Sachin Tendulkar worth Rs 1.84 crore!

Around 62 Indian cricketers will be up for bargain for the fourth copy of the Indian Premier League (IPL) with Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and the allegorical Sachin Tendulkar in the top-bracket of cricketers admired at Rs 1.84 crore.

However, Tendulkar and Dhoni are acceptable to be retained by their corresponding franchises -- Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings.

Former India captains Sourav Ganguly, Anil Kumble, Rahul Dravid forth with VVS Laxman are in the third bracket which has a abject amount of Rs 92 lakh.

The cricketers who will command the accomplished abject amount of Rs 1.84 crore are Sachin Tendulkar, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Virender Sehwag, Harbhajan Singh and Yuvraj Singh.

The additional bracket is that of Rs 1.3 crore area Twenty20 specialist Yusuf Pathan finds a abode alongside speedster Zaheer Khan and the accomplished Suresh Raina.

Similarly amateur ODI captain Gautam Gambhir, who didn't accept a abundant IPL 2 and 3, has been priced in the third bracket at Rs 92 lakh forth with the brand of Virat Kohli, Irfan Pathan, Robin Uthappa, Ashish Nehra, Ishant Sharma, Praveen Kumar and veterans such as Ganguly, Kumble, Dravid and Laxman.

Tiny beaked toad, two other species discovered!

Tinier than a animal thumbnail, the beaked toad, with abysmal amethyst bark and baby dejected blotches, was amid three fresh breed of the amphibian apparent by a British-led accurate team.

Researchers who fabricated the analysis were absolutely attractive out for a absent breed of toad not apparent back World War I.

Instead they unearthed these three creatures - bent on camera by a British researcher, letters the Daily Mail.

The abutting anew begin abundance is a red-legged timberline frog with characteristic atramentous streaks from adenoids to body. A amber toad with red eyes completes the fresh additions for the zoological record.

The pictures appearance the creatures in their built-in ambiance area they assume to clutter after abhorrence of their animal visitors.

As campaign leader, Scottish amphibian attention administrator and photographer, Robin Moore, 35, from Edinburgh, played a key role in the discovery.

"The amazing allotment is that nobody, in the history of its existence, has anytime recorded its presence," he said.

De Villiers leads dominant Proteas!

AB de Villiers claimed his highest first-class score to lead South Africa into a dominant position on the second day of the second Test against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi.

De Villiers resumed on 120 and stood firm, scoring a magnificent unbeaten 263 - a record for a South African against Pakistan - as he shepherded the Proteas' tail into reaching 568 for nine.

Pakistan's stand-out bowler was Kuwait-born debutant Tanvir Ahmed, who took two more wickets for figures of six for 120 - only the second Pakistani to take six wickets in an innings on his maiden appearance.

Mark Boucher (45) made most of the early running but Tanvir struck when South Africa had advanced their overnight 311 to 341, as he produced a jaffa of an inswinger to clean bowl Boucher for his fifth wicket, ending a stand of 73.

Johan Botha never looked entirely comfortable - he was dropped by wicketkeeper Adnan Akmal, an edge which went to the boundary taking South Africa past 350 - and he duly became the second wicket to fall, for 12 just before lunch, as he attempted a wild heave off Abdur Rehman and lost his off stump.

At the other end De Villiers remained serene, going past 150 by whipping Tanvir to the boundary and reaching lunch without alarm.De Villiers put on 59 with Dale Steyn, who unleashed a couple of big shots after the resumption, including one huge six over long-on off the bowling of Rehman, however, the spinner eventually got his revenge as Steyn (27) holed out to Mohammad Hafeez going for a repeat.

Rehman conceded a similar six to Paul Harris, who went for his shots before becoming Tanvir's sixth victim, caught behind, for 19.Number 11 Morne Morkel then clubbed three boundaries in a Tanvir over which went for 17, then De Villiers heaved two sixes off Rehman as South Africa sailed past 500.

Another six off Umar Gul took him past 250 and both batsmen continued to swing the bat as the 10th-wicket partnership reached an unbroken 91.

Harry Potter is not the end of my career: Emma Watson!

Actress Emma Watson does not understand why people are treating the end of the Harry Potter series as a bad omen as she is eagerly waiting for new opportunities.

The 20-year-old actress, who starred as wizard kid Hermione Granger in the franchise for more than ten years said that she was sad but at the same time felt a huge sense of relief as she can't wait to see what future holds for her, Contactmusic reported.

"People keep saying to me, 'So this is the end, how do you feel about it being the end?' And I'm like, 'It really doesn't feel that to me.' It feels like the beginning. It's actually really an exciting time for me rather than this kind of the end.

"I can't stand everyone calling it the end. I'm 20 years old. Seriously. It feels like I've been handed my life back, like I've been let off a leash," said Watson.

While the British beauty is looking forward to a future without Harry Potter, she is clueless about the career path after she completes her education".

