Cricketer Phillip Hughes Died in Hospital.

After struggling two days for life, Australian Cricketer Phillip Hughes Died in hospital, he was hit by a bouncer from Sean Abbott at the Sydney Cricket Ground..

Hughes had been rushed to hospital after he was hit in the head in the Sheffield Shield game.

He was admitted to intensive care after surgery, but was announced dead this afternoon.

Hughes had made 63 out of a total of 2 for 136 while batting for South Australia in the match against New South Wales.

He was hit in the head after misjudging a ball from Sean Abbott.

 

The 25-year-old was wearing a helmet but the ball hit him beneath its rim. He bent over before collapsing on to the ground and was taken off the field on a stretcher.

US troops to fight ISIS if they get nukes: Said Obama.

US President Barack Obama has, for the first time, admitted he would deploy US ground troops to Syria and Iraq to fight Islamic State - that is, if the extremist group obtained a nuclear weapon.

“If we discovered that [Islamic State] had gotten possession of a nuclear weapon, and we had to run an operation to get it out of their hands, then, yes,” Obama told reporters at a news conference in Brisbane, Australia, on Sunday. “I would order it."

However, Obama authorized the deployment of about 1500 troops to Iraq earlier this month, doubling the American military presence in the country. Yet all soldiers sent to the region are there to “advise” Iraqi forces and not engage in combat, according to official explanations.

Source : http://rt.com

ISIS crisis: 1,500 more US troops to Iraq.

To boost Iraqi forces fighting Islamic State (IS) militants, The US will send 1,500 more non-combat troops to Iraq,  nearly doubling the US presence.

The Pentagon said the troops would train and assist Iraqi forces.

President Barack Obama authorised the deployment following a request from Iraq's government, the Pentagon added.

IS militants control large areas of Iraq and Syria but have been targeted by hundreds of air strikes by a US-led coalition since August.

The 1,500 additional US troops will join the 1,600 military advisers that are already in Iraq to assist the country's army.

"US troops will not be in combat, but they will be better positioned to support Iraqi security forces as they take the fight" to IS, White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters.

Source: www.BBC.com

New record in India by Sachin Tendulkar's “Playing It My Way” .

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar is a former Indian cricketer widely acknowledged as one of the greatest batsmen of all time, popularly holding the title "God of Cricket". Sachin even after retirement,  continues to break records and set new benchmarks. Latest achievement came off the field as his autobiography “Playing It My Way” accumulated the highest pre-orders in the fiction and non-fiction category in India.

Tendulkar's biography 'Playing it My Way' has already beaten Steve Jobs' biography (by Walter Isaacson) as the best-selling book in this category in India. The record has been broken in less than a day of the Hachette India-published book being launched in Mumbai.

 Sachin's autobiography is even challenging records set by authors like Dan Brown and JK Rowling of the Harry Potter fame, who mainly write fiction.

Tendulkar's book 'Playing it My Way', which contains some startling revelations made by the icon former India cricketer, has a cover price of Rs 899. However, the book is available for half that price online.

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Sachin Tendulkar: Playing it My Way - My Autobiography

INDIA : PSLV-C26 launched successfully, India's 3rd navigation satellite.

India has  launched successfully its 3rd navigation satellite IRNSS 1C onboard ISRO's PSLV C26 rocket, moving it a step closer to setting up its own navigation system which is on par with those of other space exploring nations.

Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle-C26(PSLV-C26), standing around 44.4 metres tall and weighing around 320 ton, blasted off from the first launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, around 80 km from Chennai at exactly 1.32 am.

The expendable rocket with fierce orange flames at its tail tore into the night skies with its luggage, the 1,425 kg IRNSS-1C (Indian Regional Navigational Satellite System-1C) satellite.

This is the third of seven satellites planned under the IRNSS to be launched.

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