ऐतिहासिक जीत दिलाने वाले विराट और शास्त्री के हीरो अचानक हुए गायब, चयनकर्ताओं ने मोड़ा मुंह, टेस्ट करियर खत्म!

भारत के लिए ऑस्ट्रेलिया 2020-21 के दौरे पर हनुमा विहारी, वाशिंगटन सुंदर, टी नटराजन और शार्दुल ठाकुर जैसे खिलाड़ियों ने यादगार प्रदर्शन किया. इस दौरे पर शुभमन गिल, मोहम्मद सिराज, टी नटराजन, वाशिंगटन सुंदर ने टेस्ट डेब्यू किया था.

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China's Ruling Communist Party Claims "Decisive Victory" Over COVID-19

China's ruling Communist Party has claimed to have scored a "decisive victory" over the coronavirus pandemic by minimising the casualties and staunchly defended its much-criticised zero-COVID policy, saying that it has succeeded in preventing the widespread prevalence of variants.

Since December last year, millions of people in China contracted the Omicron virus and unofficial reports said thousands of people, especially those above 60 years old, fell victim to it.

More than 200 million people were treated and nearly 800,000 patients in severe conditions received effective treatment, according to an official press release issued after the party's political bureau meeting held on Thursday.

With a strong sense of responsibility and strategic resolve, China has optimised and adjusted the COVID-19 prevention and control measures in light of the evolving situation, and effectively balanced pandemic containment with economic and social development, it said.

"As a result, we have succeeded in preventing the widespread prevalence of variants that are more virulent and fatal, effectively protecting people's safety and health, and buying us precious time for winning the battle against the pandemic", it said.

"We have scored a decisive victory in our response to COVID-19. China, a country with a large population of 1.4 billion, has created a remarkable feat in the history of human civilisation by successfully walking out of the pandemic," the party claimed.

Since November 2022, the focus was on optimising response measures to safeguard the health and prevent severe cases and secure a smooth transition within a short period of time, it said.

China's mortality rate of COVID-19 has been kept at the lowest level globally, it said without providing any data on the death count during the recent Omicron spread in the country.

Last month Chinese health officials reported 59,938 new coronavirus deaths in hospitals across the country over the last 30 days, amid criticism from the WHO that Beijing was heavily under-reporting the magnitude of the pandemic.

China was the rare country where its vaccination campaign focused more on people below 60 years to keep the working-age population safe.

The country's zero covid policy was effective to halt the Delta variant but fell flat to containing the Omicron variant of COVID.

Periodic lockdowns of top cities including Shanghai and arbitrary sealing of residential buildings resulted in rare public protests in December last year, prompting the government to lift the restrictions suddenly. It resulted in the massive spread of Covid in the country.

China reopened its borders to international travellers on January 8 after nearly three years.

The coronavirus initially broke out in the central Chinese city of Wuhan in December 2019 before it spread to other countries and was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation.

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10868 रन बनाने वाली महिला क्रिकेटर 40 की उम्र में भी है सिंगल! आखिर क्यों नहीं की शादी? वजह बेहद ही दिलचस्प

भारतीय महिला टीम की पूर्व कप्तान मिताली राज (Mithali Raj) 40 साल की हो गई है. मिताली ने साल 1999 में टीम इंडिया के लिए डेब्यू किया था. उन्होंने अपने करियर पर साल 2022 में विराम लगाया. हैरान करने वाली बात यह है कि उन्होंने अभी तक शादी नहीं की है. हर कोई इसका कारण जानना चाहता है. मिताली राज ने एक इंटरव्यू में खुलासा किया था कि उन्होंने शादी क्यों नहीं की. उन्होंने इसका हैरान करने वाला जवाब दिया.

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Can India Reintroduce Asian Cheetah? South Africa's Expert Explains

It would be impossible for India to reintroduce the Asiatic cheetahs because there are only a few left and that is why it had to choose South African cheetahs, according to a leading expert here.

Vincent van der Merwe, a veterinarian who is closely involved in the project which will see 12 South African cheetahs land at Gwalior Air Force base on Saturday morning, explained that there were only about 30 to 40 Asian cheetahs left in the Asia region, all of them in Iran.