"People are constantly like, 'What are you going to do?' 'What is your career plan?' 'What direction do you want it to take?' 'What roles do you have lined up?' And I'm just like, 'Sorry, I haven't got everything mapped out, I'm only 20.' And they look at me as if I'd have this perfectly calculated life plan and how I want my career to look. And I really don't know yet. I'm still open to possibilities," she added.

Asian Games: Two silvers, bronze for India; one boxing, two golfing medals in sight Roundup!

Guangzhou, Nov 18 (IANS) Two silvers came India's way in canoeing and a brownish in cutting at the Asian Games Thursday, while two medals were in afterimage in golf and one in boxing. Indian men and women confused into the quarterfinals of the annihilate singles as tennis brilliant Sania Mirza additionally advanced.

After six canicule of competitions, India slipped added to 12th abode in the medal's account with a bald 16, absolute one gold, seven argent and eight bronze.

China arch the table with 202 medals (109-47-46), followed by South Korea-109 (37-30-42) and Japan-106 (21-45-40). North Korea, Iran, Hong Kong, Kazakhstan, Chinese Taipei, Uzbekistan, Malaysia and the Philippines are the added countries aloft India.

India's claiming in the table tennis accident concluded as Sharath Kamal and Anthony Amalraj absent in the men's singles pre-quarterfinals, while Arvind Bhat angled out of the pre-quarterfinals of the badminton men's singles.

The Indian accomplishment in the sepak takraw accident additionally fizzled out with both men and women accident by agnate 0-3 margins -- while the men went bottomward to Malaysia, the women angled out to Thailand.

Rowers Anil Kumar, Saji Thomas, Ranjit Singh and Jenil Krishnan won a argent in the men's four accident with an all-embracing timing of 6 mins 16.79 abnormal -- 10.39secs abaft the gold champ Chinese quartet of Sun Zhaowen, Wu Lin, Li Dongjian and Liu Kun.

In the failing men's four, Lokesh Kumar, Manjeet Singh, Rajesh Kumar Yadav and Satish Joshi accomplished additional with a timing of 6 mins 13.32secs.

Shooter Vijay Kumar, who won three golds at the Delhi Commonwealth Games, acclimatized for a brownish in the men's 25m centre blaze pistol event, with South Korea's Byung Taek Park notching up the gold and China's Yadong Liu the silver.

Vijay attempt a absolute of 583, while Park and Liu attempt 586 and 585, respectively. India's Omkar Singh accomplished eighth with a account of 580 while Harpreet Singh was 32nd with a account of 563.

The agile 19-year-old Khan, a above assorted Faldo Series Asia winner, who delayed his affairs to about-face able to comedy the Asian Games, attempt a 68 and was at third abode at five-under 139. Put alongside his aboriginal annular 71, he was five-under for 36 holes and able-bodied in afterimage of a medal.

The Indian golfing aggregation confused up to third, aloof one attempt abaft the Philippines. Korea is way advanced at 14-under (418) while Philippines is at three-over (435). India is four-over (436). The best three array out of four are counted anniversary day.

Boxer Paramjeet Samota assured himself of a badge as he confused into the semifinal with a 9-4 win over South Korea's Sungkeun Park in the men's +91kg quarterfinal.

Samota won the aboriginal annular 5-2 and came bottomward heavily on Park in the additional round, area he won four credibility while the South Korean bagged aloof two. Samota's appropriate angle about agape out the South Korean and the adjudicator had to stop the challenge amid into the additional annular at the Foshan Gymnasium.

World No. 25 Saurav Ghoshal, India's accomplished ranked annihilate player, denticulate a adequate 11-4, 11-4, 11-5 win over Ammar Altemimi of Kuwait and abutting plays accessory Siddharth Suchde for a abode in the aftermost eight Friday. Suchde exhausted Dick Lau of Hong Kong 9-11, 11-4, 11-6, 11-4.

Thirty-seventh-ranked Joshna Chinappa, too, won in beeline sets. She exhausted Jemyca Aribado of Phillipines 11-6, 11-7, 11-4 and now faces World o.16 Low Wee Wern of Malaysia.

Sania Mirza powered into the women's singles additional annular while it was curtains for Poojashree Venkatesha at the Asian Games actuality Thursday.

Tiny particles in shampoos affect lungs!

A new study by the University of Edinburgh has shown that tiny particles used in a range of everyday products from computers to shampoo can adversely affect the lungs in very different ways.

Researchers suggest that industrial manufacturers using nanoparticles should be aware of the risks that different types of nanoparticles pose to workers who handle them.

Nanoparticles – which can be 10,000 times smaller than the width of a human hair – are potentially hazardous to workers handling the chemicals used to make products as they may be at risk of inhaling them.

The particles are not, however, thought to pose any substantial risk once they are incorporated in consumer goods used by the public.

The study showed that four different types of nanoparticles produced distinct patterns of lung injury in rats, some involving the immune system and found that some nanoparticles were more likely to trigger an asthmatic-style reaction while others led to a worsening severe lung injury.

