Sampathkumar Sampath

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• This Day 100 Years Ago ! ~ Unveiling of Cenotaph for Unknown Warrior

  

  This morning’s (11.11.2020) ‘eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month’ will mark exactly 100 years since King George V unveiled a new national... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2020 SOCIETY

• Chennai Solid Waste Management - Will Urbaser Keep the Metropolis Clean ?

  

  This morning Triplicane was abuzz ! ~ some new vehicles – people clad in new uniforms and a sense of vibrancy ! .. .. .. Life in 1980s and in 2020s – certainly... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2020 SOCIETY

• Hope Soars for the Globe as - Pfizer and BioNTech Claims Their Jab is 90%...

  

  The coronavirus has hit another sobering milestone: more than 50 million positive cases worldwide since the pandemic began. Johns Hopkins University’s... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2020 SOCIETY

• Ease of Booking a Gas Cylinder ... .. All Important Change in Telephone Number

  

  Corona and lockdown has changed lives of many people ~ now many Gents who had hitherto had never lit their stove, do some cooking, cleaning of vegetables,... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2020 SOCIETY

• 17000000 Minks to Be Culled in Denmark Alone ! ... Cruelty of Mankind !!

  

  Deepavali, the festival of lights is a week away ! ~ come Hindu festivals, we have a whole range of Naturalists, environmentalists, pollutionists! Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2020 SOCIETY

• Fighting Pandemic ~ Mere Statistics May Not Offer Solace !

  

  Active numbers in Chennai city @ 6017 and at Teynampet containing Triplicane 330 – would that make people feel comfortable. Statistics can be baffling ! Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2020 SOCIETY

• India (ISRO) Successfully Launches EOS-01 Satellite + 9 Customer Satellites

  

  Another proud day for the Nation.. .. Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) successfully launched EOS-01, an earth observation satellite, into space, earnin... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2020 SOCIETY

• Cricket in the Desert ~ Eliminator at Abu Dhabi

  

  In their first meeting on Sept 21, 2020 – RCB beat SRH .. .. and something happened. Mitchell Marsh bowled just 4 balls was injured, came out to bat and was... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2020 SOCIETY

• Mumbai Indians Walk into Finals of IPL 2020

  

  The pocket dynamo Ishan Pranav Kumar Pandey Kishan hailing from Patna, hit Nortje for a 6 to reach his 50 off the last ball and set a target above 200 in... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2020 SOCIETY

• Remembering the Sacrifice and Fighting Spirit of “Vasudev Balwant Phadke”

  

  British who came as traders, conquered our motherland and ruled it for centuries~ they were so clever and cunning that they wiped out our National identity,... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2020 SOCIETY

• States Withdrawing General Consent to CBI - Smacks of Politics and Fear !!

  

  Deputy Superintendent Sethurama Iyer CBI is a brilliant Investigative officer of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the Indian equivalent of the... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2020 SOCIETY

• Covid 19 Statistics from Indian States - Biased Views !!!

  

  How biased are WE ! .. .. in this World of Social media, every second, we find posts, tweets, and memes which smack of partisan attitude !! ~ not a Cricket... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2020 SOCIETY

• Indian Twitter Handles - Impacting US Elections !!!

  

  Do you think US elections stimulate lot of interest in all parts of India ! ~ and more, do you ever imagine that Indian response can have some impact on the... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2020 SOCIETY

• Ever Heard of This War in Australia - This Day 88 Years Ago !!

  

  How good were you as a student of History in Schools ~ WE read more about Battle of Plassey and Battles at Panipat ! – have never heard of this ‘war’ conducted... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2020 SOCIETY

• Oranges ~ Egypt Becomes Top Exporter in Terms of Volumes !

  

  Egyptian authorities executed 15 men convicted for alleged involvement in three cases of political violence as well as 2 women and 32 men convicted in criminal... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2020 SOCIETY

• Wing Commander Abhinandan Release ~ Pak Army Chief's Legs Were Shaking !!

  

  It lasted only 14 days ~ in the battle of Padma, nearer Jessore, Squadron leader Kumar gets ejected from his fighter aircraft and lands in an area, with full... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2020 SOCIETY

• Remembering Sardar Vallabhai Patel ~ the Iron Man of India

  

  Away from IPL - Test no. 483 played at Kanpur in Dec 1959 was significant ! The Sardar Sarovar project was a vision of the first deputy prime minister of... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2020 SOCIETY

• Pakistan National Assembly Resolves to Recall (non-existent) Envoy from France

  

  I remember that Pongal Test in 1980 at Chepauk when Pak toured India. In that Series, the star Batsman Zaheer Abbas failed miserably, getting out to mild Roger... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2020 SOCIETY

• Phenomenon Called Chris Gayle - Hits 1000 Sixers in T20 and Decision to Keep...

  

  Following the controversy surrounding the BCCI and Lalit Modi in 2010, the Indian Premier League announced on in Oct 2010 that it had terminated the franchise... Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2020 SOCIETY

• Sad Saga of Looting ! ~ Nigeria is a Tinderbox of Deep Social and Economic...

  

  A Nation is represented by its people, rulers and its culture !! Civilization may not be about development but should be more about the culture and development... Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2020 SOCIETY