Day: January 14, 2020

 Prajnesh Gunneswaran advanced to the second round of the Australian Open qualifiers but Ramkumar Ramanathan frittered away a one-set advantage to make an exit, here Tuesday.

Star striker Rani Rampal will lead a 20-member Indian women’s hockey team for the tour of New Zealand, beginning on January 25 in Auckland.

Retired South African big-hitter AB de Villiers on Tuesday said efforts are on to ensure his comeback in the national team for the T20 World Cup in Australia, a plan in which his IPL form will play a crucial role.

Suburban residents are of the opinion that Pongal celebrations have lost their charm in recent years and the enthusiasm with which it was celebrated earlier, is now on the decline.

In a bid to promote eco-friendly celebrations, residents in city are keen on sustainable practices for Pongal festival.
According to Vatsala Parthasarathy of Journalist Colony, “The festival by itself is quite environment-friendly. I hope people do not burn many items on Bhogi. And those who are into gifts, it is better to keep it simple. For instance, a personalised hand-painted earthen pot with a kolam designed on it”.

By not attending a meeting of Opposition parties convened by Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday to deliberate on the current political situation following protests against the amended Citizenship Act and the violence on campuses, the BSP, the AAP and the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC have showed that they would not toe the line of Congress.

Canadian investigators flying to Tehran on Monday will access the wreckage and black boxes from a Ukranian jetliner downed by a missile strike last week, officials said. “We don’t fully know what the scope of our investigation will be,” Transportation Safety Board (TSB) chair Kathy Fox told a press conference. However, she added, “there have been early signs that Iran is allowing the TSB to play a more active role than is normally permitted.”

Lexus India wrapped up its third edition of Lexus Design Award India (LDAI). According to a press release, the winners of the third LDAI were chosen from 885 high quality entries from all over India.

Health warnings were issued after a thick haze from the bushfires in Victoria descended on Melbourne Tuesday morning, reducing the air quality in the Australian city to the “worst in the world”. Melbourne’s air quality went down overnight to “hazardous” due to bushfire smoke. Victoria’s chief health officer Brett Sutton said, “I think overnight for Melbourne it did reach the worst in the world.”