ICC World XI Set to Face West indies in Charity T20 Tie at Lord's.

London:-A galaxy of former and current stars will be in action at the iconic Lord's on Thursday to play an exhibition match between the ICC World XI and the West Indies and help raise funds for the refurbishment of five cricket stadia in the Caribbean that were damaged by Hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017.

Former Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi has finally been named to lead the World XI after England's limited overs captain Eoin Morgan sustained a broken finger during a domestic match.
The World XI side, in fact, has had more than a few changes since being formally announced.

Morgan was the first name announced, followed by those of Afridi, his compatriot Shoaib Malik and Thisara Perera, the Sri Lanka T20I captain. Next came Rashid Khan, the Afghan leg-spin superstar, and Bangladesh stalwarts Shakib Al Hasan and Tamim Iqbal, followed by Indians Dinesh Karthik and Hardik Pandya and New Zealanders Luke Ronchi and Mitchell McClenaghan.

That completed the XI, but Shakib opted out because of personal reasons and was replaced by the exciting teenaged Nepal leg-spinner Sandeep Lamichhane. 

Pandya has also opted out since then, to be replaced by countrymate Mohammed Shami, who has also been swapped with Tymal Mills, while Sam Billings has filled in for Morgan. 

English cricketers Adil Rashid and Sam Curran have also been late additions to the 13-man squad.

The squad still wears an extremely strong look. Iqbal, Billings, Karthik, Ronchi and Malik, with Afridi and Perera providing excellent options for a late burst, makes for a mouth-watering batting line-up. 

Karthik, Ronchi and Billings are all wicket-keeping candidates, while in McClenaghan, Curran and Mills, there's a good pace department.

Squads:-
ICC World XI: Shahid Afridi (Captain), Sam Billings (WK), Sam Curran, Tamim Iqbal, Tymal Mills, Dinesh Karthik (WK), Rashid Khan, Sandeep Lamichhane, Mitchell McClenaghan, Shoaib Malik, Thisara perera, Luke Ronchi (WK), Adil Rashid.

West Indies: Carlos Brathwaite (Captain), Samuel Badree, Rayad Emrit, Andre Fletcher, Chris Gayle, Evin Lewis, Ashley Nurse, Keemo Paul, Rovman Powell, Denesh Ramdin (WK), Andre Russell, Marlon Samuels, Kesrick Williams.

Nipah Virus: Everything you need to know about deadly viral attack | Symptoms, Prevention, More.

Nipah Virus: Everything you need to know about deadly viral attack. 

Kerala and whole India has been on high alert due to mysterious deaths of numerous people because of a puzzling viral attack. The virus is the only cause behind these deaths, as per national Institute of Virology, pune.

NiV – What is it?

Nipah Virus is an emerging zoonosis that causes deadly disease in both animals and humans, as per World Health Organisation (WHO). NiV was first identified in Malaysia and Singapore in 1998. The primary cause at that time was pigs and that got transferred to humans. The natural host of the virus are fruit bats of Pteropus genus, as per WHO.

The virus can be transferred through infected pigs, bats or humans.

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Humans who got infected by other humans were officially reported in India and Bangladesh. 

Symptoms:

NiV is usually associated with inflammation of the brain which can lead to state of confusion, drowsiness and severe days of fever. If not taken care of, it can cause a coma within 24 to 48 hours.

Common signs of Nipah Virus are headache, fever, dizziness, nausea, drowsiness. These signs can last for 7-10 days.

Prevention:
There is no particular vaccine available till date. The only way to treat this virus is by intensive supportive care. Hospitals need to raise awareness about signs, symptoms and transmission to avoid human to human infections.

Anyone who feels the signs should get thorough test from a recognised centre.

Avoid direct contact with pigs, bats and infected humans. Health professionals should take precautionary steps like wearing masks and gloves.

If you feel uneasiness then get yourself tested immediately and stay safe!

IRCTC e-ticketing website now predicts if your waitlisted ticket will be confirmed; here’s how it works.

IRCTC next-generation e-ticketing website has been revamped and now has one of the coolest features for waitlisted and RAC ticket holders! Indian Railways catering arm, IRCTC, has effective today launched a new version of its e-ticketing website, irctc.co.in.

IRCTC next-generation e-ticketing website has been revamped and now has one of the coolest features for waitlisted and RAC ticket holders! Indian Railways catering arm, IRCTC (Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation), has effective today launched a new version of its e-ticketing website, irctc.co.in. Now, when you enter the IRCTC website, a beta version is available for trial by passengers on the top left hand corner of the site. The new revamped IRCTC website has several new passenger friendly measures – from no requirement of login to check train status and availability of tickets to an easier user interface. But, one particular feature that stands out is a new software that allows passengers to see the probability of their waitlisted or RAC ticket getting confirmed. Developed by CRIS (Centre For Railway Information Systems), the new software for waitlisted passengers makes use of historical data to come up with a percentage probability of the ticket getting confirmed.

Talking to Financial Express Online, a railway official said that the new software for waitlisted passengers was reasonably accurate. “Other portals also offer a similar feature, but since Indian Railways has more data and accurate at that, our software is more on target,” the official said. “The new software on the IRCTC website for waitlisted passengers makes use of two years of data to come up with a parentage chance of the ticket getting confirmed,” the official told FE Online. “For example if you are booking a train ticket for the Mumbai-Delhi Rajdhani Express on May 31, then the software will fetch historical data for the last two years for that particular date. The system will check to what extent did the waitlisted tickets get confirmed on May 31, 2017 and May 31, 2016. Based on this and other data trends, a percentage probability will be generated,” the official further explained.