"So, it would be impossible for India to take cheetahs from Asia for this reintroduction because there are a few left. Maybe one day we might be able to save the Asiatic cheetah. It's a very different-looking cheetah, but this is a species that is essentially at the end of the run," he said.

Van der Merwe said the Asian cheetah had once been endemic to all of Asia but had been rendered extinct through centuries of agricultural growth encroaching on their territory.

Speaking at a briefing in rural Limpopo province on Thursday night ahead of an event where the cheetahs were being prepared for the flight from O R Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg on Friday evening to be sent to India, van der Merwe said they were aware that India has a lot of predators that the local cheetah would never have come across before.

"So, we have selected our very best cheetah for relocation. These are animals that know what to do when they encounter lions. These animals are out there to get them and they are vigilant to the presence of these predators. They immediately know that they must move in the opposite direction. The cheetah that we are sending to India will know what to do," he said.

Being the fastest land animal on earth, no predator has a chance of catching a running cheetah.

"We want wild and functional cheetahs introduced into India. They must know what to do when they see lions or leopards, because these are the predators that they are going to encounter in India, alongside sloth bears, wolves for the first time, and Indian wild dogs," said Van der Merwe.

Adrian Tordiffe, Associate Professor and Veterinary Wildlife Specialist at the University of Pretoria, who has also been deeply involved in the project, explained the cheetahs were sedated and brought in from their holding fenced areas to receive vaccination and other medication before being revived in the crates in which they would be transported to India.

"When we are translocating animals, we want to make sure that we are not reintroducing any disease into the wildlife population in India and at the same time we want to make sure that whatever they are going to be exposed to in India is not going to detrimentally affect them," Tordiffe said.

Tordiffe was also very complimentary of the Indian team that he and his team had worked with.

"There so many lessons that we can learn from them in terms of how they deal with human-wildlife conflict and the way they manage their open system parks, which we are very scared of doing (in South Africa)," he said.

Tordiffe was referring to the fact that India's reserves are mainly open, where animals can roam free, often with human settlements adjacent to them. South Africa's reserves are all fenced in.

"It has been absolutely wonderful working with what I consider some of the best carnivore conservationists in the world. My colleagues in India have done a marvellous job at the conservation of the tiger. Their tiger population has also doubled in the last ten years," Tordiffe said.

Dr Amit Mallick, Inspector-General of the National Tiger Conservation Authority, shared his optimism about the South African cheetah adapting to the Indian condition.

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17 साल की उम्र में चल बसी थी मां, पिता ने की वॉचमैन की नौकरी, अब करोड़ों का मालिक है भारतीय दिग्गज

Ravindra Jadeja Struggle Story: टीम इंडिया में कई क्रिकेटर ऐसे आए जिन्हें बचपन के दिनों में काफी परेशानियां झेलनी पड़ी. उन्होंने काफी मेहनत कर टीम इंडिया में अपना स्थान पक्का किया. भारत के दिग्गज ऑलराउंडर्स की लिस्ट में शुमार रवींद्र जडेजा की कहानी भी कुछ ऐसी ही है जिन्होंने अब विरोधी टीम के नाक में दम कर रखा है.

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CCTV Video Shows A Deer Crashing Through Classroom Window In US School

An elementary school in the US was in for a surprise after a deer crashed into a classroom by breaking through its glass window. Security cameras installed at the Evergreen Elementary School in Alabama captured the unusual incident and shared it on their Facebook page.  According to the time stamp on the video, the incident happened on February 11, Saturday. 

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The CCTV video shows the deer darting and dashing into an empty classroom through a window. Since there was no one inside the classroom at that moment, no one was injured by the shattered glass. Meanwhile, the clueless deer can be aimlessly wandering inside the room and inspecting its surroundings. The school said the deer struggled to walk on the school's waxed floors before wandering around "for a couple of hours." 

The Evergreen Elementary School shared several clips of the incident on its Facebook page and wrote, ''We had an unexpected intruder this weekend that undoubtedly wanted to see all the GREAT things that were going on in our school. 

Below you can see camera clips capture a doe jumping through a window in one of our classrooms. It stayed for a couple of hours and then decided to leave. It struggled for a few minutes to learn how to walk on our waxed floors. Once acclimated to the new environment, it jumped out of the window as fast as it entered. We were glad to see the deer not injured.'' 