The study highlights the need for animal models until there are improved cell-based tests to predict the effects of nanoparticles, since the use of cell cultures alone would not be able to pick up the extent of different diseases the nanoparticles are likely to cause.

"Nanoparticles are becoming more important in industry and are being used in ever-increasing amounts. This study shows that different types of nanoparticles may produce different diseases in those exposed to them in industry," said Ken Donaldson, Professor of Respiratory Toxicology at the University of Edinburgh.

"Therefore each kind of nanoparticle needs to be assessed and appropriate care taken to minimise exposure consistent with the risk they pose. This will ensure better health and safety for those working with these new materials," he added.

Royal wedding: American reaction to the Prince's engagement!

The account that Prince William and Kate Middleton are affianced has been authoritative account in the United States, area there has been a abiding absorption in the British Royal Family.

The advanced awning of the accepted celebrity annual Us account has a account of the bright couple. "Royal Bells Is On! - the abstruse proposal", reads the headline.

All of this was appear aftermost anniversary afore the couple's assurance had been accepted by Clarence House, but is an archetype of the akin of media absorption in Prince William's accord with Kate Middleton.

News sites, television and radio stations in the US are all advertisement the couple's bells plans, and at Washington DC's active abutment alternation station, the approaching bridal were breeding abundant discussion.

"I'm absolutely aflame as I was a huge fan of Princess Diana", says Margaret Lynne, from Springfield in the accompaniment of Missouri."To see her sons growing up and for William to be axis of age and marrying is a actual agitative time for me," she adds.

For abounding Americans, it is the bequest of Princess Diana, and her huge acceptance here, which has led to a connected absorption in the lives of her sons.

"I'm afraid he's accepting affiliated now," says Tina Anderson from Green Bay in the accompaniment of Wisconsin."I anticipation he ability delay until he's older," she adds.

Age issues aside, Mrs Anderson says she will attending advanced to watching the big accident on television abutting year, accepting watched Lady Diana Spencer ally Prince Charles on American television all those years ago.

"I anticipate a lot of bodies will chase it, they'll appetite to see pictures of them like they do of any added celebrity."

It's a affect that is played out in abounding of the conversations actuality with some bodies adage they will now be gluttonous out pictures and afterward the bells preparations.

Mr Faughnan said he had alone abstruse Kate Middleton's name this morning and the approaching Queen's contour actuality in the US is still almost low, but one American cable base was already alms factfiles and guides on Miss Middleton for the uninitiated.

"I achievement she won't be hounded by the media as abundant as Princess Diana was," adds Margaret Lynne.But her acquaintance Michelle May chips in with an another perspective.

"She knows what she's signing up for that's the truth," she said. "She can't absolutely be afraid back the paparazzi appear active afterwards her."

Kajol shares screen space with mother Tanuja in Toonpur Ka Superrhero!

Veteran extra Tanuja and her babe Kajol will be apparent calm on-screen in the live-action cum action blur Toonpur Ka Superrhero.

Tanuja will additionally comedy Kajol's reel activity mom in the movie. While it will be absorbing to see the mother-daughter duo on awning afterwards Bekhudi, Toonpur Ka Superhero will additionally see Ajay and Kajol aback calm afterwards You Me Aur Hum. Their added movies calm accommodate Hulchul, Gundaraj, Pyar To Hona Hi Tha, Dil Kya Kare and Raju Chacha.

Toonpur Ka Superhero is produced by Kumar Mangat and Krishika Lulla and directed by Kireet Khurana. The blur additionally stars Sanjay Mishra, Delnaz Paul,Mukesh Tiwari,Viveck Vaswani, Raza Murad, Shereveer Vakil and Amey Pandya.

Kallis & Amla put South Africa on top against Pakistan!

Jacques Kallis and Hashim Amla helped themselves to centuries as South Africa anchored their anchor on the aboriginal Test adjoin Pakistan in Dubai.Kallis fabricated 135 not out, his 36th Test hundred, and Amla an best 118 as they put on 242 to accredit their ancillary to acknowledge on 318-2 on day four.

Having collapsed abbreviate of three abstracts in the aboriginal innings - Amla authoritative 80 and Kallis 73 - South Africa's brief brace were not in the affection to decay their befalling adjoin a Pakistan advance with alone one front-line paceman because of Wahab Riaz's ancillary injury.

In fact, the aggregate of the bowling was done by spinners Abdur Rehman and Saeed Ajmal, but they were clumsy to accomplish abundant of an consequence as the two batsmen continued the lead, ambience a fresh third-wicket almanac for South Africa adjoin Pakistan in the process.

It eventually became a catechism of which of them would complete a hundred aboriginal and Amla won the race, extensive three abstracts off 190 assurance with the advice of 10 boundaries.

Kallis followed clothing by tucking a distinct off his hip anon after, an innings which was about alert but additionally saw him barrage four sixes over the abuttals rope.

Captain Graeme Smith alleged a arrest in time for Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel to accept eight overs with the fresh brawl afore tea.Azhar Ali receives analysis from the physio afterwards actuality addled on the duke.

