Assembly Polls, final phase: 'Historic' 65% voting in J&K, 70% in Jharkhand

6.20 pm: Overall polling percentage recorded for 5th phase of Jharkhand Assembly election-71.25%: EC

6.18 pm: Overall voting turnout recorded for all phases in the entire Jharkhand State - 66.03%: EC

6.15 pm: EC says this is the highest turnout in last 25 years in J&K; terms it historic and unprecedented.

6.10 pm: Estimated total turnout in Jammu & Kashmir 65 per cent, 4 per cent more than last assembly poll turnout: EC after final phase polling ends.

3.05 pm: Nearly 63.84% turnout in Jharkhand till 3 pm.

3.00 pm: Polling ends in Jharkhand.

2.15 pm: Barhait recorded 52, Rajmahal 50, Godda 48, Mahagama 48, Borio 46 and Dumka 43%, EC officials said in Jharkhand.

1.45 pm: Polling percentage in Jharkhand till 1pm – Pakur, Shikaripara constituencies (60.5%) and (60.15%) respectively, Sarath (59.5), Litipara (59), Maheshpur (58), Nala (56), Jamtara (57), Jarmundi (57), Jama (56) and Poreyahat (56).

1.30 pm: An impressive 53.86% voter turnout recorded till 1 pm.

12.35 pm: Nearly 34.9% voting registered till noon in Jharkhand.

12.10 pm: Overall polling percentage till 12 pm in J&K - 29.75 %.

11.45 am: This is my home, today its the voters who have to go out & vote, we have done our work in our tenure, says Hemant Soren.

11.25 am: MoS PMO Dr Jitendra Singh casts his vote in Jammu.

11.05 am: BJP's Lal Singh casts his vote in Kathua, J&K.

10.50 am: Jharkhand polling % - highest in Pakur (41%), lowest Godda (27%) till 11 am, says election officials.

10.30 am: Nearly 13% voters exercise franchise till 10 am in Jammu and Kashmir.

10.00 am: Militants gun down a village headman in north Kashmir's Baramulla district, says police.

9.20 am: Peaceful but brisk polling in J&K so far, claim officials.

9.15 am: 14.27% polling recorded in Jharkhand till 9 am, says EC officials.

8.50 am: Lot of excitement & enthusiasm among people to vote, voters are coming out in large numbers despite cold, says Sahu

8.45 am: We have made adequate security arrangements, no violence reported, says Ajit Sahu, DC Jammu.

8.40 am: BJP candidate Ravinder Raina, who was attacked in Nowshera allegedly by PDP workers, hospitalised.

8.20 am: I am confident that NC will improve its tally in these polls, says Rana.

8.10 am: NC's Devinder Singh Rana casts his vote in Jammu.

8.00 am: Voting begins in J&K

Also Read: Vote in record numbers: PM Modi

7.30 am: PM Narendra Modi urges voters to participate in large numbers in today's electoral exercise in two states.

7. 00 am: Voting begins in Jharkhand

Jharkhand

Today balloting will take place in 16 of the 81 assembly constituencies in the last round of the five-phase elections in Jharkhand. Over 36 lakh voters, including more than 17 lakh women, will decide the fate of 208 candidates -- 16 of them women -- in the fray.

Balloting will take place at 3,773 polling booths out of which 833 booths have been declared as very sensitive, while another 1,496 have been declared sensitive.

Voting, which will begin at 7 am, will conclude at 3 pm.

The fate of Chief Minister Hemant Soren, of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), will be decided in this phase. Soren, who is the sitting legislator from Dumka, is contesting from both Dumka and Barhet.

Other prominent candidates are assembly Speaker Shashank Shekhar Bhokta, minister Lobin Hembrom, Sita Soren, who is the daughter-in-law of Shibu Soren and sister-in-law of the state chief minister, Bharatiya Janata Party national secretary Louise Marandi, and former minister Simon Marandi.

Jammu and Kashmir

Polling for 20 assembly constituencies in the fifth and final phase of elections in Jammu and Kashmir will take place today. The constituencies are spread over Jammu, Kathua and Rajouri districts. Over 18 lakh voters are eligible to decide the political fate of 213 candidates.

