England's Alastair Cook has declared himself fit for the first Test against West Indies after hitting an unbeaten 74 for Essex against the tourists.
Cook suffered a fractured left index finger three weeks ago and struggled at times during Saturday's first innings, although he went on to make 46.
But he fared much better in his second innings at Chelmsford on Sunday.
"It is still sore but it is definitely getting better. It was much better than yesterday," said Cook.
"Perhaps I hit more balls out of the middle of the bat because it was the balls I didn't hit right on Saturday that caused quite a bit of pain. Maybe it is just getting used to batting again."
Cook, who suffered the injury during a nets session, needed to test himself out this week with time running out before the start of the Lord's contest against the West Indians on 6 May.
The England opener has one County Championship contest between now and meeting up with his England colleagues next Sunday but is confident of being fit for the start of the international summer.
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Christians, Hindus, Sikhs forced to flee Swat: Catholic Church
The minorities in Pakistan's Swat Valley have been forced to flee as the Taliban have imposed a tax on non-Muslims, Pakistan Catholic Bishops' Conference (PCBC) president Archbishop Lawrence John Saldanha has said, urging the Pakistani president and prime minister to intervene.
Expressing concern over the government's move to allow the imposition of Sharia laws in parts of the North West Frontier Province, the archbishop said in his letter to the Pakistani leaders: 'We note with sorrow that your government has failed to take stock of the concerns of civil society in Pakistan in your decision.
'Christian, Hindu and Sikh families have been forced to flee because the Taliban imposed on them Jizia, a tax levied on non-Muslims living under Islamic rule,' he said.
The archbishop's letter was released here by the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India (CBCI).
After parliament had approved the measure, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari April 13 signed the notification for enforcing Sharia laws in Swat and six other districts of the NWFP that are collectively known as the Malakand division.
'Besides jeopardising the socio-economic and cultural growth in Swat and Malakand, the decision has also given legal sanction to the diktats of the trigger-happy Taliban,' the archbishop's letter said.
The resolution 'erodes constitutional protections for minorities and women,' Saldanha, who is the archbishop of Lahore, said in the letter.
'Now minority communities in the province are forced to endure unemployment, intimidation and migration,' the letter noted.
Expressing concern over the government's move to allow the imposition of Sharia laws in parts of the North West Frontier Province, the archbishop said in his letter to the Pakistani leaders: 'We note with sorrow that your government has failed to take stock of the concerns of civil society in Pakistan in your decision.
'Christian, Hindu and Sikh families have been forced to flee because the Taliban imposed on them Jizia, a tax levied on non-Muslims living under Islamic rule,' he said.
The archbishop's letter was released here by the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India (CBCI).
After parliament had approved the measure, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari April 13 signed the notification for enforcing Sharia laws in Swat and six other districts of the NWFP that are collectively known as the Malakand division.
'Besides jeopardising the socio-economic and cultural growth in Swat and Malakand, the decision has also given legal sanction to the diktats of the trigger-happy Taliban,' the archbishop's letter said.
The resolution 'erodes constitutional protections for minorities and women,' Saldanha, who is the archbishop of Lahore, said in the letter.
'Now minority communities in the province are forced to endure unemployment, intimidation and migration,' the letter noted.
Monday, April 20, 2009
Congress accuses Lalu of involvement in 1989 riots
Anil Kumar Sharma, President of Bihar regional unit of central ruling Congress party,accused chief of regional Rashtriya Janata Dal Lalu Prasad,on Monday,of being involved in 1989 communal riots.At a press conference, Sharma accused Lalu of plotting the 1989 Bhagalpur riots and protecting the main conspirers involved.
Tata CEO says to focus on cost-cutting
Bharat's maximal IT outsourcing steady, said on Tues that terms rivalry faculty forcefulness it to cogitate on outlay reductions in coming years.
Smooth though rivalry is thickening as customers move cost reductions, Tata's earnings in fiscal 2010 should be higher than the gathering earlier, Gaffer Administrator S. Ramadorai told Reuters in a ring interview after Tata announced profits that fell low of expectations.
"I would similar to see a 10 proportionality year-on-year transmutation" in value change, he said.
