Ind vs Eng: Kohli hundred powers India to 8-wicket victory over England

Virat Kohli (112 not out) and Gautam Gambhir (84 not out) shared an unbeaten 209-run stand to steer India to a comprehensive eight-wicket victory over England in the second one-day international at Ferozeshah Kotla stadium in New Delhi on Monday.

With this thumping win, India took a 2-0 lead in the five-match series against the visiting side.

Kohli completed another impressive century, his seventh in one-dayers, to lead the Indian run chase as they achieved the modest 238-run target in just 36.4 overs.

Kohli hit 16 boundaries in his 98-ball brilliant knock as he raced to his seventh ton in just 89 balls.

Gambhir played a perfect partner for flamboyant Kohli, as the left-hander himself played a gem of an innings off 90 balls and smashed ten boundaries.

India got off to a bad start as they lost openers Ajinkya Rahane (14) and Parthiv Patel (12) early.

Tim Bresnan struck twice in his successive overs to provide England early breakthroughs after visiting bowlers checked India's run chase from the beginning.

Rahane was caught near the boundary rope while trying to hit two consecutive sixes in the seventh over. The right-hander hit a six and a four in his 15-ball cameo.

Earlier, pacer Vinay Kumar took 4 wickets for 30 runs to help India bundle out England for 237 on Monday.

Vinay led an impressive young Indian attack as they knocked off England top-orders cheaply to reduce the visitors to 121/5 in 25.2 overs. Umesh Yadav supported Vinay and Praveen Kumar well as a third paceman and took two English wickets for 50 runs.

Praveen started Indian attack by removing England skipper Alastair Cook for nought in the very first over. Vinay soon joined the party as he dismissed Craig Kieswetter (0), Jonathan Trott (34) inside the mandatory powerplay.




England failed to accelerate in the end as they lost their last five wickets for just 30 runs and were eventually bowled out in 48.2 overs.

Jonathan Bairstow (35) and Samit Patel (42) tried to revive England innings with a steady 86-run stand for the sixth wicket before both fall in quick succession.

Virat Kohli took a well timed catch at the boundary to dismiss Bairstow off Ravindra Jadeja in the 43rd over soon after Patel became Yadav's second victim in the previous over.

Bairstow played a patient innings of 35 off 49 balls with the help three boundaries whereas Patel smacked two sixes and two fours in his 53-ball knock.

Ravichandran Ashwin and Yadav struck in the consecutive overs to give England double blow as they dismissed Ravi Bopara (36) and Kevin Pietersen (46) respectively.

Yadav increased England worries when Pietersen went for the drive but the ball took a faint outside edge off the bottom of the bat and Dhoni grabbed it behind the wickets soon after Ashwin broke a crucial 73-run fourth wicket partnership between them.

Indian seamers were on a roll as they removed England top three batsmen inside the mandatory powerplay to reduce the visitors to 48/3.

After losing two early wickets, Jonathan Trott and Kevin Pietersen tried to steady England innings as they added 48 runs third wicket stand. Trot lost his cool and got faint edge which went into the gloves of skipper MS Dhoni.

England started their innings on a bad note as they lost skipper Alastair Cook and Craig Kieswetter in the first two overs.

Praveen Kumar struck on the fourth delivery of the first over to remove Cook who attempted to hit over point but failed to get the elevation as Ravindra Jadeja made no mistake to pouch it.

Vinay Kumar joined his partner to give England another shock as he dismissed Craig Kieswetter to thump visitors to 0/2.

Earlier, England skipper Alastair Cook won the toss and decided to bat against India. Both India and England have retained the same side which played the first ODI in Hyderabad.

Buoyed by the resounding 126-run triumph in the opening game, India will seek to maintain their supremacy against England in the second ODI with the focus on grooming the young brigade.

Teams:

India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain and wicketkeeper), Gautam Gambhir, Parthiv Patel, Ajinkya Rahane, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Umesh Yadav, Vinay Kumar, Praveen Kumar.

England: Alastair Cook (captain), Craig Kieswetter (wicketkeeper), Jonathan Trott, Kevin Pietersen, Ravi Bopara, Jonathan Bairstow, Graeme Swann, Samit Patel, Tim Bresnan, Steven Finn, Jade Dernbach.

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Government frees sale of Tamiflu, only drug effective against swine flu and bird flu

India's six lakh chemist shops can now stock and sell Oseltamivir Phosphate or Tamilfu - the only known drug effective against both the deadly influenza strains H1N1 swine flu and H5N1 bird flu.