Prominent candidates include Sham Lal Sharma (Akhnoor), Raman Bhalla (Gandhinagar), Deputy Chief Minister Tara Chand (Chhamb) and Manohar Lal Sharma (Billawar).

A total of 2,366 polling stations have been set up.

The constituencies going to polls are Bani, Basohli, Billawar, Kathua and Hiranagar in Kathua district, Nagrota, Gandhinagar, Jammu East, Jammu West, Bishnah, R.S. Pura, Suchetgarh, Akhnoor, Chhamb, Marh and Raipur Domana in Jammu district, and Rajouri, Darhal, Kalakote and Nowshera in Rajouri district.

The BJP had won 11 of the 20 seats, the Congress five and the National Conference three. The Peoples Democratic Party had one member.

Polling is slated to begin 8 am and will end at 4 pm. Votes will be counted Dec 23.

In the outgoing 87-member assembly, the National Conference had 28 members, the PDP 21, the Congress 17 and the BJP 11 legislators.

Elton John marries longtime partner David Furnish

London: Legendary singer Elton John and his partner David Furnish have formally converted their civil partnership to a marriage here in Windsor estate.

"That's the legal bit done. Now on to the ceremony," John, 67, posted on his Instagram page along with a photo of himself, pen in hand, sitting next to Furnish at a desk with a piece of paper in front of them.

The couple will host a ceremony at their Windsor estate in Berkshire later and a number of stars are expected to attend, a spokesman said, reported BBC online.

John and Furnish tied the knot in a civil partnership in 2005. In March, the law was changed in England and Wales to allow same-sex marriage.

The 'Sacrifice' hitmaker took to Twitter last evening to direct people to the couple's instagram accounts, tweeting, "Join Elton John and David Furnish as we share special moments from our Wedding tomorrow. ShareTheLove."

The singer has already posted snaps on the photo-sharing website, including an image of a wedding invitation emblazoned with red roses which confirms the big day is on December 21.

The couple are already parents to two sons -- Zachary and Elijah -- both born through surrogacy.

CRPF chief

New Delhi: The Narendra Modi-led NDA government on Saturday appointed Rajinder Khanna as the new chief of India’s external spy agency, Research & Analysis Wing (R&AW), while Prakash Mishra has been made the new Director General ofCentral Reserve Police Force (CRPF). 

According to reports, the appointments committee of the Cabinet headed by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi issued the above two orders.

"There was a demand from the R&AW to make its chief from the internal officers instead of bringing IPS officer from outside," a PMO official said.

Khanna has led the agency’s counter-terror operations in recent years. With his appointment as new RAW chief, Khanna will have to rebuild the agenyc which is devastated by internal feuds, staff shortages and technology deficits. 

The appointments committee cleared Khanna, a 1978 batch RAS cadre, for the post of RAW chief for a period of two years from 31 December after incumbent Alok Joshi retires.

Along with Khanna, the Centre had also announced the appointment of Arvind Saxena as Director of Aviation Research Centre (ARC). 

Considered as the father of counter-terrorism unit in the RAW, Khanna has been in the forefront of seeking cooperation from intelligence agencies around the globe.

During his long stint in RAW, Khanna has also served in Northeast besides outside the country as well. Saxena, a 1978 batch RAS cadre, will be director of ARC which carries out aerial surveillance of the borders using its unmanned aerial vehicles and other flying machines including MIG and helicopters.

ARC has also the responsibility with IAF to transport Special Frontier Force (SFF) commandos. Saxena will hold the charge till August next year. Mishra, a 1977-batch IPS officer from Odisha cadre, was made chief of CRPF, a post lying vacant since Dilip Trivedi retired on 30 November.

CRPF is the mainstay for anti-Naxal operations and Mishra has himself spearheaded the battle when he was DGP of Odisha. The about 3-lakh personnel force is facing a number of challenges, especially in the left wing extremism theatre, and three committees have been formed by the government in recent past to fine-tune the operational efficacy and modernisation of the paramilitary.

Melody is my strength: Ankit Tiwari

Vadodara: Noted playback singer Ankit Tiwari says melody is his strength and a lot of hard work is required to croon melodious numbers.

"Melody is my strength and it requires a lot of hard work, proper training and guidance for singing such songs," the 27-year-old playback singer and music director told PTI prior to a live concert in the city late last night.