Not only that, the new feature for waitlisted passengers also generates other available train options along with alternate dates of departure (see image above). According to the railway official quoted above, this new system by IRCTC also allows passengers to make a more informed choice. “For example, if data suggests that there is a 95% chance of the ticket getting confirmed, then the passenger is likely to book the ticket and not opt for VIKALP either. If on the other hand, there is a 60% chance of the ticket getting confirmed, then the passenger will most probably opt for an alternate train or date, or even if he/she goes ahead with the booking, will likely choose the VIKALP scheme as well,” the official elaborates.

Why Indian Railways passengers will have to bear train delays for another 6-8 months.

The railways today said passengers will have to bear with train delays for at least six to eight months more, even if the ongoing maintenance and repair works go as per schedule.

The punctuality performance of the railways in 2017-18 was worse in comparison to the two financial years before that, with almost 30 per cent of trains running late, according to official data.

“If we complete track maintenance work of about 5,000 km by 2018-2019, then in the next six to eight months passengers will be spared the inconvenience of delays,” Mohd Jamshed, the Railway Board Member (Traffic), told reporters.

The punctuality of mail and express trains during April 2017-March 2018 was 71.39 per cent as compared to 76.69 per cent in the corresponding period of 2016-2017, which is a deterioration of 5.30 per cent. In 2015-2016, 77.44 per cent trains ran on time.

Volvo XC40 bookings open at Rs 5 lakh: Swedish compact SUV to launch in India on 4 July.

Volvo XC40 SUV sits below the new generation Volvo XC60 that was launched in 2018. It follows the company's new design language and gets most of its styling cues from the XC60 and XC90 SUVs.

Volvo car India preparing to launch an all-new SUV in India. Volvo XC40 will be an entry-level SUV which is already on sale in international markets. We’ve already driven the new XC40, find a full detailed review of the car in the link below. The company expects all of its first lot of 200 units to be pre-booked before the launch with a host of features that will be unique to the XC40. Customers can reach out to Volvo dealers to pre-book their Volvo XC40. Bookings can be secured at the dealerships before the launch at Rs 500,000 as deposit.

The new Volvo XC60 is based on a completely new platform compared to its elder siblings. Volvo XC40 is built on Volvo's new Compact Modular Architecture (CMA) platform which it shares with Chinese automaker Geely. The entry-level SUV will be a five-seater SUV with interiors and exteriors following Volvo's current design 

Samsung Galaxy A9 Star and A9 Lite photographed, will launch in these markets.

In the wild, Galaxy phones tend to travel in groups – like this Samsung Galaxy A9 Star and A9 Lite, who were spotted next to Galaxy A6+ (2018) and other phones. The A6+ is easy to tell apart by its markings – dual camera in the middle and antenna lines at the top and bottom edges. Around the front, they have LED flashes next to the earpiece.

Which leaves the SM-G8850, aka Galaxy A9 Star. You can see its dual camera in the upper left corner and the squarish fingerprint reader on the midline.

Whichever one it is, the Lite model will come in Black, Gray and Blue while the A9 Star will be available in Black and White. 

Reliance Jio vs Airtel vs Vodafone: Best prepaid data plan under Rs 50.

  Since the inception of Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Jio, the telecom sector in India has never been the same again. Every telecom company is trying real hard to hold and increase their number of subscribers by providing best prepaid offers at cheap cost.

Just few years ago, mobile users were spending hundreds of rupees on their telecom networks and was not getting much services in return. Now, customers can enjoy bunch of services and offers at a very economical rate.

Nowadays, mobile users enjoys services like high-speed internet services plus free voice calling just under Rs 50. So, let us take a look at some of the prepaid plans under Rs 50 and what the plan has to offer:

Reliance Jio Rs 19 plan – In this plan, the user gets 150MB of high-speed data along with free voice calling and 20 SMS with a validity of just one day. Beyond 150MB, the speed of internet degrades to 64kbps.

Airtel Rs 29 plan – Under this plan, Airtel offers 150MB of 4G data along with free national calling for 28 days.

Airtel Rs 49 plan – In this plan, the user gets 3GB of high-speed data for just one day validity. This pack is useful for data hungry users who surf high quality videos.

Vodafone Rs 29 plan – Under the plan, the user gets 150MB of 4G data with 28 days validity and beyond the limit the user will get charged at 4p/10kb.

Vodafone Rs 27 plan – In Rs 27 pack, Vodafone offers 200MB of high-speed data for a validity period of four days.

Vodafone Rs 44 plan – Under the plan, the user gets 450MB of 4G data with a validity period of seven days.

Maharashtra board result 2018: MSBSHSE to announce Class 12th results on 30 May; check score on mahresult.nic.in

The Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE) result for the Maharashtra Board HSC Class 12th will be released on 30 May at 1 pm.

The MSBSHSE will put up the Maharashtra HSC Class 12 result on its official website mahresult.nic.in

The result will also be made available on result.mkcl.org, examresults.net, and results.gov.in

Steps to check HSC 2018 exam results:

- Visit the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE)'s official website mahresult.nic.in

- Click on the link which says Maharashtra Board Class 12th Results OR Maharashtra HSC Result 2018

- Enter your roll number and other required details

- Download the MSBSHSE Maharashtra HSC Class 12th Results 2018 and take a print out for future reference

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