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  Indian athletes continue to shine in Asian Games . In Hockey , India  hammered Pakistan by 10-2 in a surprisingly one sided contest while in Table Tennis the India pair won Gold by beating Wirld champions China in a sensational result . Whatever the game, an India-Pakistan match means excitement.  It is a match of honor for the supporters of both countries.  But watching the India-Pakistan clash at the Asian Games on Saturday, it was not clear whether it was a competitive match or an exhibition match.  India was scoring one goal after another.  In the end, they scored ten goals.  Pakistan lost 10-2.  Far from the Asian Games, no hockey match between India and Pakistan had  so many goals before.  Saturday's match thus created new history.  Along with this win, India advanced to the semi-finals of the Asian Games Hockey.  A few days ago, Pakistan came to play the Asian Champions Trophy in India.  They didn't play so bad there either.  India did not let Pakistan stand on this da

  The Covid  pandemic  had shaken everyone.  During this period, lakhs of people lost their lives across the world or became jobless .  With great difficulty, people's lives had come back on track.  The warning about the Disease X pandemic comes at a time when the world is on high alert for a new wave of COVID-19 infections, as the highly transmissible BA.2.86 variant continues to spread rapidly in the United States and Britain. This variant is more dangerous than all other parent variants of COVID-19 due to its high number of mutations in the spike protein, and healthcare workers are already concerned about the rising threat.  And now a new dangerous desease has got worried  everyone afresh .  These days a disease named Disease X is in discussion.  Although this disease has not been detected yet, the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared it as a Disease  It is being said that this disease can prove to be the next pandemic, which will be more dangerous than COVID-19 and cror

  Indian squash team and Rohan Bopanna were the shining lights in Hangzlou Asian Games 2022 on day 7  India defeated Pakistan in the men's team squash final at the Asian Games to win gold.  Sourav Ghoshal & team won the gold medal match by 2-1.  At the same time, the Indian team took sweet revenge for the loss in the group stage.  India's Mahesh Mangaonkar lost 0-3 set to Pakistan's Iqbal Nasir in the first match.  Sourav brought India level by winning the second match, which he won 3-0 against Pakistan's Asim Mohammad Khan.  India's Abhay Singh and Pakistan's Noor Zaman faced off in the third match at 1-1.  Mangaonkar lost the first match by 8-11, 3-11, 2-11.  The first set was a fierce battle between the two opponents.  The first set was tense again and again.  The two players accused each other of obstruction several times.  After a tense first set, Nasir won the second and third sets one-sidedly.  Sourav brought India back to level when trailing 0-1.  He

  The All Blacks have taken a significant step towards a potential quarterfinal showdown vs heavyweights Ireland after their blitz past Italy 96-17 at the Rugby World Cup. The All Blacks silenced their doubters with a clinical display on Friday night. Halfback Aaron Smith stole the show with a first-half hat-trick, and  backrower Ardie Savea added a pair of tries to the score as New Zealand ran away with a dominant half-time lead. When referee blew his whistle for half-time , the contest already appeared over as the Kiwis looked firmly in control . The opening minute was quite incredible. Both teams showed signs of promise, but the All Blacks emerged the better of the two sides in the battle for territory. Italy did convert a 9th minute penalty but from their it was all  New Zealand  in the first half with their incredible display . Tries to Smith, Mark Telea, Ardie Savea and another two from Smith saw the All Blacks race out to a commanding 42-3 lead with six minutes to play in the fi