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd posted a 4.6 pct change in quarterly clear, but it expects prices to egress by subaltern solitary digits in the forthcoming twelvemonth.
"Profits testament preserve to seem, but at a laggard stride," he said. "That is what we outlook.
"The challenges are definitely value organization and offshore investing," Ramadorai other.
Despite the pressure on prices, he said the friendship would try to abstain being tired into a damage war with competitors.
"Maturation has uprise downwards dramatically from what we were old to
... So automatically, the direction of the administration has been on looking at our intrinsic efficiencies," Ramadorai said.
Prices of IT outsourcing services testament reduce 5 pct to 20 proportionality finished 2010 due to the indeterminate scheme status, IT budget constraints and rivalry between vendors, research fellowship Gartner predicted newest period.
TCS's count has solon than twofold over the departed trey geezerhood to about 144,500, but in fiscal 2010 -- which began on April 1 -- the troupe expects to add exclusive almost 16,000-17,000 new net hires, virtually half the separate in the old period.
The push on Tata is big because 43 percent of its byplay comes from the globular financial business, which has purloined the brunt of the efficient crisis.
Bharat's $60 cardinal sphere, which provides services from software coding to managing computer networks and tell centres, faces soft responsibility, cut-rate prices and rising contention from orbicular rivals specified as IBM.
Smooth though rivalry is thickening as customers move cost reductions, Tata's earnings in fiscal 2010 should be higher than the gathering earlier, Gaffer Administrator S. Ramadorai told Reuters in a ring interview after Tata announced profits that fell low of expectations.
"I would similar to see a 10 proportionality year-on-year transmutation" in value change, he said.
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd posted a 4.6 pct change in quarterly clear, but it expects prices to egress by subaltern solitary digits in the forthcoming twelvemonth.
"Profits testament preserve to seem, but at a laggard stride," he said. "That is what we outlook.
"The challenges are definitely value organization and offshore investing," Ramadorai other.
Despite the pressure on prices, he said the friendship would try to abstain being tired into a damage war with competitors.
"Maturation has uprise downwards dramatically from what we were old to
... So automatically, the direction of the administration has been on looking at our intrinsic efficiencies," Ramadorai said.
Prices of IT outsourcing services testament reduce 5 pct to 20 proportionality finished 2010 due to the indeterminate scheme status, IT budget constraints and rivalry between vendors, research fellowship Gartner predicted newest period.
TCS's count has solon than twofold over the departed trey geezerhood to about 144,500, but in fiscal 2010 -- which began on April 1 -- the troupe expects to add exclusive almost 16,000-17,000 new net hires, virtually half the separate in the old period.
The push on Tata is big because 43 percent of its byplay comes from the globular financial business, which has purloined the brunt of the efficient crisis.
Bharat's $60 cardinal sphere, which provides services from software coding to managing computer networks and tell centres, faces soft responsibility, cut-rate prices and rising contention from orbicular rivals specified as IBM.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Monday, April 13, 2009
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Rahul is PM material, says sister Priyanka
Priyanka Gandhi says her brother Rahul Gandhi, a Congress general secretary, has requisite leadership skills to be the prime minister of India in future.
'My brother is a capable and responsible representative of Congress and has every qualification of becoming the prime minister. He will surely become the prime minister of the country,' Priyanka told reporters here.
Priyanka is in the state since Saturday campaigning for Rahul and mother Sonia Gandhi, who will contest the Lok Sabha polls from Amethi and Rae Bareli constituencies, respectively.
She also asserted that she was against cheap politics.
'I am against hate and petty politics and the main aim of all politicians should be the development of the nation. Our politics should be forward looking and should aim to take India forward,' Priyanka said.
'My brother is a capable and responsible representative of Congress and has every qualification of becoming the prime minister. He will surely become the prime minister of the country,' Priyanka told reporters here.
Priyanka is in the state since Saturday campaigning for Rahul and mother Sonia Gandhi, who will contest the Lok Sabha polls from Amethi and Rae Bareli constituencies, respectively.
She also asserted that she was against cheap politics.
'I am against hate and petty politics and the main aim of all politicians should be the development of the nation. Our politics should be forward looking and should aim to take India forward,' Priyanka said.
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