Internet users were both surprised and amused at the incident. One user wrote, ''Since Evergreen City School, became Evergreen Elementary school in 2002 I have never known anything to happen like this!! YESSSSS THERE has been a few snakes entering the building, but this just takes the cake!! OMG!!!!" 

Another commented, ''Oh this really precious.'' ''That's insane,'' wrote a third. 

Last year, a video of a monkey entering a classroom full of students in Jharkhand's Hazaribagh went super viral. The monkey was spotted attending classes with students at the government school. It was even seen casually sitting in the back row, while the teacher continued to teach the little kids.  

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Watch: Hidden Cameras Capture Birth Of Two Critically Endangered Sumatran Tiger Cubs At UK Zoo

A zoo in the UK recently welcomed the arrival of twin Sumatran tiger cubs, dubbing the birth a "significant step forward". The two cubs were born to first-time parents Kasarna and Dash on January 7 at the Chester Zoo located in Cheshire. It is to be noted that only 350 Sumatran tigers are thought to remain in the wild, making them one of the world's rarest tiger subspecies. The zoo said that it has been a 'privilege' to welcome the tigers into the world, and added that ''it is a vital step in the long-term efforts to protect these incredible animals.''  

Hidden CCTV cameras which have been installed in the den have also captured the birth of the two Sumatran tiger cubs.  

The official account of Chester Zoo shared the video on Twitter and wrote, ''We're delighted to share that two incredibly rare Sumatran tiger cubs have been born! Our hidden cameras captured first-time mum Kasarna and her adorable new arrivals soon after birth on January 7.'' 

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Tiger cubs born at Chester Zoo! ? ?

⁰⁰We're delighted to share that two incredibly rare Sumatran tiger cubs have been born!⁰⁰ ?

Our hidden cameras captured first time mum Kasarna and her adorable new arrivals soon after birth on January 7 ? pic.twitter.com/iiXDoc91jM

— Chester Zoo (@chesterzoo) February 15, 2023

The 1-minute and 12 seconds clip further shows the two little Sumatran tigers playing around and bonding with their mum Kasarna.  

"We've been closely monitoring Kasarna on our CCTV cameras as she gets to grips with motherhood and her first litter of cubs - it's a real privilege and incredibly special to watch. She's a great mum and is being very attentive to her new infants, keeping them snuggled up in the den and feeding them every few hours," Dave Hall, carnivore team manager at Chester Zoo, said.  

Mr. Jordan, from the zoo, said Kasarna's cubs were "absolutely crucial to the survival of the species". 

"They are the latest additions to an insurance population in conservation zoos that will be the driving force in preventing the Sumatran tiger from enduring the same fate as the Javan, Caspian, and Balinese tigers, which have all sadly been wiped out forever," he added.  

 Zookeepers say the new arrivals are yet to be sexed and will be named once they start to gain confidence and venture outside, which experts estimate will be in early April. 

Notably, Sumatran tigers are listed as Critically Endangered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Habitat loss, poaching, and conflict with humans could see the carnivores become extinct, the zoo said. 

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शार्दुल ठाकुर को दी घर में पनाह.. रोहित शर्मा से नहीं ली फीस; कुछ इस तरह कोच ने बनाया था दोनों खिलाड़ियों का करियर

रोहित शर्मा (Rohit Sharma) और शार्दुल ठाकुर (Shardul Thakur) बेशक भारत के बड़े क्रिकेटरों की गिनती में गिने जाते हैं. लेकिन क्या आप जानते हैं भारत के इन दोनों खिलाड़ियों के पीछे किसका हाथ है. अगर नहीं तो आपको इसकी पूरी जानकारी इस खबर के माध्यम से मिलेगी.

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UP Minister Calls Samajwadi Party Leader 'Ravana' Over Ramcharitmanas Remark

Uttar Pradesh Secondary Education Minister Gulab Devi on Thursday compared Samajwadi Party leader Swami Prasad Maurya, who demanded a ban on a portion of Shri Ramcharitmanas, to 'Ravan'.

The minister made the remark in a press conference during her visit to the centres for the UP Board Examination.

"Even Ravan did not believe in Ramcharitmanas," she said.

