India wins 2011 Cricket World Cup. India defeated Sri Lanka by 6 wickets at Wankhede stadium in Mumbai. Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Gautam Gambhir played sensational knocks. India won Cricket world cup second time after Kapi Dev team's sensational victory in 1983. Mahela Jayawardene's wonderful knock helped Sri Lanka to score 274 runs in 50 overs. 274 is the highest ever score chased in the World cup history. Man of the Match: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (India) Man of the Tournament: Yuvraj Singh (India) … [Read more...]
Indian population: 121 crore
March 31, 2011 By 1 Comment
According to the latest provisional Census data, Indian population is 121 crore. Indian population is increased by 18.1 crore in last 10 years. Rate of increase is at 17.5% in 2011 Census Vs 21.5% in 2001 Census. UP once again topped the population chart. Total population: 121 crore Males: 62.37 crore Females: 58.65 crore Sex ratio: 914 females per 100 males (alarming statistic) State with highest population: Uttar Pradesh Indian state with lowest population: Nagaland. … [Read more...]
India enters semi-finals of 2011 Cricket world cup
March 24, 2011 By Leave a Comment
India enters into semi-finals of 2011 Cricket world cup by defeating Australia in the quarter-finals. India will face Pakistan in the semi-final. Yuvraj Singh won the fourth man of the match in this world cup. Australian dream run at cricket world cup tournament is finally ended. Australia won the world cup in 1987, 1999, 2003 & 2007. This is a collective effort by an inspired Indian team. Yuvraj Singh, Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir and Suresh Raina played crucial knocks in this crucial quarter-final game. Man of the match: Yuvraj Singh (44/2 & 57 notout) Team Scores: Australia: 260/6 in 50 overs India: 261/5 in 47.3 overs Match result: India defeated Australia by 5 wickets Earlier, Australian captain Ricky Ponting scored a wonderful century in this crucial match. Brad Haddin scored a wonderful half-century. Inclusion of Suresh Raina & Ashwin in place of Piyush Chawla & Yusuf Pathan changed the fortunes of this Indian team. Sachin Tendulkar crossed 18,000 run landmark in one-day internationals. India will face Pakistan in the semi-finals of 2011 World cup at PCA Cricket stadium in Mohali on March 30. … [Read more...]
2011 WC: Ireland crushed England
March 2, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Sensational result! Cricket minnow Ireland defeated England by 3 wickets at Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore. Ireland batsman Kevin O'Brien scored sensational century and helped Ireland to defeat England. He scored 113 runs in just 63 balls. Except Graeme Swann, none of England bowlers failed to show any effect on Irish batsmen. John Mooney's all-round brilliance is another highlight in the match. World Cup record: Ireland's Kevin O'Brien scored fastest century in Cricket world cup history. He scored 100 runs in just 50 balls. He took just 19 balls to score last 50 runs. One of the greatest innings in the World cup history. Special thanks to England captain Andrew Strauss for dropping a sitter when O'Brien was at 91. England Vs Ireland scoreboard: Ireland: 329/7 in 49.1 overs England: 327/8 in 50 overs Man of the Match: Kevin O'Brien (Ireland) England scored 327/8 in 50 overs. Thanks to wonderful half-centuries by Jonathan Trott, Kevin Pietersen and Ian Bell. Ireland's John Mooney took 4 crucial wickets. Latest standings of Group B teams in 2011 World cup. Interesting situation. … [Read more...]
Live: 2011 Indian budget highlights & Analysis
February 28, 2011 By 1 Comment
Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will present 2011 Union Budget at 11 AM. This was the sixth budget presentation by the Bengal man. Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh also made 6 budget speeches in the Parliament. We will update the highlights of Budget speech and how they impact the common man & Stock market investors. Ahead of elections in West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu & Assam, finance minister may present Populist Budget. Our rating for 2011-12 Budget: 8/10 Net effect: Concentrate on rural economy & invest in companies which will benefit from increase in rural consumption. Highlights of 2011-12 Union Budget: Huge sops to Agriculture sector and agro-companies. Bad news: MAT rate hiked to 18.5% & central excise duty and Serivce tax at 10%. Income tax exemption limit: 80 years or above age: 5 lakh 60-80 years age: 2.5 lakh Others: 1.8 lakh 2011 Fiscal deficit: 5.1% & 2012 estimate: 4.6% of GDP FY 2012 Disinvestment target: 40,000 crore 24% increase in allocation to education & 20% hike in allocation to health sector. Broadband to 2,50,000 villages in 3 years. National Knowledge network (schools & colleges) by March, 2012. 17% increase in budget allocation to social sector schemes (58,000 crore to Bharat Nirman) 5-fold strategy to control black money and Money laundering. Increase in limit to farm credit: 4.75 lakh crore. Just 4% interest on short term agricultural loans (if you pay in time). 7% interest if you fail to pay … [Read more...]