  Tres leches cake is a popular Latin American dessert known for its rich and moist texture. The name "Tres leches" translates to "three milks" in Spanish, referring to the three types of milk used to soak the cake. Here's a simplified preparation: Ingredients : For the Cake: - 1 cup all-purpose flour - 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder - 1/4 teaspoon salt - 4 large eggs, room temperature - 1 cup granulated sugar - 1 teaspoon vanilla extract For the Three Milks Mixture: - 1 can (14 ounces) sweetened condensed milk - 1 can (12 ounces) evaporated milk - 1 cup whole milk For the Topping: - 2 cups whipped cream - 2 tablespoons powdered sugar - 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Instructions : 1. Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease and flour a 9x13-inch baking dish. 2. In a mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt. 3. In another bowl, beat the eggs and granulated sugar together until light and fluffy. This can take about 3-5 minutes. 4. Stir in the v

  Mofongo is a popular Puerto Rican dish made from fried green plantains (or sometimes yams or cassava) mashed with garlic, olive oil, and pork cracklings (chicharrón). Here's how it's prepared: Ingredients : 1. Green plantains (usually 2-4, depending on the serving size) 2. Garlic cloves (2-4, to taste) 3. Olive oil (2-4 tablespoons) 4. Pork cracklings (chicharrón) or bacon bits (optional) 5. Salt and pepper to taste Instructions : 1. Peel and cut the green plantains into 1-inch slices. 2. Heat a generous amount of oil in a deep frying pan over medium-high heat. 3. Fry the plantain slices until they are golden brown and crispy on the outside, which typically takes about 3-5 minutes per side. 4. Remove the fried plantains from the oil and place them on paper towels to drain excess oil. 5. In a mortar and pestle or a wooden pilón (traditional mofongo mashing tool), add the garlic cloves and a pinch of salt. Crush the garlic into a paste. 6. Gradually add the fried plantains to t

  Puerto Rico offers a diverse range of attractions and destinations to explore. Here are some of the best places to visit in detail: 1. **Old San Juan**: This historic city center is known for its colorful colonial buildings, cobblestone streets, and El Morro and San Cristobal forts. It's a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a great place to immerse yourself in the island's rich history and culture. 2. **El Yunque National Forest**: As the only tropical rainforest in the U.S. National Forest System, El Yunque is a lush paradise filled with waterfalls, hiking trails, and unique flora and fauna. Don't miss La Mina Falls and the Yokahu Observation Tower. 3. **Culebra and Vieques**: These two smaller islands off the eastern coast of Puerto Rico are famous for their stunning beaches, crystal-clear waters, and bioluminescent bays. Flamenco Beach in Culebra is often considered one of the most beautiful in the world. 4. **Ponce**: Known as the "Pearl of the South," Ponce off

  Magic Johnson, whose full name is Earvin "Magic" Johnson Jr., is a retired American professional basketball player and one of the greatest point guards in NBA history. Here's an overview of his career in detail: Early Life:    - Magic Johnson was born on August 14, 1959, in Lansing, Michigan, USA.    - He played college basketball for the Michigan State Spartans, leading them to an NCAA championship in 1979. NBA Career:    - Magic Johnson was selected by the Los Angeles Lakers as the first overall pick in the 1979 NBA Draft.    - He quickly made an impact in the league, earning NBA Rookie of the Year honors in 1980.    - Johnson was known for his exceptional passing ability, court vision, and versatility, which earned him the nickname "Magic."    - He played for the Los Angeles Lakers throughout his entire career, from 1979 to 1991, and then briefly in the 1995-96 season.    - Magic Johnson won five NBA championships with the Lakers in 1980, 1982, 1985, 1987,

  Today 29th September is World heart day .  On this day let us look into the various care points that we need to take to keep our aging hearts in shape so that we can enjoy our lives  Taking care of your heart involves a combination of lifestyle choices and regular monitoring of your heart health. Here's a detailed guide on how to take care of your heart: **1. Eat a Heart-Healthy Diet:**    - Focus on a diet rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, lean proteins (e.g., poultry, fish, beans), and nuts.    - Reduce saturated and trans fats, found in fried and processed foods.    - Limit salt intake to control blood pressure.    - Minimize added sugars, especially from sugary beverages and sweets. **2. Maintain a Healthy Weight:**    - Achieve and maintain a healthy body weight through a balanced diet and regular exercise. Being overweight can strain your heart. **3. Exercise Regularly:**    - Aim for at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic exercise or 75 minutes of vigor