"But Ravan had Ram in his heart. He went to heaven but what was his condition before that? Ramcharitmanas is a scripture full of qualities of humanity. It is a question of our faith," the minister said.

"There is an emptiness in the hearts of those who do not believe this. They are criticising Manas to make their politics shine," she said.

Mr Maurya, a Legislative Council member, had in a statement last month demanded a ban on a couplet from Shri Ramcharitmanas, terming it derogatory towards Dalits and women.

On the Kanpur Dehat incident where a woman and her daughter immolated themselves during an anti-encroachment drive, the minister said, "it was heart-wrenching." "There should be no politics on this. One should sympathise with the survivors of the victim's family. The government should compensate them. Action is being taken against the culprits," she said.

On the UP board exams, she said anyone found involved in cheating will be booked under the National Security Act.

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मैदान पर शर्मनाक घटना, भिड़ गए 2 दिग्ग्ज क्रिकेटर, एक ने खींची टी-शर्ट तो दूसरे ने फेंक दिया बल्ला

क्रिकेट को जेंटल मैन गेम कहा जाता है. लेकिन मैदान पर कई बार क्रिकेटर इसके उलट व्यवहार करते दिखे हैं. वेस्टइंडीज के मार्लोन सैमुअल्स (Marlon Samuels) बड़े विवादों में रह चुके हैं. वे और ऑस्ट्रेलिया के दिग्गज क्रिकेटर के बीच मैदान पर हाथापाई तक की नौबत आ गई थी. इस मामले ने काफी तूल भी पकड़ा.

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Woman Forgets Priceless Artwork On A Flight, Then A Stranger Came To Her Rescue

A California-based artist has shared a beautiful story of how a stranger's kindness helped her get back priceless artwork that she lost on a Copenhagen-bound flight. The artist, a woman named Alyse Dietel, was left miserable after she left a cardboard tube in the overhead bin that contained valuable sketches she made during her two-month stay in Iceland. She immediately contacted the airlines for help but to no avail. 

Desperate to get them back, the 29-year-old artist posted an appeal about her lost artwork on Instagram. She said an airline employee named Irek Michal saw her post and offered to help. Commenting on her post, Mr. Michal promised her that he will check the lost and found section of the airline.

Miraculously, he ended up finding the lost drawings and shipped them to Ms. Dietel. What's more noteworthy is that he even refused the money she offered to pay for the shipping charges. Instead, he asked her to donate the shipping amount to a charity. As a sign of gratitude, she sent him homemade goodies and several stickers. 

In an Instagram video, Ms. Dietel recounted the wholesome experience, thanking the airport employee for his kindness. She captioned the video, '' A feel-good Internet story for y'all! Thank you SO much to everyone who contributed to this happy ending by commenting, liking and sharing my post and story about it! You're the reason the algorithm showed my plea to the right person, go team!  HUGE shoutout to @irek_michal for finding and shipping my tube, talk about an everyday hero!!'' 

Internet users loved the heartwarming gesture and many also shared similar incidents of strangers helping them.  

One user wrote, ''What a beautiful story! Kudos to @irek_michal for showing up for another human being in this way. '' Another commented, '' Maybe we aren't all complete strangers in the grand scheme of things after all.'' 

A third added, ''I once dropped my wallet in a cab. I was bartending at the time and it was full of cash. Some other passenger found my number in the wallet and called me. He wouldn't take anything in return. Humans can be so generous and kind.'' 

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KFC Cannot Claim Exclusive Right Over Use Of Word 'Chicken': High Court

Multinational fast food restaurant chain KFC cannot claim any exclusive rights in relation to the use of the word "chicken", the Delhi High Court has said.

The court's observation came on appeal by Kentucky Fried Chicken International Holdings LLC against the refusal by the Senior Examiner of Trademarks to register "Chicken Zinger" as its trade mark.

While setting aside the order, the court directed the Trademark Registry to proceed with the advertisement in relation to registration application for the mark "Chicken Zinger" within three months and decide any opposition to the registration.

"It is clarified that Appellant shall not have any exclusive rights in the word "Chicken". Trademarks Registry shall reflect this disclaimer at the time of advertisement of subject mark and also if subject mark ultimately proceeds for registration," said Justice Sanjeev Narula in a recent order. The court observed that the mark in question consisted of two words-- "Chicken" and "Zinger" and their use together "does not draw an instant connection".