Hafeez and Taufiq survived, however, and the account accomplished 41 afore Steyn begin the bend of Hafeez's bat and Johan Botha fabricated no aberration at aboriginal slip.

Pamela Anderson arrives in Mumbai, creates chaos!

Former "Baywatch" brilliant Pamela Anderson accustomed in Mumbai backward on Monday amidst media frenzy, consistent in a affray at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai. The 43-year-old, who has travelled all the way from Los Angeles to be a bedfellow on Colors' absoluteness appearance "Bigg Boss 4", was dressed accidentally in a blah ganji top with a coast neckline, and a brace of jeans.

She alike sported aviators and larboard her brand albino beard open, as she came out of the airport at 10.50 pm - added than two hours after than the appointed time of her arrival.

Even admitting it was raining, several media bodies waited with their still and video cameras to bolt a glimpse of Pamela.As anon as she confused out of the airport, all hell bankrupt apart as media bodies amidst her, blocking every way to her car.

Despite the abundant aegis and bristles able-bodied bouncers, Pamela was pushed aback to a bottle bank of the airport.The book became so out of ascendancy that she had to about-face aback central and move out from a altered exit.

In the meantime, a affray additionally bankrupt out amid a columnist and a policeman, afterward which, a few added media bodies retaliated as well.

Other travellers concluded up adverse the burden of the aberration as they weren't able to leave the airport unless the extra did.

Pamela will be entering the "Bigg Boss 4" abode in Lonavala on Tuesday morning.She will break with added housemates for three days, and is accepted to addition the action agency on the appearance by leaps and bounds.

She has been reportedly paid Rs 2.5 crore for her assignment on the show, and she is actual "excited".

Sushmita to celebrate 35th birthday in Dubai!

Bollywood extra Sushmita Sen is branch to Dubai with her two adopted daughters to bless her 35th altogether Nov 19.

"At the all-embracing airport with kids aerial to Dubai to accompany in altogether with mom... and what a blend at d airport!!! Some assignment demography place," Sushmita acquaint on her Twitter folio Saturday.

Sushmita's alcohol for her altogether breach already assume dampened. "Entire airport evacuated... all cartage continuing out in the heat, aerial tempers, aloft voices... what a way to begin!! Truly sad," she wrote.

The above Miss Universe, who has featured in films like "Biwi No.1", "Main Hoon Na" and "Do Knot Disturb", adopted her aboriginal babe called Renee in 2000. She adopted addition babe in January this year, and called her Alisah.

Hrithik Roshan's generosity knew no bound on Zee TV's absoluteness appearance "Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Singing Superstar" back he took out his cheque book and gave Rs.100,000 anniversary to the top seven contestants on the music absoluteness show.

The contestants - Abhilasha, Ali Sher, Kamal, Sugandha, Sniti, Bisakh and Ranjeet - acquainted on top of the world.Abhilasha, who sang a song from Hrithik's accessible blur "Guzaarish", said she is abashed about what to do with the cheque.

"I'm in two minds. I don't apperceive what to do with the cheque - should I encash it or bottle it for the activity time for ancestors to see!!!" she said.

Though Hrithik had anticipation of advantageous the best singer, he couldn't ascendancy himself and adored all the contestants.

"I anticipation I will accord one cheque to the best accompanist of the evening... but attractive at this basin of talent, I can't advice but accolade all of them with whatever little I can," Hrithik said on the show.

"Aaj jitna mera coffer antithesis kam huya hai... ussse kayi zyada capital apne dil mein leke ja raha hoon (Whatever aftereffect of this action has happened on my coffer balance, I am demography abundant added than that in my affection from this platform)," he added.

The amateur came as a bedfellow on the appearance to advance "Guzaarish".Bipasha as 'super fun' time in Australia.Bengali adorableness Bipasha Basu says she had a lot of fun while advancing for her aboriginal all-embracing activity "Singularity" in Australia.

"My alertness for 'Singularity' was cool fun! Horse riding, underwater swimming, rehearsals and discussions with the cast, alive on my look! Great team," Bipasha acquaint on Twitter.

The extra went to Brisbane for antecedent rehearsals of the movie, actuality helmed by English-French administrator Roland Joffe.

"Back from Australia. In Mumbai for a day, ambience fresh attending for 'Players', abrogation for Goa to alpha shoot! Really animated days," she added.

NZ draw first blood, Tendulkar departs!

New Zealand fabricated a acceptable alpha back Kiwi captain Daniel Vettori abject actor Indian hopes of seeing Tendulkar scoring 50th ton, accepting him out bent in block by Ross Taylor in the fifth over of the third day actuality at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium.

New Zealand started third day affairs with advancing absorbed and advancing field-placement to booty an aboriginal bend on Sunday morning.

Tendulkar, who was not attractive chatty in his bound breach at the crease, able a abutting run-out adventitious on the aboriginal brawl of the day but couldn’t backpack his affluence for long.

Earlier on Saturday, India opened their batting inning carefully with Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir acceptance assurance alfresco off-stump and bath bouncers.

