India out of Champions Trophy 2009 – Reasons for this Failure

The start – India lost against Pakistan in the champions trophy, something that had never happened till date and this is something very serious indeed. India vs. Pakistan match is usually the most important match of any such tournament and India’s losing out is not just bad but is also a serious blow for India’s chances in the tournament. Lets see some of the reasons why India lost this crucial match.

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Champions Trophy 2009 – India vs. Australia Match

After losing to Pakistan, that is, losing against Pakistan for the first time in any ICC events, India’s champions trophy hopes took a serious blow. This India vs. Australia match of 28^th September 2009 will be a do or go back home match for India. Apparently, India has good experiences of playing a few matches and then going back in the 50 – 50 version of the ICC events.

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India Vs Pakistan – Big match of the Champions trophy

India vs Pakistan match is always the most wanted match of a series like word cup or the champion’s trophy, possibly even greater than the final of the tournament. From the Pakistan’s perspective, this match had always been a pressure event, as they have not managed to win it even once. Yes, Pakistan had never defeated India in any Icc events.

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Earthquake in various parts of India – Kolkata – West Bengal – Assam

A high magnitude earthquake was felt in the eastern Indian states like Assam, west Bengal etc. The center of the earthquake was Bhutan where it was measured 6.3 on the Richter scale. The quake happened 10kms deep and countries like Bhutan and Tibet are also hit. First quake was felt just a few hours before, at about 2:23 PM in the afternoon. Mild tremors were reported in some parts of Kolkata.

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Shashi Tharoor on Twitter – Economy Class is now Cattle Class

Shashi Tharoor is pretty successful in hitting the headlines on a consistent basis, the last one was when he stayed in a 5 star hotel for a prolonged time, and now this time, out of nowhere he has pulled up another sensational news and is now again in the headlines for the very wrong reasons. He had quoted the economic class of the airlines as the “cattle class” which is being remarked by congress as, “absolutely insensitive”.

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Article 377 – Government Leaves Gay Sex Decision on Supreme Court

Divided Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh decided not to interfere with the decision of Court and left the gay sex issue to Supreme Court, which will deal with it on October 1. Delhi High Court had earlier made the gay sex legal by lifting certain things from the article 377 that made homosexuality ok in India.

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Dearness Allowance – da for central govt employees to increase by 5 percent

Just before the festive season, dearness allowance or da of central government employees is going to be increased by 5%. The union cabinet took this decision; the da will be now 27.77 of the basic pay. The increase will be effective from 1^st July. The employees and pensioners of central government will surely have an extra reason to enjoy the upcoming festivals, however for the government though its going to cost a total of 2,903.55 crore in 09 – 10 and 4, 355.35 crore every year after that.

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Jet Airways Strike

Jet airways had sacked 2 pilots who tried to make a union in the company. Many jet airways pilots went on a strike, or on holiday as they call it, which resulted in cancellation of lots of flights and it virtually took the entire jet airways to a standstill. Jet airways, however on their part, have told all passengers can get full refunds or they can reschedule another flight on a different date.

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Bomb threat in Delhi – Safdarjang Hospital evacuated

The Delhi police station received a phone call; the anonymous call reported bomb threats in 4 high traffic and busy spots of Delhi. The Safdarjang Hospital which was immediately evacuated, the railway station and the other two reported places were – Vikas Minar, NDMC building.

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Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy Missing from Morning

Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy is reported missing from the morning. Its been 8+ hours now and still there is no information on where the CM might be. It all seems to be a mystery so far. All kinds of speculations are being made on the subject, some even doubting a terrorist activity behind the missing C.M.

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