India thrashes South Africa by 8 wickets in the 6th ODI

India thrashes South Africa by 8 wickets in the 6th ODI  at the SuperSport Park in Centurion to the conquer the series by 5-1. After losing the toss, the hosts were offered to bat 1st where they posted 204 in 46.5 overs. Shardul Thakur took (4/52) while Jasprit Bumrah took (2/24 ) and Yuzvendra Chahal (2/38). After a magnificent bowling presentation, skipper Virat Kohli (129*/99) led with the bat to help India complete the chase in just 32.1 overs. India is the 2nd country after Australia (who played a seven-match series in 2002) to beat the Proteas by 5-1 at their home in a bilateral ODI series. readmore@ICC

"Facebook is most evil company in the world," : Paytm Founder

On WhatsApp's payments feature, Paytm Founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma has said, "We are opening our banking system to the biggest of possible fraud." Sharma accused National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) of favoring foreign players as three-factor authentication is mandatory for all Indian payment players, then why not in case of WhatsApp. He thundered during an interview with CNBC, “Facebook isn’t just an evil company, it’s the most evil company in the world...Mark Zuckerberg is known for playing cheap business tactics. "You were talking about privacy problems a few days back in this country, but we are not talking about privacy problems in this case," he said. readmore@BloomBergQuint

Hackers stole $17 million from Russian banks

A central bank official said hackers stole more than 1 billion roubles ($17 million or ₹110 crore) from Russian banks using the Cobalt Strike security-testing tool (a security tool used to test the strength of an organization’s cyber defenses ) in 2017 but the hackers used it to attack banks in Russia and Europe. Central bank Deputy Governor Dmitry Skobelkin told in the Russian city of Magnitogorsk that 21 “waves of attacks” using Cobalt Strike had been recorded in 2017. “More than 240 credit organizations were hit by the attacks, 11 of which were successful. The amount stolen was more than 1 billion roubles,” he also said. readmore@HindustamTimes

Amazon rare job cuts at its headquarters

E-commerce giant Amazon.com Inc. is cutting several hundred corporate jobs from its Seattle headquarters and global operations. “As part of our annual planning process, we are making headcount adjustments across the company...small reductions in a couple of places and aggressive hiring in many others,” an Amazon spokesman said. “For affected employees, we work to find roles in the areas where we are hiring.” Currently, the company has 3,900 corporate jobs open in Seattle and 12,000 such positions open worldwide. The company continues hiring as Amazon’s global headcount stood at 566,000 in December,  66 percent higher than the last year.
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No guarantee of fulfilling Rajasthan budget announcement

Rajasthan government led by Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje has announced big budget ahead of the polls scheduled later this year. This Rajasthan gov. budget emphasises on ₹8,000-crore loan waiver for farmers (one-time crop loan waiver up to ₹50,000 for small and marginal farmers, exemption of Lagaan on land and constitution of Rajasthan state Farmers Debt Relief Commission for settlement of crop loans on merit basis),  ₹650 crore tax relief and ₹44,135 crore expenditure on social and community schemes. But according to News18, Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje has reportedly said that fulfillment of the announced budget is not guaranteed. “People must trust BJP government’s track record,” Raje said. readmore@India

Priya Prakash Varrier: A new internet sensation

Malayalam actress Priya Prakash Varrier, whose wink, smile and the style of proposing a boy in a valentine special song clip 'Manikya Malaraya Poovi' from her debut Malayalam movie 'Oru Adaar Love' became an overnight sensation. This viral video song gathered more than 1.5cr. views on YouTube as of now. This movie is a romantic comedy film and is scheduled to release on 1st March 2018. watch@YouTube

India's 1st ever ODI series win in SA

India defeated South Africa by 73 runs in the 5th ODI at the St. George's Park in Port Elizabeth on Tuesday, to take an unassailable 4-1 lead in the 6-match series. India finally claimed his 1st ever ODI series win in South Africa. Rohit Sharma (115/126) runs inning helped India to set a challenging target of 275-run for the Proteas. Whereas Indian bowlers led by Kuldeep Yadav (4/57) and Hardik Pandya (2/30) bowled South Africa out for 201 in 42.2 overs. This is India's 9th consecutive bilateral ODI series win since January 2016.readmore@ICC

Yuvi: "I want to be known as someone who never gave up"

“I don’t want to leave the game with any regret, thinking I should have played for some more years. I want to go when I feel it is the right time to go, when I feel I have done my best and I could not have done any more than this. I am still playing because I am enjoying playing cricket, not just because I have to play for India or I have to play the IPL,” Yuvraj told SportStar Live.
“The journey has been nice. I have been a fighter, taking on tough situations. I like being a pillar of strength to people, for those suffering from cancer or going through other issues in life. I want to be known as someone who never gave up. Whether I play for India or not, I will give my 100 percent on the field,” he added.readmore@TOI

"Who decides what the audience should see and like?" : Bhansali

Sanjay Leela Bhansali said in an interview, "As a child, I never got to celebrate my birthday. My sister and I were not even allowed to attend birthday parties. Having said that, I see no reason to celebrate, birthday or no birthday. The fate of 'Padmaavat' was never in our hands, or in the hands of those who wanted to stop it. I have just one question for those who don’t like my film, many of them without seeing it: Who decides what the audience should see and like?" He further added, “My work, my cinema is the only impetus. I have to wake up every morning with hope in my heart. The past year has been traumatic for me. I am yet to process all the levels of attack I went through. I only want to feel thankful that our film has been seen by the public and liked… except by those who invariably think my cinema is about excesses. To them I can only say sorry, I will try harder next time to please you.” readmore@PinkVilla

Ganja Yoga: a new name in yoga list

A US' San Francisco, California based yoga instructor named Dee Dussault is offering ganja yoga classes, where people can smoke ganja(also called weed or recreational marijuana) before and while practicing yoga."There are anti-inflammatory benefits to cannabis and specifically CBD products can have amazing pain-relieving benefits and anti-anxiety, anti-depression benefits," she said. She introduced ganja yoga first in 2009 but, recreational marijuana was not legal back then. Her classes are gaining huge popularity after legalizing recreational marijuana in 8 US states including California, and capital Washington DC.Watch@YouTube

BJP Union Minister Giriraj Singh named in land grab case

An FIR against Giriraj Singh (BJP MP from Nawada and Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises) and 32 others has been lodged on 2nd Feb by the order of a Special SC&ST court as a Dalit resident, Ram Narain Prasad, from Asopur village Bihar, alleged that the accused grabbed his 2 acres and 6 decimal of land. “Following the court order, an FIR has been filed under the relevant sections of the IPC and the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act against all the 33 accused… an investigation is on,”, the SHO of Danapur police station in Patna district Sandeep Kumar Singh said.readmore@The Hindu