Sehwag and Gambhir thereafter best up clip and accomplished four boundaries anniversary afore tea as India went for black breach at 61 for no loss.

After tea, Sehwag dictated agreement to what seemed spine-less Kiwi bowling, slamming boundaries beyond the park. Sehwag brought up his fifty with seven hits to the fence and stroked two added in Vettori’s abutting over to go accomplished yet addition 100-run aperture affiliation with Delhi team-mate Gautam Gambhir.

Gambhir, who is aggressive poor run of form, looked cutting initially adjoin clip bowling spell from Chris Martin and Tim Southee but he batted with assurance and completed his aboriginal fifty in aftermost ten months.

India went accomplished 150 runs in quick time but aloof back Sehwag looked all set to ability his 23rd Test hundred, he misread the flight of a Vettori’s commitment and got apple-pie bowled on an alone account of 96.

After Sehwag’s dismissal, Gambhir too absent his absorption in the abutting over and belted a leg-side commitment to wicket-keeper to get out on patchy 54.

Hosting Test: many advantages for HCA!

What does Hyderabad accretion by hosting its first-ever Test bout at Rajiv Gandhi Stadium amid India and New Zealand from November 12?

“This will accord HCA an automated access into the celebrated alive board of the BCCI which is afresh the controlling anatomy for the action in India,” says N. Shivlal Yadav, BCCI vice-president. The rules admittance alone the abiding and the Test-staging centres, besides assembly from anniversary area to appear the alive board meeting, Mr. Yadav acicular out.

“Essentially, this Test bout agency a lot to HCA. For already you date a Test match, you will be acceptable to host any World Cup bout in future,” says a visibly annoyed Mr. Yadav.

“If you remember, we got this Test bout by default, in a way. Since both UP and Bengal are in the action of renovating their stadia for the World Cup matches, we got the adventitious to host this match; we were originally accustomed alone a one-dayer.”

“It was not accessible to get the Test bout here, accustomed the abounding contenders to grab the chance. But acknowledgment to the abutment of BCCI admiral Sashank Manohar and secretary N. Srinivasan, we got it this time,” the above India off-spinner said.

Hyderabad will now be automatically accepting by circling either a one-dayer or a Test about every year henceforth.

“Personally, I am captivated at realising my dream of accepting a Test for Hyderabad. For addition who had never apparent a Test bout until I played for my country, I feel this is a abundant achievement,” he said.

Smoking during pregnancy ups SIDS risk!

A fresh analysis has appropriate that affectionate smoker during abundance is a above accident agency for abrupt baby afterlife affection (SIDS), with nicotine acceptable as the alive agent.

Researchers Hemant Sawnani, Erik Olsen, and Narong Simakajornboon, from Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Ohio, abbreviated the affirmation from both beastly and beastly studies, assuming nicotine (in cigarette smoke) interferes with the development of the genitalia of the academician that ascendancy breathing.

Prenatal acknowledgment to cigarette smoke puts breed at a 2- to 5-fold added accident of SIDS and contributes to abortive bearing - addition accident agency for SIDS.

Nicotine acknowledgment in utero leads to adapted breath patterns and ventilatory responses that accommodation respiratory activation and auto-resuscitation.

Infants of mothers who smoked during abundance accept added pauses in breath (infant apnea) and accept decreased adeptness to deathwatch up from beddy-bye in acknowledgment to low oxygen.

This sheds ablaze on why smoker during abundance increases accident for Abrupt Baby Afterlife Affection (SIDS, bassinet death).

"These allegation highlight the accent of accessible bloom behavior to anticipate the development of tobacco assurance in boyish girls and the accent of analysis of affectionate tobacco assurance above-mentioned to pregnancy," said Harold Farber, accessory assistant of Pediatrics, Section of Pulmonology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.

'Action Replayy' gets an Oscar entry!

The makers of 'Action Replayy' accept a acumen to smile. After all the cine of their blur has been arrive by the Library of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences which wants it for

its abiding calligraphy collection. Producer-director Vipul Shah got allusion on this attention aboriginal this anniversary and he is authoritative the all-important arrange to ensure that a archetype of the cine alcove Margaret Herrick library of the Academy.

Confirms Vipul, "Yes, they accept apparent a agog absorption in attention the cine of Action Replayy. They accelerate out the invites for those films which they charge for analysis purpose. Earlier, a archetype of cine of Namastey London was aggregate with them back they had bidding their admiration for that. I am animated that they feel Action Replayy is aces abundant for acceptance of cinema to apprehend and learn."

The cine of 'Action Replayy' has been accounting by Vipul Shah and Aatish Kapadia. While the blur has managed to accomplish an consequence at the Academy, ironically in 'apna Bollywood', abounding critics were far abroad from actuality affectionate to this Akshay Kumar-Aishwarya Rai film.

Lee-Anne all geared up for Women's Indian Open golf!

South African Lee-Ann Pace would be looking to win this week's $300,000 Hero Honda Women's Indian Open at the DLF Golf and Country Club here beginning Thursday and cap her wonderful journey to the East.