India has decided to lift "restricted sale" of the drug and make it available through all chemist shops against a doctor's prescription. Till now, oseltamivir was the only drug available for treatment of H1N1 swine flu virus humans and indiscriminate and unregulated use access to this drug would have made it ineffective.

That's why the drug was kept under Schedule X of the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945 which meant it could only be sold by 480 select chemists who had permission to sell Schedule X drugs. The drug had to be kept under lock and key and in premises only responsible people had access to. Record of sales of this drug had to be maintained for a period of two years.




However, the Drug Technical Advisory Board (DTAB) on October 10 decided to bring the drug under Schedule H which means it can be stocked by chemists but sold only against prescription of a registered medical practitioner.

"Till now, limited access was permitted to make these formulations available to the needy patient only and avoid its indiscriminate use. Once the notification is made that oseltamivir phosphate and zanamivir formulations have been brought under Schedule H, as decided in the DTAB meeting on October 10, all chemists in India will be allowed to stock and sell it. However, over the counter sale of these formulations won't be allowed. Chemists will have to sell it against prescription," a health ministry official said.

Tamiflu is a class of medications called neuraminidase inhibitors. These drugs work by stopping the spread of the influenza (flu) virus in the body. It helps shorten the time you have flu symptoms such as a stuffy or runny nose, sore throat, cough, muscle or joint aches, tiredness, headache, fever and chills. Companies that make this drug include Cipla, Metco, Hetero, Strides and Roche.

This drug is presently being used as the first line of treatment in the US, Europe and Japan for cure of seasonal influenza.

DTAB said, "India now has an indigenous swine flu vaccine developed in 2010. Three vaccine manufacturers have already been granted permission to manufacture and market H1N1 vaccine - Serum Institute in Pune, Cadila Healthcare in Ahmedabad and Bharat Biotech in Hyderabad. In view of the fact that incidence of swine flu has come down, it would be suitable to include the drugs under schedule H."

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BS Yeddyurappa arrested, sent to jail; BJP calls it a 'bad day'

Sending ripples among the political class, former Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa was remanded to judicial custody till October 22 and sent to Bangalore Central Jail after he surrendered before the special Lokayukta court here. Earlier, the special Lokayukta Court rejected the anticipatory bail and issued an arrest warrant against him.

Yeddyurappa's former cabinet colleague Es En Krissnaiah Setty, who was co-accused, was present in the court when the orders were passed by Justice N K Sudhindra Rao. He was arrested and sent to judicial custoday.

BSY is accused of denotifying land in and around Bangalore for pecuniary benefits to his family and Setty.

Yeddyurappa's two sons -- Shimoga MP B Y Raghavendra and B Y Vijendra and his son-in-law R N Sohan Kumar were granted conditional bail after each furnished a surety bond of Rs five lakh. Yeddyurappa was not present in the court citing health reasons.

The court had issued the arrest warrant against Yeddyurappa asking the police to execute the same by Tuesday. The former CM stepped down from office on August 4 after the Lokayukta report indicted him in illegal mining.

Meanwhile, Yeddyurappa's house on Race Course Road, which was the hub of political activity even after he stepped down from office, had party leaders and workers gathering.

Bad day for party: BJP

The BJP said it was a "bad day" for the party as its former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa was sent to judicial custordy in graft cases but asserted senior party leader LK Advani's yatra would go through the state regardless.

This development would not affect Advani's anti-corruption yatra that is set to pass through the state on Oct 30 and Oct 31, state BJP chief KS Eshwarappa told reporters in this coastal town, about 350 km from Bangalore.




"This is a bad day for us," Eshwarappa admittde shortly after the Lokayukta special court in Bangalore rejected Yeddyurappa's bail plea and directed his arrest in two graft cases.

"The law will take its course and we are confident that Yeddyurappa will come out clean," he added.

He said Advani will not cancel the Karnataka part of his Jan Chetna Yatra against corruption. The yatra is scheduled to enter Karnataka from Kasargod in Kerala on Oct 30.

Advani is scheduled to address meetings in this town, neighbouring Udupi and at two other places, Honnavara and Ankola in Uttara Kannada district, on Oct 31 before crossing over into Goa.

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Rail Roko in Telangana: 124 trains cancelled, hundreds held

Rail Roko in Telangana: 124 trains cancelled, hundreds held: Police arrested hundreds of leaders and activists of Telangana movement as a three-day rail blockade began in the region on Saturday amid tension.

