennai ~ and Its Aftermath !

  

  Auto rickshaws are wonders on road ~ they can manoeuvre unimaginably – seemingly fly, criss-cross, could get into a gap where there in none – would ask the sky... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2016 SOCIETY

• India's 500th Test at Kanpur ~ Some History and Q on 1st Test and 1st Victory !!

  

  Decades ago, on 25th June (yes, the same day when Kapil won WC 1983) in Test no. 219, India debuted at Lords – the first Cricket test between India and England. Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2016 SOCIETY

• Paralympic Rio 2016 Closes ~ Iranian Cyclist Dies in an Accident !

  

  How do you react when denied a chance ? – Organise one is the answer – Tamil Nadu Premier League ended yesterday night – more on that in a later post ! Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2016 SOCIETY

• Phil Simmons Sacked ~ India Prepares to Play 500th Test at Kanpur

  

  For long – connoisseurs had the pleasure of seeing Pongal Tests at Chepauk – pitch for sure would assist spinners and surer still were the results. The famous... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2016 SOCIETY

• Google Doodle Celebrates 107th Birth Anniversary of New Zealander Aviator

  

  Today’s post is also inspired by Google doodle of the day – celebrating 107th birth anniversary of a New Zealander woman … as we read, we admire her ! Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2016 SOCIETY

• 1500M Top 4 Finishers in Rio Paralympics 2016 out Run Rio Olympian Gold...

  

  Singapore's first-ever double gold Paralympian shared an emotional photo of herself celebrating with a veteran team mate who had just won her first medal after... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2016 SOCIETY

• Latvian FM Dana Reizniece Upsets World No.1 ~ Chess Olympiad at Baku

  

  Migrants who had been sent to Latvia from Germany under the European Union (EU) redistribution policy have moved back to Germany almost as soon as they reached... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2016 SOCIETY

• Uttar Pradesh Police Chief Takes on Taser Gun Shot !

  

  Many would have read the newsitem on Taser in Uttar Pradesh … ! A Taser or conducted electrical weapon (CEW) is an electroshock weapon sold by Taser... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2016 SOCIETY

• Cleaning of DMRC Trains ~ Green Tribunal Pulls up Delhi Jal Board

  

  How often do you travel by train ? ~ do you travel by Electric / suburban trains ?? – the wishlist would be ‘timely running’ of trains and neat maintenance of... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2016 SOCIETY

• Truck from Dhaka Traverses 1850 Kms Through Border and Indian States to Delhi -...

  

  In the 18th century, it was a flourishing town and an important grain market of Delhi, where wholesale grain merchants stayed and large enclosures were built... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2016 SOCIETY

• Shri Narendra Modiji in Hangzhou; Presented with Chinese Translations of...

  

  Hangzhou, is in news. It is the capital and most populous city of Zhejiang Province in east China. It is the place where Asian games are to be conducted in 2022... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2016 SOCIETY

• Silver & Gold Medalists of London Olympics (60 Kg Freestyle Wresting) Test...

  

  Azerbaijan is a republic in the Transcaucasian region, situated at the crossroads of Southwest Asia and Southeastern Europe, bounded by Caspian Sea, Russia,... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2016 SOCIETY

• Teacher's Day : Hindu High School / Samarao School and Remembering Patriot VO...

  

  Of the four mada veethis of Thiruvallikkeni, the farthest is Singarachari Street – one could not miss this old building opp to Punjab National Bank ~ a school, ... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2016 SOCIETY

• Monsoon Coming, is Chennai Ready ? : Anakaputhur .. SYMA Relief Work ..

  

  Anakaputhur is a suburb of Chennai ~ nearer Pallavaram, Thiruneermalai. The Maduravoyal by-pass runs over it. Anakaputhur lies a little beyond the... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2016 SOCIETY

• CiCi Bellis Dream Run at US Open ~ Stanford Univ Connection !!

  

  All parents worry about the future of their kids and insist that they devote more time on studies, and stay away from sports ! Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2016 SOCIETY

• Councillor Snake Babu Sprays Polydol ... Naled Kills Millions of Bees in South...

  

  Originally from Africa, Zika spread to Asia and was first registered in Brazil in the middle of last year, believed to have been brought to the country by... Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2016 SOCIETY

• Dussera at Mysore ~ Insurance for Elephants

  

  Elephants are very attractive – more so in the wild than in captivity .. sadly its population is plummeting in recent years. Organisations are crying hoarse tha... Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2016 SOCIETY

• KLM Airlines Transports Special Cargo ~ T Reg

  

  How often do you fly ? ~ how many baggage do you carry ? and what else ! Air France–KLM incorporated under French law has its headquarters at Charles de Gaulle... Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2016 SOCIETY

• Lightning Kills More Than 300 Reindeers in Norway

  

  The reindeer (Rangifer tarandus), also known as caribou in North America, is a species of deer, native to Arctic, Subarctic, tundra, boreal and mountainous... Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2016 SOCIETY