It's been a great Asian journey for Pace, who in three starts before this week has won twice and finished seventh once.

The genial Mossel Bay golfer has been in great form. 'I have liked what I saw at the DLF Golf Country Club. I am looking forward to the tournament,' she said of the event which is jointly sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour and Ladies Asian Golf Tour.

To show how determined she is this week, she piloted her team of Robert Vadra, Sanya Sharma, Sanjeev Laroiya to victory in the morning Pro-Am Wednesday. 'That's a great start to the week,' she gushed after picking up her prize.

Lee-Anne is paired with Clare Choi of Australia and Indian amateur Gauri Monga.

Meanwhile, England's Laura Davies has been through a tense two days. Her clubs have gone missing, but India's golf 'ambassador' Smriti 'Simi' Mehra, managed to persuade the veteran campaigner to stay on and play the event. She is paired with defending champion Phatlum Pornanong and India's Sharmila Nicollet.

Davies, who arrived Monday to compete in the event, is obviously upset that her golf bag went missing and spent the last 48 hours without golf equipment and even had to miss Wednesday's Pro-Am.

But Simi has promised to get Laura a good set, similar to her own, and that has assured the English lady to have a go at the title, which will narrow the gap between her and the Order of Merit leader, Lee-Anne.

A modest Simi, however, did not wish to be carried away by her noble deeds. 'All I can say is that Laura (Davies) will be playing tomorrow.'

Defending champion, the 20-year-old Pornanong Phatlum of Thailand is on a mission to go for a hat-trick of titles here after winning the past two years in 2008 and 2009.

'When I saw the draw this afternoon, I felt very happy to see myself in the same group as Laura. This will definitely help me in my bid to go for a hat-trick as I am confident of shooting a low score especially playing alongside Laura,' said Phatlum who is also seeking for her fifth title on the Ladies Asian Golf Tour.

Saina leads Indian shuttlers to Asiad!

The Indian badminton aggregation led by ace shuttlers Saina Nehwal and P Kashyap on Monday larboard for China, acquisitive to affected some boxy challenges and carbon their Commonwealth Games success, in the Asian Games to be captivated in Guangzhou from November 12 to 27.

With a CWG gold abaft her, Saina will be the cynosure of all eyes at the Asiad. The Indian ace said that it would be boxy to echo her achievement in China, but she has set her eyes on the chicken metal.

"Asian Games is abundant tougher. The antagonism akin in the Asian Games is actual aerial compared to the Commonwealth Games. To add to it, the Chinese will be a abundant claiming in advanced of their fans," she said on the sidelines of a acclaim programme on Monday.

"But I am absolutely able and will try my best. Afterwards CWG, till now I accept apparent a lot of advance in my game. I am hopeful of a medal, possibly gold, because annihilation is impossible," added the 20-year-old Hyderabadi.

Saina said as beneath than a ages afar the October 3-14 CWG and the Asian Games, she rushed aback to training afterwards the Delhi event.

"The Commonwealth Games and Asian Games were actual abutting to anniversary other, so I did not decay time and went aback to training as anon as possible. I took alone a day's breach afterwards the Commonwealth Games," said Saina, who formally accustomed the Rajiv Khel Ratna Award from Sports Minister M S Gill on Monday.

Besides Saina's gold, India won argent in the alloyed aggregation event, the women's doubles brace of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa won gold and Kashyap bagged the brownish badge to accomplish the Commonwealth Games a awful acknowledged one.

But Kashyap acquainted replicating the aforementioned success in China would be an backbreaking assignment as the antagonism in Asiad would be tougher than the Apple Championship.

"It is tougher than the Apple Championships and I feel it is the toughest antagonism for a shuttler and acceptable a badge there would be difficult," Kashyap said afore abrogation for China.

"But I had a acceptable assignment in the Commonwealth Games and the Denmark Open and I am assured of a acceptable show. I accept accomplished actual adamantine and I'm at the best form. I know, on a accustomed day, I can exhausted anyone in the world," he added.

The 16-member aggregation sans Chetan Anand - who pulled out because of abrasion - will additionally accept V Diju, Rupesh Kumar, Sanave Thomas, Aparna Balan and Aditi Mutatkar.

Arvind Bhat, Guru Sai Dutt, Akshay Dewalkar, Arun Vishnu, Trupti Murgunde, Prajakta Sawant and Arundhati Pantawan will additionally be in the team.

Obama’s parting words to India: Yes, we can!

Invoking and adulatory the abstraction of India, US President Barack Obama on Monday black accent how the aggregate ethics amid the two countries could — and should — coin an constant affiliation in the 21st Century.

Wrapping up his three-day appointment with an abode to both Houses of Parliament, Obama anon addressed India's aspirations for a bench at the all-around aerial table and its abysmal apropos about cross-border terrorism.

He said he "looks forward" to Delhi's abiding associates of a "reformed" United Nations Aegis Council and declared that alarm networks on Pakistani clay are "unacceptable".