He said it took him six years to lend his voice to the melodious songs that are becoming popular these days.

"I hope the songs sung by me in 'PK' (the recently released film starring Aamir Khan and Anushka Sharma) and other films will also be popular," said Tiwari, who enthralled the audience at a private educational institute here.

'PK' has seven songs composed by Shantanu Moitra, Ankit Tiwari, Ajay-Atul and Ram Sampath. Ankit has sung the 'Dil Darbadar' song which has become an instant hit.

"I have been doing different presentations. I am equally capable of doing club songs, slow rock songs and any other kind as well...You have to work as per the director's call," he said.

On his entry into the world of music, Ankit said, "My mother sings at 'jagrans'. She and my dad were part of a troupe called Raju Suman and Party and they used to perform at 'Mata ki Chowki' and I would accompany them as a child."

"I told my parents about my musical dreams. They let me try my luck. Over the years, I practised singing and started composing my own songs," he said.

"My brother Ankur has played an important role in shaping my career in singing and music," he said.

He also spoke about how he ended up composing and singing for 'Aashiqui 2', after presenting five demo songs before Mahesh Bhatt and Mohit Suri (film's director).

"I gave a live presentation on piano and the first song I made him (Mohit) hear was 'Sun Raha Hai Na'," he said.

He said his priorities now are - first music direction, second singing and lastly singing for other music directors.

To a query, he said, "I have not thought of pairing with somebody for music direction and will continue composing music by myself." 

Lost memories can be restored: Study

Los Angeles: Researchers may be able to restore lost memories in early-stage Alzheimer's patients, suggests a new study which found that long-term memories may not be stored insynapses as previously thought.

Most neuroscientists have believed that memories are stored at the synapses - the connections between brain cells, or neurons - which are destroyed by Alzheimer's disease.

"Long-term memory is not stored at the synapse. That's a radical idea, but that's where the evidence leads. The nervous system appears to be able to regenerate lost synaptic connections," said David Glanzman, senior author of the study, and a University of California - Los Angeles professor.

"If you can restore the synaptic connections, the memory will come back. It won't be easy, but I believe it's possible," he said.

Glanzman's research team studied a type of marine snail called Aplysia. They enhanced the snail's withdrawal reflex by giving it several mild electrical shocks on its tail.

The shock causes the hormone serotonin to be released in the snail's central nervous system. Long-term memory is a function of the growth of new synaptic connections caused by the serotonin, said Glanzman.

As long-term memories are formed, the brain creates new proteins that are involved in making new synapses. If that process is disrupted the proteins may not be synthesised and long-term memories cannot form.

In an experiment, researchers placed sensory and motor neurons that mediate the snail's withdrawal reflex in a Petri dish, where the neurons re-formed the synaptic connections that existed when the neurons were inside the snail's body.

When serotonin was added to the dish, new synaptic connections formed between the sensory and motor neurons.

But if the addition of serotonin was immediately followed by the addition of a substance that inhibits protein synthesis, the new synaptic growth was blocked; long-term memory could not be formed.

Researchers wanted to understand whether synapses disappeared when memories did. They counted synapses in the dish and 24 hours later added a protein synthesis inhibitor.

They found new synapses had grown and synaptic connections between neurons had been strengthened.

Next, the scientists added serotonin to a Petri dish containing a sensory neuron and motor neuron, waited 24 hours, and then added another brief pulse of serotonin - which served to remind the neurons of the original training - and immediately afterward added the protein synthesis inhibitor.

They found that synaptic growth and memory were erased. When they re-counted the synapses, they found that the number had reset to the number before the training, Glanzman said.

If memories are stored in the synapses the researchers should have found that the lost synapses were the same ones that had grown in response to the serotonin. Instead, they found that some of the new synapses were still present and some were gone, and some of the original ones were also gone.

Glanzman said there was no obvious pattern to which synapses stayed and which disappeared, which implied that memory is not stored in synapses.

Pakistan executes four terrorists involved in 2003 attack on Pervez Musharraf

Islamabad: Four convicts, involved in an attack on former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf11 years ago, were hanged to death Sunday at a district jail in Faisalabad following approval by the government to implement executions in terrorism-related cases.