  India's Aishwary Pratap Tomar clinched a silver at AsianGames2022 in the Men's 50m Rifle 3P Individual.  With this Aishwary has won a total of  4 medals so far (2  gold, 1 silver, and 1 bronze ). And this is India's 18th medal overall in shooting.  Another historic gold from Shooter Palak in Women's 10m Air Pistol Individual event at AsianGames2022 along with Esha Singh who bagged silver in the same event.  Meanwhile ,the 18 year old Esha Singh in Asian Games 2022 has been truly magnificent . Her list of shooting medals include : -  Gold in 25m Pistol Team.  - Silver in 25m Pistol Individual.  - Silver in 10m Air Pistol Individual.  - Silver in 10m Air Pistol Team.   Jotsna Chinnappa , Dipika Pallikal, Tanvi Khanna, and Anahat Singh for securing  Bronze medal in the Women's Squash Team event at AsianGames2022! This incredible quartet of seasoned and talented young players has displayed grit, determination, and undeniable passion for squash throughout their journey

  With the ICC ODI World Cup to start off on October 5 , all the 10 teams have finalized their squads with five times champions Australia and twice champions India doing in on the last cutoff date .  Below we look at the team previews of favourites Australia  and a promising Afghanistan  Australia   Australia had to counter a few injuries to crucial players before they took their time to announce their world cup squad . One of their key spinners Ashton Agar who was in the World cup squad was injuried and couldn't recover in time while Travis Head picked up a han fracture in the South African tour . Aussies found Marnus Labuschagne who was not in the World cup original squad , in great form and his continuous run making in South Africa and India series finally tilted the scales in his favour with injuries around . Travis Head is included in the final squad as he is expected to be fit in the second half of the world cup . Overall Australia chose a strong team of quite a few all round

   Japan withstood an ominous  fightback by 14-man Samoa to win 28-22 in Toulouse in the latest game , tightening their grip on second place in World Cup Pool D and ensuring leaders England would reach the quarter-finals. Japan looked more compact in both defence and  attack as they built a 17-point lead with a man advantage with 15 minutes to go. However  Samoa struck twice as Japan ended up clinging on to their World Cup hopes. Japan can ensure they join England in the quarter-finals if they beat Argentina on the last day of pool matches on Oct 8. Samoa wrap up their campaign against England. Japan took the lead after 13 minutes, swinging the ball across the field for flanker Pieter Labuschagne to smash through the remnants of the stretched Samoan defence by the left corner flag. For the next 20 minutes, Samoa emphatically won the close physical battles, dominating the rucks and mauls and drawing a string of penalties but scoring only a 25th-minute penalty kicked by Alai D’Angelo Leu

  Ravichandran Ashwin after few decent outings just before the squad confirmation deadline for World cup , has finally made his way into the final world cup squad as Axar Patel failed to recover in time from his injury sustained at the Asia Cup . Ashwin replacing Axar was the only change made as Indian selectors released the final world cup squad , hours after Australia did the same . The Indian squad comprises of 3 frontline spinners of which 2 are allrounders, 3 frontline quicks and 2 fast bowling allrounders and 7 batters of which 2 are keepers.  This means Shardul Thakur even after a few indifferent performances has managed to hold on to his spot . India will be playing England at Guwahati as their first world cup warm up game . Their world cup campaign starts on October 8th vs 5 times world champions Australia at Chennai  India World Cup squad: Rohit Sharma (c), Hardik Pandya (vc), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah,