While his affirmation on the UNSC can't be translated into absoluteness any time soon, his swear to columnist the "Pakistan administration to accompany Mumbai attackers to justice," is of added actual aftereffect for India.

If Bill Clinton confused the United States appear neutrality in Indo-Pak disputes and George W. Bush removed the abiding abutment amid Delhi and Islamabad, Obama, the third US President to appointment India in a decade, may accept opened the aperture for Indo-US cooperation on bounded security.

This was aloof one allotment of a fresh framework that dispels assiduous doubts actuality about Obama's charge to abutment India's acceleration to abundant power. If Bush was accustomed about his allure for India's democracy, Obama today laid out a articular altercation on why Indian capitalism matters. Reflecting on India's amazing acquaintance during the aftermost two decades, Obama declared, "The assignment is clear: India has succeeded, not in animosity of democracy; India has succeeded because of democracy."

Obama in India: Business Top on Agenda!

Addressing business leaders at the US India Business Council meet, US President Barack Obama appear that “several landmark” deals account $10 billion accept been accomplished

amid the two countries for creating about 50,000 jobs in the US.

“There is no acumen why India cannot be our top trading accomplice (from 12th position now). I’m actually abiding that the accord amid India and the US is activity to be one of the defining partnerships of the 21st century.”

Obama pays admiration to Mumbai alarm victims

“Mumbai is an absurd burghal which is attribute of activity and optimism of India, ” said President Obama saluting the spirit of Mumbai as he addressed the columnist at Taj while kick-starting the celebrated bout to India. Obama mentioned that his appointment to Taj is a bright bulletin to terrorists while bombastic that India and US are alive carefully than anytime in the action adjoin terror.

Obama said his accommodation to break in Taj Hotel is a able bulletin adjoin agitation and accepted that the perpetrators of the alarming Mumbai attacks should be brought to justice.

Accompanied by his wife Michelle, he active the visitors’ book, looked at the applique on which the names of 26/11 victims are engraved and delivered a six-minute accent in which he paid tributes to bodies of Mumbai and India acclamation their boldness and resilience.

He accustomed at Taj in Presidential auto ‘Beast’ from the INS Shikra air abject at Colaba. He has active the bedfellow book at Taj and will be affair the victims of 26/11 alarm advance afore abutting the canonizing account for the victims. Obama is accompanied by his wife Michelle and top admiral in what would be the president’s longest adopted cruise back he affected appointment two years ago.

President Obama landed in Mumbai airport about 1 pm kicking-off his abundant advancing four-day appointment to India area Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan and Protocol Minister Suresh Shetty accustomed him as the assembly of the accompaniment forth with Union Minister Salman Khurshid.

He again headed to INS Shikra air abject at Colaba argosy abject in a Black Hawk while his dignitaries accompanied him in Chinook helicopters.

New research brings cancer vaccine a step closer!

Scientists accept apparent one of the affidavit why abounding antecedent attempts to accouter the allowed arrangement to amusement annihilative tumours accept bootless - a accomplishment that could revolutionise blight therapy.

University of Cambridge scientists appear that a blazon of stromal corpuscle begin in abounding cancers which expresses fibroblast activation protein alpha (FAP), plays a above role in suppressing the allowed acknowledgment in annihilative tumours - thereby akin the use of vaccines and added therapies, which await on the body's allowed arrangement to work.

They accept additionally begin that if they abort these beef in a tumour allowed abolishment is relieved, acceptance the allowed arrangement to ascendancy the ahead amoral tumour.

"Finding the specific beef aural the circuitous admixture of the blight stroma that prevents allowed killing is an important step. Further belief how these beef apply their furnishings may accord to bigger immunological therapies by acceptance us to abolish a barrier that the blight has constructed," said Douglas Fearon and Sheila Joan Smith from University of Cambridge.

Vaccines created to alert the allowed arrangement to advance annihilative beef in tumours accept apparent to actuate an allowed acknowledgment in the anatomy but have, inexplicably, about never afflicted the advance of tumours.

The corpuscle they advised accurately expresses a different protein generally associated with anguish healing - fibroblast activation protein alpha (FAP). The FAP cogent beef are begin in abounding cancers, including breast and colorectal cancers.

1st Test: India elect to bat against New Zealand!

Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the bung and absitively to bat adjoin New Zealand in the aboriginal Test of the three-match Test alternation at the Motera amphitheater in Ahmedabad on Thursday.

Dhoni assuredly managed to win the bung in his tenth attack afterwards accident nine tosses in a row. The Motrea army gave him huge acclamation afterwards he won the toss.

VVS Laxman and Gautam Gambhir, who were not the allotment of India's aftermost Test due to injuries, fabricated their acknowledgment into the final eleven replacing Murali Vijay and Cheteshwar Pujara.

However, seamer S Sreesanth kept his abode in the arena eleven advanced of Ishant Sharma, who additionally absent the aftermost Test due to injury.On the added duke Kane Williamson and Hamish Bennett will accomplish their Test admission for New Zealand.

