India win second test, a win away from gaining top spot in test ranking

November 27, 2009 — IMC

India win against Srilanka by 144 runs in the second test, at Green Park, in Kanpur on Friday and officially near to clinch top ranking in the world test cricket.

Srilanka were off to pavillion on 269 when Pragyan Ojha took the tenth and the final wicket to catch out Welegedara in the second innings of Kanpur Test.

India will attain the numero uno status in ICC Test ranking if they win the third and final cricket Test against Sri Lanka in Mumbai beginning from 2nd December.

Starting the three-Test series against Sri Lanka at 119 points, India needed atleast three points to reach the top and Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s men inched closer to the number one spot after registering an emphatic win over the Islanders in Kanpur on Friday.
“In Test cricket, the ranking points are awarded only after the series is over. So the position will become clear when the series ends in Mumbai,” an ICC spokesman said.
The spokesman said it will be incorrect to say at this stage that India have become the number one team on the basis of points they have gained from the victory in the second Test in Kanpur.
Although the ranking list will be officially updated only after the series is over, India is currently joint first with South Africa with 122 points. Sri Lanka is placed third with 117 points, while Australia has 116 points.

India will go on top if it beats Sri Lanka by 2-0 or better. In case of a 2-0 win, India will climb to 124 ratings points (two ahead of South Africa).

India’s 2-0 win will drop Sri Lanka from second place to fourth position behind Australia on 115 ratings points.
On the other hand, if Sri Lanka can pull off a win in the third test to level the series 1-1, the status quo will be maintained.

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Indian states asked to set up special cells to deal with crime against women, children

November 27, 2009 — IMC

States have been asked to set up special cells to deal with crime against women and children. Home Ministry sources said that prevention of crime against women is high on the priority list for the centre and all state governments have been instructed to play a pro active role in detection and investigation of crime against women. The centre has also asked the state governments to ensure that there is no delay in registration of FIR in all crime cases against women. Meanwhile, government figures show that crime against women have decreased in the National Capital. Data from the Home Ministry show that incidents of molestation in Delhi has decreased from 558 in 2008 to 492 in 2009. Incidents of eve teasing have decreased to 222 in 2009 as compared to nearly 300 in the previous year. The data shows marginal decrease in rape and murder cases as well.

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Haj pilgrimage reached its climax

November 27, 2009 — IMC

The Haj pilgrimage today reached its climax as millions of Muslims, including over 1.6 lakh from India, dressed in white robes pelted pebbles on pillars symbolising the devil at Mina in Saudi Arabia on the final day of the Haj as the holy day was marked with mass animal sacrifices.

Muslims also performed Eid Al-Adha prayers at the Grand Mosque in Makkah and Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah in Saudi Arabia on the third and final day of the Haj.

Around 1,66,000 Indian Muslims are in Makkah out of an estimated international pilgrim total of two million. Millions of pilgrims in Mina filed by the three jamarat pillars tossed stones to mark Abraham’s three rejections of the devil’s attempts to persuade him to ignore God’s instructions to sacrifice his son Ismail.

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