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Father’s memory inspired Hayden Walsh to match-winning knock against Ireland Hayden Walsh has said that he was inspired by the 10-year anniversary of his father’s death after helping to secure a tense, one-wicket win for West Indies in Barbados. The match at Kensington Oval went down to the penultimate ball, with No. 9 Walsh unbeaten on 46 when Sheldon Cottrell hit a six to seal victory. Walsh was batting for only the third time in his ODI career, but shared in partnerships of 52 and 32 for the eighth and ninth wickets as West Indies recovered from 148 for 7 to...

Ajay Devgn shares picture with Mahendra Singh Dhoni, leaves Twitter feeling all kinds of emotions Ajay Devgn recently took to Twitter and shared an image that has left Twitterati feeling all kinds of emotions. The actor tweeted a picture with the captain cool, Mahendra Singh Dhoni. He shared the image with the caption, “Cricket and Films… the uniting religion of our country @msdhoni.” After sharing the image, it went viral and caused Twitter to lose it. At the time of filing, the image had already been retweeted over 4.7k times and garnered over 45k likes. Source: India Today

Leonardo DiCaprio reportedly helped save a man who had been treading water for 11 hours after falling off a cruise ship Leonardo DiCaprio reportedly assisted in a heroic mission that saved the life of a man who had toppled off a cruise ship in the Caribbean. The Hollywood star was vacationing near St. Barts with his girlfriend, Camila Morrone, and friends over the New Year’s Eve period when his captain was alerted to the incident on December 30, People reported. “Leo and his friends and their boat captain decided to join the search and their efforts resulted in helping save a man’s life,” a...

M&M aims to expand electric vehicle offerings to counter competition India’s electric vehicle leader Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd is planning to launch a slew of products in the segment over the next two years including its first affordable electric vehicle to be launched in the upcoming Auto Expo next month. In line with the union government’s goal to promote electric mobility among commercial operators like Ola and Uber, the Mumbai based company will focus on the space with eco-friendly products, said Pawan Goenka, managing director of Mahindra and Mahindra. Source: Livemint

Northern Army Commander on China visit In a step towards maintaining peace in the region, Northern Army Commander Lieutenant General Ranbir Singh is on a five-day visit to China. This is the second time the Northern Army Commander of the Indian Army has visited China, the last one being in 2015. Singh is one of the senior-most officers of the Indian Army. The Army said in a statement that Singh “is on a strategically significant five-day visit” and is “leading a high-level military delegation which will hold talks with top Generals of the People’s Liberation Army”. The delegation, Army said,...

Justin Trudeau’s new beard is dividing the Internet. What’s your take? Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is one of the most popular leaders in the world. Expectedly, content related to him never fail to create a stir online. Case in point, a recent picture of Trudeau has created a lot of buzz on social media. In the photo, he is seen with a salt-and-pepper beard and his new look has sparked a debate among people too. In the image, the 48-year-old can be seen in a deep thought. It was shared on Instagram by the Canadian PM’s official photographer Adam...

Australian bushfires: In the country’s hour of need, PM Scott Morrison failed to step up With the mega-fires consuming enormous tracts of country Australia, we are witnessing not only a national disaster, but also a failure of national leadership. In a federal system, much responsibility for local services, and local emergencies, devolves to the states. But fires observe no boundaries. It is a situation that was foreseen by experienced fire chiefs last April. Indeed, fire chiefs had made a case for more federal resources two years ago. But their calls for national leadership and national coordination were ignored. Source: Scroll.in

Markets seriously underpricing US-Iran risks, threat not over: Nouriel Roubini In between the possibilities of a full-scale war leading to a recession and a risk-free scenario, there is possibility of limited contained conflicts via proxy wars which will lead to global growth slowdown, says Nouriel Roubini, Chairman, Roubini Macro Associate, in an exclusive interview with ETNOW. Just about 48 hours ago, the global financial markets were on tenterhooks about the Iran-US situation after General Qesim Soleimani’s assassination and the retaliation from Iran. But markets were quite pleasantly surprised by the way it has dialed down. Do you think this is over? Has...

Amid US-Iran tensions, UN chief Antonio Guterres says world cannot afford another war, asks all parties to exercise maximum restraint United Nations: In the wake of an Iranian ballistic missile attack on airbases which house US forces in Iraq, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said he would continue his active engagement to de-escalate tensions and avert full-scale war, which the “world cannot afford.” In a statement released by his spokesperson Stephane Dujarric on Wednesday, Guterres re-iterated the “passionate appeal for peace” he made on Monday, after tensions rose dramatically across the whole Gulf region, following the killing of the top...

In discussing MS Dhoni’s future, Ravi Shastri drops biggest hint about T20 World Cup participation Team India head coach Ravi Shastri has equated former Indian captain MS Dhoni to Kapil Dev as far as his fitness standards are concerned. He also believes that considering the age of Dhoni, he is best suited to the shortest format of the game. In an interview ahead of the 3rd T20I against Sri Lanka, Shastri revealed that they had a discussion regarding his future in the Indian team, but the same could not be made public. “We had a conversation but that’s between me and MS,...