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Australia beat England to win their 3rd successive Women's Cricket T20 World Cup (2014) title

April 7, 2014

Australia lifted their 3rd World Twenty20 title by beating Australia in the finals held at Dhaka , Bangladesh. Australia 106 for 4 beat England 105 for 8 by six wickets. It was Australia’s third T20 triumph in succession. England medium-pacer Anya Shrubsole was named ..

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ESPNcricinfo Awards 2013: “Sachin Tendulkar”- Cricketer of the Generation

March 21, 2014

Indian Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar has been voted the cricketer of the generation by a 50-member jury of current and former cricketers and journalists. The award is meant to honour the most outstanding cricketer between the years 1993 and 2013. The ..

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ICC World Twenty 20 Schedule: ICC World Twenty 20 Starts March 16, 2014

March 16, 2014

The ICC World Twenty20 (also referred to as the ICC World T20 or the T20 World Cup) will be played in Bangladesh from March 16, 2014 – April 6 2014. This is the 5th World Twenty20 cricket. Teams: 16 teams The Top 8 Test teams ..

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Mr. Pankaj Mishra: Indian author won Windham Campbell Literature Prize 2014

March 12, 2014

Indian author Mr. Pankaj Mishra won the prestigious Donald Windham Campbell Literature prize 2014 in the non-fiction category. The awards are announced by The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library at YaleUniversity. Mr. Mishra Mishra is an Indian essayist, memoirist, ..

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South Africa won ICC Under-19 World Cup 2014

March 5, 2014

For the first time, South Africa won the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup by defeating two-time former champions Pakistan by six wickets at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. Man of the match – Mr. Corbin Borsch (South Africa) Player of ..

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Study: Titled “Climbing behavior in extant crocodiles”

February 20, 2014

The researchers from University of Tennessee, USA studied the tree-climbing and basking behavior in reptiles, under the title, “Climbing behavior in extant crocodiles”. They noticed crocodilian species on three continents viz. Australia, Africa and North America and examined previous studies ..

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OECD issued new standard to combat black money; India to follow new standard for tracking black money

February 16, 2014

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) revealed a new “game-changing” mechanism to combat the menace of offshore tax evasion. Till now, 42 countries including India adopted a new global standard for automatic exchange of information on offshore tax ..

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India's first monorail inaugurated in Mumbai

February 5, 2014

India’s first monorail service started in Mumbai. The monorail service that would link the city to major stations began its first phase of 8.93 km between Wadala and Chembur in the eastern fringes of the Commercial Capital. The first phase ..

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India ranked 155th on Yale's Environmental Performance Index (EPI)

January 30, 2014

India ranked 155th out of 178 countries with an index score of 31.23 points, in its efforts to address environmental challenges, in the 2014 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) issued by Yale University. Regardless of an improvement in overall performance, India ranks ..

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Australia v/s England: Australia won the ODI series by 4-1

January 27, 2014

Australia beat England by 5 runs in 5th ODI at Adelaide and won the series by 4-1 in Australia. Key Players of ODI Series 2014: Man of the series:  Aaron Finch (for 258 runs in the series including two centuries) ..

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