Sachin Tendulkar fires record 200 against South Africa

Sachin Tendulkar created history by firing the first double century in one-day internationals as India put South Africa to the sword in Gwalior.

The 36-year-old was in indomitable form as he bludgeoned 25 fours and three sixes in a stunning 200 off 147 balls.

It passed the previous best of 194, set by Pakistan's Saeed Anwar in 1997 and Zimbabwe's Charles Coventry last year.

And it saw India, aided by a fabulous cameo of 68 off 35 balls from Mahendra Dhoni, to a superb 401-3 from 50 overs.

Tendulkar, whose previous best one-day knock was the 186 not out he scored against New Zealand in 1999, is already the leading run-scorer in Test and ODI cricket.

But to have reached such a landmark, with a single in the final over, only serves to underline his class and add to the legacy that already surrounds arguably the finest batsman to have played the game.

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Amdavadis, please take this to heart

Over 10,000 Amdavadis suffered cardiac arrests in 2.5 years, 108 service says; 36-50 age group second-most prone to attacks

Amdavadis need to take a deep breath and have a hard look at their lifestyle and eating habits if this data of cardiac arrests across Ahmedabad is anything to go by. As per the data collated by 108, Emergency Management and Research Institute, in the past two and half years, over 10,000 Amdavadis suffered cardiac arrests.

The above-60 age group are the most affected age group, according to the information provided. In this group, around 4,000 people had a heart attack during this period.

However, the most worrisome fact that has come to light is that people between 36 and 50 years are the second-most group at risk of cardiac arrest, with 2,630 people struck by the stroke.

The figures also show interesting area-wise data that suggests people in the 36-50 age group of Dudheshwar suffered the most attacks.

“Cardiac arrest at the early age can be because of the coronary artery blockage or structural disease. One of the reasons can also be the weak heart muscles,” said Kamlesh Shah, a cardiologist.

Rural scores over urban

In fact, the situation is much better in rural Ahmedabad. In any age group, starting from 0 to above 60 years, people in rural Ahmedabad suffered less hearts strokes than their counterparts in Ahmedabad city.

Subodh Satyawadi, chief operational officer of EMRI that provided the data and have been instrumental in saving many lives, said, “Before being deputed to the ambulances our emergency management technicians are given 45 days training.

The training focuses on medical, trauma and environmental emergencies. Survival in cardiac emergencies primarily depends on speed of the care provided. Every day on an average we handle over 2,000 emergencies, of which over 100 cases are of cardiac arrests.”

Since their launch,108 has managed over 63,700 cardiac cases, which is 5 per cent of the total cases in Ahmedabad, according to Manan Dave, brand manager of EMRI.





By Nirav Bhagat..............Plssss Take This.

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Save Our Tigers

‘Save Our Tigers…’ Have you seen this advertisement on TV? I almost shocked when I came to know that there are only 1,411 tigers left in India, which is our National Animal. Once there were thousands of them in our forests, but now only few of them are left in their natural habitat.

Despite of many efforts, we are losing the graceful animal with an alarming pace. If I am not mistaken; Government of India held a mission called Project Tiger to save the National Animal for about two decades, but still it shows no result.

Now another project has just begun called ‘Save Our Tigers’. We should really support this project as we should not lose the tiger. Tiger is one of the most graceful animals and it looks the real king like in jungles.

In our ancient holy books, the animal is described as to belong to Goddess Amba Maa. If we fail to save this very ancient, powerful animal; I think our very next generation will only be able to see it in photos.

At present, there is only one species on the earth that is proving dangerous to the tiger’s survival, which pose maximum risk to their life, and that is human being. We humans are the only enemy of not only tigers but many more creatures on this planet earth.


And on the contrary to this, we are the only one who can save tigers as well as other creatures. If we fail to save and lose our National Animal then it is will really be shameful to all of us.

There a few prominent personalities and celebrities who are working on the project includes M S Dhoni, Bhauching Bhutia etc. They are supporting the project via web site ‘www.saveourtigers.com’, I am going to join them, are you?

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By Nirav Bhagat........

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