  Australia has finally announced their final World cup squad  ending speculations on certain selections  The Australian selectors have included Marnus Labuschagne  in place of injured Ashton Agar in the final world cup squad . Travis Head who will take another 4 weeks to get fit is included in the squad which means Australia will effectively have a squad of 14 for the first half of the world cup .   The final squad includes  4 specialist  fast bowlers, 1 specialist spinner , 3 fast bowling allrounders and 1 spin allrounder abd 6 batters with 2 keepers included in batters    Australia final  World Cup squad: Pat Cummins (c), Sean Abbott, Alex Carey, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Marnus Labuschagne, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, David Warner, Adam Zampa

  There is a heavy thunderstorm alert for Mumbai, Thane, Navi Mumbai, Kalyan-dombivali. Expect heavy showers over SouthMumbai, Thane and western suburbs. Massive Cloud Structure close to Coast of Mumbai.  Expecting Significant Thunderstorm Activity today evening with 50-60mm rains per hour. Visarjan Proceedings likely to be impacted. Flash Flooding possible due to Very Intense Spell.  Radars indicate heavy rain on Mumbai Pune expressway, intense rain expected over the interurbans, in ghat for next 2-3 hours. People travelling, needs to drive carefully. Mumbai and Pune will get rain most likely near afternoon, There is already heavy, Intense rain since the last half an hour in Vasai, North MMR. Current update:-It is heavily raining over Interior MMR, Navi Mumbai, Thane, Uran.These clouds are approaching Mumbai Soon.Already started becoming dark in North eastern Mumbai.Chembur-Mankhurd side have started recieving rains.Santacruz-Colaba to be worst affected. Heavens shed tears on Mumbai&#

  India won their 6th  gold in the Asian Games earlier on Thursday.  India's Sarabjot Singh, Shiva Narwal and Arjun Singh Cheema won gold in men's 10m air pistol event.  They scored a total of 1734 points.  China had to be content with silver as it got 1 point less.  Vietnam finished in third place.  This gold win took India's medal tally to 24 in the Asian Games.  Among them are 6 gold, 8 silver and 10 bronze.  The finals of the 10m air pistol event consisted of six rounds in total.  Three shooters take one shot each round.  Sarabjot scored 95, 95, 97, 98, 97 and 98 respectively in his six rounds for India.  Arjun scored 97, 96, 97, 97, 96 and 95 respectively.  India's third competitor Cheema scored 92, 96, 97, 99, 97 and 95 respectively in his six rounds.  Indian shooters scored 284 in the first round.  Their scores from second to sixth round are 287, 291, 294, 290 and 288 respectively.  They scored 1734 points in all.  India finished in first place to win the gold.  

  With the latest edition of ODI world cup approaching , we go down memory lane and reflect on some of the epic ODI world cup matches played in its history . Here we look back on arguably the greatest ODI cricket match played across eras between Australia and South Africa in that famous 1999 semi final that ended in an epic tie .  AUS V SAF WC1999  Egbaston The match for the ages. What an epic? It still gives goosebumps to the cricket fans even after the highlights are watched after 20 odd years. A cricket match which ebbed and flowed like no other and the result was in doubt till the final ball. The quality of cricket was top notch, some determined batting and quality pace and spin bowling. South Africa won the toss and elected to field and soon Shaun Pollock got one to lift disconcertingly to take Mark Waugh's gloves for 0. Gilchrist and Ponting in particular looked in good nick. Ponting hooked Elworthy for 6 and 4 and looked ominous till Donald got him with a slower one driving

  With the latest edition of ODI world cup approaching , we go down memory lane and reflect on some of the epic ODI world cup matches played in its history . Here we look back on the fiery encounter between co hosts New Zealand and Australia at Eden Park Auckland which is supposed to be a belter of a pitch . Australia batted first in that match . After the early loss of Finch (14) , Warner (34)  and Watson (23) batted pretty well to take the team to 80/1 before things started happening.   Southee who earlier bowled Finch , dismissed Warner lbw and Vettori got rid of Watson to rattle Aussies at 80/3 . Vettori got rid of Smith (4) too and then Trent Boult got into the act rattling the stumps of Maxwell (1) and Marsh (0) and had Clarke (12) caught at cover along with Johnson and had Starc's middle stump uprooted as New Zealand slumped from 80/1 to 106/9 in a sensational collapse of 26 runs for 8 wickets with Boult taking 5 . Brad Haddin brought out his combative spirit to score a figh