The three-day rail-roko (rail blockade) in the Telangana region called for by those demanding a separate state began on Saturday with protesters descending on railway stations and tracks in the hundreds and the authorities responding with massive arrests.

The rail roko comes in the midst of the people's strike called for by the Telangana Political JAC and the Telangana state government employees that entered the 33rd day on Saturday. For the last month, normal life has been totally paralysed in the nine Telangana districts and partially disrupted in the Greater Hyderabad region with public transport (APSRTC) staying off the roads, industries shut down, all citizen services in the various state government departments frozen and the academic schedule in the various educational institutions taking a big hit with the management, parents and students uncertain if their institution will function the following day.

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Google to shutdown Google Buzz

Google announced to shut down the highly-controversial social networking product Google Buzz, along with several other services in the coming weeks, Xinhua reported.

Google on its official blog, Google announced the death penalty to its code search engine, Buzz, Jaiku which let users send updates to friends, the Google personalised homepage feature iGoogle, and the University Research Program for Google Search.

The shut-downs came as part of Google's housecleaning effort announced in early September, in which the company said it will shut down a number of products and merging others into existing products as features.






"Changing the world takes focus on the future, and honesty about the past. We learned a lot from products like Buzz, and are putting that learning to work every day in our vision for products like Google+. Our users expect great things from us; today's announcements let us focus even more on giving them something truly awesome," said Google in the blog post.

Google Buzz, a social networking and messaging tool integrated into Gmail service, has been widely criticised for privacy concerns and held back the search giant from expanding its businesses to the social networking space.

After Buzz, Google launched Google+ in June, which has been receiving a good response and passed the 40 million user mark, the company's chief executive officer Larry Page said.

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Ind vs Eng: India thrash England by 126 runs, lead series 1-0

Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni led from the front as beleaguered India redeemed themselves with a 126-run win over England in the first one-dayer in Hyderabad on Friday.

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Dhoni smashed an unbeaten 87 off 70 balls to power the injury-ravaged world champions to 300/7 after he won the toss and chose to bat on a sluggish wicket at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium.

England, fresh for their overwhelming success over India at home, were shot out for 174 in 36.1 overs to hand India the early lead in the five-match series.

Captain Alastair Cook top-scored with 60, but England lost their last eight wickets for 63 runs after being comfortably placed at 111/2 in the 23rd over.

Left-arm spinner Ravinda Jadeja and off-break bowler Ravichandran Ashwin grabbed three wickets each and seamer Umesh Yadav claimed two in front of 25,000 delighted home fans.

Dhoni's men had been blanked 4-0 in the Test series and 3-0 in the one-dayers on their recent tour of England.

India, playing their first international at home since the World Cup triumph in April, were without star batsman Sachin Tendulkar and at least six other regulars, due to injury or poor form.

The hosts defended the total with a new-look bowling attack in which three specialists, Vinay Kumar, Yadav and Ashwin, had played only 25 one-dayers between them before Friday's match.

England were reduced to 40/2 by the 10th over before Cook and Jonathan Trott (26) put on 71 for the third wicket.

Jadeja turned the match around by removing both batsmen in successive overs, Cook holing out in the deep and Trott being bowled to make England 120/4.

The tourists slipped further to 134/7 as Ashwin dismissed Ravi Bopara and Tim Bresnan and Jadeja took care of the highly-rated Jonathan Bairstow.

Yadav bowled Graeme Swann and Samit Patel, before Ashwin signalled India's emphatic win by shattering the stumps of last man Jade Dernbach.




Earlier, Suresh Raina made 61 off 55 balls and added 72 for the fifth wicket with Dhoni after India were reduced to 123/4 by the 29th over.

Jadeja chipped in with 27 off 22 balls at the end as India hammered 91 runs in the last 10 overs.

England's bowlers contained the top-order despite the absence of pace spearhead James Anderson, who was rested for the five-match series, and the injured Stuart Broad.

The second one-dayer will be played in New Delhi on Monday.

Teams:

India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Gautam Gambhir, Parthiv Patel, Ajinkya Rahane, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Umesh Yadav, Vinay Kumar, Praveen Kumar.

England: Alastair Cook (captain), Craig Kieswetter, Jonathan Trott, Kevin Pietersen, Ravi Bopara, Jonathan Bairstow, Graeme Swann, Samit Patel, Tim Bresnan, Steven Finn, Jade Dernbach.

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