Zubair Ahmed, Rasheed Qureshi, Ghulam Sarwar Bhatti and Russian citizen Akhlaque Ahmed were shifted from the central jail in Faisalabad to another district jail late Saturday to be hanged, Dawn online reported.

The family members were allowed to meet the convicts before the hanging.

Strict security measures were put in place with additional contingents of security personnel deployed on the routes leading to the district jail.

The militants' death penalties were signed by Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif.

Musharraf narrowly escaped when two suicide car bombers rammed their vehicle into his motorcade Dec 25, 2003, in Rawalpindi.

Fifteen people, including soldiers, were killed in the attack which was the second attempt on Musharraf's life that month.

Following the attack, several militants, including the four hanged Sunday, were arrested.

Preparations are underway in Lahore for the execution of four other prisoners in Kot Lakhpat Central Jail. The executions are expected to be carried out within the next one or two days, media reports said.

All the roads leading to the detention facility in Lahore have been blocked and mobile phone jammers have been installed around the jail premises.

In Sindh province's Sukkur city, two terrorists belonging to the outlawed Lashkar-i-Jhangvi will be executed Tuesday. Attaullah alias Qasim and Mohammad Azam alias Sharif were given death sentence by an anti-terrorism court in 2004 for killing a person on sectarian grounds in 2001.

On Friday, two former soldiers were executed in Faisalabad.

One of them was executed for the 2009 attack on the Pakistan Army General Headquarters in Rawalpindi. Another was hanged for his role in an attempt to kill Musharraf in 2003.

Pakistan has started executing terrorists sentenced to death after a terrorist attack left over 140 students and teachers dead in a Peshawar school Dec 16.

The government was keeping a moratorium on death penalty since 2008, due to which their execution could not take place earlier. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Wednesday announced the lifting of the moratorium on executions in Pakistan.

The Taliban group in Pakistan has said it would avenge the deaths of its members.

Officials say that security has also been tightened in jails across Pakistan in view of the possible hanging of more convicted militants.

ऑस्ट्रेलिया से मिली लगातार दूसरी हार से 7वें नंबर पर लुढ़क सकता है भारत

ब्रिस्बेन. कप्तान स्टीवन स्मिथ की बेहतरीन सेंचुरी (133 रन) और मिचेल जॉनसन के ऑलराउंड परफॉर्मेंस के दम पर ऑस्ट्रेलिया ने दूसरे टेस्ट में भारत के खिलाफ 4 विकेट से जीत दर्ज की। यह टेस्ट मैचों में टीम इंडिया की लगातार पांचवी हार है। इस हार के साथ टीम अब वर्ल्ड टेस्ट रैंकिंग में सातवें नंबर पर आ सकती है। 

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टीम इंडिया की दूसरी पारी में विकेट लेने के बाद आक्रामक अंदाज में जॉनसन।

 

 

इंडिया ने आखिरी पारी में मेजबान के सामने 128 रन का लक्ष्य रखा था, जिसे उसने 6 विकेट के नुकसान पर हासिल कर किया। ओपनर क्रिस रॉजर्स ने 55 रन की पारी खेली, वहीं मिचेल मार्श ने विनिंग चौका लगाया। इंडिया के लिए आखिरी पारी में इशांत शर्मा और उमेश यादव ने 5 विकेट लेकर हार का अंतर कम किया। इशांत ने 38 रन खर्च करके क्रिस रॉजर्स, डेविड वार्नर और शेन वाटसन के कीमती विकेट झटके। यादव ने 46 रन देते हुए दो बल्लेबाजों को आउट किया।

जॉनसन का ऑलराउंड परफॉर्मेंस

मिचेल जॉनसन ने बैट और बॉल दोनों से टीम की जीत में योगदान दिया। पहली पारी में ऑस्ट्रेलिया ने 247 रन के योग पर 6 विकेट गंवा दिए थे। ऐसे मुश्किल वक्त में जॉनसन ने कप्तान स्टीवन स्मिथ के साथ मिलकर 7वें विकेट के लिए 148 रन जोड़े। जॉनसन ने 13 चौके व 1 छक्का जड़ते हुए 93 गेंदों में 88 रन बनाए। पहली पारी में विकेटहीन रहे जॉनसन सेकंड इनिंग में बॉल से भी चमके। उन्होंने कुल 61 रन के खर्च पर विराट कोहली, अजिंक्य रहाणे, रोहित शर्मा और उमेश यादव को सस्ते में आउट किया।