Fresh from their 2-0 celebration over Australia, a full-strength India go into a three-Test elastic adjoin New Zealand with the focus on Sachin Tendulkar who aloof needs one added aeon to almanac an amazing accomplishment of 50 Test tons.

The hosts, the world's cardinal one ranked team, are on a astounding run in Test cricket, abnormally at home, and accept absent alone to South Africa (twice) back the alpha of 2008 on home soil.

India have, significantly, won bristles of their aftermost six Test matches at home while the Daniel Vettori-led Kiwis accept accustomed from a base 4-0 ODI alternation accident to Bangladesh in the latter's territory.

It would, therefore, charge a all-powerful accomplishment from New Zealand to arrest the aggressive Indian batting band up, in which Sachin Tendulkar is additionally in prime form, from batting them out of the contest.

The 37-year-old best cricketer has accumulated a amazing 1270 runs from his aftermost nine Tests (15 innings), bizarre by six three-figure knocks that includes two bifold hundreds, for a Bradmanesque boilerplate of 97.69, a accomplishment that fetched him this year's ICC Cricketer of the Year honour.

Dhoni takes a flimi break!

Looks like the Indian candid aggregation can't do after their dosage of films. We spotted some associates of the aggregation demography time out to watch Vipul Shah's Action Replayy.

And admitting neither Akshay Kumar nor Aishwarya Rai Bachchan were present for the screening with the cricketers, they seemed to be adequate themselves to the hilt. Mahendra Singh Dhoni was abutting by aggregation associates Harbhajan Singh (who's a self-confessed Bollywood fan) and Suresh Raina.

Vipul forth with Rannvijay Singh and Aditya Roy Kapoor fabricated abiding that the cricketers had a abundant time. The Bachchan parivaar — Amitabh, Jaya, Abhishek and Aishwarya — additionally were apparent at addition screening in the city. Looks like this is activity to absolutely a filmi week.

Proud to make it to Indian team before Saurashtra: Jaidev Unadkat!

Jaidev Unadkat remembers October 7, 2010 vividly. The 19-year-old boy was amidst the men for whom aloof two years aback he was auspicious on TV.

The left-arm pacer who got called for India’s additional Test band was active his dream. “To accept all the greats of the bold about is article I could alone dream of,” Unadkat told DNA on the eve of his Ranji Trophy admission for Saurashtra.

Expectedly, Unadkat is aflame to basin his aboriginal commitment in the Ranji ambit alive absolutely able-bodied how important it is to accomplish in the calm circuit. “The expectations from me would be aerial but I am up for the claiming and accessible to prove myself,” Unadkat said afterwards the convenance affair at the MCA arena in Bandra-Kurla Complex.

The Saurashtra-lad is additionally appreciative of the actuality that he fabricated it to Aggregation India alike afore authoritative his Saurashtra debut.

His commitment stride and the nip off the wicket in the nets showed the purpose and the aplomb he has acquired from the Indian camp. “Jaidev is on a aerial afterwards his acquaintance with the Indian team. He is actual aciculate and can beat the brawl both ways,” acicular out skipper Jaydev Shah.

In the week’s time spent in the Indian bathrobe room, the left-armer has appear aback wiser. “You should apperceive what you are accomplishing and not aloof go out and basin a few overs,” Unadkat observed. He added: “The allowance for absurdity at that akin is actual less. You can basin a brace of bad deliveries but again you accept to be on target.”

For Unadkat, the Indian bathrobe allowance was like an accessible chest of invaluable abundance and he aggregate as abundant as he could. He said that at that akin one should stick to his strengths rather than accomplishing fresh things.

“The point is you are called for what you are and not what all fresh things you can do,” Unadkat said.

Not to balloon that his assignment with Wasim Akram in the Kolkata Knight Riders affected alone fabricated him a more good bowler. “He was and is my hero, what more good than to apprentice the tricks of the barter from the one who invented it,” said Unadkat of his alternation with Akram.

Aishwarya turned 37 years old!

Bollywood queen bee Aishwarya Rai angry 37 on Monday and the Bachchan bahu spent her big day adulatory with her family.

Her altogether was brought in with a ancestors banquet on Sunday night at the Taj Auberge afterwards an awards action abounding by Amitabh Bachchan, bedmate Abhishek, mother-in-law Jaya and sister-in-law Shweta.

"Family banquet at Chinese in Taj area action was held... and brought in Aishwarya Birthday... acceptable feel about the day...(sic)," Big B acquaint on Twitter.

Birthday wishes started abounding in at midnight while Aishwarya was on her way aback home from the hotel.

"It nears accomplished midnight as we airing out of the Auberge Taj and the wishes for Aishwarya start. Happy altogether daughter-in-law and may you accomplish and get all that you so desire," Bachchan chief wrote on his blog.

Her bedmate acquaint a admiring account of the brace on Twitter, assuming Aishwarya dressed in dejected with mehendi on her hands, as Abhishek looked active in a bow-tie and tuxedo.

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