  After losing back to back 5 ODIs, Australia brought back some of their top players for the final ODI vs India and outplayed the hosts by 66 runs.  After their top 4 scored sparkling 50s , Glenn Maxwell turned out to be the unlikely bowling hero getting 4 wickets as India lost track in a big chase to lose at the end . Winning the toss and batting first Australia were off to a rapid start with Marsh and Warner reeling off boundaries . Cuts , pulls , straight hits , flicks by both batters combined for a rollicking 78 run stand for the first wicket before Warner tried to paddle Prasidh to be caught behind for 56 off just 34 balls with 6 fours and 4 sixes . Smith played well using the gaps in the field for his crisp boundaries while Marsh kept playing dazzling shots but both batters were struggling in the extreme heat and humidity . Finally at 96 off 84 balls , Marsh smacked Kuldeep straight to the point fielder and missed his well deserved hundred . He hit 13 fours and 3 sixes.  Marnus L

  The ICC ODI World cup starts from 5 th October with the two finalists of 2019 , England and New Zealand  facing up again at Ahmedabad .  As the final squads have started to roll in , we start the preview of the teams in right earnest . Below we have analysed the squads of England, New Zealand  and Netherlands  . These three teams have already  announced their final squads  South Africa   South Africa with their recent come from behind   ODI series win over Australia and the dominant nature of their wins in the last 3 games has suddenly raised hopes of their world cup chances . Their batting has looked in great shape particularly the middle order has looked awesome with a lot of firepower.  Probably they have one of the strongest middle orders in the coming World cup .  Skipper Temba Bavuma has been performing well as opener of late and even played some blinders while maintaining his orthodox strokeplay.  Quinton De Kock has announced his retirement from ODI cricket . The Protea wicke

  Indian shooters are showing strength in the Asian Games in Hangzlou.  India won 11 medals from shooting in four days.  Among them 3 gold, 3 silver and 5 bronze.  Four Indian shooters set world records.  Among them three in team competition and one in individual competition. Indian shooters have been showing their strength since Wednesday morning.  Two more medals came in shooting.  This time Sift Kaur Samra won gold in women's 50m rifle 3 positions individual competition.  Ashi Choksi won bronze in the same competition.   Choksi had to be content with winning the bronze as she hit the last shot badly.  Earlier, Ashi and Sift gave silver to India in women's team 50m rifle 3 positions.  India won their fifth gold in the Asian Games.  Sift scored three shots of 50.4, 51.7 and 52.5 in kneeling, for a total of 154.6.  She scored 52.6, 52.9 and 63.0 in the three rounds of prone, for a total of 172.5.  Combining the two categories, the Sift score is 312.5.  On the other hand, Ashi s

  The ICC ODI World cup starts from 5 th October with the two finalists of 2019 , England and New Zealand  facing up again at Ahmedabad .  As the final squads have started to roll in , we start the preview of the teams in right earnest . Below we have analysed the squads of England, New Zealand  and Netherlands  . These three teams have already  announced their final squads  England : Reigning Champions England are one of the top favourites this time too . Led by white ball giant Jos Buttler , England possess a great array of attacking batsmen with quality  backups.  In all probability Jonny Bairstow and Dawid Malan will open with Root , Stokes, Livingstone & Buttler forming the middle order followed by Moeen and Woakes the all rounders. Mark Wood , left armer Topley and Rashid will complete the XI . They have great backups in batter Harry Brook  a last minute addition replacing Jason Roy , who can break into the XI  as well as David Willey in bowling and very capable southpaw all