"The dictionary meaning of 'Zinger' is 'a thing outstandingly good of its kind' or 'a wisecrack; punch line' or 'a surprise question; an unexpected turn of events'. Use of 'Zinger' in conjunction with 'Chicken' does not draw an instant connection with the kind of goods/ services and may at best, be considered suggestive," noted the court.

The court further observed that KFC nonetheless holds registration of the word marks 'Zinger' and 'Paneer Zinger' and the rejection of registration for 'Chicken Zinger' seemed to be based on the use of the word "Chicken', over which, the restaurant chain cannot have any exclusivity and no such claim was also being asserted.

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T20 World Cup: दीप्ति-ऋचा के दम पर भारत की दूसरी जीत, वेस्टइंडीज को धोया, सेमीफाइनल की ओर बढ़ाए कदम

ICC Women's T20 World Cup: भारतीय महिला टीम ने टी20 वर्ल्ड कप में लगातार दूसरी जीत दर्ज की. दीप्ति शर्मा (Deepti Sharma) की बेहतरीन गेंदबाजी और युवा बैटर ऋचा घोष की शानदार बल्लेबाजी के दम पर भारत ने वेस्टइंडीज को (IND W vs WI W) 6 विकेट से हराया. इस तरह से टीम ने सेमीफाइनल की ओर भी कदम बढ़ा दिए हैं.

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71 Demolition Drives Conducted In South Delhi In 2023 So Far: Civic Body

Civic authorities have carried out 71 demolition drives against "unauthorised properties" in south Delhi this year so far, officials said on Wednesday.

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has also carried out 41 sealing actions in the same time period, they said.

In a statement, the MCD's South Zone said it has conducted a demolition and sealing drive against "unauthorized constructions" in different areas of South Delhi.

"Seventy-one demolition and 41 sealing actions have been taken against unauthorized constructed properties in Said-ul-Azaib, Khirki Extension, Panchsheel Vihar, Chhattarpur, Freedom Fighter Enclave, Panchsheel Vihar, Greater Kailash-1, Greater Kailash-2,Neb Sarai, Malviya Nagar, Mehrauli etc. this year," the statement said.

The field staff of the Building Department of South Zone has been exclusively focused in taking demolition and sealing action against unauthorised construction, it said, adding that the areas were regularly inspected and unauthorised construction by unscrupulous builders were identified.

"These unscrupulous builders carried out unauthorised construction in blatant violations of various laws and luring general public into buying cheaper flats with extra ground coverage.

"Massive demolition actions have been taken by the department with a view to discouraging the unauthorized construction activities by unscrupulous builders," the MCD said in the statement.

The MCD said on some occasions, there was stiff resistance from local residents who tried to create a ruckus and hindrances to thwart the demolition staff from taking actions, but the drive was carried out successfully.

The MCD said it will further intensify the demolition drive.

"The drive is aimed at bringing constructions in properties within the parameters of Master Plan-2021 and Unified Building Bye-Laws-2016, which contain the notified regulations applicable for construction activities in the Capital," the statement read.

"These demolition and sealing actions are strong messages against unscrupulous builders to abide by the provisions of DMC Act, 1957, Master Plan-2021 and Unified Building Bye-Laws-2016.

"With these actions, the department will keep persevering in taking such punitive actions with the sole motive to bring the construction activities within the ambit aforesaid Statutes," it added.

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राहुल द्रविड़ का ऐलान, जीत के बाद भी होगा प्लेइंग-XI में बदलाव, नंबर-1 बैटर होगा बाहर

IND vs AUS 2nd Test: टीम इंडिया (Team India) दूसरे टेस्ट के लिए तैयार है. भारत और ऑस्ट्रेलिया में बीच मैच 17 फरवरी से दिल्ली में होना है. भारत ने नागपुर में खेले गए पहले टेस्ट में पारी से जीत दर्ज की थी. जीत के बाद भी कोच राहुल द्रविड़ (Rahul Dravid) ने प्लेइंग-XI में बदलाव को लेकर बड़ी बात कही है. श्रेयस अय्यर (Shreyas Iyer) ने बुधवार को नेट में जमकर प्रैक्टिस की.

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