स्मिथ की कप्तानी पारी

पहली बार टेस्ट मैच में कप्तानी संभाल रहे स्टीवन स्मिथ ने सभी को प्रभावित किया। उन्होंने ऑस्ट्रेलिया को पहली पारी में 97 रन की लीड दिलाने में अहम भूमिका निभाई। स्मिथ ने 13 चौके व 2 छक्के जड़ते हुए 191 गेंदों में 133 रन बनाए।

 

जीत से पहले लड़खड़ाया मेजबान

 

ऑस्ट्रेलिया को 128 रन का लक्ष्य हासिल करने में परेशानी का सामना करना पड़ा। टीम ने महज 18 रन के योग पर ओपनर डेविड वार्नर (6 रन) का विकेट गंवाया। महज 4 रन जुड़ने के बाद शेन वाटसन बिना खाता खोले पवेलियन लौट गए। उन्हें इशांत ने अपना दूसरा शिकार बनाया। क्रिस रॉजर्स ने 55 रन की पारी खेली, लेकिन 17वें ओवर में वे भी इशांत का तीसरा शिकार बन बैठे।

उमेश यादव ने दूसरे छोर से हमला करते हुए शॉन मार्श को 17 रन के पर्सनल स्कोर पर कप्तान धोनी के हाथों लपकवाया। ऑस्ट्रेलिया जीत से महज 6 रन दूर थी कि तभी कप्तान स्टीवन स्मिथ एक सिंगल चुराने के चक्कर में रन आउट हो गए। अगले ओवर में विकेटकीपर ब्रैड हैडिन उमेश यादव की गेंद पर अपना विकेट गंवा बैठे।

 

224 रन पर सिमटी इंडिया 

मेहमान टीम की दूसरी पारी 224 रन पर सिमटी। ऑस्ट्रेलिया के लिए मिचेल जॉनसन ने 61 रन के खर्च पर 4 बल्लेबाजों को आउट किया। स्पिनर लियॉन को 33 रन के खर्च पर दो विकेट मिले। इंडिया के लिए शिखर धवन ने 81 रन की जुझारू पारी खेली, लेकिन शेष बल्लेबाजों की विफलता की वजह से टीम बड़ा स्कोर बनाने में नाकाम रही।

 

शतक से चूके धवन

धवन ने एक छोर से मोर्चा संभालते हुए पचासा पूरा किया। उन्होंने उमेश यादव संग 60 रन की साझेदारी की, लेकिन वे अधिक देर नहीं टिक पाए। नाथन लियॉन ने उन्हें LBW जज करवाकर आउट किया। धवन ने 81 रन की पारी खेली।

 

लंच से पहले बिखरी इंडिया

 

टीम इंडिया के लिए पहला सत्र बेहद निराशाजनक रहा। दिन का खेल शुरू होने से पहले मेहमान टीम ऑस्ट्रेलिया द्वारा पहली पारी में ली 97 रन की बढ़त से महज 26 रन पीछे थी। उस 26 रन की दूरी को मिटाने में इंडिया ने चार विकेट गंवा दिए। चोटिल शिखर धवन के स्थान पर बल्लेबाजी को उतरे विराट कोहली कुल 1 रन बनाकर मिचेल जॉनसन का शिकार बने।

 

टीम के स्कोर में कुल 10 रन जुड़े थे कि जॉनसन ने एक ही ओवर में मेहमान टीम को दोहरा झटका दिया। उन्होंने अजिंक्य रहाणे (10 रन) को नाथन लियॉन के हाथों कैच करवाया। महज एक गेंद बाद उन्होंने क्रीज पर नए आए रोहित शर्मा को खाता खोलने का मौका दिए बगैर विकेटकीपर हैडिन के हाथों लपकवा दिया।

 

कप्तान धोनी से टीम को उम्मीदें थीं, लेकिन वे खाता तक नहीं खोल सके। उन्हें डेब्यू बॉलर जॉश हेजलवुड ने LBW जज करवाकर आउट किया।

 

अश्विन-पुजारा का संघर्ष

 

