Dec 31,
Most of cricketers around the world has expressed surprise on the way
MSD has resign, many called it an end of Dhoni cloud in BCCI.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni, abbreviated MSD, who scored big name in Indian
cricket and is famous for his enforced decisions and opinions to many
out of ethical context.His stellar confidence, iconic team mates at his
disposal and his naive, cricketing batting limited technique helped him
to take chances to win laurels for Team Dhoni.
Lately as team talent slipped so MSD fell into his own trap. A man
responsible for injecting his own team members finally get from
Harbhajan Singh, Yuvraj Singh, Mohammad Kaif the good wish to bring him
luck ahead of his career.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni surprised cricketing world with his sudden
announcement of retirement from Test cricket. Cricketers from across the
world reacted with surprise and lavished praise on Dhoni’s decision to
call it quit from the longer format. Teammates, friends and critics
poured their hearts out on social media praising his decision.
Expressing views on Twitter, retired batting legend, Sachin Tendulkar,
also a long-time teammate, congratulated him on his Test career and
encouraged Dhoni to retain 2015 World Cup. In a Tweet former Indian
Cricket team Test captain Anil Kumble boasted his test career and said
well done to retire as a captain. will miss unique persona like M S
Dhoni.
का क्रिकेट को योगदान आदरयोग्य है। वह सम्मानित खिलाड़ी हैं और लाखों खेल
प्रेमियों को प्रेरित करते हैं: सर्बानंद सोनोवाल, खेल मंत्री
Greece’s parliament was dissolved Wednesday ahead of an early
election, AFP reported, and the vote scheduled for January 25. The date
was earlier announced Monday by Prime Minister Antonis Samaras. The new
parliament will reconvene on February 5
Flash floods and mudslides have killed at least 53 people in the
central and southern Philippines, Reuters reported. Tropical storm
Jangmi prompted the evacuation of more than 86,000 people in Surigao del
Sur, Bohol and Cebu provinces before weakening into a tropical
depression, the national disaster agency said on Wednesday. Days of
heavy rains have also hit neighboring Southeast Asian countries.
US airstrike kills senior militant leader in Somalia
A leader of al-Qaeda linked militant group Al-Shabaab was killed in
a US airstrike, Somalia’s National Intelligence and Security Agency
said Tuesday. “With the help of the Somali national security and
intelligence agency and its US counterpart, an Al-Shabaab leader was
killed last night,” the agency said in a statement. On Monday, the
Pentagon confirmed it had launched an airstrike, targeting an
unidentified leader of the Islamist group in Saakow, some 330 kilometers
west of Mogadishu. The militants have been attempting to overthrow
western-backed Somalian government. In September, the US killed the
group’s top leader, Ahmed Godane, in an airstrike.
The US and its allies conducted 15 airstrikes against Islamic State
militants in Syria and Iraq on Tuesday, Reuters reported. Several units
of fighters and buildings were hit, the US-led Combined Joint Task
Force said. Seven strikes hit in Syria and eight in Iraq.
Moscow will not leave unfriendly steps without response, the
Russian Foreign Ministry said in a comment on the expansion of US
sanctions. The ministry’s spokesman, Aleksandr Lukashevich, described
the inclusion of four Russian officials on the Magnitsky list as
“politically motivated.” He also criticized as “groundless” restrictions
imposed on Russian companies based on the US law on sanctions against
Iran and Syria. The US actions question the “perspectives of bilateral cooperation in solving many acute international problems,” he said
Suicide car bomber rams Libya parliament HQ
A suicide car bomber has rammed his vehicle into the outer gate of
the headquarters of the Libyan parliament, AP reported. No one was
killed in the attack in the eastern city of Tobruk, according to
parliamentarian Abu Bakr Baeira. The assembly has been forced to convene
in the city since Islamist-allied militias seized the capital, Tripoli,
over the summer and revived a rival government. No one has claimed
responsibility for the bombing.
Syria govt, opposition may hold talks in Moscow on January 27-29
Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad has said that the Syrian
government may hold talks with opposition representatives in Moscow on
January 27-29, RIA Novosti reported. Russia has already made contacts
regarding the talks, he told Kyodo news agency. It is reported that
representatives of Syrian opposition groups will meet with Russian
public figures in Moscow on January 27. The meeting may be followed by
negotiations between the opposition and Syrian government officials on
January 27-29.
Flash floods and landslides triggered by Tropical Storm Jangmi left
at least 29 people dead and 10 missing in the Philippines, AP quoted
officials as saying Tuesday. Jangmi, packing winds of 65 kilometers an
hour and gusts of 80 kilometers an hour, dumped heavy rains Monday on
southern Mindanao Island, sending thousands of residents to evacuation
centers. The storm then pushed its way through eastern and central
islands of the Philippines, where most of the deaths occurred Tuesday.
As of Tuesday afternoon, the eye of the storm was 108 kilometers
southwest of central Iloilo City, moving west at 19 kilometers an hour
toward the western Palawan Island.
Malaysia’s worst flooding in a decade has forced nearly a quarter
of a million people from their homes, Reuters quoted officials as saying
on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the government came under fire for its perceived
slow response. “Exceptionally high” water levels had cut off rescuers
from relief centers as the death toll rose to 21 across the northeast,
according to the National Security Council. Fifteen people have been
killed in neighboring southern Thailand.
