Webinfosys's Updated News : India come alive at the death

India held their nerves in the nail-biting final moments to snatch a dramatic eight-run victory in the fourth cricket one-dayer against Australia and keep themselves afloat in the seven-match series at Chandigarh on Monday.

The Indian batting line-up came good as they rattled up 291 for four and then stopped the mighty Australians at 283 for seven to reduce the margin to 2-1 at the Sector 16 stadium.


The Australians were cruising along comfortably at 268 for five till the 46th over before two wickets in the span of two balls completely changed the complexion of the game much to the delight of a vociferous home crowd.

Batting first, India owed their total to some lusty hitting by Robin Uthappa (30 runs off 18 balls) and captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni who slammed 50 off just 35 balls. Sachin Tendulkar (79) and Sourav Ganguly (41) provided a solid start to the side.

For the visitors, the in-form Matthew Hayden hit a 92-ball 92 and Andrew Symonds scored 75 but the late order batsmen succumbed to the pressure to give the home team a sensational victory, their first over the Australians since January 2004.

The two team will now travel to Vadodara for the fifth game to be played on Thursday.

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Webinfosys's Updated News : UN wants 'coalition of conscience' to achieve MDGs

United Nations on Tuesday urged the member nations to establish a "coalition of conscience" backed by firm action to check global imbalances and achieve Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) of eliminating poverty, hunger, disease and illiteracy.

"The good news is that we have all the resources in our command today to achieve this ambition in our own generation," UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro told the General Assembly committee dealing with economic and financial issues.

"We just cannot afford to fail," she said.

Global poverty is one of the "most pressing issues of our time," trapping millions of children, women and men, she said, adding that nowhere is its grip tighter than in Africa, where millions of lives quite literally hang in the balance.

She said sharp social and economic disparities in the global economy make it even harder to achieve the set of internationally agreed anti-poverty objectives known as the Millennium Development Goals by the target date of 2015.

Particularly worrying is the risk global economic imbalances pose to a large number of countries, including African and least developed nations, as well as states moving from conflict to reconstruction and development, she said, stressing that donors must do more to keep their promises.

Foreign aid, while important, "is clearly not enough," she said, calling for open, fair, equitable and non-discriminatory trading and financial systems.

Also addressing the committee, the Under-Secretary- General for Economic and Social Affairs Sha Zukang said that despite repeated calls, no serious action has been taken to address global imbalances and warned that "changes in market sentiments and investor confidence could trigger a hard landing of the dollar and a disorderly adjustment of the global imbalances."

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Webinfosys's Updated News : Union Cabinet to decide on President's rule in Karnataka today

The Union Cabinet will meet in the capital this evening to decide on the President's rule in Karnataka.

Karnataka Governor Rameshwar Thakur on Monday recommended imposition of Presidents' rule in the state after the HD Kumaraswamy government was reduced to minority following withdrawal of support by the BJP.

The Congress core group met on Monday evening to take stock of the political situation in the state hours after Chief Minister Kumaraswamy submitted his resignation to the Governor.

The meeting, held at the residence of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, was also attended by Congress president Sonia Gandhi, senior ministers Pranab Mukherjee, Arjun Singh, AK Antony and HR Bharadwaj, National Security Adviser M K Narayanan and Home Secretary Madhukar Gupta.

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