आर अश्विन और चेतेश्वर पुजारा ने मिलकर टीम को लीड दिलाई। दोनों बल्लेबाजों के बीच छठे विकेट के लिए 30 रन की साझेदारी हुई। अश्विन 28 रन की जुझारू पारी खेलकर मिचेल स्टार्क की गेंद पर आउट हुए।

 

चेतेश्वर पुजारा हाफ सेंचुरी की तरफ बढ़ रहे थे, लेकिन 43 रन के पर्सनल स्कोर पर उन्हें युवा गेंदबाज जॉश हेजलवुड ने चलता कर दिया। पुजारा प्वाइंट पर तैनात नाथन लियॉन द्वारा लपके गए। 

 

ब्रिस्बेन टेस्ट का स्कोर कार्ड

 

इंडिया पहली पारी	408/10
बैटिंग	मुरली विजय - 144 रन अजिंक्य रहाणे - 81 रन रोहित शर्मा - 32 रन कप्तान धोनी - 33 रन अश्विन - 35 रन शिखर धवन - 24 रन  विराट कोहली - 19 रन चेतेश्वर पुजारा - 18 रन
बॉलिंग	जॉश हेजलवुड - 5/68 मिचेल मार्श - 1/14 नाथन लियॉन - 3/105 शेन वाटसन - 1/39
ऑस्ट्रेलिया पहली पारी	505/10 (97 रन की ली़ड)
बैटिंग	स्टीवन स्मिथ - 133 रन क्रिस रॉजर्स - 55 रन मिचेल जॉनसन - 88 रन मिचेल स्टार्क - 52 रन
बॉलिंग	उमेश यादव - 3/101 इशांत शर्मा - 3/117 आर अश्विन - 2/128 वरुण आरोन - 2/145
इंडिया दूसरी पारी	224/10
बैटिंग	शिखर धवन - 81 रन चेतेश्वर पुजारा - 43 रन उमेश यादव - 30 रन
बॉलिंग	मिचेल जॉनसन - 4/61 मिचेल स्टार्क - 2/27 नाथन लियॉन - 2/33 हेजलवुड - 2/74
ऑस्ट्रेलिया दूसरी पारी	130/6 (टारगेट - 128 रन)
बैटिंग	क्रिस रॉजर्स - 55 रन कप्तान स्टीवन स्मिथ - 28 रन शॉन मार्श - 17 रन
बॉलिंग	इशांत शर्मा - 3/38 उमेश यादव - 2/46
ऑस्ट्रेलिया 4 विकेट से विनर

ब्रिस्बेन में हार के 5 विलेन : रोहित की खराब तकनीक बनी पराजय की वजह

मिचेल जॉनसन की गेंद पर बिना खाता खोले आउट हुए रोहित।

एडिलेड में टीम के जुझारू प्रदर्शन ने हार का गम कम कर दिया था, लेकिन ब्रिस्बेन में खिलाड़ियों ने सुस्त परफॉर्मेंस देकर हार को बड़ा बना दिया। इस मैच के सबसे बड़े विलेन रहे रोहित शर्मा। 

रोहित शर्मा सबसे बड़े विलेन

रोहित शर्मा विदेशी मैदान पर बल्लेबाजी करने में एक बार फिर विफल रहे। उन्होंने पहली पारी में 32 रन बनाकर बड़े स्कोर की नींव बनाई, लेकिन उस पर हाफ सेंचुरी या सेंचुरी की इमारत खड़ी नहीं कर पाए। दूसरी पारी में उनका प्रदर्शन और भी खराब रहा। वे खाता तक नहीं खोल सके।

रोहित शर्मा की बाउंसी पिचों पर तेज गेंदबाजों के विरुद्ध तकनीक एक बार फिर खराब रही। युवा पेसर जॉश हेजलवुड के सामने वे बेबस दिखे। उनकी 11 गेंदों का सामना करने के बाद वे कुल 1 रन बना सके। वहीं मिचेल जॉनसन के खिलाफ भी वे रन स्कोर नहीं कर पाए। जॉनसन की 13 गेंदों में वे 1 चौके समेत 6 रन बना सके। 13 में से 10 गेंदें खाली रहीं।

तकनीक है खराब

रोहित हर बार बाहर जाती गेंदों का पीछा करने की कोशिश करते हैं। उनकी यही खराब तकनीक टीम की पराजय की वजह बनी। पहली पारी में शेन वाटसन और दूसरी पारी में मिचेल जॉनसन ने गेंद को आउट स्विंग करवाते हुए उन्हें शॉट खेलने का लालच दिया। रोहित उस लालच में फंसे और अपना विकेट गंवा बैठे।

आगे क्लिक कर पढ़िए, कौन-कौन से खिलाड़ी रहे हार के विलेन

परफॉर्म करने के मामले में वर्ल्ड लीडर्स में मोदी नंबर दो, ओबामा-पुतिन को पछाड़ा

 

 

बीजिंग: परफॉर्मेंस के मामले में प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी दुनिया के नेताओं में दूसरे नंबर पर हैं। चीन के राष्ट्रपति शी जिनपिंग पहले स्थान पर हैं। एक जापानी फर्म जीएमओ रिसर्च ने एक सर्वे के आधार पर दुनिया के 30 सबसे ज्यादा बढ़िया परफॉर्मेंस करने वाले नेताओं की लिस्ट जारी की है। इसमें जर्मनी की चांसलर एंजेला मर्केल को तीसरा स्थान मिला है। सर्वे में शी जिनपिंग को 10 में से 7.5 अंक मिले। मोदी को 7.3 और मर्केल को 7.2 अंक मिले। टोक्यो की कंपनी जीएमओ रिसर्च ने इस सर्वे में 26,000 लोगों से राय जानी। इसका निष्कर्ष हार्वर्ड कैनेडी स्कूल के ऐश सेंटर फॉर डेमोक्रेटिक गवर्नेंस एंड इनोवेशन ने प्रकाशित किया है। 

 

टॉप-8 परफॉर्मिंग लीडर्स 

रैंक	लीडर	देश	नंबर (ऑउट ऑफ 10)
1	शी जिनपिंग	चीन	7.5
2	नरेंद्र मोदी	भारत	7.3
3	एंजेला मर्केल	जर्मनी	7.2
4	बराक ओबामा	अमेरिका	6.6
5	डेविड कैमरन	ब्रिटेन	6.5
6	फ्रांस्वा ओलांद	फ्रांस	6.3
7	शिंजो आबे	जापान	6.1
8	व्लादिमीर पुतिन	रूस	6.0

10 Photos From 2014 That Almost Broke the Internet

a Prasad | Updated: December 19, 2014 18:24 IST

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The year of 2014 has been one of change. It's been a magical year for sports and entertainment, and a year of things that went 'viral'. 

Presenting the top 10 of the year's most discussed, shared, and 'liked' pictures: 

1. Let's begin with the picture of India's Mission to Mars that made the world stop and take note of the magnificent work being done by the scientists at ISRO. MOM was successful, just like all moms are, and the world bowed its head in respect. #MOMRules


Source: ISRO


2. Narendra Modi became Prime Minister of India and the world was watching when he was sworn in. 


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3. Any 2014 list with no mention of Asian Games 2014, is no list at all and here's another look at the heroes of our nation who brought gold, glory and a lot of smiles back to India. #Respect




4. It was an especially good year for the entertainment industry, beginning with this epic selfie with a star-cast that any movie producer would kill to have. #OscarSelfie 


Source: AP


5. Salman Khan and Shah Rukh Khan set aside their differences and came together to celebrate Salman's sister Arpita's nuptials. The picture of the three of them probably caused Twitter/Facebook programmers some sleepless nights. So. Many. Shares. 

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6. A very, very cute ace tennis player came, saw, played, danced and then ate a very big naan. And suddenly a cricket-crazy country found itself court-side with Roger Federer, spellbound and reeling in love. #FedExInIndia




7. The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge was in the news for the better part of the year. A peek at the who's who, dunking themselves with freezing water. #IceBucket




8. This picture of US President Barack Obama in the Oval Office had many in tears because they just could not stop laughing. Most bored toddler ever. #NotCoolObama

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9. Yuvraj Singh touched Sachin Tendulkar's feet. The web finally broke. D'aaaaaaw!


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10. For some reason, THIS was the most 'liked' picture of 2014 - Kim Kardashian's wedding to Kanye West. #Meh


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